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[Mr. Sullivan]

WALT DISNEY WORLD TORINO RESORT


Welcome friends to my first ever armchair imagineering concept! I have been hard at work creating my very own Disney resort. This resort is located just outside of Turin, Italy (inspired by Disney's own consideration of semi-nearby Milan for their European resort before settling on Paris). For my concept, this is the only Disney resort in all of Europe. In this resort's fictional history, Italy won out over France on the selection for a European resort. Unlike our real timeline, the opening of the resort proved to be a great success, prompting Disney to go all in on the resort, eventually growing it out to become their second Disney World resort. Featuring four theme parks, 26 resort hotels, and several entertainment options, the resort stands as one of the most ambitious projects Disney has undertaken.

Now, this resort is still a bit of a work in progress. I have outlined the features of the resort and have outlined the resort's first park. What I plan to do is give an overall view of the resort, it's history, and then present you with an overview of each individual park including detailed breakdowns of what they include. Once that is complete, I will then give you all detailed descriptions of the original attractions included in each park. Eventually, I hope to provide you with maps but this is something I am still working on figuring out.

I will continuously update this thread as i continue to work on the resort, so if you're interested in following along, please keep a watch on this thread! I look forward to sharing my many ideas with all of you talented people and I hope that you enjoy reading about this project as much as I've enjoyed working on it so far!​

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

THEME PARKS​

01. Enchanted Kingdom (1988)
The resort's castle park is a combination of Disneyland's charm and detail and Magic Kingdom's size and ambition. Featuring several similar attractions as well as several unique attractions (including the largest versions of Fantasyland and Toon Town in the world), it is the ultimate Disney castle park.

02. Port Discovery (1995)
The park's second gate is themed to various intricately themed destinations that are located on individual manmade islands within a large man-made lake that surrounds and cuts through the entire park. Upon entering the welcome port, guests may take themed land bridges or water transport to the individual islands to begin their journey in each port featuring incredible, mostly original (though some cloned from other resorts) attractions and intricately themed worlds that tell various types of stories.

03. Beastly Kingdom (2005)
A deeply immersive park focusing on creatures both real, fictional, and extinct. Journey to African savannahs, South American Jungles, the world of the dinosaurs, the land of dragons, the kingdom of unicorns, and more. As you venture through these different creature worlds, learn about the relationship mankind shares with the various beast kingdoms of the world.

04. Magic Realms (2018)
A deeply immersive park built around classic and modern Disney IPs. This is your opportunity to step into your favorite Disney stories and become part of the stories themselves. With innovative land transitions that offer maximum immersion within each land, you will feel as if you have stepped right into the worlds that you've spent your whole life knowing and loving.

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RESORTS​

Enchanted Kingdom Resort Area
01. Disney’s Grand Palace Resort
A deluxe resort themed to the Baroque era featuring standard guest rooms, suites, three exclusive resort pools, garden areas, dining locations, an on-site monorail station, and water taxi and bus access

02. Disney’s Sapphire Cay Resort
A deluxe resort themed a seaside resort featuring standard guest rooms, suites, two exclusive resort pools, a waterside shopping and dining area, a pier, an on-site monorail station, and water taxi and bus access

03. Disney’s Royal Gardens Resort
A moderate resort themed to a castle featuring standard guest rooms and suites based upon the Disney princesses, two exclusive themed pools (one to Snow White and one to Princess and the Frog), garden areas, a Renaissance style shopping and entertainment area, dining locations, walkway to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

04. Disney’s Port Royal Resort
A moderate resort themed to the port town of the same name from Pirates of the Caribbean featuring standard guest rooms and suites based on pirates and the sea, two exclusive themed pools (the Black Pearl pool and the World’s End pool), garden areas, dining locations, on-site Skyliner station, and bus access

05. Disney’s Animation Courtyard Resort
A value resort themed to classic 1930s and 1940s Disney cartoons featuring standard guest rooms, a large Steamboat Willy themed pool, dining locations, walkway to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

