1986 - The House of the Future: Week 8

[PerGron]

Just a general note:

It would be neat if one area was named "Riverside" if we are calling one area French Quarter. It would be a neat nod to the resort if you get what I mean .

Also, it would be neat to show the bayou and more shanty-like part of town. It would create an interesting dynamic that I really like from the Port Orleans Resorts!

I purposely didn’t choose Riverside so it didn’t become a copy of the resort

But if we wanted to make it a nod, I could see it working too. I definitely think whatever we end up choosing, the aesthetic found in both Audubon and Riverside is perfect for a calmer and more upscale area

 

[Mickeynerd17]

I purposely didn’t choose Riverside so it didn’t become a copy of the resort

But if we wanted to make it a nod, I could see it working too. I definitely think whatever we end up choosing, the aesthetic found in both Audubon and Riverside is perfect for a calmer and more upscale area

Awesome stuff....

....except Riverside is not upscale, its downscale. French Quarter is the upscale side

 

[PerGron]

Awesome stuff....

....except Riverside is not upscale, its downscale. French Quarter is the upscale side

Eh, different strokes I suppose

 

[TheOriginalTiki]

Go for Riverside and bring back Yee Haw Bob for an epic night time spectacular. Do it, cowards!

 

[PerGron]

Go for Riverside and bring back Yee Haw Bob for an epic night time spectacular. Do it, cowards!

I’m so devastated that in all the years I’ve been going to Disney World, I never got to see him. Maybe he’ll be willing to relocate to Blue Sky Disneyland...

 

[D Hulk]

Doug checking in.

Honestly, I’ll take whatever tasks need filling in once everyone else has had a pick.

This is turning into a real WDW exclusive knowledge & fandom thing, and I’m feeling entirely out of the loop with what everyone is discussing

 

[TheOriginalTiki]

I’m so devastated that in all the years I’ve been going to Disney World, I never got to see him. Maybe he’ll be willing to relocate to Blue Sky Disneyland...

Yea, I'm super proud that I've experienced two iconic Disney piano players from both coasts with Rod Miller and Bob Jackson. Both of which I saw so many times they started to recognize me on a first name basis. I had a great moment with Rod Miller where he noticed me filming him from the sidelines and invited me to sit right next to him so I could get a great shot of his fingers hitting the piano keys. Yee Haw Bob I went to practically every night he was playing on my first WDW trip in 2018, and we definitely developed a bit of a rapport over of the course of the week. I'm really praying that after the Voldemort of it all dies down some of this entertainment can come back. I'm personally devastated I never got to see the Grand Floridian band.

 

[Outbound]

Alright, so votes aren't all in yet, but just to get the ball rolling should we end up with New Orleans as our theme, I think we should break it down into three/four subsections.

- The French Quarter would be the clear area for our "marketplace" with bright colors, live bustling atmosphere for music and entertainment, and would fit the shopping and dining aesthetic

- Audubon Park is an old-timey neighborhood filled with Antebellum architecture mixed with a modern aesthetic. It has a lot of green spaces (including a Zoo!) and would fit well as our response to the Landing as a calm location by the water where we could have some more upscale dining/shopping

- City Park could serve as our outskirts area, focusing on more Creole and bayou aesthetics and would be a neat place to have shopping, dining, and entertainment more in tune with nature and (especially) the blues

These are good subsections! I'm gonna whip out the ol' Red Dead Redemption 2 and see if I can find anything interesting. @JokersWild @goofyyukyuk I'm bringing it back!

Here are my suggestions on the areas:

French Quarter

This exciting marketplace is at the center of town, on an island similar to The Landing to maximize waterfront space. The grandest buildings rest here, comprised of French Architecture and Madri Gras spirit.

Riverside
(Renamed Audubon Park)

Opulent manors and Antebellum architecture form this district, a calm area in the district with fancy dining and relaxing green space, which transitions seamlessly into the lavish Grand American.

