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I keep going back and forth on what I think. I think some things sound really neat, but others I'm not so sure about. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
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Snow White's Scary Adventurer survives, as does Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey's Philharmagic, Peter Pan's Flight, It's A Small World, Cinderella's Golden Carrousel, Pooh's Playful Spot, Mad Hatter Tea Cups, and Goofy's Barnstormer re-themed).
Phew! Glad to hear that! Those are mostly all classics. DD would be devastated if Snow White closed (her favorite, not sure why exactly but we rode it countless times our last two trips), and both kids would mourn the loss of the tea cups greately. I personally couldn't live without Peter Pan or Mickey's Philharmagic! Now I feel better :-) but I still will miss Mickey and Minnie's houses!
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Snow White's Scary Adventurer survives, as does Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey's Philharmagic, Peter Pan's Flight, It's A Small World, Cinderella's Golden Carrousel
I know for us, Abby would be totally crushed if Disney did anything with any of these rides - especially IASW, Peter Pan and Philharmagic. We practically live in Fantasyland (which anyone who's read my TR very well know). Right now, I'm still in a state of shock that all those plans we saw are for real. I really thought it was a big time joke because I still can't see a Princess land working out. I'm actually sitting here though wishing there was a way I could take Abby back next year before Disney "ruins" Fantasyland and Toontown on her.
I was worried about my beloved small world and peterpan. Now I can breath a sigh of relief. I have 2 girls, so the more princesses the better. My one lonely son is very young right now, so hopefully once he gets a bit older they will have some boy oriented rides too. I keep hoping for them to make over the honey I shrunk the audience play ground into a bugs life area..
now that i have "researched" a little, i feel better, i think it is just as another member posted...a change thing!
i am excited to see the finished product!
I'm glad we will see Fantasyland as it is now when we go in November. I will be able to see it one more time before they make the big changes. We plan to go back around Christmas of 2011, so hopefully by then most, if not all, the changes will be done.
That what I thought too, who ever is there this Christmas Holiday let get picture of Fantasyland and the places where they're be adding in. Like over by the pooh play area. I think the begining of next year they maybe blocking all that off.
this is fab news, I am looking forward to it, too bad our little princess will be 13 in 2013 and will probably be thinking she is too grown for this, sob sob, wish t had expanded a year or two ago!
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I know I already asked this, but doesn't hurt to try again - does anyone know when they might close Mickey and Minnie's houses? We love them and so do the kids. Thank goodness I took lots of photos there in August, but if we knew a specific timeframe, we might even try to get back there before they are gone. I'm looking for a good angle to work to go back again before next summer - LOL!
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Can't wait to see how it all comes out. I finally got my dd14 to agree to go see Mickey and Minnie's houses one last time (8/2010) before they are gone...Gee I hope they aren't gone by then
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