06. Disney’s Grand Palace Villas
A DVC tower at the Grand Palace Resort

07. Disney’s Sapphire Cay Villas
DVC villas situated in waterfront beach houses

Port Discovery Resort Area
01. Disney’s Rockaway Resort
A deluxe resort themed to a beach area featuring standard guest rooms, suites, a boardwalk, a man made beach, private lagoon, jet ski rentals, two relaxing resort pools, water taxi to Port Pixar Park, monorail access to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

02. Disney’s Jade & Bamboo Towers
DVC resort featuring two towers both themed to Chinese architecture featuring on site dining, access to Rockaway Resort’s private lagoon, a themed pool (themed to the Great Wall of China), water taxi to Port Pixar Park, monorail access to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

03. Disney’s Azteca Resort
A moderate resort themed to Aztec architecture and history featuring standard guest rooms, suites, on site dining, a themed resort pool (themed to an Aztec pyramid with a slide), water taxi to Port Pixar Park, on-site Skyliner station to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

04. Disney’s Hollywood Land Resort
A moderate resort themed to the golden era of Hollywood featuring standard guest rooms and suites, two exclusive resort pools, a Hollywood themed shopping and dining area, a movie theater, an on-site Skyliner station, and bus access

05. The Bungalows at Rockaway Resort
DVC bungalows positioned on the lagoon at Disney’s Rockaway Resort

Beastly Kingdom Resort Area
01. Disney’s Beastly Kingdom Lodge
A deluxe resort themed to a Safari lodge with references to real and mythological creatures featuring standard guest rooms, suites, DVC rooms, two exclusive resort pools, an outdoor walking trail, water taxi to the Transportation Hub, walking path to Beastly Kingdom Park, and bus access

02. Disney’s Buena Vista Resort
A moderate resort themed to Florida featuring standard guest rooms, suites, DVC rooms, two exclusive resort pools, a private beach area, water taxi to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

03. Disney’s Orange Grove Resort
A moderate resort themed to California featuring standard guest rooms, suites, an exclusive Disneyland themed pool featuring a Matterhorn waterslide, an on-site Disneyland museum, water taxi to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

04. Disney’s Renaissance Resort
A value resort themed to a Renaissance fair featuring standard guest rooms, suites, an exclusive King Arthur and Merlin themed pool, a food court, water taxi to the Transportation Hub, and bus access

05. Disney’s Camp Mickey
Campgrounds where guests can rent plots of land for RVs or on site cabins featuring scenic nature trails, fire pits, horse stables, carriage transportation to the Buena Vista Resort water taxi station, and a bus pick up location at the entrance to the camp grounds

06. The Villas at Disney’s Beastly Kingdom Lodge
DVC villas at the Beastly Kingdom Lodge complex

Magic Realms Resort Area
01. Disney’s Old Victoria Resort
A deluxe resort themed to the Victorian era featuring standard guest rooms, suites, two exclusive resort pools, topiary gardens, greenhouses, walking paths, dining locations, an on-site monorail station, and bus access

02. Disney’s Cosmopolitan Resort
A deluxe resort themed in an Art Deco metropolis (classic New York type) style featuring standard guest rooms, suites, two exclusive resort pools, a butterfly garden, rooftop bar, walking paths, a shopping complex, on-site monorail station, and bus access

03. Disney’s Pixar Palace Resort
A moderate resort themed to Pixar characters featuring standard guest rooms, an exclusive resort pool themed to Pixar, a Pixar art gallery, on-site Skyliner station to the Transportation Hub, water taxi to Port Pixar Park, and bus access

04. Disney’s World of Magic Resort
A value resort themed to a few classic Disney films (Fantasia, Cinderella, Aladdin) featuring standard themed guest rooms, an exclusive resort pool, dining locations, walkway to Magic Realms Park, an on-site Skyliner station, and bus access

