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 | Disney has been kicking around plans for a major Fantasyland expansion to its Magic Kingdom park at Disney World in Florida for a couple of years, but last week it unveiled additional details about the ways in which the project has evolved. Let's also shine the spotlight this week on Wild Adventures in Georgia, ponder what may have led to the auctions of CoCo Key Water Resorts, check in with Mike and E.B. at Coaster Radio, and check out the other Harry Potter attraction. | |
Heigh Ho to Join Yo Ho
 No longer will the expanded Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom feature many of the princess-focused, girly-girl rides and shows (not that there's anything wrong with that) which Disney first announced in 2009. Instead, the land will introduce some new attractions that boys wouldn't be embarrassed to try. With two phases scheduled to open in 2012 and 2013, Fantasyland will offer new and richer experiences and will introduce a wider array of characters. To make way for the new attractions, the expanded land will take over the area of the less-than-stellar Mickey's Toontown Fair. The classic dark ride, Snow White's Scary Adventures, will also be removed as part of the makeover. But don't get all grumpy. A major new Snow White attraction is planned. Read more in the revised Fantasyland expansion overview.
| Wild Adventures: It's a Jungle in There!
 When folks are making plans to visit an attraction, they generally have to rally their troops and discuss where they might want to go. How about an amusement park? (Since you subscribe to the Theme Parks newsletter, I'm guessing that is an option you might typically choose.) Or what about a zoo? Perhaps a water park? Folks in the Georgia and northern Florida area don't have to decide among the three choices, because Wild Adventures in Valdosta, Georgia is a hybrid amusement park/zoo/water park. Guests can ride a coaster, pat a pygmy goat, and cool off on a water slide all in the same day. And the park throws in an ambitious schedule of concerts featuring major-label stars to boot. For 2011, Wild Adventures' Splash Island will be getting two new family raft rides. Read more about Wild Adventures.
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