1 - One Sentence Competition, Season Five Episode 3

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - A-Tickets (cont.)

Jolly Roger
@Suchomimus

Always love the chance to explore a Pirate Ship! Disney has done a couple "explore this boat" kind of walkthroughs (The old viking ship at Epcot is still sorely missed), but its been repeated because its awesome!

Tales of the Seven Seas
@Evilgidgit

A group of storytellers is always a strong concept for streetmosphere. You do a great job setting them up to not just have the show be about the characters but about the entire land!

Lumber Yard Port
@AceAstro

You continue the trend of bonuses being way outside the box and unique! Potentially impractical but so much fun!

Chinese Museum
@Outbound

A great way to incorporate history and culture in a nice, smooth way. Nothing too exciting, but a good feature​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - C-Tickets

Royal Doulton Music Hall
@DashHaber

I would love to visit the mythical, mystical, never quite logistical tent of the Royal Doulton Music Hall! A great choice for a live show! Would've like a Voyage of the Little Mermaid multimedia show blending some puppets or animation in to really bring it to life!

Yokai of the Shadows
@b-wolf95

Yokai would be a great theme for something as chaotic as a Wild Mouse Coaster! Should be a really crazy and hectic and fun ride!

Arctic Circle Circus
@Brer Panther

I love this idea! Sounds like a great spiritual successor to Country Bears/Tiki Room that captures their fun vibe. Only issue is that you specified Magic Kingdom which already has 4 different animatronic shows.

Metroland Immigration Center
@Imagineer Sroo

This feels like the type of attraction a lot of general audiences would skip and find boring, but the people that ride it and appreciate it will call this their new favorite. This would be unique and groundbreaking in many ways and call to mind incredible and grand attractions along the lines of American Adventure. An experience that means something. It would be absolutely amazing (before getting replaced for a ride based on a Pixar movie that doesn't fit the land's theme within a decade).​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - C-Tickets (Cont.)

Whodunit?
@DisneyManOne

Have you ever been to Sleuth's Dinner Theater in Orlando? I'm picturing something like that adapted for a theme park and it would be incredible and super fun!

Flight of the Fairies
@Pufflefan

You don't see Fantasyland style dark rides without an IP often, but this would be a great and enchanting experience! Something I'd love to see!

Dance of the Clockwork Toys
@InspectorSpacetime

New, yet believable and patented already, technology that brings to life an original story with a tasteful S.E.A. integration to life for an enchanting dark ride? I'm sold!

When you Wish Upon a Star
@spacemt354

A very intirguing idea! I would've like a slight bit more clarification though. Decide your own future? Does the ride have multiple paths? Is this like the touch screens on Spaceship Earth? Do you fill out college applications while Jiminy Cricket reminds you to apply for financial aid? Just needed another word or too to clarify.​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - C-Tickets (Cont.)

Yzma Ride
@Suchomimus

I think a Topspin would be a great choice for a heavily themed flat ride at Disney for a while. I saw the Defunctland episode on Tomb Raider the day it came out and have been looking for excuses to use Top Spins everywhere I can since. I can't exactly put my finger on why, but something about Yzma's lab's aesthetics just seems so perfectly suited for it!

Storm on the Briny Barnacle
@Evilgidgit

Haunted Aquatopia with even better theming? I really don't know what else there is to say! That rules!

Log Boats
@AceAstro

Rustic Aquatopia with even better theming? I really don't know what else there is to say! That rules! Slightly more unique of a concept that Evil's haunted version, but maybe less exciting. Its a trade off between new and proven success.

Muppet Mania
@Outbound

Muppets are always a welcome addition! This feels like a chance to do a version of Superstar Limo that both isn't horrible and has the Muppets! A great idea!​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - E-Tickets

Fantasia
@DashHaber

A Fantasia boat ride might not be the most unique idea ever, but this has some clever fun twists and is a perfect fit for your land!

