Hong Kong Disneyland Opens Charming Fairy Tale Forest at Fantasyland - Full report With Pictures and Video !

It's not every day that we have the opening of a new Disney attraction, especially in winter time, but starting tomorrow Hong Kong Disneyland Fairy Tale Forest - presented by PANDORA - will have its soft opening for HKDL Magic Access members starting tomorrow Friday Dec 11 until Dec 14, and the attraction will be open for everyone starting December 17. Plenty of pictures and even a first video await you below!

Here is the official HKDL release: "From December 17, guests will be able to take a walk through the enchanting “Fairy Tale Forest” at Fantasyland. Along with Tinker Bell, guests can step into the fairy-sized world of Pixie Hollow and journey through oversized topiary mushrooms and clovers while re-living the iconic scenes from five of Disney’s classic Princess stories – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Tangled.”

“Since its conceptualization, we have spent over two years to build the ‘Fairy Tale Forest’,” said Kelly Willis, Director of Creative Development and Show Quality, Walt Disney Imagineering. “It is an intricately designed maze set in a beautiful garden, presenting charming scenes and music from five cherished fairytales. This whimsical new attraction is bound to give guests more opportunities to create magical memories.”

HKDL guests enter Fairy Tale Forest by walking through an arch and then discover the beautiful landscaping of the entrance garden.

Five scenes of Disney’s classic Princess stories – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Tangled” awaits the visitors, plus a meet and greet with Tinkerbell at Pixie Hollow. For each scene there is a kind of "Story Book Land" miniature decor, plus an animated scene. Let's start with the one for Beauty and the Beast with Beast Castle upon its rock and Belle and the Beast dancing inside the castle.

The scene also include an animated "Be Our Guest" sequence.

Let's have a look now to the Snow White scene with an animated one with the dwarfs in the mine.

And a rolling mine wagon with Dopey.

Next, Cinderella Castle...

The scene with the Tangled tower, with day and night pictures.

...and the animated scene.

The Little Mermaid scene with Eric Castle...

King Triton castle...

...and more animated scenes, including one with Ariel and Eric....

Here is a short video showing the animated scene.

...and one with the "Under the Sea" sequence.

Here is a short video showing the animated scene.

There is more to see in Fairy Tale Forest with Pixie Hollow and Tinkerbell awaiting you!

A first video was uploaded on Youtube by Stella Yeung and although it doesn't show all the scenes i suggest that you have a look at it. The pictures above as good as they are don't show how charming Fairy Tale Forest is. Personally i like this new HKDL addition a lot. For sure, it's an attraction for young children and "girls" - the one for "boys" will come next year with Iron Man Experience - but i really find it charming and i'm sure it'll be successful with HKDL guests.

One new video posted by Disney Magical Kingdom showing all the animated scenes in details!

Pictures: copyright Disney, We Share, Disney Magical Kingdom Blog

Videos: copyright Stella Yeung, We Share

Hong Kong Disneyland Update : Mickey and the Wondrous Show Full Video, and more...

Time to come back to the light little by little before the darkness from this tragedy swallows us all. I suggest we'll start the week with a short Hong Kong Disneyland update thanks to pictures found on Google Earth and This is Mr B Facebook page.

As you know HKDL is now in its 10th Anniversary celebration and HKDL 10th Ann surprises will start to open soon. At the entrance guests can see this big "book" with Mickey and friends - pictures above and below - probably here to remind to the park visitors that tomorrow is starting the new show "Mickey and the Wondrous Book" which had this week-end its media preview event.

Here is a picture of the entrance to the theater of Mickey and the Wondrous Book, in Fantasyland.

And here are three first pictures of the show.

Editing: It didn't took long and we have now the video of almost the full Mickey and the Wondrous Book show!

Also in Fantasyland will open this December the Fairy Tale Forest, below a picture of one of the entrance gate.

HKDL guests still have to wait until mid 2016 to enjoy the awaited Iron Man Experience but new Google Earth views provide a view of the works as seen from above.

Another interesting view from Google Earth is showing the construction of the Explorers Lodge, HKDL awaited new hotel opening in 2017.

And, taking about hotel, Chip and Dale make sure that the rooms of the beautiful HKDL Hotel are ready for the 10th Anniversary celebration!

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Pictures: copyright Disney, Google Earth, This is Mr B