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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by cousininmiami » Oct Wed 17, 2012 11:55 am

Thanks for all the info! We will miss those November dates... but I am hoping the new Test Track will be open when we are there!
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by MadEye » Oct Fri 19, 2012 11:41 am

The detail in the queue for TLM alone are worth any wait it might have!
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by mindflipper » Oct Fri 19, 2012 1:38 pm

I wonder if they worked out any the bugs on TLM USA from its DLR counterpart? I did notice it seems that got rid of the Ariel with the Dole Whip hairdo...

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Fri 19, 2012 8:43 pm

Sounds like they didn't since there still is no plot. :D

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by mindflipper » Oct Fri 19, 2012 9:11 pm

I meant the technical glitches. And when was plot needed? Does the HM have a plot?

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Fri 19, 2012 9:14 pm

When you are a story driven attraction, it's usually required. :D

That is one of the big failings of the mermaid abomination, they leave it out so there is no expanation as to why those white mermaids hate that black woman.

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by cccmouse » Oct Sat 20, 2012 12:13 pm

We were there earlier this week and were able to ride "Under the Sea-Journey of the Little Mermaid" with very little wait and also were able to go inside the "Be Our Guest" restaurant. Gaston's Tavern was also open for business.

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by horizons1 » Oct Sun 21, 2012 11:33 am

I am hoping to get one more visit in during my next work trip before my pass expires on 11/15.
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by Len90 » Oct Sun 21, 2012 9:24 pm

All I know right now is that they have been doing soft openings the past few days. I have a friend on Facebook who is currently in WDW and they posted pictures of a character meet-up with all 7 dwarfs and some pictures on TLM. It looks amazing and I do hope that the 7 dwarf meet and greet is something Disney keeps.
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by NaCler » Oct Sun 21, 2012 10:48 pm

True! I would love a photo with all 7 Dwarves. My little girl can wear her Snow White dress. I will be there this week. Come on free preview!

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by mindflipper » Oct Sun 21, 2012 11:16 pm

But it's pricey - it's far more cost effective in labor costs to have a meet & greet with 1-2 characters as opposed to 7 characters.

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Sun 21, 2012 11:25 pm

Do those character things normally onoy run for a brief period and then close or do they just run all/most of a day, rotating workers?

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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by MadEye » Oct Mon 22, 2012 1:13 pm

Len90 wrote:they posted pictures of a character meet-up with all 7 dwarfs. It looks amazing and I do hope that the 7 dwarf meet and greet is something Disney keeps.
If I'm not mistaken, the 7D M&G is for MNSSHP, not Fantasyland... yet.
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by Len90 » Oct Tue 23, 2012 12:15 am

MadEye wrote:
Len90 wrote:they posted pictures of a character meet-up with all 7 dwarfs. It looks amazing and I do hope that the 7 dwarf meet and greet is something Disney keeps.
If I'm not mistaken, the 7D M&G is for MNSSHP, not Fantasyland... yet.
That might be the case. Forgot the photo was taken on a MNSSHP night. That would be amazing if Disney made the meet and greet a permanent thing, but I guess that would be doubtful at best.
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Re: Soft Openings before new Fantasyland

Post by horizons1 » Nov Sun 04, 2012 4:57 pm

They opened up more nights for passholder previews, doing a sort of lottery (they call it a "sweepstakes") to fill up the time slots. Fortunately, I got Wednesday 11/14 from 930pm to 1am. Perfect because a) I am taking a work trip to Orlando that day and b) my pass expires the next day!
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