Dance of the Kami
@b-wolf95

No IP but a great use of mythology to creat great new characters for the park. A fun use of trackless technology that adds to the experience instead of just being a gimmick. OVerall an excellent job

Ice Cavern Chutes
@Brer Panther

A little similar to Matterhorn, but similarities to a wonderful Disney ride isn't exactly a bad thing! This would be a great ride and a fantastic way to add more thrilss in a well themed environment!

Metroland Sky Tram
@Imagineer Sroo

A great way to add some incredible thrills and excitement in a unique way. The urban setting would make it hard to hide the tracks and supports for a coaster of this scale, but the theme you used gives it a bit of an excuse. OVerall a strong idea!
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[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - E-Tickets (Cont.)

The Case of the Gilded Lilly
@DisneyManOne

This is such a unique use of technology that would create an incredible experience. The dueling idea is just such a fun one and the theme is something we haven't really seen much

4 Seasons Drift
@Pufflefan

Stretches the definition of a "sentence" a bit, but an incredible ride! A really simple yet charming experience that could rival Splash Mountain

Voyage through the UnKnown Pass
@InspectorSpacetime

Sci-fi pulp slot car ride though the arcitc featuring glowing dinos? Yes please! Whale graveyards might be slightly too dark for a Disney park but that is a minor issue with an amazing ride!

Whimsical Advenutres of the Mind
@spacemt354

A large scale Inside Out dark ride would be incredible! The movie was great and it's world would lend itself amazingly well to a atmospheric dark ride!​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Reviews - E-Tickets (Cont.)

Nightmare on Bald Mountain
@Suchomimus

Bald Mountain is one of those ideas that pop up a lot, but keep popping up because it is an incredible idea! Water coasters are a great ride system too and one I'd love to see more.

Superstition Mountain
@Evilgidgit

This sounds like you are intentionally combining all my favorite elements from theme parks and I love it! Not much to say beyond "wow"

Log Flume
@AceAstro

There's been a surprisingly large number of log flumes or log flume variants, but with this land theme ya kind of had to do this! Not the most unique or crazy idea, but a really great compliment to your land!

Secrets of Sunset Harbour
@Outbound

Stretching the definitions of a "Sentence" by quite a bit, but an incredible and unique ride. Something very dark and different. An E-Ticket version of what Alien Encounter tried to be. Something I would love to see and would be excited to ride!

Journey into the Deep
@Tux

A thrilling and chilling simulator through the mostly unexplored world of the deep sea? Love it! This would be a great theme for a simulator and something I would adore seeing!​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Bonus Winners!

Clip Art Dude, take it away!

@DashHaber for the A-Ticket!

@Imagineer Sroo for the C-Ticket!

@DisneyManOne for the E-Ticket!

You each get a bonus point! This could be the difference between who wins the whole game!

And now, for the main event!!!​

 

[D Hulk]

FINAL REVIEWS

The five original lands of Disneyland are universal, simple, and endlessly malleable. @DashHaber already put it better than I possibly could:​

The core areas of the Disney castle parks (Main Street, Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland) are great themes and offer room for plenty of variety within them, so it's a challenge to try and come up with a land that can capture that same feeling.

Even Disney’s Imagineers have struggled to create newer lands which match this original lineup. Let’s see how your proposals stack up.
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Music Land

Walk among the instrumentally-inspired architecture of Music Land, and you’ll find yourself stepping in tune with a merry world that shows off the power of music!

E-Ticket Attraction: Fantasia - The Flow of Music
When a bit of Mickey Mouse’s magic goes awry and floods the concert hall, guests will board their “boat seats” for a flume ride adventure as the flow of music takes them through iconic scenes from the Fantasia films, such as the manic ballet of Dance of the Hours and Chernabog’s fearsome presence from Night on Bald Mountain.

