Peter Pan’s Flight – WDWNT Archive

PHOTOS: Disney Parks Introduces New Neverland Merchandise Collection Featuring Peter Pan

WDWNT on March 6, 2017

Peter Pan’s Flight is one of the most beloved attractions in the history of the Disney theme parks. It seems odd that the parks have never really had their own full line of merchandise dedicated to these classic characters. Well now they do…

The Never Land – Think Happy Thoughts collection is now available at the Disneyland Resort and should soon also be flying into Walt Disney World Resort stores. There is no word as of yet if the items will be available through the Shop Disney Parks app, but items of a similar nature usually do.

The collection consists of a number of housewares, mostly made of ceramic.

This normal-style coffee mug retails for $14.99.

The bottom or back of each item has the logo for the collection.

Another mug features Big Ben and the children and Peter flying off to Never Land. Retail $17.99.

The coolest piece has to be this ornate picture frame. Retail $27.99.

This next piece appears to be a vase. Retail $16.99.

Decorative kitchen napkins say “Take Me to Never Land”. Retail $5.99 each.

There are also these reversible placemats. Retail $12.99 each.

So, what do you think of this new collection?

VIDEO: Imagineering Shares Behind the Scenes Look at Enhancing Peter Pan’s Flight

WDWNT on February 16, 2017

Peter Pan’s Flight is a beloved classic Disney attraction, as evidenced by the wait times that exceed many other favorite rides. Versions of the ride can be found at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Disneyland in California, Tokyo Disneyland, and even Shanghai Disneyland. The ride takes you on a journey, retelling the story of Peter Pan in scenes that include flying over the streets of London, visiting Mermaid Lagoon, and even encountering Captain Hook. In 2015, Disneyland’s version of the ride was refurbished to add many new special effects. In the video below from the Disney Parks Blog, take a look behind the scenes as Imagineers are busy making the magic behind the ‘new’ updated ride.

PHOTO REPORT: The Magic Kingdom 1/20/17 (The Hall of Presidents, VHS, Al the Owl, Refurbishments, Etc.)

WDWNT on January 29, 2017

Our latest photo report brings us back to the Magic Kingdom as closures and refurbishments begin to takeover for the rather short off-season in Orlando.

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom

I decided to rope drop the park earlier this week to see how the morning now unfolds with the moving of the welcome show and the opening of Main Street a full hour earlier.

The Walt Disney World Railroad was actively being worked on as we walked by.

Only the centralized security checkpoint was in use prior to park opening.

The Walt Disney World Railroad is closed for refurbishment and a large tarp covers the train station currently.

Annual Passholder entry lines are still in place, but sometimes can be longer than the regular entrance lines during this time of year with less tourists and more of the locals and annual visitors coming to the parks.

A number of stores and restaurants are open starting at 7:50AM (with a 9am park opening).

You can even start the day with some popcorn…

The meet and greets are not open, but the PhotoPass area and Curtain Call Collectibles are.

The Emporium is open while work is done to the facade.

If you need hats or pins at 8am, you can certainly buy them…

The Confectionery is also open at this time.

The Art of Disney and Uptown Jewelers do not open until the park does however.

The Emporium is open though.

Crowds were pretty light until about 8:45am.

The Crystal Arts shop opens with the rest of the park.

“WhenÂ Donuts Are In a Sundae, You Can Have Ice Cream Anytime…”

Of course, the Main Street Bakery Starbucks is open for breakfast.

Lines were not unreasonable inside at around 8:20AM.

The Plaza Ice Cream Parlor is open for breakfast, serving Mickey Waffles, a doughnut sundae, and a variety of other items.

Be sure to check out our in-depth review of the new breakfast items here.

Casey’s Corner is also open for breakfast (and covered in the review linked above).

“Let the Magic Begin”

We walked up to the Castle around 8:50AM and things were still pretty manageable.

Just in-case you can’t find breakfast check-in…

Guests pretty much jam the walkway to the Mad Tea Party in hopes of garnering a short wait for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. If you aren’t near the front of this pack, don’t even bother.

