1 - One Sentence Competition, Season Five Episode 3

[Pi on my Cake]

Fairweather Grounds
@spacemt354

Anything in the Lodge/Fort Wilderness area is good in my book! Few places on property I enjoy wandering around as much. This sounds like it would be a welcome addition complementing the themes nicely while still feeling unique! My only concern is that this might feel too similar to Wilderness Lodge or Grand Californian. But whenever I have those concerns I get distract by picturing a comfy couch by fireplace and a window overlooking some rockwork and trees.

Elsa's Ice Castle
@AceAstro

I have absolutely no way of knowing how practical this would or would not be for a Disney park lol. I do know that it sounds super cool and unique! I love when I see ideas that are so out there and unique like this! The One Sentence Competition is the best place to try out crazy ideas like this to see if they work. As far as I'm concerned, this crazy idea definitely works.

Snowflake Resort
@gam3rprincess

This resort has a big advantage. I've never seen that idea for a disney hotel. Not that every other hotel feels like repeats or anything, but hotel projects usually fall into certain archetypes. This is an archetype (to the best of my memory) I haven't really seen before. I kind of question how popular a Christmas/Holiday themed resort would be year round. But with good marketting and maybe a Blizzard Beach tie in it could work.

New Avengers Facility
@Outbound

I'm gonna put money down know that heavily themed boutique/roleplay hotels like Star Wars and this are gonna become a big trend in armchair imagineering. There's been a few projects already, but I have a sneaking suspicion they are gonna blow up pretty soon. You got ahead of the trend here a bit though. Following up on Star Wars with Marvel might not be the most unique idea, but that's just because its realistic and a great idea! And you add some nice twists to it like the park connection and the welcome video to help this stand out!​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Clip Art Dude! Tell us the Bonus Winner!!!!

@InspectorSpacetime you had a great mix of big ideas and grounded concepts! It was a very close bonus race (Easily the closest yet), but you pulled it out just barely! Enjoy your extra point!

Now, on to the main event!
(As soon as D is ready, 3 submissions in the last 5 minutes might take him a second lol)​

 

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Snowflake Resort
@gam3rprincess

This resort has a big advantage. I've never seen that idea for a disney hotel. Not that every other hotel feels like repeats or anything, but hotel projects usually fall into certain archetypes. This is an archetype (to the best of my memory) I haven't really seen before. I kind of question how popular a Christmas/Holiday themed resort would be year round. But with good marketting and maybe a Blizzard Beach tie in it could work.
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My thought process for this was kinda the same way WDW doesn't do much for the Holidays in the park. For a lot of guests this is a once in a lifetime trip. The parks try not to change tooo much outside of the parties to keep people looking for the traditional park experience, so this is for people who would love to come for winter but can't or don't want to fight holiday crowds.

 

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Clip Art Dude! Tell us the Bonus Winner!!!!

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@InspectorSpacetime you had a great mix of big ideas and grounded concepts! It was a very close bonus race (Easily the closest yet), but you pulled it out just barely! Enjoy your extra point!

Now, on to the main event!
(As soon as D is ready, 3 submissions in the last 5 minutes might take him a second lol)​

Clip art dude is once again being shy.

 

[D Hulk]

REVIEWS

With 5 simultaneous prompts in Challenge Nine – and with each prompt worth the same as a whole challenge – this might take a while. In order to get through this, I will be brief: One sentence each per review! (Usually.)

MAIN STREET FASTPASS REVIEWS
Emporium Window Display​

Main Street Fastpass: Walt's Time

The six windows of the Emporium at the Magic Kingdom have been given a facelift to reflect the films of Walt Disney's time in animation (rather fitting since this park was one of Walt's last big ideas)--Snow White and Cinderella's windows remain, albeit getting updated visuals; and in the case of Cinderella, moving to where the Little Mermaid currently sits -- but they are joined by images of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket in Geppetto's workshop, Peter Pan and the Darling children about to fly off to Neverland, Mowgli and Baloo enjoying the "bare necessities" of life and the gang from the Hundred Acre Wood saying "hip-hip-Pooh-ray for the Piglet and the Pooh".