05. Disney’s World of Dreams Resort
A value resort (a sister resort to World of Magic) themed to a few classic Disney films (Pinnochio, Dumbo, and Peter Pan) featuring standard themed guest rooms, an exclusive resort pool, dining locations, walkway to Magic Realms Park, an on-site Skyliner station, and bus access

06. Albert’s Garden Suites at Disney’s Victoria Resort
DVC garden villas within the Victoria Resort complex

07. The Sunset Tower at Disney’s Cosmopolitan Resort
A DVC tower within the Cosmopolitan Resort complex

Downtown Disney Resort Area
01. Disney’s Positano Resort
A moderate resort themed to the Italian seaside commune of Positano featuring a relaxing pool, on site dining, walking path to Downtown Disney, on-site Skyliner station to Transportation Hub, and bus access

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ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION​

01. Downtown Disney
A shopping district on resort property featuring various stores and restaurants

02. Walt Disney Theatre
A 1200 seat broadway style theater located at the east end of Downtown Disney hosting musicals, plays, and live performances

03. Ruby Falls Golf Club
An 18 hole premium golf course located at the far end of the resort

04. Disney Adventures
An entertainment and recreation complex at the west end of Downtown Disney featuring arcades, sports centers, and dining

05. Donald & Goofy’s Funtastic Putt Putt Golf & Games
A family complex featuring two mini-golf courses, go-kart tracks, and midway games

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WALT DISNEY WORLD TORINO RESORT WELCOME CENTER​

The Walt Disney World Torino Resort Weclome Center is located at the cruise ship destination Port of Savona on the Northern Italian coast (south of the resort). Guests arriving via a Disney Cruise Line ship (or having travelled from other locations if they choose to go here) will be delivered to the welcome center where they will have three choices for how they can access the resort.

01. For free transportation to the resort, guests may board one of the Mickey Coaches which are large buses that can hold up to 80 guests at a time. There is a fleet of 30 buses that depart in twenty minute increments from the posted “roll out time” (usually an hour after the ship docks) until all buses are en route for the two hour journey to the resort.

02. For a charge of €10 ($10.74 USD) per guest, guests can board the Magic Express, a private high-speed train owned by Disney for the 90 minute journey to the resort. For an additional upcharge guests can purchase food and beverages once the journey is underway. For a €100 ($107.45 USD) additional fee, guests can book one of 4 private rest cabins complete with a bed, chairs, and television that can house up to 4. These cabins are on a first come, first serve basis and can only be purchased at the ticket desk within the transportation center.

03. Guests are free to make use of the taxi services at the transportation center to be taken to local rental car offices to pick up their own transportation to the resort.

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IN-RESORT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS​

Due to the size of the resort, Disney offers multiple transportation options within the resort.

01. The Disney World Monorail
A classic monorail line that features stops at a few premium resort hotels as well as inside Enchanted Kingdom park. The monorail connects to the Transportation Hub where guests can transfer to the Magic Realms + Downtown Disney monorail line.

02. Friendship Boats
An inter resort boat system that begins at the Transportation Hub and ventures to Enchanted Kingdom, Port Discovery, Downtown Disney, and several resort hotels

03. The Disney World Skyliner
An aerial transportation system taking guests from the Transportation Hub to Beastly Kingdom, Magic Realms, Downtown Disney, and several resort hotels

04. Mickey & Friends Buses
An inter resort bus system running various lines that connects the resorts, the parks, and Downtown Disney together. certain bus routes are exclusive to certain resorts whereas some resorts share a bus route.