We elected to wait about two people deep on one of the walkways through the Castle.

“Let the Magic Begins” starts at 8:55AM. Once it is over the characters are allowed to vacate the stage, and then guests are walked up the Castle walkways slowly until they merge at the top before going through. I was astonished at the ability of the cast to ensure that one path did not get anywhere faster than another, as once we go through the Castle, we merged seamlessly with those who tried to go around the Castle moat, down the side path between Liberty Square and Fantasyland. We then even were given the opportunity to catch up with some guests on their way to Peter Pan’s Flight (I assume from Be Our Guest breakfast), and we were all then released to go to the ride. I was amazed as the efficiency of the

Fantastic Vintage-Style Theme Park Attraction Art Coming to Disney Springs This Weekend

WDWNT on October 24, 2016

If you love vintage style attraction posters, you are going to love this new artwork being released this week at the WonderGround Gallery, inside the Marketplace Co-Op at Disney Springs.

Artist Dave Perillo will be on hand at WonderGround Gallery, Marketplace Co-Op in the Disney Springs Marketplace for the release of this new artwork. Here is his appearance Schedule for the WonderGround Gallery inside Marketplace Co-Op:

October 21 & 22: 5-8 p.m.
October 23: 12-3 p.m

About the Artist – Dave Perillo

Living in Philadelphia, Dave Perillo works as an Illustrator. He draws inspiration from many notable television, film noirs, cartoons, and character advertising icons. Dave began his career working as an illustrator in the glamorous world of medical publishing. After countless drawings of dancing kidneys and otoscopes, he felt a need to feed his creative juices and began to create his own pop culture inspired art. This path launched him into a world of comic conventions, art galleries and freelance design.

VIDEO: Tinker Bell Takes Flight, Guests Play with Shadows, and Clapping Creates Pixie Dust in New Peter Pan’s Flight Interactive Queue

WDWNT on January 29, 2015

A few weeks back, we took you on a tour of the new standby queue at Peter Pan’s Flight at the Magic Kingdom. Well, earlier today, some of the interactive elements were turned on for guests to enjoy. In the following video, you’ll see Tinker Bell fly around and move items in the room, guests interacting with their projected shadows on the wall, and guests clapping to create a storm of Pixie Dust all over themselves (and me):

Today marked the first test of the interactive elements in the queue and many members of Walt Disney Imagineering were on hand to see guests play with the items for the first time. The queue should officially open on a permanent basis once this test and adjust period is over in a few days.

So, what do you think?

PHOTOS & VIDEO: After 43 Years, Peter Pan’s Flight Finally Gets A Heavily-Themed, Interactive Indoor Queue

WDWNT on December 30, 2014

When the restrooms near the Peter Pan’s Flight attraction closed in 2013, we expected work to begin on an interactive queue for the attraction. When walls came down and there wasn’t a queue to be found, many were quite puzzled. Finally, just last week, the mystery was solved. The long rumored interactive queue at Peter Pan’s Flight was quietly under construction inside the former restroom building, completely out of the view of guests. We have pictures and videos of the amazing new queue to share with you today:

The queue is entered through this door, which can be closed if the elements break or if the line simply isn’t long enough

The first hallway is lined with beautiful Peter Pan artwork

We then enter the home of the Darling family

The nursery is the largest room in the queue and features many details from the room in the movie

A fairly well-hidden camera allows cast members to see the inside of the room

Many of these items in the room will be interactive elements, they have yet to be turned on though

We also have a video walk-through of the new queue for you to enjoy:

Rumors indicate the queue is the first step in modernizing the attraction which may go through a massive refurbishment to reflect changes being made to the ride at Disneyland in 2015 and built for the attraction at Shanghai Disneyland. It will likely be a few years before that project gets underway, but this is a good start…

Tom Corless’ 9/30/14 WDW Photo Report (Big Hero 6 Art, Backlot Tour, Rivers of Light, New Frozen Merchandise, ETC.)

