It is also, like, exactly the right architecture, and the screens they had already planned for the interior work perfectly with it. Just make the interior headquarters with projections of the islands and some interactive exhibits and play areas related to the emotions. Then make the theater experience boarding the Train of Thought to explore the islands and memory dump.
Indeed, I was also going to mention how the various kiosks in the main lobby would work perfectly for the various islands. I mean, talk about a stupidly obvious and easy win to use Inside Out there...
Wasn’t much of the interior of WoL already gutted though? @DreamfinderGuy did you say this? How much of the CC Theater is still intact?
Not DFG, but I have seen a photo of the inside of WoL from around this time last year. It is bare bones in there. I was told (by a reputable source) that all of CC is gone (as in stage and all). All that remains of BW is the queue.
Did they tear up the tile flooring, planters, ramps, railing and carpets as well? Or did they just remove the kiosks and other theming? They'd basically need to rebuild all new scenery regardless. Even the theater would pretty much need to be entirely redone to look suitably like Inside Out's console.
I can’t answer specifically as to what (if anything) is left. Not that I’m withholding info, I just don’t have the info.
What makes me most upset is that most everything worth saving for archival purposes was stolen by urban explorers.
Very little. The outer walls are there (with wall carpet still, even!) as well as the preshow theatre (minus the leftmost wall). The stage is gone, the railing that surrounded it is still there mainly as a protective measure to keep people from falling into the empty pit where it used to be. Ceilings are all gone as well. That said, the foundations are still there, and a similar theatre could easily be rebuilt.
I’m stunned that photo hasn’t leaked yet. I know it has changed hands several times over the last year, but apparently the “keep it to yourself” honor system has kept it private. It’ll surface publicly eventually.
Don’t be. Everything that was left in Wonders at the time of construction starting (with exception to two signs tagged for archival) was destroyed. Yes stealing is bad, but if the items that were stolen from WoL weren’t stolen they would no longer exist.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with projection when used appropriately.
Hopefully Tony Baxter comes back like he said he’s always wanted to. My concern is that they’ll either refuse to invite him or use him like they ‘used’ him for TBA. However, I’d happily take Figment and Dreamfinder’s Runaway Railway over the current iteration. Not that I’d prefer that over a revised version of the original or something taking inspiration from Mystic Manor, but the bar is set so low with imagination V3, I feel that anything would be an upgrade. This is also my biggest concern, because V3 is so hated, Disney can do the bare minimum and still say ‘it’s better than what you had!’
Yeah, I believe in the keep it (mostly) to yourself. I’m not going to drop the photo, purely because of that, but will discuss it because it is relevant to the thread.
. Didn’t make for many interesting pictures.