Walt’s Time
@DisneyManOne

Making your window display about Walt Disney is a smart move (claiming the top Main Street “IP” at the start), and the film selection is apt while covering the widest possible range of feature animated films…though even more breadth stretching back to like Steamboat Willie would’ve been great, as would have been scenes from Walt’s life.​

Main Street Fastpass: Mickey Mania​

Avenue M Arcade in Shanghai celebrates the Mouse with 5 windows depicting some of his most famous escapades from his early years with Steamboat Mickey, The Band Concert, Brave Little Tailor, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and The Mickey Mouse Club.

Mickey Mania
@Suchomimus

And just as I say that, Steamboat Willie (not Steamboat MICKEY!) shows up, along with many more displays covering the entire visual spectrum of Mickey Mouse shorts…an idea which is already very appealing, and smartly applied to the “Main Street” most in need of some tender love & care.​

Main Street: New Emporium Window Display​

When Halloween descends on the Magic Kingdom, the Emporium's window displays are temporarily swapped out for new, spookier ones featuring the Disney villains - Ursula in her lair, Scar and the Hyenas, the Pink Elephants from Dumbo, Jafar (as a cobra), Dr. Facilier, and Oogie Boogie - all of them brought to life with a combination of projections, static figures with just a bit of movement, and even a bit of fog!

Disney Villains
@Brer Panther

Disney Villains make another good broad thematic spectrum, one which wouldn’t work year-round but is an irresistibly wonderful idea for Halloweentime, one that very neatly fits the definition of “Instagrammable.”​

 

[D Hulk]

Main Street Fastpass: Silly Symphonies

The six windows of Disneyland’s Emporium have become a tribute to the Silly Symphonies, paying tribute to the early and influential shorts that had been Disney’s experimental success by depicting scenes from such shorts as The Three Little Pigs, Music Land, The Skeleton Dance, Tortoise and the Hare, The Old Mill, and Flowers and Trees.

Silly Symphonies
@DashHaber

The general selection of vintage Disney cartoons is spot-on (the mark of a true Disney fan), though the idea hurts from a similar proposal put forth by @Suchomimus, and for going to a Main Street (Disneyland vs. Shanghai) which already has much more going for it.​

Main Street:
Princess and the Frog Display
Magic Kingdom’s new Emporium window display focuses on Princess and the Frog to promote the upcoming ride, and it magically transforms every few minutes from a fire-fly lit jazz ensemble of Tiana, Naveen, and Louis at Mama Odie's Tree to a darkened alligator-filled bayou where blacklight reveals the figures of Dr.Facilier and his otherworldly friends.

Princess and the Frog Display
@InspectorSpacetime

I’m reminded of Main Street during the Disney Renaissance era, when each year’s window displays provided previews (& spoilers) of the latest animated hit; this throwback concept hitches its fortunes to an upcoming ride redo, and as a result suffers versus some other displays due to a narrower scope.​

Main Street Fastpass: Frozen Frolics
Just in time for Christmas, the Main Street Emporium has debuted a new set of windows displays celebrating the winter season: Chip and Dale messing around with ornaments in a Christmas Tree, Bambi and Thumper skating on the ice, young Anna and Elsa building a familiar-looking snowman, Jack and Sally embracing on the snow-covered Corkscrew Hill, Andy's toys preparing to meet the new toys under the tree, and Scrooge spending Christmas with the Cratchits.

Frozen Frolics
@b-wolf95

Much like the Halloween idea which @Brer Panther championed, this seasonal display can only work during a very specific time, and winter imagery doesn’t have the same built-in familiarity of Disney Villains…perhaps something 100% Disney Princesses in their Christmastime finest would’ve plussed this.

And once again, kudos on completing your first competitive proposal!​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

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Clip art dude is once again being shy.

Clip Art Dude needs to see a therapist to work on his social anxiety lol

 

[D Hulk]

MAIN STREET FASTPASS -- Worlds of Tomorrow, Yesterday & Fantasy
Propose a new Emporium window display

The windows of the Emporium undergo a magical transformation, each featuring moving displays depicting elements and attractions from each of Disneyland's founding lands (saving Main Street, cause we are in Main Street); Big Thunder Mountain races through its canyons and tunnels, passing by the Mark Twain; a skipper boat travels through the Jungle Cruise, with Mara's Temple and Tarzan's Treehouse visible in the distance; flying ships from Peter Pan's Flight soar across Fantasyland, overlooking Dumbo, the Mad Tea Party, and It's A Small World, all of which are in movement; and the future is bright in Tomorrowland, as the Orbitron, PeopleMover, and Space Mountain move in perfect sync together in a looping sight of technological wizardry.