C-Ticket Attraction: Royal Doulton Music Hall
Bucks and mares, cubs and does, welcome to our show of shows, as Mary Poppins leads the colorful troupe at this music hall in a live show and sing-along that’s sure to make any guest’s jolly holiday!

A-Ticket Attraction: Ludwig Von Drake's Symphonic Symposium
Ludwig Von Drake is ready to teach you a thing or two about the history of music with his walkthrough museum that is filled with interactive exhibits, such as the Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom Revue which teaches about the sections of an orchestra through playful (and playable) displays, or the Genre Generator which lets guests take a simple tune and run it through different musical styles.​

Music Land
@DashHaber

Music is certainly a universal theme, although it’s really abstract. Without your image – which sort of looks like a gleaming Art Deco city shaped like musical instruments – I would have absolutely no clue what this land might look like. If the visual design isn’t totally spectacular, Music Land risks becoming sterile & confused overtime like Tomorrowland.

The attraction lineup helps to deepen the theme. (BTW, I’ll be looking over your attractions to see how they strengthen the overall land. Judging them as standalone components remains Pi’s job.) Here you demonstrate the broad swath of Disney IPs which fit, headlined by the underrepresented Fantasia. With so many Disney properties represented, Music Land feels like a Fantasyland offshoot. It would be nice to see a little non-IP influence as well, to better define what’s possible here.​

 

[D Hulk]

Sunrise Land

New to Disneyland Paris, standing where Indiana Jones once stood (and the expansion pad beyond) is a beautiful Japanese village hidden in the forest, which is currently celebrating the anniversary of when the Sun Goddess Amaterasu emerged from her cave.

Bonus A: Shrine of the Sun
The main hub of the festivities, guest can pop by to mingle with the locals, listen to Japanese folklore from the village's storyteller, or maybe even catch a Taiko drum performance.

Bonus C: Yokai of the Shadows
Deep in the woods. a dark cave that sunlight doesn't enter hides a secret - a well-themed Wild Mouse coaster that gives guests a close encounter with some of Japan's stranger fauna.

Bonus E: Dance of the Kami
The Gods and Goddesses of Japanese lore of descended onto an old theatre to give a performance like no other; using trackless technology, guests are brought into the action, gracefully dancing though stylized versions of the tales of the Gods, ending with Ame-no-Uzume leading everyone in a festive dance outside of Amaterasu's cave and Amaterasu herself making her grand appearance.

Sunrise Land
@b-wolf95

East Asian themes don’t often appear in the Disney Parks. There is great untapped potential with this idea. I feel that in the U.S. and French parks, where the theme is more foreign, it would be a big winner! (The specified location in Disneyland Park, Paris, works well.) You would need to avoid the early Adventureland pitfall of being too broad, stereotypical or orientalist. The names and attraction concepts show good research & knowledge about Japanese culture, which is very good.

You could actually go broader with this theme, which is presently all Japanese, by incorporating other Asian cultures like Korean, Chinese, and so forth, with carefully delineated thematic areas…sort of like how newer Adventurelands divide up their Caribbean, African, and South American areas. The attraction roster shows a good thematic depth. Very few Disney IPs could fit, which works for me but it could be a problem for some guests. That’s where a slightly broader approach – giving you access to Mulan, Raya, and more – could pay off.

Overall this is a really great land, especially for a Castle Park. While you've specified Paris as your location, thematically this is something which could be put into several resorts with little difficulty.​

 

[D Hulk]

Alright, let me see what I can do...

The Top of the World
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A fitting counterpoint to the warmer climates of Adventureland (a jungle) and Frontierland (a desert), this new addition to the Magic Kingdom transports parkgoers all the way to the Arctic Circle, where snow and ice abound, the weather chills, and all water is frozen over - fortunately, the dining locations around the land all serve piping hot food, the shops all sell warm clothes, and there are plenty of roaring fireplaces to keep you from getting too cold.

