2nd Annual 31 Days of Imagineering

spacemt354

spacemt354

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Pi on my Cake said:
December 16th
Second Gate for Hong Kong or Shanghai

For today, we are gonna work together to come up with ideas for a Second Gate for either Hong Kong Disneyland or Shanghai Disneyland! A whole new park is always an interesting idea, let's see what we can come up with!​
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As uninspired as it might be I would make it a "DHS"-style park in Shanghai. Reason being is the Chinese box office has become more and more significant in the global box office for films. Several jump into the billion dollar club in large part to the foreign box office boost that China provides. So something to encompass those films might be successful. Two of the top attractions in Shanghai are based on film franchises (Tron and Pirates) so adding to that Marvel, Pixar, Frozen (probably not Star Wars), as well as other Disney properties would go a long way.
 
Suchomimus

Suchomimus

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Evilgidgit said:
Digging up old memories, I recall possibly MonorailRed (I may be wrong) creating an idea for a living garden park as a second gate for Hong Kong.
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It was @orlando678- .
orlando678- said:
Series: A New Gate In Hong Kong​

This series envisions and will describe what I believe could and should be done to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort to expand and improve from what it is now and what it is planning to do, like adding Marvel and Frozen themed lands.

Episode 1: Royal Elegance
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Hong Kong Disneyland Resort was Disney’s 5th theme park resort and continues the company’s tradition of evoking happiness, innocence and the sharing of memory-making experiences in new and unique ways, through immersive attractions like Mystic Manor in which Guests witness exotic museum artifacts spring to life before your eyes and themed areas like Fantasyland and Toy Story Land, providing a world of experiences unlike anything else in the world. Although, Hong Kong Disney has been struggling from the start and lacked a lot of original attractions, it has been growing fast over the last 5 years and continues to do so with ambient plans like Arendelle, a castle transformation and a Marvel themed land coming to the park soon. I believe that if Disney manages to figure out and sufficiently expand on their current park in Hong Kong, they will soon look at possibilities to add a second gate to the resort. The resort has enough space and definitely doesn’t lack the audience’s interest in expansion. But what could a theme for this park be? For me, this theme would be Gardens and Nature. That’s why Disney’s Gardens of Magic would bring a whole new world and theme, unfamiliar to Disney to their list of theme parks. The park would not only offer quality entertainment and impressive attractions, but would also pay extensive attention to detail when it comes to its’ landscaping and gardens. These gardens would be inspired by real-life quality gardens, similar to the Dutch Keukenhof, Dubai’s Miracle Garden, the French Gardens of Versailles and the Japanese Kenrokuen.
So this park would feature many different themed areas themed to gardens and plant-life and its story would basically focus around Mickey Mouse finding a secret garden. In this secret garden he finds different seeds, which grow out to beautiful and immersive garden areas. One of these areas, which we are going to dive into in this episode is Court Gardens. Court Gardens is inspired by the Dutch Garden (known for its dense atmosphere and efficient use of space), the English Landscape Garden (presenting an idealized view of nature, drawing inspiration from paintings of landscapes by Pousin and Lorrain) and the French Formal Garden (a garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature, often seen in the French Renaissance). Court Gardens is an area filled with royal Disney castles that truly represent these gardens and therefore will act like the Princess Fantasyland-like area of the park.
One of the castles that is going to be present is the Beast’s Castle from Beauty and the Beast, which will be dominantly inspired by the animated movie version, but features more realistic details which are also inspired by the live action movie. The castle is surrounded by pine trees and rocky waterfalls. A stone bridge actually leads to the castle, perched on top of rocks, but quite accurate to its actual scale, similar to what Tokyo Disneyland is doing in Fantasyland. Around the castle you’ll find the classic French Formal Gardens. These gardens are based on the Human Again and Something There scenes in the animated movie, the garden scenes in the live-action version and the famous Gardens of Versailles in France, which have inspired the style of the two movies. The French Formal Garden is known for a geometrical plan using perspective and optics, a terrace overlooking the garden, constrained and directed vegetation (trees are planted in straight lines, carefully trimmed and their tops are trimmed at a set height), the residence or castle serves as the central point of the garden, a central axis or perspective perpendicular to the façade of the residence, most elaborative parterres or planting beds (in shapes of squares, ovals, circles or scrolls)(with the ones near the residence filled with broderies to resemble the patterns of a carpet and the ones further away replaced with simple parterres filled with grass, often containing fountains or basins of water), bodies of water which serve as mirrors and the animation of the garden by placing pieces of sculpture.
In the garden you can find flower topiaries of the characters from Beauty and the Beast, which are similar to the ones find at Epcot during the Flowers and Garden Festival. Le Salon de Thé offers Guests a seat in a Renaissance-styled teahouse placed in the court garden of the Beast’s Castle. Inside we find out that this is where Belle often goes to read her books and enjoy the view of the gardens. Inside the castle itself we find several ourselves at the Main Foyer of the castle where we are given the choice of different themed experiences. One of these experiences is The Be Our Guest Restaurant. Enter the Beast’s Enchanted castle for an unforgettable breakfast, lunch or sit-down dinner. Feast on French-inspired fare in the classic Ballroom inspired by the magnificent baroque ballroom with its high domed ceiling, chandeliers and snow-laced Gothic arches. Another option is visit Madame de Garderobe’s Wardrobe, a shop where you can find Beauty and the Beast merchandise as well as many different costumes, based on the movies and classic French clothes. The biggest and most interesting experience inside the castle is The Enchanted Castle Tour.