Worlds of Tomorrow, Yesterday & Fantasy
@Evilgidgit

With this is a clever way to tie together everything this episode of One Sentence Competition has been about, you’ve made something which is straight to the heart of Disney nerds like myself (who logged several hours lurking in the Disneyland Gallery admiring the models).​

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MAIN STREET: CHRISTMAS KNIGHTS


A new main street store selling Oswald, Epic Mickey, & forgotten toon merchandise comes with an all new winter display window of Oswald, Ortensia, & the rabbit kids enjoying the holidays, based off of Oh What A Knight.

Christmas Knights
@Pufflefan

More Mickey Mouse love (with special guest star Oswald) nicely paired with a unique specialized shop, though this sounds like just one single window display…the Emporium displays typically use 6 or so windows to tell a whole story, which you could’ve done here with additional Mickey/Oswald shorts.​

MAIN STREET MINIATURES
after they became a hit in adventureland, disney's collectible miniatures have come to the emporium, complete with a rotating host of dioramas that use simple mechanisms to tell a story with the cute toys.

Main Street Miniatures
@Imagineer Sroo

The Adventureland miniatures are a cute callback to a former round, and with the right kinetic/toyetic animation these would become a fun crowd draw, even though it’s tricky picturing what this would be like since it’s not clear what exact stories you’re telling.​

 

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Clip Art Dude needs to see a therapist to work on his social anxiety lol

Mood

 

[D Hulk]

Main Street Fastpass: Coco
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The new window display in Disneyland is based on Coco where it starts off with Miguel strumming the guitar in Ernesto's tomb and transitions to Miguel and Dante to the breathtaking marigold bridge and Land of the Dead

Coco
@NateD1226

Coco is perhaps Pixar’s greatest film of the 2010s (it certainly has the best visuals), though it seems odd to dedicate all this premium window space to a single years-old IP…particularly since it isn’t connected to, like, a seasonal Halloween event or anything else which might strengthen the idea.

(General note: Some projects have updated since I retrieved these quotes. I've still read the latest versions.)​

Main Street
1904 World's Fair
Memorabilia from the St. Louis World's Fair acting as a symbol of significance for the World's Fair and Walt, as well as a timepiece inclusion for the turn-of-the-century Main Street

1904 World’s Fair
@spacemt354

As the most “Main Street” of all the proposals – with hardly anything “Disney” in there beyond the deep-cut Walt connections, and certainly nothing that’s marketing-driven – this speaks very strongly to me by reinvigorating the land’s theme and a timeless idea which fits in 1904 or 1955 or 2020.​

MAIN STREET FASTPASS
Propose a new Emporium window display

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Go The Distance - Go The Distance is an emotionally stunning scene that can fit perfectly in a small window scene: Hercules can be seen on the cliff with an Instrumental version of the song is played as the sunsets - once the sunsets, Hercules drops from the cliff and a new Hercules can be seen flying in the scene on the back of Pegasus.

Go the Distance
@AceAstro

Indeed the “Go the Distance” scene from Hercules would make for a nice singular scene, though it would be easier to judge with some context about the other windows: Would this be an all-Hercules display, would it be moments of musical awe from assorted Disney films, or something else entirely?​

 

[D Hulk]

MAIN STREET FASTPASS
Over the summer months the newest Emporium window display showcases Mickey shaped fruits such as pineapple rings, watermelons, peaches and oranges with Orange Bird and a new cast of other fruity friends with their matching Dole Whip treats.

@gam3rprincess

This is a cute Disneyfied version of a produce window - doubtlessly the produce would need to be fake if it's baking in the hot summer sun - but contrasted against some of the more expansive & ambitious proposals this is rather too humble for the Emporium setting.​

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MAIN STREET FASTPASS -- AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
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Although traditionally reserved for Disney Animated Classics, the inclusion of Toy Story has opened the Emporium to more franchises, and no franchise is more current beloved than the Avengers... this new window will show the finale of Avengers: Endgame (2019) with Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor engaging in an epic final battle with Thanos the Mad Titan.