E-TICKET ATTRACTION: Thrill-seekers will love the land's headliner attraction, Ice Cavern Chutes, a roller coaster through the tundra's glowing ice caverns aboard a skidding, sliding bobsled.

C-TICKET ATTRACTION: An animatronic show in the style of Country Bear Jamboree and the Enchanted Tiki Room, the Arctic Circle Circus boasts a cast of cuddly polar bears, joke-telling reindeer, acrobatic penguins (all the way from Antarctica!), fencing narwhals, seals, arctic foxes, musk oxen, wolverines, walruses, beluga whales, and the host of the show, a goofy abominable snowman named Yancy E. Ti.

A-TICKET ATTRACTION: Little ones can enjoy themselves on a small playground made from an abandoned researchers' camp and large icebergs.

The Top of the World
@Brer Panther

Most of the best Castle Park lands have super generic names in the “________land” style. Fantasyland, Tomorrowland…these help to convey their universal themes. You’ve done well to identify a wintry theme which makes sense alongside Disney’s jungle & desert lands. A name like “Arcticland” could communicate that better. The Top of the World reminds me of the super-obscure Disney flick The Island at the Top of the World (whose box office failure killed Tony Baxter’s Discovery Bay in Anaheim).

The land’s content somewhat reminds me of the proposed Glacier Bay for Hong Kong Disneyland. The focus here is squarely on the Arctic’s natural beauty; all the manmade influence is temporary, like researcher camps and such. A different approach, one which folds in Arctic cultures (and for better or worse, makes Frozen inevitable), in addition to your natural focus, could yield a richer land. With time, I’d expect this land’s theme to broaden a bit to accommodate those possibilities. The winter setting on its own, despite any nitpicks, is lovely & magical and very well-chosen to broaden a Castle Park's thematic horizons.​

 

[D Hulk]

METROLAND
metroland celebrates the achievements, spectacle, and community of urban life, immersing guests in an art deco city where they can stroll past skyscrapers, grab a slice of deep dish pizza or a freshly baked bagel, and catch a performance from the local band.
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the all-new metroland sky tram is set to revolutionize city travel, but when it spirals out of control, guests are sent on a thrilling roller coaster that wraps around the city and ends with a close call with a scaled down replica of the statue of liberty.
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when guests step into the metroland immigration center, they find their ferries taking them on a journey through the lives of influential immigrants from whichever country the land is found in, supported by detailed sets and beautifully constructed animatronics.
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letting kids live the dream of fighting fires, the metroland firehouse acts as an interactive playground with looping slides, climbable fire trucks, and bursting hydrants.

Metroland
@Imagineer Sroo

Metroland sounds like the exact opposite of Adventureland. Forget the “jungle rivers of the world,” this is the “cities of the world,” done with a romanticized, timeless charm. Disney has proved themselves good with this sort of setting, particularly with DisneySea’s American Waterfront (whose lived-in details and sheer believability make it one of Disney’s very best lands). Like American Waterfront, Metroland seems to take most of its influence from New York City, appropriately. What influences, if any, might you take from other great metro settings?

The biggest risk with any urban-set land is making it feel too contemporary. Guests visit Disney Parks to escape into worlds they cannot visit in day-to-day life. Going period with this – which you hint at with a few word choices – avoids that error. There is no big Disney intellectual property headlining Metroland, and there’s no obvious candidate. I like that.​

 

[D Hulk]

I already did a land themed around mythology with Olympus Square, so what do I do now? Well, here's something...

Mysteryland

Welcome to New York at the time of the Great Depression, as seen through the lens of film noir; where the battle between justice and evil is never-ending, thrusting us into the fray and joining detectives and perpetrators, cops and robbers in an exciting (yet safe for families to enjoy) world where anything can happen.

