Prince Eric's Castle - a photo on Flickriver

            It's also the queue for Under the Sea~Journey of the Little Mermaid. I expect this shot is going to become one of the staples of the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom.

'Dress Rehearsals' started yesterday in most all parts of the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. All of the construction walls came down in the last couple of days including around the castle walls and yesterday, they started rehearsals in advance of the full opening. I headed over this morning to check it all out and I'm very much impressed with everything I saw throughout the area. The level of detail and storytelling throughout is really fantastic. Prince Eric's Castle above looms over the wonderfully detailed (if long) queue for the Little Mermaid attraction which while the ride itself is the clone of the DCA version we all knew it would be, it somehow feels better because there is so much more storytelling with the building and the queue. 

You can only see a little bit of it in this shot but there are waterfalls and ponds/streams all throughout the queue which create a wonderful audible backdrop as well.

The only part of the area that wasn't fully available during the day was the new Be Our Guest Restaurant. Through most of the afternoon we were able to go inside and view the lobby and the main ballroom but when I was there they closed it off again for a few hours. That part is clearly has a few punch list items that they are still working on which is appropriate for a preview. The main ballroom dining area is just amazing in it's scale and detail and if the food is anywhere as good as the atmosphere it's going to be fantastic.

All in all, I do believe Disney has hit a home run with this new expansion and I'm really looking forward to getting back in there at night soon to do some shooting of these amazing structures after sunset.

Taken in: United States / Florida / Windermere / Lake Reams (show map)

Taken on: October 13, 2012

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Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/8.0, 1/800 sec, 16mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	16mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Aperture 3.4.1
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