Avengers Assemble
@Outbound

Absolutely you're right that the Avengers are the biggest, cash-grabbingnest thing in Disney's arsenal at the moment, but that sort of IP-centric approach is a poor fit for Main Street's old-fashioned charms, especially when neighboring theme parks are almost always the home of Marvel.​

MAIN STREET FASTPASS - Eras
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Taking over the six windows at the emporium are now six different windows representing the different eras throughout the Walt Disney Company's history in early preparation for the company's 50th year anniversary, in which mostly all of the sets are replaced with the exception of a few pieces, in which the new scenes go from the early start of Laugh-O-Gram, to the Walt Disney era, to the Roy Disney era, to the Michael Eisner Days, to the Bob Iger days, and finally a diorama representing some brief Ips/park projects planned for the future.

Eras
@Tux

This is a pleasant historically-minded window display, one with a nice wide variety to it, and even while I might be more partial to a narrower focus on just the Walt era (it feels dirty celebrating Iger's legacy at this moment in time) I do applaud this concept.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge Nine Results
Main Street FastPass

Honorable Mention (0.5 points)

@Brer Panther – Disney Villains
The sturdiest seasonal display, with admirable clarity across the 6 windows.

Bronze Medal (1 point)

TIE!
@Suchomimus – Mickey Mania
This handles the vintage cartoon theme the best, while also elevating Shanghai’s rather unfocused Mickey Avenue.
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@Tux - Eras
A last-minute entry which gets a similar sense of historic nostalgia in a very different way.

Silver Medal (2 points)

@Evilgidgit – Worlds of Tomorrow, Yesterday & Fantasy
While attraction models are a little navel-gaze-y, theme park dorks would love this.

Gold Medal (3 points)

@spacemt354 – 1904 World’s Fair
This display best encapsulates the “Main Street” vibe, while cleanly favoring Walt’s Vision over Chapek’s Vision.

Please permit a longer-than-average pause between reviews. Several projects came in under the wire and I'm reviewing & rewarding them as I go!​

 

[D Hulk]

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS REVIEWS
Space Mountain Seasonal Overlay​

Tomorrowland Fastpass: Space Mountain -- Glorious Galaxy

The Aurora Borealis is often synonymous with winter's beauty, and it can even be seen from space, so come Christmastime, Space Mountain becomes a bit more beautiful, involving a sequence where riders pass right through the famous lights.

Glorious Galaxy
@DisneyManOne

Space Mountain is ultimately all about darkness & projections, which gives these Ghost Galaxy-style overlays far more artistic freedom than the initial “space” concept suggests…a freedom which you’ve really nailed with the luminescent Aurora Borealis theme, a great idea which even beautifully into a specific season (Christmastime).​

Tomorrowland Fastpass: Space Mountain-Celestial Spring
During Spring Break, Space Mountain has sent its rockets flying near a emission nebula but things take a turn for the worst as a sudden meteor shower (brought to life via projections plus some physical props) sends the rockets off-course!

Celestial Spring
@Suchomimus

This is one of several “space+” proposals for a Space Mountain overlay – basically, the same setting with a few more effects or props – which sadly miss out on the great, great many untapped settings for a “roller coaster-type ride in the dark”…settings like under the sea, quantum space, inside a tornado, Doctor Strange multiverses, the list can go on and on…​

Tomorrowland: Space Mountain Seasonal Overlay
To celebrate April Fool's Day, Space Mountain gets a one-day-only overlay based on one of the cartoons that Disney has acquired with the FOX buyout, Futurama - in Space Mountain: From New New York to the Moon, riders become new employees at Planet Express and join Fry, Bender and Leela on a delivery to Lunar Park.

From New New York to the Moon
@Brer Panther

“I’m gonna go build my own theme park! With blackjack…and hookers.”

While Futurama is an improbable IP choice (though not beyond the realms of possibility), the April Fool’s Day tie-in is just enough realism…and it’s a show that I’m very fond of besides!​

 

[D Hulk]

Tomorrowland Fastpass: Space Mountain – Close Encounters

As Halloween rolls around and the classic sounds of haunting theremins fill the air at Space Mountain, your rocket flight might hit some unexpected turbulence as you cross paths with an invading alien armada…and they have you locked in their sights!