In this walkthrough attraction we enter the Beast’s enchanted mirror and travel back in time to when the story of Beauty and the Beast is taking place. On the other side we will meet the cursed forms of Mrs. Potts, Lumiѐre, Chip, Cogsworth and Plumeau who guide us through the castle’s many places of interests. During the tour we’ll pass by the West Wing, The East Wing (including Belle’s bedroom), the minor and major dining rooms, the library, the boiler room and the ballroom. This attraction is based on Enchanting Tales with Belle and an unbuilt attraction that was once envisioned for Disneyland Paris’ Fantasyland and was somewhat similar to the Enchanted Tiki Room. Famous scenes would be recreated during the attraction like an encounter with Wardrobe in Belle’s Room, a scary scene featuring the Beast in the West Wing, a romantic ballroom dance, a spectacular Be Our Guest scene and an impressive fight and finale scene. I feel like even though Beauty and the Beast deserves a dark ride, it definitely is strong and popular enough to be a walkthrough attraction.
Our next castle is themed to Cinderella’s castle. It is again inspired by the one in the animated Cinderella movies and way more accurate in comparison to Orlando’s and Tokyo’s Cinderella Castles. The most interesting and impressive feature of the area is the influence of the style of the original Cinderella movie, which is largely created by Mary Blair. The gardens are less Versailles-like and are more inspired by the English Landscape Gardens featuring a less strict maintenance of nature. Characteristically it is filled with eye-catchers: grottoes, temples, tea houses, belvederes, pavilions, sham ruins, bridges and statues, graveled walks, tree plantations, shrubberies and a pond. There are however also lot of pillars with plant vases on top and fountains. Inside the castle we find Cinderella’s Midnight Journey. The queue winds through some of the majestic rooms of the castle and even includes funny and small animated scenes like the mice appearing in hidden corners of the room. In the attraction we meet the Fairy Godmother who wants to tell us about Cinderella’s story and with the use of magic creates pumpkin carriages that serve as our transport through the story. In the attraction, we’ll pass by famous scenes like Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boo, A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Mice Making A Dress for Cinderella, The Evil Stepsisters tearing the dress up, So this is love, a speedy escape from the castle somewhat similar to the thrill of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, the shoe fitting and a grand finale. The vehicles will use the EMV system to simulate a smoother, yet more realistic horse carriage experience. Also inside the castle is the Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boutique, an enchanted beauty salon that offers magical makeovers for princesses and knights by our Fairy Godmothers-in-Training.
Another area in Court Gardens is Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is similar to the castle at Disneyland Paris, but also again bases itself more on the style of the original movie. The film was styled after classic medieval tapestries and the historic works of Dutch, Italian and Greek Masters. It is almost as if the whole area is created in layers, like the film was as well. Strong verticals dominate the landscape deep rows of tall trees stretch out through the forest and in Stefan’s castle columns, tapestries and hanging manuscripts stretch the enormous height of the ballroom. The gardens around the castle will be inspired by the Dutch Garden, which is very simplistic, straight and efficient, yet beautiful. The description given to a Dutch Garden is a rectangular garden space, often enclosed within hedges or walls, even if part of a larger garden or parkland. It is laid in symmetrical arrangements, features highly coloured flowers, edged with shrubs or low walls and sometimes with artificial water, fountains or water butts. Inside the castle we can find King Stefan’s Banquet Hall, based on the dining hall in the movie, where Stefan and Huber enjoy their feast and sing Skumps. Enjoy live music by the kingdom’s minstrel while you try medieval meals. Also inside is a Sleeping Beauty Walkthrough similar to the ones found at Disneyland Paris and Disneyland in Anaheim. Lastly there is Aurora’s Surprise Party, which is similar to an experience that was originally planned for Walt Disney World’s New Fantasyland Expansion. This Play and Greet experience would let Guests celebrate Aurora’s birthday with the Good Fairies. Why no big attraction for Sleeping Beauty? Well, that’s because it will receive an attraction in another themed area of the park.
Our last castle is The Prince’s Castle from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is the golden castle that appears at the end of the movie and is the place where the prince takes Snow White after awakening from her death-like sleep. Although the castle will be loosely based on the one we see in the movie, its major influence comes from real-life castles found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which truly capture the feeling of the movie. The castle is surrounded by forestland and gardens inspired by German court gardens (which take their inspiration from Dutch and English gardens). Besides a wishing well, we can find the entrance to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Mine Cars ride. Instead of a mine train, Guests will board two connected swinging mine cars and not go through a re-telling of the story, but pass by scenes which are inspired by the famous movie moments like the diamond mine, the dwarfs crossing over a log, the silly yodel party at the Dwarfs’ cottage, a romantic horse ride between Snow White and the Prince and even an encounter with the evil Queen seeking revenge. Although all these sub-areas sound like they're separated, they will seamlessly be connected by castle walls, hedges, canals and forestland. This is how the park is different from the existing Disney parks as it brings a whole new style and focus on landscaping to life. So what do you think of the first area of Disney’s Gardens of Magic? Could a park like this work or should it need another theme or area design?
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Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

