We are just 6 days away from the highly anticipated Grand Opening of the Newย Fantasylandยฎ Area in theย Magic Kingdomยฎ Park. Officially opening on Thursday, Dec. 6th to park guests is the Enchanted Forest, consisting ofย Under the Sea~Journey of the Little Mermaid,ย Enchanted Tales with Belle,ย Ariel’s Grotto, Be Our Guest Restaurant, and Gaston’s Tavern.ย Storybook Circus, also part of theย Newย Fantasylandยฎ expansion, previously opened to guests.ย Future additions to New Fantasylandยฎย includeย Princess Fairytale Hall(2013) andย Seven Dwarfs Mine Trainย (2014).

We thought that someย Newย Fantasylandยฎ Fun Facts would be a great way help pass these few remaining days!

  • Originally 10 acres, the Newย Fantasylandย expansion doubles the size to 21 acres!
  • Inside the Library atย Enchanted Tales with Belle,ย guests will find over 12,000 “books.”
  • Beastโ€™s Castleย contains 115 windows.
  • The design teams called the lion-like figures flanking the door at the entrance toย Be Our Guest Restaurantย โ€œgolions,โ€ a combination of goat and lion. The figures above the entrance doors, eagles with snake tails, were called โ€œsneagles.โ€
  • Be Our Guest Restaurant’sย centerpiece chandelier measures more than 12 feet tall and 11 feet wide. It boasts more than 84 candles and more than 100 jewels that hang down to give it added shine.
  • As a way to identify them, the six stone figures on the bridge leading toย Be Our Guest Restaurantย were all given the name โ€œFrankโ€ during the design phase.
  • At the Magic Kingdomยฎ Park, Disneylandยฎ Paris, Hong Kong Disneylandยฎ, and at the Disneylandยฎ Resort, Timothy Mouse carries a magic feather atop theย Dumboย attraction. At Tokyo Disneylandยฎ, he holds a circus whip.
  • Talk about authenticity! The music heard from the old fashioned calliope in the front ofย Peteโ€™s Silly Sideshowย was recorded from a set of antique circus crank organs owned by a collector in Southern California.
  • Of the 183 characters inย Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid,ย more than 70 percent (128, to be exact) are featured in the โ€œUnder the Seaโ€ scene.
  • Theย Audio-Animatronicsยฎย figure of the sea witch Ursula is 7 1/2-feet tall and 12 feet wide.