Close Encounters
@DashHaber

Adding a creepy alien invasion is a simple yet elegant addition to Space Mountain, one which actually seems better suited as a Halloween overlay than Ghost Galaxy…with the one big problem being of course that Ghost Galaxy already exists and so Close Encounters is a little bit redundant.​

Tomorrowland
Toy Story Frontier Rockets
As part of Hong Kong Disneyland’s Pixar Fest (imported due to the success of Pixar films in Hong Kong), Space Mountain becomes Toy Story Frontier Rockets, where a play-pretend game of space cowboys sends Woody, Buzz, and the most popular characters of all four films on an outer space adventure (each given a new role to play in this wacky “Intergalactic Old West” narrative), and makes heavy use of the ride’s projection screens and the movies' energetic scores.

Toy Story Frontier Rockets
@InspectorSpacetime

Toy Story is a delightfully unexpected IP choice, one which works for me because it is so left-field and playful in that Toy Story sort of way, a childlike attitude which fits the Hong Kong Resort quite nicely…made slightly awkward since HKDL has a Toy Story Land across the hub.​

Tomorrowland Fastpass: Frigid Space Mountain
During the Winter Months (including January and February), your usual Space Mountain trip will cross paths with a swarm of comets, giving a whole new level of beauty to your space flight... as well as danger.

Frigid Space Mountain
@b-wolf95

Comets? COMETS! (Said like Rex on Star Tours.) If this overlay can really emphasize the comets’ iciness & otherworldly beauty – that is, if it feels a little more exciting than just Space Mountain’s cosmos with slightly different visuals – then this is a fun wintertime variation on a classic.​

 

[D Hulk]

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS -- Stitch's Stardust Dash
Create a seasonal overlay for Space Mountain

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Lilo & Stitch in 2022, Stitch will return to Tomorrowland, invading Space Mountain, taking guests on a crazy rocket ride across the stars, racing by planets, through asteroids fields, and trailing the beautiful tail of Halley's Comet.

Stich’s Stardust Dash
@Evilgidgit

Character overlays are a popular choice, and Lilo & Stitch is an evergreen Disney classic (despite its strange over-represtation already in Tomorrowland)…though of the early 2000s Disney films, I’m shocked that Treasure Planet didn’t show up instead, since that film’s distinctly romantic outer space visuals would be a bolder, more distinctive change to Space Mountain’s typical style.​

TOMORROW-LAND: (AU) RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

For June & July, Space Mountain will be replaced with Rainbow Mountain, an overlay based off of Mario Karts most iconic track, uh tracks, as the ride (which is only different visually as the rides core is the same) goes through “the best of” rainbow road (this is obviously an alternate universe proposal).

Rainbow Mountain
@Pufflefan

Realism isn’t in-the-cards here when you have to invoke alternate universes to bring Mario Kart to Disneyland, though despite that I’ll still single this out as one of my favorite Space Mountain overlays since the Rainbow Road visuals (easily accomplished with projections) would so 100% make this a completely different ride!​

ALIEN MOUNTAIN
terror returns to tomorrowland as x-s tech presents an exhibition of the alien that terrorized them years ago - when the vicious monster inevitably escapes, the guests must board lightspeed fast escape pods to survive.

Alien Mountain
@Imagineer Sroo

Reviving X-S Tech (and by extension the cult favorite ExtraTERRORestrial) works well as a seasonal offering since you’re far, far less likely to get frightened guest complaints on an already-scary ride…though the ride’s visuals maybe aren’t changed too drastically.​

 

[D Hulk]

Tomorrowland Fastpass: Space Mountain: Save the Space Station
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All month of November, Space Mountain will be transformed into a huge new mission where guests have to replace a new radiator on the International Space Station to celebrate the anniversary of the launch, but things go wrong when you are in the same orbit as an asteroid and have to escape it so you replace the radiator!

