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[Gareth]

I agree Lightning McQueen is look awesome and i wonder if theres a chance of getting mystic mannor in paris coz i love the look of the buliding

[CafeFantasia]

The Lightning McQueen figure is great. But let's be clear, it's not an audio animatronic. It doesn't actually move. It's not robotic. All of the animation is done via video projection.

[littlemermaid83]

Fantasyland at WDW will nearly double in size by 2013. It'll be largest expansion in the history of MK.

Click here for some concept art.
http://wdwpress.com/twitter/fantasyland_9938.html

Looks amazing.

Here is concept art for the new Dumbo ride

http://twitpic.com/hgx5b

[Gareth]

WOW that looks like its going to be AMAZING WDW is getting loads of makeovers heheh i wish paris could have a couple of them i would love a fantasy land expansion in dlrp and dumbo art work looks brill and itll bust ques which is always great

[CafeFantasia]

The expansion looks excellent. I was just thinking, surely at least one or two of those new attractions/areas could be cloned into Fantasyland at Disneyland Paris?

How about Pixie Hollow on the empty grass hill, opposite the Mad Hatter's Tea Party? Shouldn't be too expensive and would provide a new area, with beautiful gardens and water features, to explore.

And, as discussed before, how about Voyage Of The Little Mermaid replacing the old Fantasy Festival Stage?

[luke85]

I'm quite surprised that DLP wasn't mentioned during the expo? Unless it was and I'm just not aware of it...?

[The Butlin Boy]

I'm quite surprised that DLP wasn't mentioned during the expo? Unless it was and I'm just not aware of it...?

Yes it is a shame, and God knows DLP needs to make some announcements soon (at this rate, they'll announce Toy Story Plsylsnd after it's opened! :roll: )

But I think, taking everything into account, that this has got to be THE Disney event of the year. By far, it's one of Disney's most successful project for a long time. I really hope that they keep doing D23 expos in the future, because this year's has been exceptional =D>

Long Live D23 :mrgreen:

[Anthony]

I'm quite surprised that DLP wasn't mentioned during the expo? Unless it was and I'm just not aware of it...?

I'm glad it wasn't... Traditionally, fans over there care far less about Paris than we care about their resorts, so any major announcement would have just been shrugged off in the push to see Cars Land. Hopefully, if they work out another slate of new attractions, they'll announce them properly... and to their own fans! Remember that great event they did in September 2005 where fans were invited to a night at Videopolis, and the Imagineers shared LOADS of concept art and details from all the 2006-2008 attractions? Again please!!

Anyway, it's probably just the case that DLP are still in the process of confirming things and checking down the back of their sofa for spare change. They're working to their own schedule.

D23 has yet to acknowledge the existence of Disneyland Paris anywhere yet anyway (there was an article about Captain EO on the website which made it sound like it only played at DL and Epcot), so possibly Paris and Tokyo being separately run are just not in their remit.

[luke85]

Anyway, it's probably just the case that DLP are still in the process of confirming things and checking down the back of their sofa for spare change. They're working to their own schedule.

Good point, I'd rather wait the folks at DLP to take their time and not rush.

Also I agree with you that I'd prefer announcements regarding DLP to come from Paris itself, and I'm pretty sure most of the Magic Forum community would too.

[Masamune]

Eek, look at this!

[youtube:3j9pr5xp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNv6EzZVvw[/youtube:3j9pr5xp]

This meet and greet thingy just like...blew my mind. AND THEN I SAW THIS!

[youtube:3j9pr5xp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFkei-0Prs[/youtube:3j9pr5xp]

THE MAN HIMSELF. :lol: God I'm jealous of every single person at that event.

[Aveen2008]

Eek, look at this!

[youtube:1qqqm4xp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNv6EzZVvw[/youtube:1qqqm4xp]

This meet and greet thingy just like...blew my mind. AND THEN I SAW THIS!

[youtube:1qqqm4xp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFkei-0Prs[/youtube:1qqqm4xp]

THE MAN HIMSELF. :lol: God I'm jealous of every single person at that event.

wow me2 definately he's gorgeous hehe!    :wink:

[Timbo]

It looked like there is some really amazing stuff coming , but must admit  I am really disappointed they made absolutely no mention of DLP !!! We all know TSPL is coming they could of at least made a comment about "a future attraction , to be named soon "!
Even if they announced a new popcorn stand in Fantasyland it would have been something  :roll: I guess we all know where we are now in the order of things at the Walt Disney family of theme parks !!!

[CafeFantasia]

Disneyland Paris is most likely ignored, simply because it's not in America. A lot of Americans only seem interested in, or care about, what's in America. If it's outside of America, they couldn't care less. I really think that's what we're dealing with here.

Disneyland Paris certainly doesn't get the respect it deserves. Americans still don't seem to appreciate that Disneyland Park (in Paris) is more popular than Epcot, more popular than Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's California Adventure, etc. It's a very popular, very important theme park. Again, they probably don't know those facts because the park isn't in America, so why should they know about it?

[Timbo]

Disneyland Paris is most likely ignored, simply because it's not in America. A lot of Americans only seem interested in, or care about, what's in America. If it's outside of America, they couldn't care less. I really think that's what we're dealing with here.

Very true , a great failing of Americans is that they are very introspective (Big word for me!) , except of course for Davewasbaloo who is a very well travelled American !!!!
I would have thought that a company could have mentioned all areas of its business , instead of ignoring them ! However it just seems they have lived up to a national stereotype !

[Anthony]

I think you're being a bit unfair. If Americans don't care about what happens abroad, why would they have a huge model of the HKDL expansion there and make Mystic Point, etc, so much a part of the presentation?

The truth is that only California, Florida and Hong Kong are considered part of the core Walt Disney Company, aren't they? Let's ignore that Paris probably hasn't signed enough dotted lines to announce its next steps yet -- that leaves Tokyo, which already has several new attractions lined up, all completely missing from even a small mention. Even the spectacular Monsters Inc ride didn't appear. Is it not just that Paris and Tokyo aren't any of Disney's business to make announcements for?

However... I agree with what Alan says about Paris being overlooked. By both Disney and fans. There's a strange distance to DLP that a lot of fans from a certain country seem to have... if only they'd stumble on magicforum, they'd learn the turnstiles are ticking, the paths are free of litter and the Cast Members are near universally lovely.

To be controversial, a DLP fan could probably name any WDW ride. A WDW fan couldn't name our second gate.

It's a real shame that D23 has yet to introduce them to anything of our wonderful resort.

These Steve Jobs-wannabe speeches aren't Euro Disney SCA's style anyway. They'd much rather drop the mention of a new attraction into the last line of a black and white (or black, white and red, haha) financial report. The party animals.

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Here's some great reviews of the Expo, well worth a read:

http://progresscityusa.com/2009/09/11/d23-day-one/
http://progresscityusa.com/2009/09/12/d23-day-two/
http://progresscityusa.com/2009/09/13/d23-day-three/
http://progresscityusa.com/2009/09/14/d23-day-four/

Apparently the mention of Toy Story Land for HK raised "audible apathy" in the theatre... lol