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December 18th
BRetheme/Revamp Lost Continent at IOA

For today, we are gonna work together to come up with ideas to retheme the Lost Continent in Islands of Adventure!! Sinbad is closed, Poseidon is woefully out of date in many ways, and Mythos is no longer the best restaurant on property (I'm typing this from Toothsomes Chocolate Emporium lol). So, let's either retheme or revamp Lost Continent!​
 
mickeyfan5534

mickeyfan5534

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Pi on my Cake said:
December 18th
BRetheme/Revamp Lost Continent at IOA

For today, we are gonna work together to come up with ideas to retheme the Lost Continent in Islands of Adventure!! Sinbad is closed, Poseidon is woefully out of date in many ways, and Mythos is no longer the best restaurant on property (I'm typing this from Toothsomes Chocolate Emporium lol). So, let's either retheme or revamp Lost Continent!​
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Lost Continent has always wasted its premise. It opened as basically two separate lands under one name, now it's just a sad shell without any real cohesive theme.
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IDK how much of the backstage area I put in is usable but something really special could be put in that uses the legends and mythology of antiquity to their full extent. I think the subtle literature theme of IOA is really underrated so a top to a bottom redo of Lost Continent is needed.
My ideas:
  1. Keep Mythos
  2. Destroy Poseidon's Fury. The campiness isn't worth the space.
  3. Create a live show retelling Greek Mythology in the style of Ancient Greek plays in the Sinbad Theater.
  4. Turn Poseidon's Fury into a dark ride complex with Fantasyland-style dark rides retelling Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, and Orpheus' journey through the Underworld.
  5. Close the Sinbad theater and the Mystic Fountain and replace it with a Jason and the Argonauts E-ticket
Lost Continent goes from a very weird and confused land to the loving tribute to Greek Mythology it should be.
 
Evilgidgit

Evilgidgit

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I'd love to see Lost Continent remain with its mythic premise, but it does need a reason to still exist. What is the Sinbad theatre even used for nowadays? But, IPs would likely be the way to go if Universal decided to upgrade it. I'd turn it into a Legend of Zelda land personally, though alt. ideas are Universal Monsters, Avatar: The Last Airbender, or MLP.
 
Pi on my Cake

Pi on my Cake

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Evilgidgit said:
I'd love to see Lost Continent remain with its mythic premise, but it does need a reason to still exist. What is the Sinbad theatre even used for nowadays? But, IPs would likely be the way to go if Universal decided to upgrade it. I'd turn it into a Legend of Zelda land personally, though alt. ideas are Universal Monsters, Avatar: The Last Airbender, or MLP.
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The Sinbad theater is used for absolutely nothing for almost a year now lol

S.P.E.W said:
My money is on the 2020 Halloween Horror Nights.
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That would make sense, but they didn't in 2019
 
Miru

Miru

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mickeyfan5534 said:
Lost Continent has always wasted its premise. It opened as basically two separate lands under one name, now it's just a sad shell without any real cohesive theme.
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IDK how much of the backstage area I put in is usable but something really special could be put in that uses the legends and mythology of antiquity to their full extent. I think the subtle literature theme of IOA is really underrated so a top to a bottom redo of Lost Continent is needed.
My ideas:
  1. Keep Mythos
  2. Destroy Poseidon's Fury. The campiness isn't worth the space.
  3. Create a live show retelling Greek Mythology in the style of Ancient Greek plays in the Sinbad Theater.
  4. Turn Poseidon's Fury into a dark ride complex with Fantasyland-style dark rides retelling Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, and Orpheus' journey through the Underworld.
  5. Close the Sinbad theater and the Mystic Fountain and replace it with a Jason and the Argonauts E-ticket
Lost Continent goes from a very weird and confused land to the loving tribute to Greek Mythology it should be.
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Took the words right out of my mouth. I kinda think Toon Lagoon is really, really dated as well.
 

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