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TICKET OPTIONS​

01. 1 Day 1 Park Ticket (Enchanted Kingdom - €70 ($75.27 USD) | Port Discovery €70 ($75.27 USD) | Beastly Kingdom €60 ($64.51 USD) | Magic Realms - €80 ($86.01 USD)

02. 4 Day 4 Park Base Ticket (€150 ($161.24 USD)

03. 5 Day 4 Park Base Ticket (€190 ($204.24 USD)

04. 6 Day 4 Park Base Ticket (€230 ($247.24 USD)

05. 7 Day 4 Park Base Ticket (€260 ($279.51 USD)

06. Park Hopper Upgrade (€95 ($102.13) added to the price of chosen base ticket package (final price ranging from €245 ($263.40 USD) to €355 ($381.67 USD))

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ANNUAL PASS PROGRAM​

01. Magic Pass (€500 ($537.57 USD) - Reservation-based admission most weekdays subject to blockout dates including peak and holiday seasons (open to Italian citizens only)

02. Dream Pass (€620 ($666.59 USD) - Reservation-based admission most weekdays subject to blockout dates including peak and holiday seasons (open to European citizens only)

03. Enchant Pass (€740 ($795.61 USD) - Reservation-based admission most weekdays and weekends subject to limited blockout dates including peak and holiday seasons (open to all guests)

04. Fantasy Pass (€930 ($999.95 USD) - Reservation-based admission with no blockout dates (open to all guests)

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

ORIGINS​

The roots of this incredible resort go all the way back to 1966.

Disneyland in California proved to be a spectacular hit, and just over a decade after it’s opening, the conversation of opening an international park was running just as hot within the Walt Disney Company as their upcoming Florida Project. Several locations were considered including Frankfurt, Paris, London, and Milan, however no official plans were ever put into place despite the strong considerations. All of the company’s time and effort was instead devoted to getting their Florida Project completed with a promise to return to the idea of an international park later.

By the mid 1970s, Disney finally returned to the idea of international parks. In 1974, the Oriental Land Company formally approached Disney with the possibility of bringing a park to Japan. Encouraged by the negotiations and assisted by the generous financial offers from the OLC, Disney decided to work concurrently on a Japanese park and a European park.

While one team continued negotiations for the Japanese park, another was sent to scout various locations around Europe for a park. Initially, Disney was drawn to France, feeling that a large plot of land near Paris could act as a perfect spot for a park. However, these hopes were crushed by unexpected pushback from the French public on the idea of a Disney park which in turn created apprehension in the French government. Aware of Disney’s scouting following a trip the team made to Milan, the Italian government invited Disney to look further at their country. The team visited several locations, but ultimately found themselves most taken by a large, undeveloped rural area around 17 miles outside of Turin.

Negotiations with the Italian government began in 1976. Despite mutual interest, discussions lasted for quite some time. There were several times along the way it looked as if the negotiations were going to fall though, but thanks to a few committed individuals within the Ministry of Tourism in Italy, the negotiation path continued to forge on. Finally, in 1979, Disney and the Italian government reached an agreement on building a park in their country with a promise to build a second sometime before the end of the 20th century to create a full on resort.

At the same time, Disney was beginning construction of their Japanese resort. Not wishing to overextend themselves, Disney decided to complete construction of Tokyo Disneyland before beginning construction on what was then referred to as Disneyland Torino. Following Tokyo Disneyland’s opening in 1983 which was met with great success and fanfare, Disney dove headfirst into their European venture.

In the time they waited, Disney decided to change the name of their European park to Enchanted Kingdom. The decision to do this came as the plans for the park became more and more ambitious to the point that the park’s size would be more comparable to Florida’s Magic Kingdom rather than California’s Disneyland. Due to the promise of a second park to create a complete resort (which had just taken place in Florida with the opening of EPCOT Center), Disney internally began referring to their European project as Euro Disney World.

Construction on Enchanted Kingdom officially began in 1984 with a projected opening date in 1987. However, due to the complex nature of the park, its opening was delayed to 1988.

