castlecake2.0
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No, we’re complaining that adding Anna and Elsa to the water park does not make thematic sense.
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Blizzard Beach Construction
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LittleBuford
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I don’t think it’s as random as you make it sound, nor do I think it’s out of keeping with Disney’s established approach, which has often placed things where they don’t strictly belong because they seem to fit in other ways. Disneyland’s Star Tours has been in Tomorrowland since the ’80s even though the story behind it took place “a long time ago”. Aladdin and Jasmine have had a presence in Epcot’s Morocco for decades.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
How does it mess up the theme? Could Olaf not be at a freak snowstorm/ski resort turned water park? That seems like the exact type of place he would want to visit and relax at.
SoFloMagic
Well-Known Member
The park is literally a frozen Waterpark. So they're making it a frozen Frozen waterpark
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
I’ve said my piece, moving on…
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
Also, you need to remedy this at the earliest opportunity. It’s an awesome park!
flynnibus
Premium Member
It's so absurdly silly - that how much have you heard people complain about the park's design as totally out of place? It's silly, but it clicks and makes the elements you see coherent. Just like Typhoon Lagoon.. the story isn't about being credible.. it's about establishing REASONING and consistency of the elements you encounter and keeps your brain from registering confusion.
It's literally the premise of theme park design... that you're now just calling completely unnecessary. So I say again... "why not just put everyone's favorite characters in?? I mean, we wouldn't want to deny young children the enjoyment of a few familiar characters right?"
Being children has nothing to do with Blizzard Beach - that's just because it's the kid zone.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Because of course Peter Pan being in a Bavarian village or medieval castle courtyard makes perfect sense in the "context of the park".
Once again, we see people imposing standards on Disney that it never actually has had. The theming has never been as rigid as some try to indicate and attractions/shops/restaurants don't form as cohesive a story as people suggest - why the heck are south pacific tiki birds next to African/Asian/South American river cruises next to Caribbean pirates from centuries ago?
Olaf is made of snow and enjoy summer. He's probably love to go to a place that had a blizzard but where water is melting to allow for swimming fun.
Because Adventureland is a theme - not a specific setting or connecting story.
Blizzard Beach is setting and story - not a umbrella 'snow theme'
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
Because it needn’t be all or nothing. I’m judging this change in the context and to the degree that it was made, not going down the rabbit hole of thin-end-of-the-wedge thinking. For the children’s area of Blizzard Beach, I think these additions are fine. That doesn’t mean I want the entire park overhauled (I don’t) or that I think characters should be randomly plonked down everywhere (I don’t).
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Olaf isn’t the only character that was added.
Except not because the park itself hasn’t been reworked.
SoFloMagic
Well-Known Member
Who cares. It's a small update to make kids happy and it fits.
Disney Analyst
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It looks super adorable, with some fun water elements.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
I guess Disney's Blizzard Beach wasn't Disney enough...
UNCgolf
Well-Known Member
I've never been to Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon, but I just don't really care about water parks -- or even swimming pools, really. I've never spent any time at a resort pool either.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
So minor changes…but it is nice it appears they did put some money/tlc into it.
Much needed. It’s always a good thing.
It is “ip injection” in a place that thematically worked. But we’re not gonna win that war.
Much needed. It’s always a good thing.
It is “ip injection” in a place that thematically worked. But we’re not gonna win that war.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Kids weren’t happy visiting Blizzard Beach for the better part of the last decade?
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
I'm not a big pool person either, but the water parks are really special and worth checking out in my opinion.
My kids are going to be devastated that Frozen characters weren’t added to BB 8 years ago. And who knows what other characters could have been added that would have made more synergistic purchasing opportunities available - The Little Mermaid, Nemo, Pirates… heck, they could have added dozens of characters. I don’t know how I’m going to carry on, knowing how disappointed my kids must have been in years past, plus the mountains of disappointment I’m feeling for not having these synergystic opportunities available to me over the past 40+ years. It’s obvious those idiots back then didn’t have the slightest idea what they were doing. I, for one, am so glad we have such creative geniuses in power now like Bob and Josh, plus their good and faithful toady THEZach, to show them the multitudes of errors they made and how things should have been done all along. It’s not a Disney vacation unless you are inundated by DISNEY!!!! every second of every day!
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Yep, it's pretty darn cute!