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Coke Corner has a reasonable amount of interior queue but it is not completely railed in. I agree that there are issues, but there needs to be balance. There will be Starbucks locations right outside the gate in DTD so it's not like it was where there are no choices and everyone has to stop there.

What I mean by that is that if you know that Starbucks on Main Street might be a hard fit for WDI, you throw lots of budget at them it in hopes of their being able disguise the obvious. Maybe it''s a poor choice of words.

It would take a power like Rowling to restrain the corporate instinct to "supersize" those facilities. Fact is, that Tomorrowland would have the been the place to do a touchscreen version or something that merits the mass market process. Gibson Girl and Coke Corner suffer from the same big queue...

Here are some pics... Micechat has a full report here. http://micechat.com/43577-starbucks-on-main-street-disneyland/

Well, the Starbucks opened on Main Street and I stopped in. Serious guilt cash was well spent on theming as details abound, and it occurred to me that almost the entire footprint of the old Market House entry is now open queue. This is the most serious issue even more than the Starbucks brand...

Paul Frees voice is right up there with Orson Welles. Had a great LP as a kid of his where he sings as movie stars..Yes, I know..Sings. I love how his performance on POTA is just like in ATIS. So great, thanks for finding this.."And still I continue to shrink..."

I think so, yes.

It really was. You come off of 67 T'land, Pirates and HM, hoping for the next plateau...then the slide begins. 70's Bear Country. The entire left side of the "land" was a bathroom. Ok..Discovery Bay is coming. Tried to love Bear Band till then, but America Sings was worse. I hoped Tron would...

I don't ever recall meeting him even though I worked Sunkist '75 to '76. The main man was a Skipper named Joel Halberstadt. I left when "America on Parade" ("Talking Tina" Doll parade) come on line with all that confetti. I was convinced ("America Sings" was a huge letdown for me) at the time...

Yes. I knew George and recall when he left to do that. Talented guy and on linkedin. Jim McCaffrey was kind of the JC Ringleader of the Jungle Drums with Dave Lewis and Jeff. All skippers, but me. I might have been at KBF in design at the time or at Sears, as I quit Sunkist back in 1976. I DJ'd...

Jeff is great. The Disney experience is not all critique and architecture, it's good fun and growing up with other CM's as friends. The spirit that CM's have and getting to do those goofy things during the summer is all part of that. Almost like College Frat stuff you never forget. I had worked...

Some of you are aware of my voice being heard in the parks in some of the attractions. Truth be told, back in the late 70's I was "Fast Eddie" of KRUZ FM, the fictional "radio station" of the Jungle Cruise long before I worked for the company. A friend of mine, Jeff Rhoads, a Jungle Cruise...

As to design references, here is a leading resource used for the design of Liberty Square and something many Architects and set designers had in their libraries. That's how I found them. I have the collection of the old books, but the series has been revived recently and you can now download...

Ok...since we've been chatting about architecture and their classical sources, here's a link to Designing Disney, a site where Paris MSUSA is profiled pretty deeply and it shows you the research and reference for each facility. I tried to use lots of history in the design of each shop. Some of...

Courtesy of Google images....

This display is a really nice touch. They did this on the Matterhorn too during it's rehab. Adding the history into the fence makes each attraction have a value and shows that the park cares. I found these on Micechat... http://micechat.com/43280-halloween-time-food/

Sadly, no. they went with the Fountain. I was really depressed about that. I may have a menu mockup as a souvenir.

I don't really have much history to enlighten you with as I was not part of those (Mickey's Movieland was Steve Kirk) efforts. It would have been nice to pay homage to the first studio. You never know, maybe they will? I did pitch a concept called the "Walt Disney Studio Grill", which was an...

To me, aspiration should drive the design versus a story. If the guest dreams of being in "Never Never Land", than yes we create that for you to roam and do as you please under it's auspice. If you are overlaying a theme on an existing coaster, this is where it gets tougher. Then a contrived...