Bluewater
(Renamed City Park)

The district of Blues and Creole, Bluewater is a cultured district of the working class in New Orleans, slowly transitioning from urban streets, to suburban housing, to the outskirts of the Louisiana Bayou.

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[TheOriginalTiki]

Also want to state for the record that I attended one of the last ever performances of Hoop Dee Doo before the shutdown. (I went to the Sunday show, and everything closed on I believe Wednesday or Thursday)

 

[PerGron]

These are good subsections! I'm gonna whip out the ol' Red Dead Redemption 2 and see if I can find anything interesting. @JokersWild @goofyyukyuk I'm bringing it back!

Here are my suggestions on the areas:

French Quarter

This exciting marketplace is at the center of town, on an island similar to The Landing to maximize waterfront space. The grandest buildings rest here, comprised of French Architecture and Madri Gras spirit.

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Riverside
(Renamed Audubon Park)

Opulent manors and Antebellum architecture form this district, a calm area in the district with fancy dining and relaxing green space, which transitions seamlessly into the lavish Grand American.

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Bluewater
(Renamed City Park)

The district of Blues and Creole, Bluewater is a cultured district of the working class in New Orleans, slowly transitioning from urban streets, to suburban housing, to the outskirts of the Louisiana Bayou.

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Saint Denis was straight up the feel I was going for haha.

One thing we’ll need to do is still combine new original stuff with existing companies as well. So like, if we wanted a Rainforest Cafe (a staple in these shopping districts) or a Cheesecake Factory or a Johnny Rockets or whatever, those should be available too, but with a New Orleans twist to it, which will be exciting!

Doug checking in.

Honestly, I’ll take whatever tasks need filling in once everyone else has had a pick.

This is turning into a real WDW exclusive knowledge & fandom thing, and I’m feeling entirely out of the loop with what everyone is discussing

Besides the Disney Springs layout style, I don’t think you need too much WDW knowledge at all. This’ll be a wholly new shopping area taking inspiration from New Orleans, so don’t worry about not knowing much about Springs, it’s irrelevant really.

We have our neighborhoods and now we need to fill them with original and third party locations, and I know you can do that haha

 

[Outbound]

Saint Denis was straight up the feel I was going for haha.

One thing we’ll need to do is still combine new original stuff with existing companies as well. So like, if we wanted a Rainforest Cafe (a staple in these shopping districts) or a Cheesecake Factory or a Johnny Rockets or whatever, those should be available too, but with a New Orleans twist to it, which will be exciting!



Besides the Disney Springs layout style, I don’t think you need too much WDW knowledge at all. This’ll be a wholly new shopping area taking inspiration from New Orleans, so don’t worry about not knowing much about Springs, it’s irrelevant really.

We have our neighborhoods and now we need to fill them with original and third party locations, and I know you can do that haha

Agreed! I think we have a lot of potential with this prompt to really push the bar on what a shopping district can be.

One idea I have is for the "Adventurer's Club" if we wanted to make one... what if we set it in a City Hall? Then, original characters we make from around all the shopping center could appear. The eccentric Merchant owning that shop in the French Quarter would walk right next to that Ragtime Blues musician from Bluewater, and you can start up a conversation with both about the history of their businesses. The town would have its own living and breathing story.

And if we wanted to take it a step further, the entire shopping center could have subtle references to these original characters we create. They wouldn't be anything special like SEA characters, but friendly folks in the town who have had their own cool but realistic history, and always attend the nightly get-together.

 

[goofyyukyuk]

These are good subsections! I'm gonna whip out the ol' Red Dead Redemption 2 and see if I can find anything interesting. @JokersWild @goofyyukyuk I'm bringing it back!

Here are my suggestions on the areas:

French Quarter

This exciting marketplace is at the center of town, on an island similar to The Landing to maximize waterfront space. The grandest buildings rest here, comprised of French Architecture and Madri Gras spirit.