ENCHANTED KINGDOM & EARLY YEARS​

Enchanted Kingdom officially opened to the public on 01 September 1988 accompanied by two on-site hotels. The park was an instant success, welcoming visitors from all over Europe in its opening year. The park, a combination of Disneyland’s aesthetic and charms with Magic Kingdom’s size and ambition, was widely praised by visitors. The park was an immediate financial success which bolstered Disney’s then struggling image in its other wings (which was all about to change the following year).

While it was already confirmed internally that a second park was going to come, Disney decided to not rush into things and instead continue caring for their new park while they worked on the concepts for the future second gate.

Within the first couple of years, Disney added a third resort hotel to accommodate the larger than expected influx of international visitors. By the start of its third year of operation, it was the most attended theme park in Europe and was seeing guests not just from all over Italy, but from all over the continent and beyond. Due to this fact, Disney decided that the cast members of the resort would need to be fluent in both Italian and English and that dialogue on attractions is a combination of both. Cast members were also encouraged to learn basic phrases in other European languages in order to assist guests from these countries should they struggle with either Italian or English.

DEVELOPMENT & PORT DISCOVERY​

Disney began properly planning the resort’s second gate in mid 1990. Initially, Disney considered building a sister park to their newly opened Hollywood Studio. This idea was axed however when market research suggested that European guests were not all that interested in a park themed to filmmaking. Disney turned their focus instead to building a park that was rich in storytelling and not overly reliant upon the company’s various films.

With Enchanted Kingdom making the company a great deal of money and the four domestic parks generating a great deal of money as well, Disney was able to get rather ambitious with the design and the attractions within it.

Imagineers decided upon the idea of a park that allows guests to visit several distinct themed lands themed to very specific times and places rather than the more general themes presented in Enchanted Kingdom. In order to achieve immersiveness within the lands, it was decided that each land would occupy its own space on a man-made island in the midst of a massive man-made lake that would circle the park and cut through its center. Each land would be referred to as a port and would be accessed either by land bridges or water transport from the main hub of the park.

Construction on the then unnamed park began in mid 1992. The park was officially announced to the public a couple of months later with the name Port Discovery. The park received specially invited guests and the media for a special preview in May of 1995. The response from these preview guests was overwhelmingly positive. By this point, Disney was promoting the park all over the world and were finding the new resorts they built to accompany it booking up quickly.

The official opening ceremony for the park was held on 30 June 1995 where specially ticketed guests could then enter the park and explore and try the attractions. The park officially opened to all ticketed guests and the resort hotels welcomed their first guest the next day, 1 July 1995.

The park was an even bigger success than Enchanted Kingdom with overwhelming praise being given to the creativity and innovation of the park, its design, and its ideas. The opening of the park was accompanied by the first public reference to the complex as Euro Disney World, which officially became the resort’s name at the start of the next fiscal year.

Along with the park’s opening came the opening of Transportation Hub which connected the new Port Discover monorail line to the Enchanted Kingdom monorail line. In addition to this, the friendship boats were introduced with a port at the Transportation Hub that took guests by water to the new park.

For the next several years, Disney focused on caring for and adding attractions to their two existing parks as well as increasing the resort hotel capacity.

BEASTLY KINGDOM & DOWNTOWN DISNEY​

The idea for a third park was discussed as early as 1999, but Disney didn’t seriously begin to consider it until 2001. By this point, Walt Disney World in Florida had reached its 4th gate. Considering their Turin property saw a similar amount of attention, it was thought that it could go the same direction. There was still a great deal of land left on the property that was initially ear-marked for more hotels, a water park, and even a residential district, but Disney changed tack and began to instead consider adding more gates to the resort.

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, which greatly impacted travel worldwide, Disney hesitated on pushing forward on these plans. However, by early 2002, they were once more pursuing active development along with encouragement from the Italian government.

It was decided that the third gate would be a sister-park to Florida’s most recent addition Animal Kingdom, only this park would act as a more pure split between living animals and extinct and fictional animals. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in May 2003. With great assistance from the Italian government, construction of the park was able to move faster than in the past. The resort welcomed its first animals and began allowing access to its veterinary staff in late 2004 as construction on the rest of the park continued.

