What do you think the chances of the Mine Coaster opening early will be? About This Page:

[CinderAbby]

With all the progress that Disney has made with the Fantasyland expansion, does anyone else wonder if they'll be able to get the Mine Coaster done for next year? Beast's Castle and The Little Mermaid were originally scheduled (from what I remember) for next summer but yet they'll be open by the holidays this year - about 6 months or so early. While I'm hoping to return to Disney next year, I'm certainly not going with the expectation of the mine coaster being open but I was wondering what others think and/or have heard about it and if Disney will keep their momentum going.

[TuffyCO]

All I've heard is 2014. I so wish it would be open sooner. This is the one thing in the Fantasyland expansion I was most looking forward to, and we are going April 2013. It seems we always miss the new things. We were in DL in October 2011 and February 2012 missing the opening of Carsland and the redesigned DCA. Of course we will go back, but I hate that we always seem to miss it by a little bit.

[jimmymac]

I read that Disney had design problems with the Mine Coaster so I would be surprised if it opened early

[EddieCVS]

I don't see the mine coaster opening much sooner than expected. I wouldn't be surprised to see the rest of the FLE open before the holidays in an unannounced soft opening. Hopefully by mid August, the photos I have seem make it look close to completion. Storybook Circus soft opened before the scheduled opening.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by jimmymac

I read that Disney had design problems with the Mine Coaster so I would be surprised if it opened early

That's exactly what I heard as well so I'm thinking 2014 sounds right.