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Riverside
(Renamed Audubon Park)

Opulent manors and Antebellum architecture form this district, a calm area in the district with fancy dining and relaxing green space, which transitions seamlessly into the lavish Grand American.

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Bluewater
(Renamed City Park)

The district of Blues and Creole, Bluewater is a cultured district of the working class in New Orleans, slowly transitioning from urban streets, to suburban housing, to the outskirts of the Louisiana Bayou.

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[PerGron]

Alright, we’ve really gotta get cracking here if we’re gonna make a presentation for the deadline and we’ve only had @Outbound decide where to work. Please choose what you all want to do. It’s just creating shops and restaurants, we can do it! Let’s get to it!

 

[NigelChanning]

I can work on the Riverside area!

Everything looks good so far! I’ve been a bit busy lately so I’ll try and stay as active as possible!

 

[DashHaber]

You can put me down for Bluewater.

 

[AceAstro]

I’ll do French Quarter!!

 

[PerGron]

French Quarter
- @Outbound
- @AceAstro

City Park
- @DashHaber

Audubon Park (Riverside)
- @NigelChanning09

Assist all 3
- @PerGron

 

[PerGron]

Just need @Mickeynerd17 and @D Hulk

 

[D Hulk]

These are good subsections! I'm gonna whip out the ol' Red Dead Redemption 2 and see if I can find anything interesting. @JokersWild @goofyyukyuk I'm bringing it back!

Here are my suggestions on the areas:

French Quarter

This exciting marketplace is at the center of town, on an island similar to The Landing to maximize waterfront space. The grandest buildings rest here, comprised of French Architecture and Madri Gras spirit.

View attachment 511622
View attachment 511621

Riverside
(Renamed Audubon Park)

Opulent manors and Antebellum architecture form this district, a calm area in the district with fancy dining and relaxing green space, which transitions seamlessly into the lavish Grand American.

View attachment 511613
View attachment 511614

Bluewater
(Renamed City Park)

The district of Blues and Creole, Bluewater is a cultured district of the working class in New Orleans, slowly transitioning from urban streets, to suburban housing, to the outskirts of the Louisiana Bayou.

View attachment 511607
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Time to pull my weight around here a little. This seems a good enough breakdown of areas and themes. The area names are VERY confusing to me! I've been trying to make sense of it beyond "shaped like a triangle" and "exactly like Disney Springs," so here's a very crude map of the resort as I understand it presently.

I'm trying to not just do a 1:1 duplicate of the Disney Bazaar layout from last spring. The park layout with the double entrances makes this strange, especially working in a planned 2nd Gate location...so I'm showing boats leaving from an Entry Esplanade area to reach the 2nd park, which is also "park hopped" from the 2nd Harbortown entrance. Our Port Disney (name?) area sits alongside the Esplanade so day guests will see it but can bypass it (shades of the various Uni CityWalks layout-wise), while hotel guests can either pass through the shopping area to reach the park(s) or they can take a boat.

Now, some spitballing ideas for individual venues:

• Cafe du Monde coffee spot in French Quarter
• Restaurant on a riverboat casino
• Plantation upscale dining (walking that tightrope where we don't accidentally reference slavery)
• Voodoo-themed Adventurer's Club (others have implied this)
• Escape room and/or haunt maze upcharge attraction set in New Orleans cemeteries and involving Voodoo + Southern Gothic subject matter

Spoiler: Angry Hulk Rant

And honestly guys, STOP TALKING ABOUT PORT ORLEANS ALL THE TIME! And don't blame me if I accidentally duplicate things from there; I don't know it! I am sick and tired of every project getting judged by WDW standards when presumably we're designing a smaller satellite resort more in line with Tokyo or Shanghai!

 

[D Hulk]

French Quarter
- @Outbound
- @AceAstro

City Park
- @DashHaber

Audubon Park (Riverside)
- @NigelChanning09

Assist all 3
- @PerGron

Just need @Mickeynerd17 and @D Hulk

And I s'pose I'll help with Audubon Park.