MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
I believe Paris has yet to receive such extensive overhauls to its effects. It always had a few extras that Cali was lacking to begin with (like some water reflections on skull rock and the mural behind the indian village). They did add the updated spotlight of Peter's shadow in the nursery. But other than that, not even sure if they've added anything more since it first opened. The ocean surrounding the island isn't squared off like Cali, so it's not as awkward with a bit of brighter movement. There ARE already a few water effects used on parts of the island, though mostly on the waterfalls and mermaid lagoon. There surrounding water also has some ripples/sparkle effects, but it's more subdued than Cali's. Here's Paris' for reference-
Shanghai's island has some moving water effects on the main ocean, but it's far more subtle than Cali's. The surrounding ocean is also again not a square shape like Cali, and looks much more natural. Here's what it looks like-
Shanghai uses a lot of projection effects for characters though, sometimes to its detriment as I think animatronics would have been preferable (the figures it does have are nice though). There are also fewer characters in general in their version. No mermaids, natives, lost boys and fewer pirates.
And then again, you also have Tokyo's, which again has a very messed up and bizarre looking shape to it. And I forgot to mention super tiny... And again, the setpieces for the mermaids, natives and lost boys just plopped down randomly one after the other in an otherwise empty narrow corridor with nothing but the black void of space and some stars. The stars are one of the only real improvements to this version, which are admittedly better than a truly black void.
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