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So you may ask, why Victorian and not Contemporary? It's relatively timeless and was the style chosen as an extension of Main Street to live outside the berm originally (Group Sales, Kennel, Tickets, etc). So this look gets extended further and further. It's also optimistic and when treated in a...

"Micktorian" (or "Clicktorian" if you are referring to CAD degraded Victorian) has become the architectural language of generic Disney. I'm not sure that I hate it if it's done well, but it does start to look like it came out of a tube. Kind of like British Colonialism, it takes over and the Sun...

Eventually they find out that the simulation does not emotionally work anymore. I.E. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

Truth be told, I'm sensitive about this Starbucks thing because I used to work at Sunkist! It too was a big styled interior with a giant "Grandma Moses" style mural and oranges making their way through it. Somehow I'll give it a free pass for being out of period but being wholly unique. I mostly...

It's as if Disney mythology has become a "theme" in of itself, apart from any transportive world. Of course, guests come to see and hear "Disney" so it seems justified to a degree. But I wonder if there is line that gets crossed when areas just become references to Disney versus the settings...

Ironically Nestle has Nespresso..A superior product to Nescafe that they have been trying to roll out and it makes great Espresso on a mass scale..They could have gone that way at EPCOT..The future of beverage service? http://www.nespresso.com/us/en/pages/club-boutique-concept

When theme becomes a process. Margarine to spread on any type of bread. Here's an article on how Starbucks was integrated into the WDW MK. It's all there.A textbook case of a well and richly themed space including story, earthy coffee inspired palette, the period, the details are there...

More like the vista of World Showcase, which is still a reveal but more of a buffet than a main course. Uni has more of a Hub concept with Island "choices" than any iconic single element. It's not really goal oriented like a MK is with a Castle to reach as a destination. You might argue that...

EPCOT does have some issues. Another in the "magic" column is driving up to the Contemporary Hotel and the road follows the beamway and then wham...you see the MK and the Contemporary Hotel right on the lake..

True escapism, some better than others. I'll take the Train.. http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/09/12/10-unusually-cool-places-to-sleep/

I should have written it shorter but thought that that statement begs for an explanation. Apologies. Magic. Entry Portals to Town Square Main Street to Reveal of Castle to Hub, to each land. Great sequence. Tragic. DL Orbitron nosing into hub vistas of other lands.

Carsland is a great reveal when you enter from the back, not down the street.

I tried a Disney Railroads forum (burnsland.com) and searched it to no avail.

It is. In our company today, we start with the "wow" or what the emotional result should be from the experience and work backwards into the design to achieve that. The reveal can foreshadow, or provide "clues" to what you are revealing (a low stone wall, or lanterns can reveal that you have...

I'd like to know more about him, please tell us.

Sounds familiar but does not ring an immediate Bell. Perhaps before my time... I think he did some of the art.

They both are. Presentation is part of the "product" like the bottle is part of the perfume experience. Presenting something properly creates anticipation and communicates some of the experience of tasting the product without doing so. The china says quality, and that the one selling it respects...

Thanks. I guess Cinderella's Coach has turned into a Pumpkin Spiced Latte.

I have...(I was pictured in Wired years ago), but must admit, as good as it is, have not been an avid reader. They do have some great articles from time to time and will check this one out. I guess I'm "tired" not "wired" in the "Did you read?" Dept. Watch the link to see what I mean.

Nice 4 part series on the old 1967 Version. I'm missing it right now! http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2012/8/20/tomorrowland-67-part-1.html