Save the Space Station
@NateD1226

The Space Station visuals – and the mission-based storyline surrounding it – add a certain Gravity-style real world gravitas to the psychedelic Space Mountain, though this overlay sacrifices otherworldly visuals without really adding much to the ride’s preexisting theme.​

Tomorrowland
World of Tron
Given the space (pardon the pun) limitations of Disneyland, the TRON coaster probably won't be seeing the light-cycle of day in the park, so why not overlay the coaster in the dark to the World of Tron (also as an homage to the 80s-90s Peoplemover World of Tron)

World of Tron
@spacemt354

I am genuinely surprised that a “Cyberspace Mountain” wasn’t proposed sooner, since that’s where my mind first went with this prompt. This would be an easy theme to apply seasonally (even the queue could be easily changed),with a style that’s been shown to work beautifully in Shanghai, and with a good choice of park (Disneyland, home town of Space Mountain overlays).​

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS
Create a seasonal overlay for Space Mountain

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Santa Claus Mountain - Space Mountain has always been about going off of the earth but with this holiday overlay, guests learn how Santa gets around the earth so quickly: Guests "launch" into orbit and fly around seeing Santa along the way.

Santa Claus Mountain
@AceAstro

While @DisneyManOne ‘s Aurora Borealis idea fits Space Mountain better, your Santa Claus concept is by far the best Christmastime overlay, one which succeeds largely by being such a fearless, humorous transformation which still retains the ride’s thrilling core (the new on-ride music would be hysterical)!​

 

[D Hulk]

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS
Space Mountain: Earth Orbit is the newest overlay lasting the month of April to bring Earth Day awareness to the Magic Kingdom as guests zoom through a wild ride around Earth to give a fun perspective on how small this blue planet really is compared to the vastness of space.

Space Mountain: Earth Orbit
@gam3rprincess

Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain (from what I've heard) could benefit from some TLC like this, though given its rather more old-school vintage I'd imagine a projection-heavy overlay would be far tougher here. The Earth visuals aren't on their own much more exciting than what Space Mountain currently offers, but the connection to Earth Day is a good seasonal touch.​

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS -- GROUNDHOG DAY
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Join NASA on a special Groundhog Day mission, with a custom preshow starring the President of the United States (Alec Baldwin) explaining to all the latest mission to Outer Space: enlisting an elite team of "Space Groundhogs" to determine whether all eight planets will be having a late winter or earlier spring... after a short, unchanged "lift-off" you'll be shot out into the night sky, where you fly through the Solar System, passing each planet in time to hear one of the Space Groundhogs arriving and the proclamation of an "Early Spring", in the end, NASA celebrates all eight planets having an early spring.

Groundhog Day
@Outbound

Would guests get to reride the Groundhog Day overlay on repeat?

You're obviously scraping the bottom of the holiday barrel by posting so late, when in my mind the holiday aspect of this prompt wasn't even the main thing. The visuals are incredibly goofy, with groundhogs flying around in space suits all over the cosmos...and that comic goofiness does a lot to plus the otherwise-standard outer space visuals which you've retained.​

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS - Perseids
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Introduced around august as a monthly overlay takes Space Mountain on a tour to view the absolutely stunning Perseid meteor showers which occur on the morning of August 12th and for a few days afterwards, in which guests are sent up to join the meteors among the stars around the star of Perseus for a viewing and a chance to fly past the fleeting meteorites.

Perseids
@Tux

The flying meteor visuals are one we've seen now seemingly countless times, and nothing much is being brought to the table here...which was a bit of a bummer since at first with the title Perseids I was hoping for something with the Greek constellations brought to life which I think would've been a really fascinating new spin on this ride.​

TOMORROWLAND FASTPASS -- GROUNDHOG DAY
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Join NASA on a special Groundhog Day mission, with a custom preshow starring the President of the United States (Alec Baldwin) explaining to all the latest mission to Outer Space: enlisting an elite team of "Space Groundhogs" to determine whether all eight planets will be having a late winter or earlier spring... after a short, unchanged "lift-off" you'll be shot out into the night sky, where you fly through the Solar System, passing each planet in time to hear one of the Space Groundhogs arriving and the proclamation of an "Early Spring", in the end, NASA celebrates all eight planets having an early spring.

Groundhog Day
@Outbound

Would guests get to reride the Groundhog Day overlay on repeat?

You're obviously scraping the bottom of the holiday barrel by posting so late, when in my mind the holiday aspect of this prompt wasn't even the main thing. The visuals are incredibly goofy, with groundhogs flying around in space suits all over the cosmos...and that comic goofiness does a lot to plus the otherwise-standard outer space visuals which you've retained.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge Nine Results
Tomorrowland FastPass

Honorable Mention (0.5 points)

TIE!
@Pufflefan – Rainbow Mountain (Kart)
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@Outbound - Groundhog Day
These are unrealistic & bizarre so they only get Honorable Mention, but I am enamored by the ideas nonetheless

Bronze Medal (1 point)

@AceAstro – Santa Claus Mountain
A really insane ride transformation which is delightfully on-the-nose.

