That new Dumbo circus area that was formerly their Toontown can go first in my opinion. I don't think I'll ever once need to visit that area. Replace it with something for everyone to see & finally add a worthy attraction in NFL. At least DL's Toontown is worth checking out while still being child-centric and will be even more amazing after MMRR opens.
I agree. I was coming up with replacements in my head a few weeks ago. A quaint Alpine Village with a Pinocchio ride sounds nice to me.
Yeah, Disney World's Fantasyland needs more. I doubt they'll be adding much to it for a while since the expansion is still... relatively recent, I guess, but it could definitely use another dark ride or two.
Horizontal or not, thanks for sharing!
I once had the pleasure of riding 'Pirates of The Caribbean' with Tony Baxter at Disneyland a few years ago.
Only time I dont feel like i am in a building is during the caves. once i am out of there i look up and see the show ceiling everytime. plus as soon as we go up that final lift we immediately see the doors that lead outside and we can easily tell if it is night or day and we are inside so I don't get the point Tony was trying to make when seconds after that light you see the outside world to remind you that you are in a building. cool story though.I once had the pleasure of riding 'Pirates of The Caribbean' with Tony Baxter at Disneyland a few years ago.
A great experience, as I'm sure you can well imagine.
One of the memorable highlights was when Tony started talking about 'hiding the ceiling' purposely through clever means.
As we rose up the falls of final lift, he pointed out a lone spotlight ahead of us.
He explained the purpose of what seemed a meaningless thing, but that single light mounted in the black ceiling above was the magical key to disguising the fact we were inside of a building.
The light shines directly in your eyes as you crest the top of that final lift....'blinding' your eyes so you don't notice the ceiling.
Simple effect, yet so brilliant in its thought.
Every time when I ride and reach that point on the lift and see that light, I think of Tony and his story regarding it's purpose for being there.
This is why he is the living legend that he is!
I don't think that's particularly brilliant and I love pirates. once you are past the caves, at anytime you can look up and easily tell you are in a show building. Did they think people forgot? I don't think that spotlight solves a problem because there is no problem to begin with. because I can see the ceiling at any point after the caves and the lift makes it no less obvious. Like a said a few seconds later we see we are in a building by seeing the entrance doors and the queue. Cool story but I don't think that is agreat moment in imagineering as Baxter does. But it is awesome you met him and got to ride a iconic ride like Pirates with him.
But you’re the Troy Porter! Weren’t you his boss or something?I've seen him at the Best Buy across the freeway and the Bristol Farms in nearby Yorba Linda. I never had the guts to say anything, but I took his picture like a creeper and just to entertain @Figments Friend.
Whether it is a tracked ride, trackless, or an omnimover, your attention usually is in the direction of the vehicle. If it is an instance like a Fantasyland dark ride or the three you mentioned, it's pretty easy to hide lighting behind things like walls or props because you usually will never look behind you. There was/is a Youtube channel where someone filmed all the attractions at Disneyland facing backward. It was awful. You could see all the lights, sensors, and anything else you weren't supposed to see.
The reason they can’t cover them up is two fold. First, lighting is still one of those things that is very heavily done in the field. Design drawings are more like good estimates than firm plans. You don’t really know what you’re doing until you do, with a lot of tweaking and adjusting occurring. Second, there are a lot of legal requirements around ceilings in terms of access to equipment, continuity and fire protection.