A media preview day was held on 20 June 2005 followed by a specially ticketed preview event on 25 June 2005. The park officially opened to all ticketed guests, and the new resort hotels welcomed their first guests on 01 July 2005. The park’s opening coincided with a celebration of nearby Port Discovery’s 10th anniversary, adding a festive atmosphere to the entire resort.

The park received a greatly positive reception from guests who loved the combination of immersive theme park and zoo as well as the improvements upon the concept from its original form in Animal Kingdom. The park was also met with the same controversies as Animal Kingdom with animal rights groups protesting the idea of animals not only being in captivity, but within a Disney theme park. In indirect response to this, Disney allowed unprecedented access to their zoological operations so any curious oversight boards could take a look at their work.

In September of 2005, Disney officially opened Downtown Disney, a shopping district located at the south end of the resort. Along with the opening of the district came a new resort hotel, an additional monorail line, and a new canal for the friendship boats.

The same year, the resort’s name was officially changed to Walt Disney World Torino Resort.

DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD​

Over the next several years, Disney focused on building out the resort. They added new resort hotels bringing their total hotel count to 19 and also announced the opening of several new additions to the resort.

On 16 April 2008, the resort opened the 1,200 seat Walt Disney Theatre designed to welcome various live events such as touring Broadway shows, concerts, comedy events, and more.

On 10 June 2010, the resort opened the luxury 18 hole golf course Ruby Falls Golf Club. Along with this, they opened the nearby Donald & Goofy’s Funtastic Putt Putt Golf & Games complex which featured mini-golf, go karts, and midway games for families to enjoy.

On 30 May 2012, Disney opened the Disney Adventures complex. An indoor attraction similar to DisneyQuest concept, the center featured various arcades, bowling alleys, clubs for all ages, and restaurants. Located within the Downtown Disney area, the complex was open to the public, not just paid resort guests.

The most major thing added to the resort came the following year in June of 2013. Disney announced that they would be adding a Disney Cruise Line port at Port of Savona on the Northern Italian coast. With this came the opening of the Walt Disney World Torino Resort Welcome Center. Located very near the port, guests who were arriving for their vacation at the resort via a Disney Cruise Line trip or for guests who were travelling into the country from elsewhere could come to the center and be transported from the coast all the way to the resort. This could be achieved via a Disney owned bus line or a Disney owned high speed railway that was built in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. It is the only private high speed rail line in the country.

The buses are able to drop guests off directly at specific resorts. The railway takes guests to the Transportation Hub where guests may then board buses to their resort.

MAGIC REALMS​

Disney began planning for a 4th gate in early 2011. Various concepts were tossed back and forth including a version of EPCOT for European audiences but this idea was rejected. Disney decided to construct an IP based park in accordance with their push to integrate more iP into the parks. With the resort’s previous two parks mostly skirting IP integration, Disney looked to represent more of their properties with a park that grouped them together into distinct lands.

Disney announced Magic Realms in the summer of 2014. A groundbreaking ceremony was held three months later and construction was officially underway. Disney indicated that the expansion would be the biggest in the resort’s history. The new park would be comparable in size to the current iteration of Port Discovery and would be accompanied by 5 new resort hotels.

A special media preview event was held on 22 May 2018. A special ticketed preview event was held the next day. The park officially opened to the public on 30 May 2018, and the new resort hotels opened in phases and welcomed their first guests across the next three months.

The park was met with a positive response from guests who praised the mixture of IPs in a way that felt immersive and smooth.

The park saw near immediate expansion with the addition of the world’s third Galaxy’s Edge in 2019. The resort’s Skyliner also opened that same year.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Coming soon....we shall explore our first park and resort area! For now, enjoy the resort overview and histories above!

