BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 From WDW News Today...Rumors indicate that the Fantasyland Skyway station will be bulldozed to make way for a new path to Liberty Square and new restroomsThe removal of this would also accommodate an expanded and interactive queue for Peter Pan?s Flighthttp://wdwnewstoday.com/archives/6696#more-6696 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sensei 18 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Personally I wish they still had the skyride. It was always one of my favorites when it was running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doodlebug....Cherie 461 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Ditto Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I don't know, they may be right and they may be wrong. WDW News Today, has taken some wild swings at things in the past and their batting percentage is not that great. I think they listen to anyone and everyone at WDW. I guess if you throw enough spaghetti at the wall, some of it is bound to stick. Here's an example from another so called expert WDW website. The Monorail project that is going on along side World Drive in the vicinity of the Wilderness Lodge is a monorail station that will service WL guests. No, but that's the rumor. In fact, I heard a rider on my bus tell another rider as we were going by it. So unless they quote an official, on the record, WDW source, I'll wait for the announcement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Agreed - consider the source and until they produce actual photos, take it for what it's worth.Ditto anything that comes from Screamscape... Hmmm.... maybe we need a new Rumors category??Oh Jen..... :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Hmmm.... maybe we need a new Rumors category?Great idea Monique, could be fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftwildernessrick 10 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Aren't they currently using it as a temporary break area for CM's ?Instead of demolishing it, they could just move it to my back yard (minus the power equipment). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hmm... might be true after all. This posted to MousePlanet today. Links at the end...New Peter Pan queue to displace bathrooms to site of former Skyway stationA permit still pending at the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is to build new restrooms on the current site of the Fantasyland Skyway station, and to create a new walkway that will route much of the traffic between Fantasyland and Liberty Square north of the existing Yankee Trader shop, meeting the current walkway just outside the gates of the Haunted Mansion. With the added traffic flow, the new interactive queue area for the Haunted Mansion will go a long way toward pulling the Mansion's crowds from the new junction, where the overflow for the Mansion's old queue would regularly fill some of the space.Creating the new restrooms and walkway will allow the existing restrooms between Peter Pan's Flight and the Columbia Harbour House to be closed, and for the expansion of the Peter Pan queue into that area, as well as into part of the existing walkway area. Whether this means the closure of the walkway under the Harbour House bridge is unknown, but that portion of the walkway does still appear on the plans submitted to the SFWMD.The existing queue for Peter Pan's Flight?one of the most popular attractions in the park?is long, unthemed, and claustrophobic. The "Next Generation" queue purportedly under development would add theming and lots of entertainment, which would go a long way toward making what can still be a long wait more bearable.You can see the related maps and plans at the SFWMD's website, and you can also go to the Water Management District's site and search for application # 110217-4, permit # 48-00714-S for all documents related to the project.Maps - http://my.sfwmd.gov/cmsdk/content/ifs/apps/RegDocFolder/CalculationsDesignPlansEngineering/110217-4_Maps_735801.pdf][http://www.mouseplanet.com/9573/Walt_Disney_World_Resort_Update/url]Maps - http://my.sfwmd.gov/cmsdk/content/ifs/apps/RegDocFolder/CalculationsDesignPlansEngineering/110217-4_Maps_735801.pdfPlans - [url=http://my.sfwmd.gov/cmsdk/content/ifs/apps/RegDocFolder/CalculationsDesignPlansEngineering/110217-4_Plans_735802.pdf]http://my.sfwmd.gov/cmsdk/content/ifs/apps/RegDocFolder/CalculationsDesignPlansEngineering/110217-4_Plans_735802.pdfWMD's site - http://www.sfwmd.gov/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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