Curious Constance
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Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout announced for Disney California Adventure
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Disney Analyst
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Yeah I am starting to sadly fall into the camp that loves how it is starting to look... So much more visual interest than before... and I honestly don't mind the trolley riding by, it fits with the steampunk vibe I'm getting.
DDLand
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I didn't make up my mind about the look of the building until the model (the concept art was too CGI looking for me to discern). I feel like my initial reaction has been confirmed. I said something along the lines of it's an "interesting building." Totally unusual. I also said I liked it and it looks cool.
So as one of the few who was positive about it, I'm feeling good. Rohde is one of the few Imagineers I give the benefit of the doubt to. The project is just so cool and foreign. It's unconventional. There are a million ways we could have gotten a Guardians Tower. Boring minimalism or silver metallic. This very unique building is so unlike anything I've seen before, it's alien.
It even has a certain beauty to it.
As an aside, Carthay's treatment has been abysmal. It was designed as the park icon, and has been relegated to a 2nd tier status by a Ferris wheel with a Mickey Head attached. In the Pantheon of Disney Park Icons the "Funwheel" has got to be among the least inspired.
I think the Monorail may be centrally at fault. It obscures the initial view down the street onto it and shrinks it down. I'd also guess the exclusivity of not allowing most guests inside also dampens the affection. Most other park icons people can get inside and touch, whereas the restaurant is not enjoyed by most patrons. That I think was a dumb move.
Sleeping Beauty Castle and Carthay Circle Theatre are bookends. The beginning of a journey and the end. So marketing should be more clear about that...
Practical Pig
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You make a good point. I believe so, but I'm not 100% certain. Not being a DLR local and relatively new to the fandom, I don't have the parks as intimately memorized as many others here. But when there are, and for very practical reasons there assuredly are, thematic clashes in the parks, I view them in terms of the "volume" or the degree of those clashes, and how much they strain my ability to suspend the old disbelief. For me Grizzly Peak is sort of a neutral thematic experience since I come from a largely rural area and scenery similar to this is ingrained in me.
My reaction to the park views I experience when I can see all this in person will be subject to change, as I do try not to marry my opinions, and to leave myself open to adapting to new information.
Curious Constance
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Welcome to the dark side! We've been expecting you!!!!
mickEblu
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Curious Constance
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One of these days you'll turn too mickEblu
mickEblu
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NEVER!!
HMF
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UGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HMF
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Whether it looks more interesting or not. It still does not belong in 1930s Hollywood.For better or for worse, I think it looks more interesting than DCA's ToT did. Whether or not it goes the rest of the park and all that is of course debatable, but I like that we now have a unique tower in the same way DHS and Tokyo have one. Now it's just Paris that has a lame copy of the original!
HMF
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Congratulations, Disney, You just ruined what you spent a billion dollars to fix. Real great long-term planning. We might as well still have Sunshine Plaza.
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HMF
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He compares it to a car crash and you like it? Personally, I have seen vomit that looked better than this.
Curious Constance
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HMF
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There were plans to fix all this that got shelved thanks to Marvel.You're right, it totally clashes with the smoothie place and the lame circa late 80s "studio" theme park backdrop.
Oh, and of course this scenic wonder seemingly ripped right out of the 1930s...
HMF
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It would have happened if not for the idiotic purchase of Marvel.
Kiwiduck
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I'm glad they fixed the lean
Thank you for posting both images together. I know many don't agree but I think the new version works better with the Carthay building than the old one (probably not helped by the 60th banner).