So here's my three phase idea for Backlands Enhancements-Even though it's already chock full of great stuff, oh how you whine...Alright, let's do some enhancementacating! First off, Backlot Tour isn't going anywhere. Don't...Don't freak out. Just settle down...Be calm. Backlot Tour isn't going anywhere because A: It's still a Studios classic, B: It still gives a good look at Movie Production, C: More rides the better. Now knowing that, let's move to Soundstage 1, where the real work will be done.
Only three things are getting the Axe in my plan. First thing, Backlot Tour's entrance, is outta' here. But we're gonna' be saving the Catastrophe Canyon sign on the top. We're packing that away for later. Rest of the building is gone. Oh, I see what you'redoing there! You're about to start tearing down the Splash Fountain and Restaraunt aren't you? No...Just ease off the bulldozer. This is a surgical expansion.
Alright, now that building is gone we're going to be-very carefully-removing the old Home Improvement/Henson Workshop, as well as all the etc. around Soundstage one. Ok, now we lie foundation for the Main Attraction, Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek!
But Servo, you ask...I wanna'coaster! No! No Coaster for you! Why? Here's why, Coasters, even small ones, to be relatively thrilling, need to have some speed. But rides that go fast have a nasty way of chewing up land-fast. And for all the thrill-You don't get much show. I mean, Everest takes up the most room of pretty much every WDW attraction, yet people still moan that's it's short or cheap. So, no Coaster. We'll be using the ride system and story of Tokyo's Ride and go Seek, albeit altered and tailored for the space.
Around where the Coke Stand and Backlot Tour building stands now will be a queue building-smack dab right at the end of Pixar Place. It isn't the Monsters Inc. building front we all know, it's a new place: A Visitor Entrance. On top of the building is a forced perspective of one of the door hangers. To our right, is soundstage 1, modified to look like another door hanger.
Let's go to the map!
Okay, now you can see what I mean. The brown color represents new facades, the big "i" shape is where the entrance is. The circle is a forced perspective dome (Think Countdown's building) and the other shape is the forced perspective hanger.
The Tan represents the solid shape of the new building. Black divides the show rooms, and the red represents track layout. *Use the cars parked at the top left to get a sense of scale. A car is roughly the same size as our ride trains. the small S represents the track switches.
Let's walk through the scenes!
1-Load
2-Transition
3-Introduction
4-Power Turned off
5-Locker Room
6-Hallway
7-Celia and reception
8-Hallway 2
9-Monster Main Street (Side A)
10-Monster Main Street (Side B)
11- Harryhausen's
12-Alleyway
13-Door Hanger
14-Doors Galore
15-Compactor
16-Power Returns
17-Boo Sent Home
18-Return
19-Roz
20- Unload/Retail
As you can see, the big black space is soundstage 1-it gets the most room because it contains the nearly three story show sets of the night street. Everything is on a slightly smaller scale than Tokyo's, but it's generally the same ride but a more straightened and less curvy than Tokyo's roundish layout.
So now we've got another great new ride-But where oh where do people go? It's a dead end! Here's the hard part...At first a temporary roadway cutting backstage will dump out onto Streets of America by the Public Library building.
Ideally, phase 2 would forest this street and merge with HISTK to form a mini-version of A Bug's Land from DCA. But since there's alot of utilities back there, it may be too much. Still, a minor theme installation and trees will make a good new pathway.
Which leaves the Backlot Tour. As you can see, The Splash Fountain is now leading towards a solid building wall. But if one stands near the DVC stand-One can see a punch through will lead to the old queue and pre-show area. The pre-show ramp and queue will be enclosed in this overhaul, and finally, the old goosebumps building will be refitted as "Backlot Plaza". The restaurant remains (With a nice view of Forced Perspective Monsters Inc. Building.) as well as AFI, the restrooms, and the Splash Fountain is now a courtyard for the entrance to the new Backlot Tour. The Catastrophe Canyon sign gets placed on the roof of the loading dock on the other side of the store, along with new "Backlot Plaza" signage.