BONUS E-Ticket: On The Case of the Gilded Lilly, a two-way trackless ride system pits guests as either the undercover agents of hard-boiled detective Christopher Club or as members of the mob family of Club's longtime foe, Marco "Shark" Fortunato, with Club's team trying to stop the Fortunatos from their latest crime, stealing the famed Gilded Lilly (the pride and joy of the Copieux family, the richest family in town), and Fortunato's team trying to cover their tracks -- but who will prevail?

BONUS C-Ticket: The library of the Copieux mansion plays host to Whodunit?, a farcical comedy show playing off the tropes of the classic murder mystery genre.

BONUS A-Ticket: Although you can meet Club, the Copieux family and even the Fortunatos here in Mysteryland, there's nothing like The Mean Streets, which brings the ongoing fight of Christopher Club and the Fortunato family to the streets, as Streetmosphere stunt performers get into stunningly realistic altercations right before our eyes.

Mysteryland
@DisneyManOne

Mysteryland stands in direct contrast to Metroland, since both take on the Big City as their setting. (Incidentally, if you hadn’t already done it, a mythology land is always a good choice.) Your land dwells more on genre, on film noir, which gives it a far more distinctive tone. This is somewhat darker subject matter for Disney, recalling the Prohibition Era Main Street which was proposed for Paris…and was rejected precisely because it was too “adult.” Between the film genre influence and the urban environment, this honestly sounds better suited for Hollywood Studios than for a Castle Park.

This works OK for the various Disneylands, though it sounds more like the perfect Second Gate land. There is a wealth of shared backstory across every attraction which reminds me of Paris’ Frontierland. This is similar to the S.E.A. mythos, but refreshingly distinct. Taken wholly on its own, minus the Castle Park element, this might be my favorite land. Placing this in a Disneyland setting might be as awkward as Galaxy’s Edge in Anaheim, but it doesn’t detract from the land’s standalone quality.​

 

[D Hulk]

NATURE’S WONDERLANDView attachment 493434Nature’s Wonderland is a place where magic meets nature, in a vibrant mystical forest where your the size of a fairy & can meet the bugs & birds; eat fresh fruit, salads, & more garden inspired cuisine like parfaits, take a flight with the fairies, buy miniatures (get it, cause your small), & make your way through the forest in all four seasons.

A: Fairy Hollow
This new immersive meet & greet location for Tink allows guests to explore fairy hollow (or at least a small portion of it) to their hearts desire, while also acting as a great place to charge guests for an overpriced photo let guests capture a magical moment (especially at night when the area is all lit up).
C: Flight Of The Fairies
This low-scale dark ride has guests join the fairies on a flight through the hollow while riding “ladybugs” as they see fairies living their lives, birds soaring through the sky, & caterpillars seeking food.
E: 4 Seasons Drift This quite literal log flume (which takes place mostly inside) takes guests through the four seasons as the water pulls them through the forest, taking them through summer were the river carries them along through a peaceful forest (full of vibrant animatronic animals) until a bear starts looking for food & pushes you along faster & shakes your “boat” as you go down the dips of the river, then fall brings windy weather to the scene as guests; twist, turn, & drop through the red & orange forest; next, winter may freeze up the water, but the snow storm brings whats left of the water blazing through the chilly leafless forest, with the climax taking place in spring as a rainstorm brings drop after drop after drop, but things end peacefully; as you go past the forest when its full of colorful flowers, vibrant animals, & fully leafed trees as guests get off the ride.

Nature’s Wonderland
@Pufflefan

Your land splits the different between Frontierland and Fantasyland…wilderness and fairies. (The name even comes from a defunct Frontierland headliner.) The big unique draw is the change in scale! If you could reduce Nature’s Wonderland down to a single attraction (or even a sub-land), really it could be added to either F-land and not feel out-of-place. It fits the Disneyland style very cleanly, but thematically it’s about as redundant as Critter Country.

