- Studios: Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
- A new drop sequence and additional special effects are to be added to this
attraction sometime in 1999.
- Studios: Copperfield Magic Underground
- The opening of the Copperfield Magic Underground restaurant is has been
delayed to the fall of 1999, due to technical difficulties with some of the
planned illusions.
- General: Celebration-Celebration Hotel
- The Celebration Hotel is scheduled to open in downtown Celebration
in September of 1999.
- Magic Kingdom: Fantasyland-The Many Adventures of
Winnie the Pooh
- Pooh Adventures - Opening in the summer of 1999
at the former site of venerable Mr. Toad's Wild Ride which closed September
8, 1998, you will ride Hunny Pot vehicles through a Blustery Day in the Hundred
Acre Wood. Visit with Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Gopher, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga
and Roo as you experience Owl's toppling house, appear in Pooh's dream of
Heffalumps and Woozles, save Piglet from the rising water in a Floody Place.
- Studios: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
- Intended
to do for the studio what Space Mountain did for the Magic Kingdom, the Rock
'n' Roller Coaster is set to open July 1999. This coaster will have a high-speed
launch facility and multiple complete inversions accompanied by a synchronized
rock soundtrack.
- Recreation: Winter Summerland Miniature Golf
- Scheduled to open in the spring of 1999, the Winter Summerland miniature
golf course is being built near the entrance to Blizzard Beach. The 36 hole
course is being built around the following story line: According to legend,
one moonlit Christmas Eve, as Santa and his reindeer were flying over Florida,
the Jolly Elf looked down and saw snow in a most unusual place: Blizzard Beach.
That's when Santa decided to build a vacation retreat for the off-season enjoyment
of his elves a Winter Summerland. As the elves set to work designing their
new play land, they were split on its theme. Some of the elves wanted a warm
environment with Florida sun and sand; the other elves wanted the cold snowy
atmosphere of their North Pole homeland.
- Animal Kingdom: Asia-Scheduled Opening Date
- Asia, the third major section of the park, recreates the southeast Asian
rain forest. It is scheduled to open March 1999. Attractions include Kali
River Rapids, a whitewater ride on the wild side, and Maharajah Jungle Trek,
an exploration through ancient temple ruins and habitats of endangered tigers,
Komodo dragons, Malayan tapirs and families of giant fruit bats.
- EPCOT: Future World-GM Test Track
- The
opening of the GM Test Track is now tentatively scheduled for March 1999.
Located in the former World of Motion pavilion, which has been closed for
over two years, a monumental conversion has transformed one of the most innocuous
rides at Walt Disney World into what may turn out to be the wildest mega-ride
in Orlando. Essentially full size ride vehicles will whiz you in, out, around,
and even through the walls, traveling along a life-size slot-car track at
up to 65 miles per hour. (Space mountain vehicles, the fastest at Walt Disney
World, only hit 28 MPH.) You will pass through climate test areas (hot & cold)
and will even simulate a crash test.
- Studios: Doug Live
- This new show, which
opens March 1, 1999, will combine live performances and animation to tell
a story about the popular 12-year-old boy. It replaces Superstar TV, which
closed in the fall of 1998. The new story developed especially for this show
follows Doug Funnie, his dog Porkchop, best friend Skeeter, secret crush Patti,
and class bully Roger through the ups and downs of pre-teen life. Audience
members will be chosen to play small parts in each performance.
- Resorts: All-Star Movies
- Walt Disney
World's All-Star Movies Resort is the third companion resort to the All-Star
Sports & Music Resorts. Featuring larger-than-life replicas of movie icons,
the first two buildings, 101 Dalmations and the Mighty Ducks, opened January
1999.
- Recreation: Downtown Disney-West End: Cirque du
Soleil
- Cirque du Soleil, the unique Montreal-based touring circus
that combines stunning acrobatics, theatrics, special effects and original
music, officially opened its third permanent U.S. facility at Downtown Disney
West End on January 28, 1999. The 70,000 square-foot theater resembles a circus
tent and has 1,671 seats. Shows take place twice daily, five days a week.
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