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HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.
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Supersnow84
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I think the color of the forge should’ve been more blue? It got muddy due to the recent rain storm.
dennis-in-ct
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IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS !!! WOW
it is truly stunning - three years of R&D to research the ice
it is truly stunning - three years of R&D to research the ice
Supersnow84
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Well it certainly looks better than the EPCOT version but does anyone else feel like it still looks kinda flat and kinda old fashioned
The land is gonna struggle if it’s star headliner doesn’t wow
MerlinTheGoat
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The faces are vastly improved at least, though it otherwise certainly appears to be a very minimally altered clone of Epcot's variant.
I did notice that the lighting is entirely different. Epcot's variant uses fluorescent paint with dark lights, a very old school method traditional to dark rides. This Hong Kong variant however looks like some of its scenes are lit with normal lighting, unless that's just for the media shots (I doubt it though). I actually prefer dark lighting personally. It can disguise backstage areas more effectively and sometimes creates more vibrant painterly color. Also helps eliminate characters and props casting shadows on walls, which is useful if said walls are supposed to convey a forced perspective landscape stretching out for miles. Old fashioned maybe, but effective and beautiful in the proper hands. A good artist can work wonders and make it feel like you're traveling through a painting. But even modern attractions such as Navi River benefit heavily from using this type of lighting (Tiana could as well). Frozen Ever After unfortunately isn't the greatest use of this type of lighting due to the general lack of painted detail. There's a lot of blank white surfaces and blurry or black walls. Though it still does make the bluish glow of the snow pop a bit more than regular lighting.
I did notice that the lighting is entirely different. Epcot's variant uses fluorescent paint with dark lights, a very old school method traditional to dark rides. This Hong Kong variant however looks like some of its scenes are lit with normal lighting, unless that's just for the media shots (I doubt it though). I actually prefer dark lighting personally. It can disguise backstage areas more effectively and sometimes creates more vibrant painterly color. Also helps eliminate characters and props casting shadows on walls, which is useful if said walls are supposed to convey a forced perspective landscape stretching out for miles. Old fashioned maybe, but effective and beautiful in the proper hands. A good artist can work wonders and make it feel like you're traveling through a painting. But even modern attractions such as Navi River benefit heavily from using this type of lighting (Tiana could as well). Frozen Ever After unfortunately isn't the greatest use of this type of lighting due to the general lack of painted detail. There's a lot of blank white surfaces and blurry or black walls. Though it still does make the bluish glow of the snow pop a bit more than regular lighting.
Disney Analyst
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I can’t really get over the fact they built this epic land, the ride has this epic facade / structure… and it’s just a Maelstrom clone? 
Wendy Pleakley
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Those Frozen animatronics look fantastic.
So much better than animated faces.
So much better than animated faces.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Just watched a walkthrough of the land and it’s stunning. Another case highlighting how Imagineering can still be amazing when given a decent budget, horrible (San Frantokyo) when they aren’t.
Disney Analyst
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They really are lucky to have the little mountain there. The way it all blends with the natural environment is stunning.
Supersnow84
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California adventure announced another concept for the 3rd avengers attraction so hopefully there is movement on that soon because it looks like the park is still gonna need a headliner
A very interesting read on the Arendelle castle in the movie.
intothefrozen.space
Also, the depth of the main castle building in the movie is quite slender too.
Tracking Elsa's route in Into the Unknown scene #1
After Into the Unknown scene, Elsa wakes up the spirits of the Enchanted Forest. A disaster by the spirits sweeps Arendelle, and people run away from the village. Elsa first runs to Arendelle castle. Let's discuss where she ran.
intothefrozen.space
Also, the depth of the main castle building in the movie is quite slender too.
cookiee_munster
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It looks absolutely incredible! hats off to the team at imagineering. And like a few have said, having the mountain range in the background really does help a lot, especially blending the mountain and coasters rockwork/mountain. Perfect.
EPCOTCenterLover
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Pirates aside, I think after this, I'd pick HKDL over Shanghai if I could only do one Chinese park. Just seems so charming!
aleh021
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HKDL has had the greatest glow up of any Disney park. Everything they've done to improve the park so far and making it unique on it's own, its fantastic.
Disney Analyst
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Disney Analyst
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Known to us for sure.
But, now that we've seen the land, and how impressive it looks, they really set it up to not deliver on the expectations a land of that caliber sets forth, with the ride roster they've included. A true shame.