If the whole purpose of Nature’s Wonderland is to create a home for Tinkerbell, that could be accomplished with a sub-land in Fantasyland. The other attractions, like the four seasons log flume, are certainly cute but very similar to stuff Disneyland et al already have. Weirdly enough, Nature’s Wonderland would actually work best in Efteling of all places! Your take on fairytale imagery (Tinkerbell aside) is just different enough from Disney’s house style that I think it would fit in very nicely there. Give your rides an ornate storybook visual style, and that would be a slam dunk!​

 

[D Hulk]

* * WINTERLAND * *

Winterland is the love child of Discovery Bay and Epcot’s Switzerland Pavilion (Matterhorns for everyone!), where every day is the winter solstice and the perennial holiday spirit is only rivaled by a spirit of adventure, featuring a snow-capped village which combines Alpine and Steampunk styles to bridge Fantasyland and Tomorrowland (*at least in American parks, land location varies for others) and a ridge of icy mountains, a place whose mysteries inspire folk tales and draw adventurers from across the globe like a siren’s call.

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A-Ticket: Sir Reginald Cuckoo, the founder of Winterdale (the land’s village) was by no means an ordinary fellow, and now in Cuckoo Manor Tours, guests can walk through the rooms he once called home, including increasingly abstract hallways, libraries that sway as if at sea, and the aviary where he housed poultry to keep him company in the arctic.

C-Ticket: Dance of the Clockwork Toys sends guests through the enchanted toy workshop of Gustav Tinkerschmidt, respected S.E.A. member, in model train dark ride vehicles, and it's also Disney’s testing grounds for free-standing animatronics, so when the workshop’s spell brings all the wind-up toy soldiers and ballerinas to life, they really seem to move around on their own.

E-Ticket: In Voyage Through the Unknown Pass, an original sci-fi pulp adventure, guests enter slot-car vehicles with their “expedition team” and journey up the arctic mountains, where they discover a passage to a hidden world of arctic dirigibles, whale graveyards, and bioluminescent dinosaurs thawing from glaciers.

Winterland
@InspectorSpacetime

Naturally I must compare this to the similarly-Arctic “Top of the World” from @Brer Panther. Immediately you connect Winterland to distinct cultural influences (mostly Alpine stuff), which makes Winterland feel far more tactile. It’s a little familiar from past unused Disney concepts, but it’s still a unique fusion. I cannot fault you for simply duplicating Discovery Bay. The steampunk elements are a nice touch for the Fantasyland-Tomorrowland transition. The attraction characters remind me of the feuding families of Mysteryland; the same careful, complex backstory.

For both of these frozen lands, would temperatures be an issue? If they’re set outdoors, would the snowy rockwork be less convincing? Would it lose that magical wintry aura? Hong Kong Disneyland’s proposed Glacier Bay would have apparently been indoors, with an Aurora Borealis effect, to help with theming and to provide an escape from the South China Sea humidity. If Winterland is cloning the Matterhorn, it cannot be one-hundred percent indoors, certainly, but I think a smaller enclosed section (Ice cave? Night sky?) would be a nice extra touch.​

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

Wait so this thread is over after this last challenge?????

 

[D Hulk]

Dreamland
Nestled beyond Fantasyland in Disneyland Paris will be a dreamscape unlike any land seen before, as guests bring their imagination to a bright, vibrant utopia of ideas, sprawling with interactive attractions such as an Inside Out E-ticket, creative dining options like the Cloud 9 Lounge, and various entertainment endeavors throughout.

E-Ticket: The Whimsical Adventures of the Mind
Based on the Disney-Pixar film Inside Out, journey into the vast environment of the mind in this dark-ride hybrid as you interact with Reily's emotions on a journey to rescue Bing Bong

C-Ticket: When You Wish Upon a Star
A Jiminy-Cricket narrated boat ride as you glide through the River of Dreams and get to decide your own future.

