THE BARNSTORMER FEATURING THE GREAT GOOFINI The Barnstormer (featuring the “Great Goofini”–that is, Goofy in his plane-flying guise) is a kiddie coaster in the Storybook Circus section of the New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. The ride is identical to what’s been here for more than a decade, but has been lightly re-themed to match […]

AN ENCHANTING ATTRACTION Enchanted Tales with Belle, a New Fantasyland attraction that had its formal Magic Kingdom opening in early December 2012, is by far the best recent Disney World offering. Described by some as a “character meet,” it is so much more–and in one way a little bit less–than the routine character meet and greet at […]

DUMBO IN NEW FANTASYLAND Dumbo–a simple and undistinguished flying elephant ride–has been a mainstay in the Magic Kingdom since the park opened, delighting millions of toddlers, not so much their parents. As part of the Fantasyland expansion project, Dumbo has been moved to the new Storybook Circus section of Fantasyland (where Toontown Fair used to be located), spiffed up, added to the FASTPASS program, duplicated so that […]