1986 - The House of the Future: Week 1

spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
I'll throw around some that have been done in the past on the forums but that give us a jumping off point. The one thing for a 'Disneyland' that it offers is a quaint timepiece opening land, so with that said...

- Hollywoodland: The Golden Age, can look to the DCA and DHS entrances for inspiration
- New England Seaside: Set in the 1700s, look to Disney's America for inspiration
- San Francisco Bay: A west coast spin that could offer a unique ambiance with hills and valleys

And for something completely 180 from a traditional Disneyland, a European themed entrance - setting up a Hunchback inspired Gothic castle as the centerpiece
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Pi on my Cake said:
So excited for this!!!!

Some first thoughts...
  • 1940s Seaside Pier. Like Paradise Pier done well and as an entrance land.
  • A library/book theme. Possibly even with a large storybook as an arch leading into the hub as we step into our own story!
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These two I really like. Boardwalk theme done well would be a great entrance land; a library theme would also be wonderful aesthetics.
 
Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

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goofyyukyukyuk17 said:
Kinda interesting because, even though this is the first land we’re working on, it’ll set the tone for the rest of the park, so that’s something to bear in mind as well
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Maybe it will help to try to start with a sort of "Mission Statement" for the park. A simple guiding design principal that sets this one apart. I know @D Hindley is great at finding these for castle parks! He was, iirc, the one who proposed the dance/music/celebration focus for Mumbai Disneyland that helped that resort feel super cohesive.
 
D Hulk

D Hulk

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This is a tricky opening challenge since we don’t have a real world location to design for, and we don’t yet have an overall creative direction for the park or the resort. But I guess we’re coming up with all that here.

The original Main Street USA idea ties into Walt Disney’s early life & childhood.

DCA’s Buena Vista Street continues Walt’s life story with his 1920s arrival in Hollywood.

I propose we look to Walt’s later years for inspiration. We could try to create the utopian Americana which Walt envisioned for his Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow...because what is the real EPCOT but a futuristic version of Epcot?




Or we could do a different era of nostalgic Americana, like say mid-century 1950s small town
 
Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

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D Hindley said:
I propose we look to Walt’s later years for inspiration. We could try to create the utopian Americana which Walt envisioned for his Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow...because what is the real EPCOT but a futuristic version of Epcot?
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Progress City as a Main Street with a retro-future aesthetic and a utopian vision of the future? Combine that with some old school Epcot for 80s nostalgia (the era only a decade off from being as distant as turn of the century was to Disneyland's opening)? That could work!

It could lend itself well to a really optimistic park. Focused on optimism, hope, good triumphing, and bright tomorrows as a guiding principle for the entire resort. Perfect antithesis to the bad feelings of 2020.
 
D Hulk

D Hulk

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Pi on my Cake said:
Maybe it will help to try to start with a sort of "Mission Statement" for the park. A simple guiding design principal that sets this one apart. I know @D Hindley is great at finding these for castle parks! He was, iirc, the one who proposed the dance/music/celebration focus for Mumbai Disneyland that helped that resort feel super cohesive.
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In terms of this Castle Park’s overall mission, what are we looking to do with this? Is this going to be an Iger-esque celebration of IPs? Will we break the traditional Castle Park mold with settings and original ideas not seen before? Do we want to play with the park’s tone, like Paris’ darker & edgier approach or like Hong Kong’s lighter & softer style?

I have no answers yet. These are general discussion points.
 
goofyyukyuk

goofyyukyuk

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I really like this idea a lot, although I wonder if it’s too forceful of an entry theme if that makes sense?
I guess it depends on if we’re doing a classic park with similar lands to Disneyland or MK, where a more subtly themed entry land works, or are we doing a full immersion into one centralized theme like Progress City with different, more minor themes sprouting off of it.
 

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