Iconic Purple Directional Signs Being Replaced

[Epcot82Guy]

Forgot about Baldwin Park, formerly the boot camp area for Navy recruits. Minutes from downtown Orlando and the pros and cons of living near those areas. Maybe Windermere area near WDW too?

As a downtown resident, I consider access to those areas and Winter Park a HUGE plus - but I may be biased. haha

Windermere, I would separate personally. Only because it feels much more traditional suburb vs. planned central community. (Same reason I wouldn't necessarily include Sanford, since it's more a legit small town vs. "planned").

And, more importantly, none of these areas can have purple or blue road direction/street signs (at least I don't think)!

 

[lazyboy97o]

Windermere, I would separate personally. Only because it feels much more traditional suburb vs. planned central community. (Same reason I wouldn't necessarily include Sanford, since it's more a legit small town vs. "planned").

Being planned isn’t the distinction. Celebration [originally] and Baldwin Park are New Urbanist developments, following a variety of development patterns that aren’t particularly new and while associated with master planned developments like Seaside, Celebration and Baldwin Park, is supposed to be a pattern for general unplanned urban development.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Being planned isn’t the distinction. Celebration [originally] and Baldwin Park are New Urbanist developments, following a variety of development patterns that aren’t particularly new and while associated with master planned developments like Seaside, Celebration and Baldwin Park, is supposed to be a pattern for general unplanned urban development.

Indeed. The space has really fragmented since these started to come into vogue. Plus, the return to central cities and small communities (i.e. town squares). The old city vs. suburb vs. rural divide has become much more diverse. Ironically, Orlando didn't jump on the mixed use tower bandwagon nearly as much as other cities, so we have some level of comparison. But, to your point, we've lumped together several genres into one in even these few posts. And, to what I'm reading as your point, these "master planned developments" already blurred the lines when compared with more "aligned" examples like Seaside.

 

[castlecake2.0]

The layout is the same as it was and the buildings are the same for the most part, but now it is a high end development. Originally it was a mini version of Walt's Epcot. Owned and operated by Disney. Now you have a direct say in what happens and can even own the property your house is sitting on from what I understand. As a totally controlled area it was a failure. Who wanted to pay that kind of money for some place they had very little say in. In that sense the original plan was a failure. The community is doing fine now, but it wasn't the utopia that was promised.

The regulations are still very strict. Dont even try to change the color of your bourse or plant a palm tree in your front yard. As for the land ownership there was a clause in the beginning that stated you couldn’t resell the property right away or it default back to Disney but I think that was just the first five years?

 

[itsy bitsy spider]

I know it may sound like an overreaction, but when I heard about the changes. I felt like going to the middle of the forest and yelling obscenities'.

" YOU DISNEY! YOU MONEYGRUBBING BASTARDS."

 

[Chip Chipperson]

Having niw seen the new signs in person, I'm still not a fan. Maybe a different shade of blue would have worked better, but the signs are just bland and boring.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Having niw seen the new signs in person, I'm still not a fan. Maybe a different shade of blue would have worked better, but the signs are just bland and boring.

Do we really want signs to be so interesting that drivers can't take their eyes off of them?

 

[TwilightZone]

I hate to be "that guy" but I prefer the new signage...slightly
The old ones were more colorful but they reek of the 90s. A change was needed, just wish the change was a little less bland

 

[JoeCamel]

I hate to be "that guy" but I prefer the new signage...slightly
The old ones were more colorful but they reek of the 90s. A change was needed, just wish the change was a little less bland

Maybe they could embellish them a bit?
It works so well....

 

[correcaminos]

Maybe they could embellish them a bit?
It works so well....

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No

 

[castlecake2.0]

I’m getting more on board with this, still a little playful but a little less harsh on the eyes.

 

[MisterPenguin]

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I’m getting more on board with this, still a little playful but a little less harsh on the eyes.

Yeah, the yellow on the dark blue is much better than the yellow on the light blue.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

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I’m getting more on board with this, still a little playful but a little less harsh on the eyes.

Much better. They are keeping the sign posts at least and the yellow keeps the playfulness along with the mickey ears.

 

[Brer Panther]

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I’m getting more on board with this, still a little playful but a little less harsh on the eyes.

I don't like that they made the Mickey ears blue. Now it doesn't stand out from the rest of the sign and the whole thing just looks blah and monochrome.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I don't like that they made the Mickey ears blue. Now it doesn't stand out from the rest of the sign and the whole thing just looks blah and monochrome.

Yea I wonder if this is a test, the ears should at least go back to black.

 

[ChrisFL]

not sure if anyone else mentioned this in the thread...but in an alternate universe I wonder what people's reactions would be if we had the blue sign for a long time and switched to the purple....my guess is people wouldn't like the change either.

Nostalgia is a very strong thing.

I have nostalgia for the original brown signs before the purple ones went up

 

[MisterPenguin]

not sure if anyone else mentioned this in the thread...but in an alternate universe I wonder what people's reactions would be if we had the blue sign for a long time and switched to the purple....my guess is people wouldn't like the change either.

Nostalgia is a very strong thing.

I have nostalgia for the original brown signs before the purple ones went up

I'm nostalgic for the Seminole sigils engraved on the trees to mark the safe deer paths.

 

[michmousefan]

I don't like that they made the Mickey ears blue. Now it doesn't stand out from the rest of the sign and the whole thing just looks blah and monochrome.

I'm a little surprised that they added a third hue of blue... why not make the mouse ears the same dark blue as with the yellow lettering?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

I'm a little surprised that they added a third hue of blue... why not make the mouse ears the same dark blue as with the yellow lettering?

IMO, that may have made it look top-heavy.

 

[matt9112]

Summing these two together, Disney’s wayfinding signs weren’t compliant with Florida law. Now they will be.

14-51.052. Design, 14-51. Florida's Highway Guide Sign Program, D14. Departmental, 14. Department of Transportation, Florida Administrative Code

Florida Administrative Code (FAC) is the official compilation of administrative rules for the state of Florida.The unofficial compilation of FAC based on the official version managed by Florida Department of State.Including florida rule,register.

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The legalities of goverment bureaucracy really isn't a high bar.