Fantasyland Expansion

[Amy]

The official Disney Parks blog has this video for the behind the scenes for the new Pooh queue.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... gdom-park/

Looks interesting ~ thanks for the link

[nicklesm17]

The official Disney Parks blog has this video for the behind the scenes for the new Pooh queue.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... gdom-park/

this video is kind of like a "teaser" trailer. you can't really tell what you have here, but it catches your interest. i hope one of the subsonics (on their upcoming trip) takes a quick video of this in it's "working" form. i'd be interested to see if this is an improvement, or added bottleneck. i'd also just like to plain old see how it works. hopefully one of you guys can get it.

[Amy]

Here is a blog post with quite a few more pictures...
http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/11/23/win ... new-queue/
And there is a separate queue (at least part of the time) for adults and kids ~ yay! for no kicks in the shins

[NaCler]

I have really been hearing a lot about this Mine Coaster lately. Then I heard that Snow White is closing in February next year. Does anyone know more on this? What's the latest rumor???

[Mousekedude]

Cool! Now I can't wait to revisit Pooh!

[MadEye]

I have really been hearing a lot about this Mine Coaster lately. Then I heard that Snow White is closing in February next year. Does anyone know more on this? What's the latest rumor???

Unfortunately, rumors are just rumors. The one I hear more prevalently is that they will be closing Snow White's Scary Adventure for a princess meet and greet (UGH!) after the Dwarf's Mine Train is built.

But, until I hear confirmation from Disney themselves, I won't believe anything I hear.

[kcarts]

Here's a pretty in depth (read: 15 minute) video of the new queue.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6Cg_9rBGo&feature=sub

[nicklesm17]

thanks amy & kcarts. i'm not very happy w/ this. i'm glad they were able to save the tree from pooh's playful spot, but overall this seems more problem than plus. i noticed the 70 min wait time. this time of year for that ride, i think that tells you what "interactive" can do for rides. as a parent i've successfully made it through 3 wdw trips w/ children not getting sick. i credit this "sick"cess to these two phrases: "take your mouth off that"... and more often used "don't touch that". thank you disney for offering this single location to accumulate the most germs, and as a bonus i get to be the mean parent who won't allow his kids to touch what everyone else is touching. i wonder, was the "mom panel" consulted on this one?

the new pooh queue, from the minds that brought duffy to america.

[Amy]

thanks amy & kcarts. i'm not very happy w/ this. i'm glad they were able to save the tree from pooh's playful spot, but overall this seems more problem than plus. i noticed the 70 min wait time. this time of year for that ride, i think that tells you what "interactive" can do for rides. as a parent i've successfully made it through 3 wdw trips w/ children not getting sick. i credit this "sick"cess to these two phrases: "take your mouth off that"... and more often used "don't touch that". thank you disney for offering this single location to accumulate the most germs, and as a bonus i get to be the mean parent who won't allow his kids to touch what everyone else is touching. i wonder, was the "mom panel" consulted on this one?

the new pooh queue, from the minds that brought duffy to america.

That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw those honey walls All the germs!! Maybe they will have some hand sanitizer stations located nearby?!

[MadEye]

thanks amy & kcarts. i'm not very happy w/ this. i'm glad they were able to save the tree from pooh's playful spot, but overall this seems more problem than plus. i noticed the 70 min wait time. this time of year for that ride, i think that tells you what "interactive" can do for rides. as a parent i've successfully made it through 3 wdw trips w/ children not getting sick. i credit this "sick"cess to these two phrases: "take your mouth off that"... and more often used "don't touch that". thank you disney for offering this single location to accumulate the most germs, and as a bonus i get to be the mean parent who won't allow his kids to touch what everyone else is touching. i wonder, was the "mom panel" consulted on this one?

the new pooh queue, from the minds that brought duffy to america.

That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw those honey walls All the germs!! Maybe they will have some hand sanitizer stations located nearby?!

Still not as bad as all the hand rails you touch in a single day!! No one will be able to sit on the honey walls...

[Mousekedude]

thanks amy & kcarts. i'm not very happy w/ this. i'm glad they were able to save the tree from pooh's playful spot, but overall this seems more problem than plus. i noticed the 70 min wait time. this time of year for that ride, i think that tells you what "interactive" can do for rides. as a parent i've successfully made it through 3 wdw trips w/ children not getting sick. i credit this "sick"cess to these two phrases: "take your mouth off that"... and more often used "don't touch that". thank you disney for offering this single location to accumulate the most germs, and as a bonus i get to be the mean parent who won't allow his kids to touch what everyone else is touching. i wonder, was the "mom panel" consulted on this one?

the new pooh queue, from the minds that brought duffy to america.

That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw those honey walls All the germs!! Maybe they will have some hand sanitizer stations located nearby?!

Still not as bad as all the hand rails you touch in a single day!! No one will be able to sit on the honey walls...

I'm so glad you brought that up, nicklesm17! I was thinking the same thing, even though I was very interested in seeing it. I can be something of a germophobe, and on every trip I carry a pocket sized bottle of hand sanitizer that I use after each ride. I try not to even touch most of the surfaces of the rides if I can help it, and I even "sanitize" my entire arms if they contact the surfaces. And I never... EVER... touch handrails on stairways or ramps! I think you're right: the "mom panel" was probably not consulted. Oh, and I love the connection with the "minds that brought us Duffy." Too funny!
MadEye: trust me, someone will use their butt to rub the walls....

[Amy]

Still not as bad as all the hand rails you touch in a single day!! No one will be able to sit on the honey walls...

I'm so glad you brought that up, nicklesm17! I was thinking the same thing, even though I was very interested in seeing it. I can be something of a germophobe, and on every trip I carry a pocket sized bottle of hand sanitizer that I use after each ride. I try not to even touch most of the surfaces of the rides if I can help it, and I even "sanitize" my entire arms if they contact the surfaces. And I never... EVER... touch handrails on stairways or ramps! I think you're right: the "mom panel" was probably not consulted. Oh, and I love the connection with the "minds that brought us Duffy." Too funny!
MadEye: trust me, someone will use their butt to rub the walls....

Yeah, I won't go very close to the honey walls at all, unless I see a CM just finish cleaning them And I avoid handrails too!

[NaCler]

Man... I'm surprised at the comments so far. As a parent with younger kids I love this new queue. We normally don't stand in lines with long wait times because there is nothing for the little kids to do and they can't wait long before getting too antsy. This one has games or stuff to play with at every turn which means they are not going to be playing with the line ropes, climbing on the hand rails or crawling between the legs of people in front of us in line. I would think that adults who don't have kids with them and still want to ride Pooh would love this as it basically guarantees that the adults will be waiting in line far away from all the kids.

Yes, I agree about the germs. But every good germ conscious parent carries a bottle of hand sanitizer (as M-Dude stated) with them wherever they go. Let the kids play on it then sanitize the hands when you leave.

Plus, I think the 70 minute wait time on the video was due to not having FastPass available right now. Everyone is having to wait in line, so that increases the wait time. Once the FastPass returns, I am sure the wait times will decrease substantially.

[Amy]

Good to hear from another parent's perspective NaCler. I wouldn't wait for 70 minutes for Pooh though ~ unless it was in Tokyo!

[kcarts]

Good to hear from another parent's perspective NaCler. I wouldn't wait for 70 minutes for Pooh though ~ unless it was in Tokyo!

I wouldn't wait 70 minutes for a free meal.