Media Gets Update on Fantasyland Expansion – LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., – July 12, 2012 – More than a dozen television stations and print publications got a peak behind-the-construction wall at Fantasyland. The largest expansion in Magic Kingdom history will create approximately 1500 jobs and nearly double the size of Fantasyland. Since construction began in 2010, up to 700 construction jobs have ...
B-Roll & Soundbites: WWII Veteran Celebrates 61st Wedding Anniversary by Honoring His Country in Magic Kingdom’s Flag Ceremony – To celebrate their love of their country, and each other, the Lessures (pronounced like “pressure,” le-SHURE) of Cincinnati, Ohio, married on July 4, 1951. WWII veteran Louis, 93, and his wife Sally, 85, say neither realized the irony of tying the knot on Independence Day. In honor of their 61st wedding anniversary Wednesday, the couple ...
Kids Will Star in the Show at the Big Top Tent at Dumbo The Flying Elephant – The new interactive queue area that will open at the big top tent at Dumbo the Flying Elephant in New Fantasylandthis July. This innovative queue area will completely redefine what it means for guests to prepare for a Disney attraction. Here’s how it will work: Guests arrive at Dumbo’s big top and receive a circus ...
B-Roll: Dumbo, the Flying Elephant – Dumbo, the Flying Elephant is now double the fun at Walt Disney World Resort. On June 22, a second Dumbo – flying counterclockwise – soft opened to the public. With the March opening, guests got to experience the first-ever Dumbo flying clockwise. Dumbo, one of the circus’ most famed acts, flies guests around the Big ...
Fantasyland Expansion – The largest expansion in Magic Kingdom history, New Fantasyland features attractions, dining, shopping, character interactions and more – laid out fairy tale-style amid waterfalls, grottoes, forests and circus big tops. Magic Kingdom is located at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Matt Stroshane, photographer) (DEC. 6, 2012): (L-R) “Once Upon a Time” ...
B-Roll: Merida from “Brave” Now Greeting Magic Kingdom Guests – Disney-Pixar’s “Brave” opens in theaters June 22, 2012, but Magic Kingdom guests can visit the film’s adventurous heroine, Merida, right now in a new interactive “play and greet” experience in Fairytale Garden. Guests are invited to test their skills with a bow and arrow, complete activity sheets inspired by the film, meet Merida herself and ...
B-Roll: Fantasyland Construction at Magic Kingdom – As Fantasyland undergoes the largest expansion in the history of the Magic Kingdom, nearly doubling in size, we want to take you behind the scenes, behind the construction walls where Disney Imagineers and hundreds of construction workers are busy bringing your favorite Disney fairytales to life; Be Our Guest Restaurant, Gaston’s Tavern, Enchanted Tales with ...