WDWNT on October 24, 2014

It was quite the busy weekend at Walt Disney World, so I managed to visit all 4 parks to see what was new and have a ton of newsworthy photos to share with you in today’s report:

The Studio Backlot Tour closed forever on Saturday

A Big Hero 6 exhibit can now be found at the Magic of Disney Animation

Moving over to Epcot, menu changes have been made a the Electric Umbrella

I decided to try the French Dip burger

It was surprisingly good!

I also tried the Pumpkin Macaroon from the France ice cream parlor and it was amazing.

Over at the Magic Kingdom, this low clearance was added in the bus stop to ensure busses go the right way through the loop

The awning on the boat dock at the entrance was replaced, it’s now red instead of green

The latest progress on the hub at the Magic Kingdom

The Astro Orbiter reopened this weekend, but you can read more about that here

The leave-your-phone charging stations in Tomorrowland have all been closed, the test period came to an end and we’ll now have to wait to see if it was a success and is brought back

New Space Mountain ladies’ shirt

New men’s “I conquered Space Mountain” shirt

This artwork was previously on a black t-shirt and slightly different

Dumbo character sketches are now being sold at Big Top Souvenirs

New Beast plush for sale at Bonjour Village Gifts

Instead of selling generic items, there is a now a Beauty and the Beast shield toy

If you don’t have a FastPass for it, prepare to arrive at Be Our Guest at park opening to get a return time to eat lunch there or you’ll be turned away

Even more of Sir Mickey’s has been taken over by Frozen merchandise, even Ariel merchandise got pushed out

Some new Frozen artwork for sale

A two-sided Olaf ceramic ornament was just released

Queue work continues at Peter Pan’s Flight

We thought it would only be at Disneyland, but the Zero popcorn bucket was released at the Magic Kingdom! It costs over $13 but has a light-up nose feature

Strange new t-shirts…

LOVE this new sweatshirt!

Odd new Magic Kingdom shirt

Simple, but nice

Halloween 2014 Duffy

Some of the Haunted Mansion 45th anniversary lithographs have made it to Florida

An awesome new print by Alex Maher

In preparation for “Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It!”, video screens are being installed on the floats

Moving over to animal Kingdom, it’s still a mess

At least all of the construction walls are decorated now

The UP meet and greet has seen better days

“it’s tough to be a bug” re-opened this weekend

Most of the nets installed to protect guests from falling particles have finally been removed from the queue

There are still nets by the base of the tree, not sure if these will stay here

work is picking up on the new nighttime show, Rivers of Light

The Everest shrine is behind walls and probably will be until the construction is done in late 2015/early 2016

Since one of the Wilderness Explorers’ answers is behind walls, they made a copy and placed it on the walls

The walls wrap around most of the river

We can peek through and see that the construction vehicles are already in place, ready to start working on the show and viewing area

Some sort of new structure is going up by Flame Tree Barbecue

An Oswald Christmas ornament was released

7/25/14 Magic Kingdom Photo Report (Hub Work, TTA, Frozen, ETC.)

WDWNT on August 7, 2014

WDWNT Reporter John Corigliano visited the Magic Kingdom one evening this week and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip, so let’s take a look:

Another curb flattened, this time by Tony’s, probably having to do wioth the eventual pathway around the back of Main Street that will dump guests here

We thought it strange that there were no fences near the new Casey’s seating area, well, that has since been rectified

Work on the Hub continues

Tarps are still up at the Enchanted Tiki Room

July seems like a good time to board up the Peter Pan’s flight queue, right?

We expect it to just be some routine painting and such

The FastPass sign with tic tock croc is gone… it dated back to the days of Hook’s Tavern which was located here

New Simba and Mufasa plush for sale

Instead of overloading the queue, guests are now being given stand-by return times for Anna and Elsa, as this point they were gone for the day

The fancy new FastPass and Stand-By line sign at Mad Tea Party was taken down for some modifications

Work continues on the TTA and the Astro Orbiter in Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland Terrace is open, TRY THEIR FROZEN LEMONADE* (Item not related to Disney’s animated hit Frozen)

A closer look at the work near the Plaza Restaurant for the new Magic Kingdom Hub

Another look at the new flattened curb by Tony’s

Dirk Wallen’s 11/18/13 WDW (Magic Kingdom & Disney Springs) Photo Report

WDWNT on December 4, 2013

WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom and Downtown Disney yesterday and has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip, so let’s take a look:

The statue with the Brer characters is back at Splash Mountain, but still behind walls for now

A look at the now-completed signage package at the Haunted Mansion

Peter Pan’s flight is back from refurbishment and looking great!

Legacy FastPass did return, but should be going away soon…

Walls up outside of the Village Haus

Work progressing on the Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train

Structures rising and taking shape

Plenty of seasonal treats can be found nearby at Big Top Souvenirs

What was supposed to be the Triton’s Treasures gift shop is instead a Disney Vacation Club kiosk, but at least it is really beautiful

Great pieces on the wall

A map inside with characters from The Little Mermaid

It is really gorgeous and well-themed for what it is

A look back at Mine Train

The Tomorrowland Stage decorated for a Totally Tomorrowland Christmas

Mickey santa popcorn buckets available

Work is wrapping up on the new Magic Kingdom bus loop and it should be ready for Thanksgiving week

There is a strange floating bridge near the Grand Floridian… not sure what for

Work has begun on the Disney Vacation Club wing at Disney’s Polynesian Resort

Moving over to Downtown Disney

Vertical construction is starting on the parking structure

Disney Quest was repainted a few weeks back, and at night, there is some new lighting that really livens up the building:

Some work going on outside of the House of Blues

Fit 2 Run is now open on the West Side next door to Curl

Christmas Tree inside Splittsville

Wetzel’s Pretzels has closed and is becoming Starbucks

Starbucks will open here in the Spring of 2014

Pleasure Island is now the walkway…

Disney Springs construction is in full swing

Constructions walls are now adorned with concept art

Here’s a new piece we had not previously seen

We have out first new structure!

Another look at that new concept art

All that’s left is the outline of the building…

More new concept art for The Landing at Disney Springs

While the store is closed, you can buy Raglan Road merchandise outside

Work beginning on removing the Captain Jack’s Marina and installing a new bridge

You can meet Santa at Downtown Disney throughout the season

Olaf from Frozen is over here for some reason

Demolition should begin shortly on the Captain Jack’s building

Over on the new Pleasure Island by-pass bridge, you can catch the water transportation to and from the area

Another look at The Landing concept art

More new concept art

We saw this piece back when we leaked the Disney Springs information in March

Here, a parking structure will soon rise…

Dirk Wallen’s 10/9/13 WDW Photo Report

WDWNT on October 29, 2013

WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom yesterday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:

The final turnstiles at the Magic Kingdom are being converted to touch-point entrances

Some pavement outside of the Confectionery being worked on

The entirety of Main Street will be repaved in January in preparation for Festival of Fantasy

A few weeks ago, Sleepy Hollow got a new sign and a new name, now the Sleepy Hollow Inn

All of the walls are down around the old Peter Pan restroom area

A new backdrop for the Peter Pan and Wendy meet and greet was revealed

Peter Pan’s Flight is down for refurbishment

It appears that paper FastPass (or legacy if you prefer) is gone forever at Peter Pan’s Flight

Some work going on at Pinocchio’s Village Haus, but the restaurant remains open

Work continues on the Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train in New Fantasyland

A look through the wall reveals that the pathway and fence along the ride are finished

The cake cups are still available at Cheshire Cafe, so they must be doing well

A new Madame Leota Haunted Mansion phone case available for the iPhone 5

The Grand Floridian Villas are scheduled to open on the 23rd

Work is wrapping up

The walkway to the older buildings is the last piece to be completed

Until it is done, there are going to be some monorail downtimes daily

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