Silver Medal (2 points)

@spacemt354 – World of Tron
A very good version of an idea which I thought would be obvious, but apparently it wasn’t.

Gold Medal (3 points)

@DisneyManOne – Glorious Galaxy (Aurora Borealis)
Simply beautiful in conception and execution, and perfectly connected to the holiday season!​

 

[D Hulk]

FANTASYLAND FASTPASS REVIEWS
Streetmosphere Show​

Fantasyland Fastpass: Royal Dance Corps

In the spirit of Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella, these skilled ballroom dancers demonstrate their prowess in the Fantasyland courtyard throughout the day, demonstrating waltzes, polkas, tangos and gavottes, and each performance ends with a few lucky guests being able to join them for a dance, as well.

Royal Dance Corps
@DisneyManOne

You continue to impress with your approach to these challenges – especially impressive as the first one to submit – and in the case of streetmosphere that largely means a beautiful piece of cultural performance in favor of something more elaborate, something I could stop and watch while exploring, which your ballroom dance display absolutely is!
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Fantasyland Fastpass: The Cookie Carnival
Based on the Silly Symphony short of the same name, the Cookie Carnival utilizes costumes and puppets to bring its characters to life including some original characters such as The Caramel Quartet, Sourball Sally’s Swingers, and The Sherbet Sweeties Symphony.

The Cookie Carnival
@Suchomimus

This is a good, deep cut into the Silly Symphony catalogue, which makes it a good choice for streetmosphere (better than a billion dollar IP), and whatever misgivings I might have about going the IP route are mitigated by the fun use of puppetry…not bad for someone who dislikes streetmosphere.​

Fantasyland: Streetmosphere Show
Every so often in Storybook Circus, the Dumbo's Flying Circus Parade livens up the land with thousands of amazing animals, clumsy clowns, and even an appearance from Dumbo the Flying Elephant himself (an elaborate puppet) - of course, the Ringmaster proudly leads the way atop a majestic horse.

Dumbo’s Flying Circus Parade
@Brer Panther

Live circus performances are already a good real world type of streetmosphere, so it’s a simple & natural thing to Disneyfy such a thing with the wisely-chosen Storybook Circus setting and the Dumbo elements kept nicely low key.​

 

[D Hulk]

Fantasyland Fastpass: Geppetto’s Puppet Performers

Gather ‘round by the Pinocchio Village Haus, as Geppetto shows off his latest creations: life-size puppets who can sing and dance, and show they’ve got no strings to hold them down!

Geppetto’s Puppet Performers
@DashHaber

Another puppet show, which makes sense since these things work perfectly for Fantasyland, and in this case the choice of Pinocchio works well as an immersive bit of world-building – let guests sit in on a Stromboli performance – when so many IPs could come across as cash grabs.​

Fantasyland
Blue! Pink! with the The Good Fairies
Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather come out of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle to ask guests if a new dress should be blue or pink, and the ensuing argument results in misplaced spells accidentally changing the color of things all around them (through projection mapping), including the Peter Pan’s Flight clock faces, the roof of the carousel, and a tower of Sleeping Beauty Castle (only visible from the back).

Blue! Pink! with the Good Fairies
@InspectorSpacetime

The pink/blue debate from Sleeping Beauty is a cute choice (I’m completely Team Blue, BTW), however the underlying projection mapping approach means nighttime only performances, which makes it a lot less likely that this show might enchant random passersby.​

Fantasyland Fastpass: The Knights of Make-Believe
With Fantasyland being so peaceful, these would-be heroes have resorted to making up outrageous stories about their "heroic adventures," often dragging hapless guests into the resulting chaos!

The Knights of Make-Believe
@b-wolf95

This street performances sounds sort of like the knightly equivalent of those impromptu Jedi stunt battles they had planned for Galaxy’s Edge, and while I love the bold creativity on display I fear that in reality the poor implementation of the Galaxy’s Edge shows makes Knights of Make-Believe just as difficult.​