TrainsOfDisney
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New themed pavement in Adventureland?
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Mr. Sullivan
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Yes its money and it's one of the few times them being stingy with money is something I'll defend.
It's a lot of time, effort, and money on something that's ultimately so futile. Yes, the yeti looks amazing in motion...with the lights on and you just get to watch it. I was too young to have ridden it when it was working properly, but everyone in my family who got to and many, many, many others who did that i've encountered in person and online have all said that you couldn't really see anything impressive about it and that it looked about the same as it does now because you go by it so quickly.
The yeti not working doesn't ruin the ride experience and I think as such it'd be kind of dumb to close one of Animal Kingdom's most popular attractions for an extended period of time to fix a detail that won't really add all that much to the ride experience. The sheer amount of work they'd have to do to even get to it to fix it just doesn't make it worth it.
TrainsOfDisney
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The entire experience was much better when it opened. Not just the working yeti, which you definitely could see - he was literally lunging toward the train! - but also the fog effects that completely hid the track switches from view.
peter11435
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Thats generous.
I miss the fog effects but I think you’re way overselling them.
You forgot the "brown ditch"...If you're like me and were curious what this would look like applied to the rest of the land, enjoy these 20 minutes of Photoshop:
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Not my usual professional standard so don't hold it against me.Free to use, etc etc
I'll let you all decide if you like the look of the pavement or not, but I think it works.
TrainsOfDisney
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they definitely added to the experience.
Did you ride during cm previews? Did you ever experience the advertised “snow” effect?
peter11435
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They definitely added to the experience. Greatly. They just didn’t hide the switches.
I rode during soft openings and AP previews.
JoeCamel
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TrainsOfDisney
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Down to Sunshine Tree Terrace as of this morning:
Much appreciated, thank you
Mr. Sullivan
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The theming is in the details of the concrete. It gives off the appearance of walking on earth rather than pavement, or at least it’s meant to evoke that visual. It’s place making.
New Themed Walkway in Adventureland Extends to Swiss Family Treehouse - See the Progress at Magic Kingdom
New Themed Walkway in Adventureland Extends to Swiss Family Treehouse - See the Progress at Magic Kingdom
New Themed Walkway in Adventureland Extends to Swiss Family Treehouse - See the Progress at Magic Kingdom
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JoeCamel
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Supposed to be a Moroccan souk with dirt paths and you enter the central market complete with central spinner and golden spitting camels.....
JohnD
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It's comparable to Animal Kingdom. Would you prefer plain gray concrete in AK? If your answer is "No", there's your theme answer.
Bocabear
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I never saw snow, but at the top of the lift hill as you began, you passed through some fog and mist that felt cold before the first stop.... and the Yeti was very impressive.... Because it has been broken so long, people have gotten used to the disco version, but when that hand came down towards your train, and wall the other motion, and the depth of the set fully lit, it was very impressive... I would have thought they could figure out a way to at least bring partial motion back... even if it is just the head and face with some projection effects making it look like the walls of the cave are crumbling or something like that..... I mean, surely the head and face working would not continue to cause problems with the foundation.... or whatever it actually was that caused them to shut it down...
Was not impressed at all by the new concrete in Adventureland. It's rather rough, so those with mobility issues, wheelchairs, strollers, etc., may not be terribly happy about rolling over this "authentic improvement". YMMV. I know my mother-in-law, in particular, would have to be rather careful walking on it.
JohnD
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WDW can't catch a break. Here, pavement theming gets poo poohed. Meanwhile on a parallel thread right now about the refurbed exterior of The Plaza restaurant, people are decrying the security cameras that are screwing up the theming around WDW. Damned if they do. Damned if they don't.