A-Ticket: Emotional Whirlwind
The Inside-Out themed spinner attraction from Disney California Adventure

Dreamland
@spacemt354

A bit like Music Land, Dreamland is an incredibly abstract idea. The possibilities are almost entirely limitless, a blank canvas, and that is a very dangerous thing. The original Journey into Imagination divided its similarly pie-in-the-sky premise into different areas of human endeavor. Could a division like that help to define Dreamland? Is there a Nightmare section, a hidden Subconscious section…a Wet Dream section?

Inside Out provides most of Dreamland’s backbone, including two of your listed attractions. There’s a definite visual style there to mine from, a super colorful & minimalist style. You’re running a risk of turning Dreamland into a single-IP land, even with the Jiminy Cricket C-ticket. Ultimately, this is an ambitiously broad concept which I think would work best outside of the Castle Parks. It feels tailor made for Epcot, actually, as an expansion to the Imagination Pavilion.​

 

[D Hulk]

The Fiendish Fjords
The home of Disney villains; when they're not going against our heroes; the Fiendish Fjords are the unused Shadowlands brought to its fullest potential and; much like Mermaid Lagoon, the area is built indoors to give the area a better dark, eerie atmosphere with a town set between The Devious Docks and the forests on the slopes Bald Mountain.
A-Ticket: The Jolly Roger is docked here at the Fjords and whilst here, guests can explore Captain Hook's infamous ship and see some of Hook's plans to off Peter Pan as well as his other dirty deeds; just don't look down into the water if you here a strange ticking noise.
C-Ticket: Yzma is always looking for unsuspecting victims who would make willing test subjects to experiment on and her newest invention; a topspin flat ride; is engineered to suck the fear out of its victims and into her new potion, which will scare Kuzco into giving her the throne, knowing her and Kronk, her plans will only be half successful.
E-Ticket: Nightmare on Bald Mountain is water coaster that takes guests on a journey up the slopes of Bald Mountain; via its cursed river; and "accidentally" into the Villains' Hideout where they plan to take control of the park and quickly chase out the unwanted intruders, sending defenses against them but just as they escape from the mountain fortress, Chernabog himself awakes and sends his demons to chase after you as you fall down 7 stories into the swampy waters below, only managing to evade them by the ringing of church bells.

The Fiendish Fjords
@Suchomimus

Though the name sounds like something in DisneySea, really this is a Disney Villains land. If you don’t want to call it Shadowlands, maybe a simpler name like Villainyland might work? Because really this is the dark flipside to Fantasyland, and as such it doubtlessly does work in a Castle Park! I could see this in the Anaheim ToonTown location as a Fantasyland offshoot, as an optional location which squeamish guests wouldn’t have to enter. Enclosing it is a good idea; especially beyond-the-tracks, if it’s indoors it wouldn’t have to close early due to fireworks safety.

Fiendish Fjords is 100% IP, but so is Fantasyland (ignoring IASW). Like Fantasyland, Disney’s own roster of baddies gives you more material to work with than a single land could contain. The three attractions Pi asked for feel like a mere sampler of the Fjords’ potential! Ever-changing villainous meet & greets, themed shops & restaurants each dedicated to a specific character, new dark rides or coasters as the park’s lineup demands! There is nothing limiting with this concept. It's something that's been suggested many times before, both in the fan community and probably by real Imagineers, but dang it the idea does work...slight demerit for playing it so safe.​

 

[D Hulk]

Stumpedland didn't work out, so I came up with this instead.

MURKYWICH WHARF

The murky glimmer of the rickety lighthouse beckons you into Murkywich Wharf, the newest land at Tokyo Disneysea, a turn of the century, northeastern harbour town lost to time and an otherworldly presence, covered in an unsettling fog in the day or night, and while the fisherfolk are friendly enough, there is a shadow vexing their lives, particularly around the long lost founder Clyde Culpepper, the old lighthouse, and Superstition Mountain, which seems to bring the ghost stories and tall tales of the fishermen to life...

