This is beautiful
Beauty only applies to the Frozen tower
If they’re not putting a walkthrough in that large boxy volume I will be so mad
Maybe for the plussing of the castle in a future refurbishment? I think it was deliberately left bare (without any patterns whatsoever) for some reason...Beauty only applies to the Frozen tower
The central part is horrendous. Right now the backside centrepiece stained glass window is dwarved by a large boxy volume. It'd be very interesting had they made something like the Marienplatz clock tower in Munich.
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Or at least a meet-and-greet. There's so much space in it now, in addition to the original space from the old castle. I remember Tom Morris (Executive Show Producer for HKDL) said it was deliberately left empty until they could figure out what to do with it based on the general guest wants and needs. I'm leaning towards meet-and-greet so that either Fairy Tale Forest, Fantasy Gardens, or both could be repurposed for new attractions (that aren't Frozen!).
Beauty only applies to the Frozen tower
The central part is horrendous. Right now the backside centrepiece stained glass window is dwarved by a large boxy volume. It'd be very interesting had they made something like the Marienplatz clock tower in Munich.
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According to HKMSG, there will be a new shop in the Frozen turret...
I guess it’ll be an Arribas Brothers boutique which wouldn’t take up a lot of space.
I always thought that these two wings were built as cast/changing facilities which meant they could keep the central entrance to the castle open rather than close it before every show. They look like they were designed to look like courtyards with trees in them from eye level.
They look like they belong in Shanghai rather than Hong Kong.
Actually, it belonged to Paris first. When Disney Dreams! premiered in 2012, a control booth with a similar design appeared on the west side of the Central Plaza. Both structures feature similar roofs (and grillwork) but for Hong Kong, the walls were redesigned to feature garden stonework. Paris definitely got a better paint job than Hong Kong's, and a more discreet one at that.
Actually, it belonged to Paris first. When Disney Dreams! premiered in 2012, a control booth with a similar design appeared on the west side of the Central Plaza. Both structures feature similar roofs (and grillwork) but for Hong Kong, the walls were redesigned to feature garden stonework. Paris definitely got a better paint job than Hong Kong's, and a more discreet one at that.
It's also bizarre that Hong Kong required two booths whereas Paris only needed one. I know it's for the projectors (as previously posted), but couldn't they have gone for the traditional freestanding projection towers that Anaheim uses (not sure about Florida and Tokyo's extended turrets if they function as projection towers as well)? I imagine there would be room for such a tower at least on the sides of the new (terraced?) seating area.
