Dumbo & Main Street Updates

[jaxonp]

Town Square’s almost free of walls. I took these today.

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Wow not a fan of the new brick around the tracks... do the entire street or not at all...

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I like it. The pavement has been that style since 1955. I see no reason to replace it all with bricks.

 

[Curious Constance]

I like it too. I like the contrast between brick and pavement. It if was all brick it would be too bricky.

 

[shortstop]

Still wish they hadn’t moved the cannons.

 

[jaxonp]

it totally clashes with the real brick on the sidewalks... also looks like stamped concrete.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Haunted Mansion Holiday clashes with that classic charming attraction, for instance.

These bricks just sort of blend in with Main Street. It's one of the least offensive alterations.

 

[dweezil78]

Hmmmm... I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it does seem weird to have two different types of brick right on top of each other like that.

On the other hand, it'd probably look even worse if it was all the same kind of brick!

 

[jaxonp]

Hmmmm... I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it does seem weird to have two different types of brick right on top of each other like that.

On the other hand, it'd probably look even worse if it was all the same kind of brick!

Isn’t that how Paris is??

 

[flynnibus]

Wow not a fan of the new brick around the tracks... do the entire street or not at all...

The style is actually very appropriate. It was not uncommon to leave the pavers/bricks around the street car rails and pave the rest of the street as cities aged.

 

[TROR]

I'm not a fan of having the entire street be brick. It can be seen on Hong Kong Disneyland's Main Street, which is nearly identical to ours, and it just doesn't work for me.

 

[dweezil78]

Isn’t that how Paris is??

Kind of... DLP is all brick on Main St -- and the strip in between the two tracks is a different tone.

 

[dweezil78]

I'm not a fan of having the entire street be brick. It can be seen on Hong Kong Disneyland's Main Street, which is nearly identical to ours, and it just doesn't work for me.

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Hong Kong looks extra weird because it lacks the tracks too which help divide the street! The bricks are also too brightly colored IMO.

Paris is also all brick, but looks better because it has the track and the change in down w/ the strip in the middle -

 

[mickEblu]

Hong Kong looks extra weird because it lacks the tracks too which help divide the street! The bricks are also too brightly colored IMO.

Paris is also all brick, but looks better because it has the track and the change in down w/ the strip in the middle -

Every picture I see of DL Paris is gorgeous. Does that place have one bad angle?

 

[mickEblu]

I'm not a fan of having the entire street be brick. It can be seen on Hong Kong Disneyland's Main Street, which is nearly identical to ours, and it just doesn't work for me.

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Yuck. DL definitely looks better. Still think there had to be a better solutions than two different brick patterns, colors and textures right next to each other though.

 

[dweezil78]

Every picture I see of DL Paris is gorgeous. Does that place have one bad angle?

No, all the bad angles were reserved for Disney Studios Paris.

 

[dweezil78]

Yuck. DL definitely looks better. Still think there had to be a better solutions than two different brick patterns, colors and textures right next to each other though.

I think if the bricks in between the tracks matched the bricks previously around the hub all would look right.

 

[jaxonp]

No, all the bad angles were reserved for Disney Studios Paris.

I almost wrote the same thing... parc is the most beautiful castle park... studios is like Disney tried to do six flags

 

[SSG]

Over time, the brick will age, weather, fade and become all-around less noticeable. In a year we'll wonder what the heck we were even talking about.

 

[jaxonp]

Over time, the brick will age, weather, fade and become all-around less noticeable. In a year we'll wonder what the heck we were even talking about.

Disney is the master of making things looks distressed tho.....

 

[mickEblu]

I think if the bricks in between the tracks matched the bricks previously around the hub all would look right.

Me too but then there would be the safety issue though... for everyone with their head buried in their phones.