Main Street U.S.A. hub redevelopment at the Magic Kingdom

[brihow]

You're so lucky I was there on Friday. Here you go! View attachment 83206

thank you thank you! I think it looks nice and not-very-noticable!

 

[Sage of Time]

You're so lucky I was there on Friday. Here you go! View attachment 83206

that is ugly as hell.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Even if lots of new trees are planted now does not guarantee they will survive once the Central Plaza is again completely in the hands of Operations.

That's a great attitude to have

Nothing is guaranteed in life. But we don't need to jump to the worst outcomes either.

 

[erwinalber4]

thank you thank you! I think it looks nice and not-very-noticable!

Agreed it isn't too in your face haha.

 

[JohnWD]

that is ugly as hell.

At first I was thinking you were judging the hub, but then I realized your comment was on the railing. It may be that the railing is unobtrusive - hopefully nearly invisible. I'll have to see it in person. On the face of it, meh.

 

[lazyboy97o]

That's a great attitude to have

Nothing is guaranteed in life. But we don't need to jump to the worst outcomes either.

Something being installed by Walt Disney Imagineering and then immediately changed or shut down by Operations is not some odd occurrence. The trees were removed for a reason and so long as those reasons remain, they will be at risk.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Frankly, I can't believe there wasn't a rail there to begin with, considering the "sue happy" culture we live in today.

I guess once upon a time people were expected not to walk in flowerbeds, least of all those within a three feet high wall.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Something being installed by Walt Disney Imagineering and then immediately changed or shut down by Operations is not some odd occurrence. The trees were removed for a reason and so long as those reasons remain, they will be at risk.

One wonders if the trees are perhaps an act of defiance of the designers againt ops...

 

[wsmith1978]

This is about a week old (been busy).

Click to enlarge...

Nice shot! Is there a "before" for comparison?

 

[LL2WDW]

that is ugly as hell.

ehh...a big chain link fence would be ugly as hell. This is a small fence, purposely designed to "disappear" into the grass and vegetation. It looks just fine, and if it hadn't been called out to most people, most people wouldn't notice that it had been recently installed.

 

[ryguy]

Won't lie, I always thought there was a railing

 

[Bolt]

that is ugly as hell.

Life would be better if people controlled their kids and didn't let them run all over it in the first place.

 

[wsmith1978]

Won't lie, I always thought there was a railing

Me too. haha

ehh...a big chain link fence would be ugly as hell. This is a small fence, purposely designed to "disappear" into the grass and vegetation. It looks just fine, and if it hadn't been called out to most people, most people wouldn't notice that it had been recently installed.

Exactly.

 

[Father Robinson]

You're so lucky I was there on Friday. Here you go! View attachment 83206

Why'd they add a railing?

 

[Sage of Time]

Life would be better if people controlled their kids and didn't let them run all over it in the first place.

Agreed 10000000%.

 

[flyerjab]

Why'd they add a railing?

On our last trip, I literally saw several small kids running through the flowers on the bank above the stone wall. Parents sit their little ones on the wall to hopefully snap a quick photo but the kids turn around, see the flowers, and get up and run through them.

 

[xdan0920]

On our last trip, I literally saw several small kids running through the flowers on the bank above the stone wall. Parents sit their little ones on the wall to hopefully snap a quick photo but the kids turn around, see the flowers, and get up and run through them.

Just a general cultural societal problem. My kids are enjoying destroying the flowers, and I either don't care enough to stop them, or I think it's their right.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I guess once upon a time people were expected not to walk in flowerbeds, least of all those within a three feet high wall.

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I wish I could "like" this a hundred more times.

 

[216bruce]

I guess once upon a time people were expected not to walk in flowerbeds, least of all those within a three feet high wall.


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Disney is aiming for the same target audience it always has- the American family. It's not the company's fault that people are like they are today. The same problems exist at every mass entertainment facility- movie theaters with phone crazy audiences, ballparks with an overwhelming number of drunks and folks at malls and shopping centers starting fights in increasing numbers. If anything, Disney does a pretty decent job of trying to keep folks civil. Twenty years ago, maybe even ten, it wasn't like that. Disney didn't 'break' the American family. We did it to ourselves as a whole.

 

[EdC]

I'm curious as to what you mean by this? What culture of people is comprised of dumbasses, and how is Disney "aiming" at them?

I think a lot of people are showing that they can type faster than they can use their head when they post things.