 

[Lord Fozzinator]

Wow, I am very impressed. I do think 4 parks are a bit much but as you said, the attendance is similar to Walt Disney World so I think it’s fine. Maybe an indoor water park (Similar to scale of Volcano Bay) would be a good idea, but overall it’s a good idea. There is a point I would like to make that this feels like Italy just straight up copied our homework from Disney World, it even got the same name just added 1 word (By the way the Walt in Walt Disney World is dedicated to Walt Disney so maybe that is something to look into changing)

 

[Twilight_Roxas]

This looks interesting. Can wait to see how this resort uses Disney, Pixar, Muppets, Marvel, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and 20th Century Studios.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

Whoa, you really put in the details. Great job!

My first park is called Enchanted Kingdom as well.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Whoa, you really put in the details. Great job!

My first park is called Enchanted Kingdom as well.

Oh dear I didn’t even realize, I apologize! If you’d like me to change the name, I’d be happy to!

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Wow, I am very impressed. I do think 4 parks are a bit much but as you said, the attendance is similar to Walt Disney World so I think it’s fine. Maybe an indoor water park (Similar to scale of Volcano Bay) would be a good idea, but overall it’s a good idea. There is a point I would like to make that this feels like Italy just straight up copied our homework from Disney World, it even got the same name just added 1 word (By the way the Walt in Walt Disney World is dedicated to Walt Disney so maybe that is something to look into changing)

Ahaha yes I am using WDW in Orlando as a framework of sorts. This being my first project, I needed some guide rails before taking the training wheels off in the future. But I promise once we get into the parks themselves, there is a lot that is significantly different and unique to these parks

I can indeed look into a dedication! I’m going to be diving into the first park soon so perhaps can include something about it there! I can also consider a water park as part of later resort development yeah!

 

[MickeyMouse10]

Oh dear I didn’t even realize, I apologize! If you’d like me to change the name, I’d be happy to!

No apology needed, I'd be honored if you use it. Afterall this is your version of Disney.

 

[Lord Fozzinator]

Ahaha yes I am using WDW in Orlando as a framework of sorts. This being my first project, I needed some guide rails before taking the training wheels off in the future. But I promise once we get into the parks themselves, there is a lot that is significantly different and unique to these parks

I can indeed look into a dedication! I’m going to be diving into the first park soon so perhaps can include something about it there! I can also consider a water park as part of later resort development yeah!

Very good. Most newcomers here usually introduce themselves but don’t show anything with substance (Fanboy cough, cough), but you seem to be different I wish you luck as the few that have went forward with their own projects. If you need anything don’t hesitate to ask. I also look forward into working with you if we are in the same team in Sorcerers apprentice.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

I can't wait to see more, I love seeing other people's parks.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I can't wait to see more, I love seeing other people's parks.

Well get ready because I'll be ready to get started posting stuff about the first park this week!

 

[HomeImagineer]

hey @Mr. Sullivan are u planning to draw those park ideas as well for ur wdw torino project?

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

hey @Mr. Sullivan are u planning to draw those park ideas as well for ur wdw torino project?

I would like to eventually. That is the part I'm still sort of learning here. I have made some test maps and such, but none I'm happy with.

My plan is to, for now, just use text (detailing what you'll see, experience, complete ride synopses, etc), real reference images, and basic self-made reference diagrams to help visualize stuff. Once I've gotten to a point of being able to make better visuals, I will come back and do that. I plan on sticking with this project for a while.

 

[Arctic-Xodus]

Can't wait!

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

This looks great! Can’t wait to see what you dream up here.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

The imagineering competition has pulled me away some, but I'm back to work, and there's stuff finally actually for real coming

 

[Twilight_Roxas]

I’m curious about how your resort celebrates Disney’s 100 Years of Wonder.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I’m curious about how your resort celebrates Disney’s 100 Years of Wonder.

We'll definitely get there in the future! I've got a plan to go into the various company wide celebrations it has been a part of over the years, but we're gonna get through the meat and potatoes some first.

Speaking of which....begins now