Fantasyland

[Disney4me]

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo says the money for the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion will come out of the division's ongoing capital budget, rather than extra spending on top of that.

"We look at our capital spending over the long haul and we have a general idea based on our own history and based on our own plans about how much capital we're going to spend every year. And, of course, we allocate it to the different parks depending on our expansion plans," Rasulo said at a press conference following Saturday's Fantasyland and Star Tours announcements. "And obviously, in the next few years, some of that will go to the Magic Kingdom/Fantasyland."

Video from the press conference is available at www.wdwdailynews.com. Click here to watch it.

A few more tidbits:

-- The Beauty and the Beast-themed Be Our Guest restaurant will be housed in the Beast's castle and will feature three-distinct room: The ballroom, the west wing and the castle gallery. The restaurant will be quick service during the day but will shift to a sit-down seating at night.

-- No word yet on when Mickey's Toontown Fair will close.

-- The interactive queue for the expanded Dumbo the Flying Elephant will be themed as a circus under a big-top tent, where there were be physical play areas for kids to run and burn off energy. There will be bleacher-style seating for adults to rest and watch their kids play.

-- The entrance to the Little Mermaid ride will be themed to represent Eric's castle, which rises on cliffs overlooking the ocean. Riders will walk down through grottos and tide pools before boarding ride vehicles that take them "underwater."