Thursday, September 17, 2009

When you wish upon a star, eventually Disney will get to it

It’s no surprise to readers of this blog that my family LOVES Disney World.  It’s my personal favorite place on the planet (deal with it, snobs) and my number one vacation destination.  I have some really, really good memories of visiting throughout my life.

Unfortunately, over the past 15 years or so, Disney has become rather stingy in improvements to the parks.  For example, what was designed to be a huge new “journey into space” area in EPCOT was downsized to “Mission Space”.  A great ride, but it pales beside the original plan.

So this is some long overdue news:

On September 12, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo announced that a new 3-D version of the tremendously-popular "Star Tours" attraction will debut at the Disneyland Resort and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2011. Based on the iconic Lucasfilm "Star Wars" films, the attraction will include immersive new elements that will take guests to many familiar places in the Star Wars galaxy.

For Walt Disney World in Florida, Rasulo outlined plans for the largest expansion in the history of the Magic Kingdom, vastly increasing the size of Fantasyland by 2013. Guests will soon be able to:

·         Visit their favorite Disney Princess in her castle, cottage, or chateau to share a dance with Cinderella; celebrate Sleeping Beauty's birthday with the Good Fairies; or join Belle in an enchanting story performance in the Beast's castle library.

·         Be Our Guest and dine in one of three enchanted rooms inside the Beast's castle.

·         Fly with Dumbo high above brand new circus grounds, twice the size of the existing attraction with a new interactive, three-ring circus tent.

·         Journey under the sea with Ariel, The Little Mermaid, in her very own attraction - also opening at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim in 2011.

  • Meet Tinker Bell and her friends in the magical world of Pixie Hollow.

All good (especially the update of Star Tours) and way, way overdue.  I can’t wait to see what they do.

 

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