Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom Discussion Thread

Mrlittle · February 28, 2014

^That is awesome news for Magic Kingdom. I'm just thinking at night, how much more room there will be. So smart of them to utilize all of the land available in that small area.

Intimidator305 · February 28, 2014

As a landscape architecture student, I LOVE this. It seems to be a great design, which will significantly improve this area quite a bit.

XYZ · February 28, 2014

Wow, this is really an improvement over the older one.

robbalvey · February 28, 2014

This is GREAT news! Going to really open up that whole area and help with crowding issues around parade and fireworks times. And even though they are taking away some of the green areas, I think that real estate is way to valuable to not be functional. And I think some people won't even notice that they have done this, yet will find themselves having more room during shows. HUGE IMPROVEMENT, IMO!

traincrossin · February 28, 2014

Looks like the most has already been drained too.

Condor · February 28, 2014

So in other words, "We're getting rid of water and grass!"

Terrific PR spin, but I agree it's probably a good thing for crowd flow.

simon8899 · February 28, 2014

Looking fine.

How about adding some fountains like in European gardens - as a kid I loved to play in/around them.

Millionaire2K · February 28, 2014

Looking fine.

How about adding some fountains like in European gardens - as a kid I loved to play in/around them.

Pro tip: There are 2 fountains in the plans.

rosscoe · February 28, 2014

Having not been at WDW for over 20 odd years, does this enchainment need to happen, will it help with crowds?

simon8899 · February 28, 2014

^^have not noticed that.

But the best fountain to play always was the "Wasserklopps" at the Berlin Europa-Center...such memories of getting totally soaked and loving it...

cfc · February 28, 2014

Being as parades and fireworks are very important at the Magic Kingdom, it's probably wise to expand the viewing areas by the castle (it really gets jammed there at showtime).

SuperShawn · February 28, 2014

Any thing that helps navigate through the crowds and hub area is a plus in my books.

arby · February 28, 2014

Yeah, this area was a bottleneck the last time we were there. This looks like a great improvement and it should help crowds flow through the area better.

robbalvey · February 28, 2014

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SuperShawn · February 28, 2014

Disney seems to be enjoying these 24 hour parties. One day I'll have to do one just to say I did.

Mr Stratosphere · February 28, 2014

Love what they are doing to the central hub!!

Wow another 24 hour day? I did the "One More Disney Day" at Disneyland the last Leap Year, it was absolutely insane, but glad I did it!

PeoplemoverMatt · March 1, 2014

I would love it if that outer ring is used for Guest Control routes while the inner ring and everything inside is for unobstructed parade/fireworks viewing. That would be great.

Wonder if there will be areas for people who made FP+ reservations to view a parade or fireworks in that area, and where will they be?

simon8899 · March 1, 2014

These special events always look great fun on TRs - but they also have amazing crowds on these days which is bad for doing rides...

robbalvey · March 2, 2014

I would love it if that outer ring is used for Guest Control routes while the inner ring and everything inside is for unobstructed parade/fireworks viewing. That would be great.

That is exactly what they do at Tokyo Disneyland and this new hub is very reminiscent of Tokyo's so I'd have to think that's at least the "plan."

I personally *LOVE* this!!! I always thought that while the hub looked nice with all the gardens and water, that was a lot of real estate that was wasted. And this is a nice combination of the two.

The new design still looks fantastic and lush, while at the same time still being practical. I'm assuming when it's all done, after a couple of years most people won't even notice. Kind of like no one today really notices or remembers from before Disneyland opened up the whole New Orleans in the 90s. People complained about it when they did that, but it still looked amazing and it was waaaaay more practical!

cfc · March 2, 2014

^Exactly. Before Disney added that bridge and reconfigured the queue in front Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, that spot was was a really bad bottleneck--particularly during Fantasmic. The plan for the Magic Kingdom seems a logical step.

arby · March 3, 2014

If you saw the Ultimate Tweet that Disney did to announce their All-Night Disney Party (mentioned previously in this thread), you may be interested in seeing how they made it:

Source

jray21 · March 7, 2014

I would love it if that outer ring is used for Guest Control routes while the inner ring and everything inside is for unobstructed parade/fireworks viewing. That would be great.

That is exactly what they do at Tokyo Disneyland and this new hub is very reminiscent of Tokyo's so I'd have to think that's at least the "plan."

I personally *LOVE* this!!! I always thought that while the hub looked nice with all the gardens and water, that was a lot of real estate that was wasted. And this is a nice combination of the two.

The new design still looks fantastic and lush, while at the same time still being practical. I'm assuming when it's all done, after a couple of years most people won't even notice. Kind of like no one today really notices or remembers from before Disneyland opened up the whole New Orleans in the 90s. People complained about it when they did that, but it still looked amazing and it was waaaaay more practical!

I always loved how massive and open Tokyo's hub is. Glad to see them doing something similar in Florida!

Nrthwnd · March 7, 2014

This will be such a convenience, like Tokyo Disneyland's is.

dylan9 · March 7, 2014

This All Night Disney Party is at the Magic Kingdom right? It seems like a cool idea. They had a little one of those Disney Parties with some of the characters when I went to Hollywood Studios.

robbalvey · March 9, 2014

Today was the premiere of the new "Festival of Fantasy" parade at Magic Kingdom! The parade was very high energy, featured some amazing looking floats filled with old and new Disney "Classics" and many familiar faces. We chose to watch the parade from our personal favorite parade viewing area in Frontierland and had a great time!

Take a look at some photos and video below including a clip with Anna, Elsa, and Olaf from Frozen!

Here's the clip with Frozen:

Here's is our "Entire Festival of Fantasy Parade in 60 Seconds!" - For people who have short attention spans! Enjoy!

And here's a video of the entire parade:

The parade opens up with the first float containing familiar faces from Disney "classics" such as Beauty & The Beast, Princess Frog, and of course....