E-Ticket -- Superstition Mountain: Looming over the harbour is the obsidian hills of Superstition Mountain, a fast-paced, yet atmospheric ride that combines the best elements of a log flume and rapids, bringing the likes of Grizzly River Run and Pirates of the Caribbean together with a dash of Lovecraftian lore, where guests will find an entranceway to the mountain's raging river rapids where an ancient evil that breaches the realm of life and death dwells, and it is calling out to those who seek it.

C-Ticket -- Storm on the Briny Barnacle: Culpepper's old fishing vessel, the Briny Barnacle, lies where it was wrecked, but the remains have become a hodge podge of ghostly lifeboats, sliding and spinning back and forth and around the wreck, drawn through the ship's depths, which tell a tale in their own right in this Aquatopia-style whip ride.

A-Ticket -- Tales of the Seven Seas: Not everything is doom and gloom in Murkywich, as the Seahorse Actors Society gather guests to here their tales of comedy and adventure from across the seven seas, lead the rabble in a sea shanty or two, or may even shed some light on the strange goings on in the harbour town.

Cheating Note: The lighthouse would likely serve strictly as a land weenie, or be part of a spooky walkthrough. A major seafood restaurant would be set within Culpepper's renovated boathouse.

Stumpedland
Murkywich Wharf
@Evilgidgit

Uh oh! This one is in DisneySea! The prompt was for a land in a Castle Park (you know, a Disneyland), which you should’ve noticed since you’ve been active for the entire competition.

But as a DisneySea land, this works. It gives off serious Lovecraft vibes, particularly The Shadow over Innsmouth. The lighthouse weenie recalls Imagineering’s originally park weenie idea (before they upgraded to Mount Prometheus). The seemingly New England setting means this would likely replace Cape Cod.

Recent DisneySea additions (notably the upcoming FantaSea Springs) have leaned lighter and more family-friendly. Murkywich Wharf skews more adult, more like the park’s original design…which was aimed at an aging demographic who never showed up, hence DisneySea’s recent focus on families. But if we ignore the OLC’s interests, and just this as a work of thematic place-making, it absolutely fits the detailed, mature tone of DisneySea 1.0.​

 

[D Hulk]

The Old Port

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To complement the water of the park, an old port is added into the park themed after an abandoned Lumbar Yard port (similar to Montreal's Old Port pictured above) where guests can walk through a once-bustling town that now only has a few town folks left - holding on to that port magic once and for all.

Bonus 1 - A-Ticket: To complete the feel of the former Lumbar Yard port, guests can enjoy a streetmosphere log rolling show in the port where Castmembers can be seen competing in the ultimate log rolling competition a few times a day in the water; guests may get wet!

Bonus 2 - C-Ticket: Small log boats are put on an Aquatopia system (trackless water ride) so that guests can get the feel of being on the boat "fighting" the water.

Bonus 3 - E-Ticket: A new Log Flume is added where guests ride in hallowed out logs on open tracks themed to log driving (lumber workers pulling the logs from the yard to the port) complete with a large drop towards the lagoon, but not into the lagoon (like Splash Mountain).

The Old Port
@AceAstro

It’s increasingly obvious that y’all wanted to do DisneySea ports-of-call instead! Though this is clearly meant for a Castle Park, just with a bit of that nautical vibe. The Old Port feels like a Square land, with its very specific city-inspired time & place…like if we headed North from Frontierland into Canada instead of due East. The Square approach means your land doesn’t have the same broad thematic appeal of Adventureland, Fantasyland, etc., meaning that much like New Orleans Square et al this would likely be a one-off land in a single Castle Park.

The best thing about Old Port is its relationship to water. Disney has always done well at that. With an absence of IPs and a specific historic focus, this feels like the sort of land Knott’s Berry Farm would make if they had Disney’s coffers. That even extends to the log flume…which might be a tad redundant if this goes into a park with a Splash Mountain. Overall this is an intriguing land whose lack of universal themes would relegate it to the B-tier of Castle Park lands.​