Update on the New Additions to Fantasyland

Take a Sneak Peek at the 

New Additions to Fantasyland!

Are you like me and have been watching the Disney Imagineers working on the Seven Dwarf's Mine Train? Every time we go there they seem to be getting further along in the process, we where there last week and you can only see some of the tracks, most of them are covered now by houses and landscaping. 

Then there is the new Princess Fairytale Hall, which will be an area where you can visit will all the Disney Princesses, a little girls dream come true (okay maybe a big girl too)!  

Check out the update on both of these additions here.

Join Us At Be Our Guest!! To See How We Liked It!

BE OUR GUEST

We were at Walt Disney World in December for a D23 Event – Magic and Merriment and the Magic did happen when the friends we met there for the event suggested that we go with them for their dining reservation at Be Our Guest on Saturday night and see if they would let them add us on.  The check-in line was quite long and when it came for her turn the guest relations person said she would have to check with her supervisor as they are quite busy, she returned with a big YES!! And told us we might have to wait a few minutes longer due to adding us, but we were all okay with that.

DIS and DAT Thursday - The New Fantasyland

Twas a more than a month before opening and all though the land,
all the cast members were stirring, the guests were at hand.
The buildings with fresh paint now could be seen,
with visions of mermaids, beasts and a fiend.
Gaston in a fountain with a tankard of...water?
and who is that great philosopher hanging
in the back of the shop his painting is standing.
Workers banging on metal at night trying to finish
 that attraction in site where some dwarf's will be mining.
Castles in mountains, quaint little homes and a grotto for a princess now to call home.
There's even a tavern for a little delight,
Be Our Guest draws you in for a bite.
It's sure the dinner will be ball,
in hopes you have appetites as big as the hall.
All the guests were excited but barred from the land,
while work continued to bring it to hand.
When what to our wondering eyes did appear,
but a "Soft Opening" sign at the start of the trail.
We heard a tale from that wondrous Beauty,
and sailed a shell to visit a mermaid so moody.
We drank at the tavern,
and shopped at the shops,
and ran into cast members who were off duty.
Goofy and Dumbo were both of flying,
while Casey was getting everyone wet with no hope of drying.
The opening was close.
The land nearly done.
The people were waiting,
to have new fun.
The time was not yet right,
so with a little sigh,
the cast members had to wave us goodbye.
But I heard them exclaim,
as we walked out of sight,
"We'll be open soon for your delight."

We had a chance to see the new Fantasyland while we were there last month because they were having a "soft opening".  A soft opening allows the cast members working in that area to practice working the attractions, stores and restaurants.  Not everything was open when we were there, but we did get to see the following: