D.Silentu
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Beg pardon, but I'd just like to note that Disney bought the Muppets years after Henson's passing. They tried to buy during his lifetime but could never negotiate a deal that satisfied him.
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JohnyKaz2078
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It was supposed to be a "success". It isn't that bad but it is anything but better than the original one.
Rich T
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Personally, I like the new entry much better. The old entry was ugly and tacky. The concept behind it--a huge, living postcard--was novel, but it just didn't work. No one looked at it and thought "postcard." It was just a jumbled mess with no sense of place or coherence. Kinda like Pixar Pier.
Phroobar
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The old entrance was part of a bigger postcard look. You couldn't have just the mural and letters without the Sun, bridge and stores. It wouldn't make any sense to have part of it with the current BV street look behind it.
TROR
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My problem with DCA's entrance is that, unlike Disneyland, nothing is hidden. There's no train tracks to go under to escape the outside world. You're not really teleported anywhere. Even looking from Carthay Circle you can look down Buena Vista Street and see the entrance gates. Can't say I care for that.
Kram Sacul
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- In the Parks
- Yes
The redone entrance to DCA is better even if it is a lift from DHS.
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
- No
I think the new entrance is elegant and a proper way to enter what was a good park. It fits in with the Grizzly River Rapids and Soarin area perfectly fine. Hollywood land needs work.
I don't think too many would find fault in the argument that the addition of Buena Vista street, the cable cars and Cars Land was amazing. The original, tacky letters and caricature of California entrance better fits with the look of Mission Garbage Incinerator breakout
I don't think too many would find fault in the argument that the addition of Buena Vista street, the cable cars and Cars Land was amazing. The original, tacky letters and caricature of California entrance better fits with the look of Mission Garbage Incinerator breakout
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
- No
I certainly think that's one of many niches that makes Disneyland the best theme park in the world!
shortstop
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This reminds me of how the ruined the compass in the Esplanade by making it smaller and framing it with concrete instead of brick. Thanks, Shanghai!The old entrance was part of a bigger postcard look. You couldn't have just the mural and letters without the Sun, bridge and stores. It wouldn't make any sense to have part of it with the current BV street look behind it.
Phroobar
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It should have been a fountain like they originally planned. Thanks Pressler!
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Disneysea05
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- In the Parks
- Yes
I think so much time has passed that a lot of people don’t remember just how bad opening day California Adventure was. Or aren’t even old enough to really remember.
To think that some people claim to prefer Sunshine Plaza and original Paradise Pier, probably the top two areas of the park that were universally derided in the early 2000s.
To think that some people claim to prefer Sunshine Plaza and original Paradise Pier, probably the top two areas of the park that were universally derided in the early 2000s.
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Disneysea05
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Even though the Pan Pacific turnstiles look nicer in DCA, I always thought they should have gone with something different. But it works.
TROR
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DCA 1.0 was bad, but I have nostalgia for it. DCA current day is bad and that's it.
Disney Irish
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Nostalgia comes from time passing, so as time passes the current DCA will become nostalgic as well.....
TROR
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Nostalgia comes with happy memories. My memories of DCA 1.0 are seeing it from the parking lot as I went to Disneyland. I associate the original Paradise Pier, California letters, Tower of Terror, and Grizzly Peak all with my childhood memories of Disneyland. To say nostalgia comes just from time passing is ridiculous. No one has nostalgia for being bullied 20 years after it happened. I associate current DCA with ugly structures, tackiness, and cheap shoehorns.Nostalgia comes from time passing, so as time passes the current DCA will become nostalgic as well.....
Disney Irish
Premium Member
You'll be surprised what you'll start to be nostalgic for once you get into your 40s-60s. Being only 19 right now its hard to see it, but trust me you'll look back at this time and be nostalgic.
Robbiem
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I agree. The biggest issue for me is the clash in style with the entrance to Disneyland. Im sure that the imagineers could have designed something which matched the other side of the esplanade better rather than lifting a park entrance from Florida
Disneylover152
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Is it bad that I have nostalgia for DCA 1.0 even though I've never experienced it?