As part of this overhaul, the water tank may also be enclosed and replaced with a pre show highlighting live action merging with computer special effects. (I left this part iffy since some people might prefer the Water Tank. What do you think?)
See? Not too much work, eh?
Let's get this built Disney!
:sohappy: :wave:
Only three things are getting the Axe in my plan. First thing, Backlot Tour's entrance, is outta' here. But we're gonna' be saving the Catastrophe Canyon sign on the top. We're packing that away for later. Rest of the building is gone. Oh, I see what you'redoing there! You're about to start tearing down the Splash Fountain and Restaraunt aren't you? No...Just ease off the bulldozer. This is a surgical expansion.
Alright, now that building is gone we're going to be-very carefully-removing the old Home Improvement/Henson Workshop, as well as all the etc. around Soundstage one. Ok, now we lie foundation for the Main Attraction, Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek!
But Servo, you ask...I wanna'coaster! No! No Coaster for you! Why? Here's why, Coasters, even small ones, to be relatively thrilling, need to have some speed. But rides that go fast have a nasty way of chewing up land-fast. And for all the thrill-You don't get much show. I mean, Everest takes up the most room of pretty much every WDW attraction, yet people still moan that's it's short or cheap. So, no Coaster. We'll be using the ride system and story of Tokyo's Ride and go Seek, albeit altered and tailored for the space.
Around where the Coke Stand and Backlot Tour building stands now will be a queue building-smack dab right at the end of Pixar Place. It isn't the Monsters Inc. building front we all know, it's a new place: A Visitor Entrance. On top of the building is a forced perspective of one of the door hangers. To our right, is soundstage 1, modified to look like another door hanger.
Let's go to the map!
Okay, now you can see what I mean. The brown color represents new facades, the big "i" shape is where the entrance is. The circle is a forced perspective dome (Think Countdown's building) and the other shape is the forced perspective hanger.
The Tan represents the solid shape of the new building. Black divides the show rooms, and the red represents track layout. *Use the cars parked at the top left to get a sense of scale. A car is roughly the same size as our ride trains. the small S represents the track switches.
Let's walk through the scenes!
1-Load
2-Transition
3-Introduction
4-Power Turned off
5-Locker Room
6-Hallway
7-Celia and reception
8-Hallway 2
9-Monster Main Street (Side A)
10-Monster Main Street (Side B)
11- Harryhausen's
12-Alleyway
13-Door Hanger
14-Doors Galore
15-Compactor
16-Power Returns
17-Boo Sent Home
18-Return
19-Roz
20- Unload/Retail
As you can see, the big black space is soundstage 1-it gets the most room because it contains the nearly three story show sets of the night street. Everything is on a slightly smaller scale than Tokyo's, but it's generally the same ride but a more straightened and less curvy than Tokyo's roundish layout.
So now we've got another great new ride-But where oh where do people go? It's a dead end! Here's the hard part...At first a temporary roadway cutting backstage will dump out onto Streets of America by the Public Library building.
Ideally, phase 2 would forest this street and merge with HISTK to form a mini-version of A Bug's Land from DCA. But since there's alot of utilities back there, it may be too much. Still, a minor theme installation and trees will make a good new pathway.
Which leaves the Backlot Tour. As you can see, The Splash Fountain is now leading towards a solid building wall. But if one stands near the DVC stand-One can see a punch through will lead to the old queue and pre-show area. The pre-show ramp and queue will be enclosed in this overhaul, and finally, the old goosebumps building will be refitted as "Backlot Plaza". The restaurant remains (With a nice view of Forced Perspective Monsters Inc. Building.) as well as AFI, the restrooms, and the Splash Fountain is now a courtyard for the entrance to the new Backlot Tour. The Catastrophe Canyon sign gets placed on the roof of the loading dock on the other side of the store, along with new "Backlot Plaza" signage.
As part of this overhaul, the water tank may also be enclosed and replaced with a pre show highlighting live action merging with computer special effects. (I left this part iffy since some people might prefer the Water Tank. What do you think?)
See? Not too much work, eh?
Let's get this built Disney!
:sohappy: :wave:
:sohappy:
