WoodyNBuzz
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Could this simply be a timing thing with DD23 happening within the next few weeks and then a month and change later, the closing of that space? Just throwing out an idea.
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DHS Disney Animation-Inspired Experience Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Does bring up if the Studio store adjacent to JoTLM will finally get a remodel or just reopen with animation merch that Isn't a Disney Jr related store.
Cmdr_Crimson
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It will definitely open up the plaza up
SpectreJordan
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This just sounds like a bandaid to fix this dead area. This is is super disappointing IMO; this should’ve been a new land.
This news makes it even worse that they closed Muppets.
This news makes it even worse that they closed Muppets.
Tom P.
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I disagree. This is good for the park because it is being done quickly and will freshen things up considerably. The offerings look good and fun for families and tie in nicely with the Hollywood Studios theming. This does not preclude the development of a new full land, but that would take many years and leave another completely dead area in a park. I think this is better, and I consider it a win.
FerretAfros
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While I applaud the move to reopen the facility for guests and add smaller activities that are desperately needed in the park's attraction menu (and hopefully allows the Conservation Station to revert to functional circulation with Animation Academy coming back here), it looks like this will continue to follow WDI's worst habit of self-indulgent, self-referential design that makes no sense in a theme park setting for general audiences who don't understand the increasingly-obscure reference.
In this case, they're redecorating the facade of the building to look like the Roy E Disney Animation Building in Burbank, which was designed by one of Michael Eisner's favorite architects, Robert A. M. Stern (of Yacht and Beach Club fame) in the postmodern style. It's a practical office building where hundreds of people work daily, and the sorcerer's hat entry is really only visible within the studio lot itself; for people driving past on the 134, the striped walls of the atrium are far more visible and recognizable. Yes, there's a degree of whimsy to the design, but it's a functional building that largely echoes the colors and materials found throughout the studio lot.
As the Parks Blog post said, the building may be familiar from the Once Upon a Studio short that Disney released for their 100th anniversary. Despite the hype surrounding its release, its substance amounted to little more than a social media post (it had no plot and seemingly existed only to play "spot the character"), and was quickly forgotten by most people.
But none of that makes sense with what's happening in the Animation Courtyard. The current facade is art deco, not postmodern. Painting some angled stripes around the top doesn't change that, and an oversized postmodern hat doesn't make sense in that design language. Unlike the Burbank building which is across the street from the rest of the lot and skewed at a different angle, justifying an overly-obvious entrance, the Orlando building is centered on its plaza with excellent sightlines straight to the park's central hub.
Instead of making the structure itself convey what's inside, it has to reference a quickly-forgotten animated short, that takes place in an office building, that's designed to evoke the costume of a certain animated character. WDI increasingly relies on multiple layers of references before getting to the real core of the design, at which point it's been obscured to the point of no longer making sense.
But the worst part is that none of this is even necessary. The building already looked like a real animation studio, because it was a real animation studio. It housed real animators making real animated films for 15 years, and showcased the animation process to guests another decade beyond that. There's no need to update the facade, when the interior use is reverting to what it was designed for.
Unless of course, your client doesn't understand how buildings work, so all changes must be plainly visible to justify approval.
Here's hoping the interior actually highlights some of the actual animation process, rather than just a dumping ground for the IP du jour.
In this case, they're redecorating the facade of the building to look like the Roy E Disney Animation Building in Burbank, which was designed by one of Michael Eisner's favorite architects, Robert A. M. Stern (of Yacht and Beach Club fame) in the postmodern style. It's a practical office building where hundreds of people work daily, and the sorcerer's hat entry is really only visible within the studio lot itself; for people driving past on the 134, the striped walls of the atrium are far more visible and recognizable. Yes, there's a degree of whimsy to the design, but it's a functional building that largely echoes the colors and materials found throughout the studio lot.
As the Parks Blog post said, the building may be familiar from the Once Upon a Studio short that Disney released for their 100th anniversary. Despite the hype surrounding its release, its substance amounted to little more than a social media post (it had no plot and seemingly existed only to play "spot the character"), and was quickly forgotten by most people.
But none of that makes sense with what's happening in the Animation Courtyard. The current facade is art deco, not postmodern. Painting some angled stripes around the top doesn't change that, and an oversized postmodern hat doesn't make sense in that design language. Unlike the Burbank building which is across the street from the rest of the lot and skewed at a different angle, justifying an overly-obvious entrance, the Orlando building is centered on its plaza with excellent sightlines straight to the park's central hub.
Instead of making the structure itself convey what's inside, it has to reference a quickly-forgotten animated short, that takes place in an office building, that's designed to evoke the costume of a certain animated character. WDI increasingly relies on multiple layers of references before getting to the real core of the design, at which point it's been obscured to the point of no longer making sense.
But the worst part is that none of this is even necessary. The building already looked like a real animation studio, because it was a real animation studio. It housed real animators making real animated films for 15 years, and showcased the animation process to guests another decade beyond that. There's no need to update the facade, when the interior use is reverting to what it was designed for.
Unless of course, your client doesn't understand how buildings work, so all changes must be plainly visible to justify approval.
Here's hoping the interior actually highlights some of the actual animation process, rather than just a dumping ground for the IP du jour.
lentesta
Premium Member
The Muppets are coming back for Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. They're also part of both sets of future plans I've heard for the flex theater next door once the Villains show's run is done. Fingers crossed.
Disney Analyst
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Knowing them, it’ll just be used for project updates. I don’t think they really like to use Destination D23 for big announcements. And a small one like this just creates disappointment when announced at an “event”.
Timothy_Q
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I still believe a long term plan for AC would take over the animation building and backstage areas, while maintaining Mermaid and Disney Jr and absorbing them into the front section of the park
JackCH
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Another from your lips to God's ears! And hoping whatever goes in the flex theater is not drastically lower quality than MV3D.
Trueblood
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You just made my heart beat a little faster. I might need medical attention if one of those plans is for something like "Puppet Up!"
SplashJacket
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For anyone wondering why Feature Animation is staying…
The feature animation blog tour posted a few weeks ago was a “please stop asking us to tear down Feature Animation, we’re keeping it.”
The feature animation blog tour posted a few weeks ago was a “please stop asking us to tear down Feature Animation, we’re keeping it.”
ToTBellHop
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This is a surprisingly-good decision from the company given that this fills a hole in the park’s roster and matches the park’s theme. It’s “temporary” but we all know how long “temporary” attractions often remain at WDW, so I’m happy it’s not based on one specific IP and is instead focusing on all Disney animation.
Will be curious to see if the animation academy at DAK closes. Never made sense there but they will need something for people to do at Planet Watch.
Will be curious to see if the animation academy at DAK closes. Never made sense there but they will need something for people to do at Planet Watch.
BagOfGroceries
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Meet the new attraction. Same as the old, pre Launch Bay Attraction,
SplashJacket
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Bigger plans
Casper Gutman
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I love the idea that for some reason they haven’t even considered plans to fix AC until this very moment. Why would the development of a new land take years? They don’t have plans for, say, a Monsters Inc land ready to go for this spot? Why is the only way to do something “quickly” to do it cheaply?
Most people here were happy when the Play Pavilion died but for some reason we’re all giggly about its second coming.
DisneyJayBama
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Yes! BAH! Though it won’t be exactly the same but back indeed! Great news!
Walter Elias Disney
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Now you understand why the PLAY! Pavilion was abandoned in EPCOT.