Parks and Resorts- Magic Kingdom Roundup- Fantasyland

Ahhh Fantasyland...the prennial favorite of nearly every child visitor and many of their grown up parents. This is the timeless land of enchantment...but sometimes the exterior and interior of these attractions don't appear so timeless. Sometimes they are downright grungy, tired, and in need of some work.

Overall, Fantasyland is good clean fun, housing many of the famous Disney film IP attractions, that keeps the land relevant (as if it needed it).

The current slate of attractions is strong, it includes

Barnstormer
Dumbo
Enchanted Tales with Belle
Small World
Mad Tea party
Winnie the Pooh
Philharmagic
Peter Pan
Seven Dwarves mine train
Under the Sea

Many of these are good to go and should stay, including Peter Pan, Dumbo, Mad Tea Party, Philharmagic, etc.

However, Fantasyland still lacks in certain elements.

First, the recent 2012 expansion of this land cost nearly $1 Billion and what did we get for it? Basically we got a great restaurant. The rest of the expansion is completely underwhelming...what needs to be done here? Let's start with the little mermaid area. This needs to be revamped. Clearly, the Little Mermaid should be a great attraction, but at each park where the little mermaid is, there is only a lackluster attraction at best. For this much money, this attraction should be completely reworked so that it can be a big draw of the park. Then you have the Seven dwarves mine train. The idea is great in theory, but is pretty tame and unfulfilling. It needs a better story to make it a must do attraction every time. Since it has the prime real estate in the park this should be a top priority. The barnstormer is also just a re-themed coaster, which i'm ok with doing, but it's still a weak attraction. It's time to get a better bang for the buck from this expansion.

Second, Let's expand Enchanted tales with Belle to actually house an attraction as well. Since the massive success of the Beauty and the Beast live action, it is self-evident that this franchise has been re-energized and should be capitalized on immediately.

Third, Dumbo is also getting a live action remake, probably time to start re-thinking about an update of the story (if there is one) on this attraction.

Fourth- Winnie the Pooh needs a little update to make it a little more thrilling. While doing this, corporate and consumer products need to push this franchise hard (it is a massive seller of consumer products already).

Fifth- New additions time. How about a Tangled attraction that is more than just bathrooms.

Sixth- Start preparing for a "Gigantic" attraction where you interact with the Giant.

Seventh- Anyone up for bringing back either Snow white or Mr. Toad???