Um. What? all of Tokyo Disneyland Pavement got an overhaul during pandemic and let alone the brand new entrance.
Be specific Instead of throwing down accusation's. Be respectful. Stop spreading false claims.
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The new entrance is
stunning, but this is what I'm referring to. Was this addressed during the pandemic? If it is holy, that’s exciting.
This has been my main problem with the park because it makes it feel like a parking lot and significantly hurts an otherwise flawless park.
If it wasn’t for this, I’d probably have Tokyo Disneyland in my top #3 parks worldwide. It’s still a fantastic park, but like EPCOT and Walt Disney Studios over in Paris getting pavement updates, it would go even further for TDL. They also need more landscaping in the walkways themselves. I understand this allows crowds to not impact walkways as much, but especially the plaza in front of Jungle Cruise, all of World Bazaar and around it, and Fantasyland, it needs to happen if it hasn’t.
The only areas that don’t feel this way are the marketplace in Adventureland, Critter Country, and of course Beauty and the Beast.
Imagine if the pavement was flat and green here like the rest of Fantasyland, or if DisneySea had the same approach throughout the park.
The buildings just generally don’t feel integrated in a way they should. They feel faker because of it. There's a reason why no new areas use that design approach anymore.
I personally prefer the smooth colored pavement over the textured stuff that has been more common over the last 25 years in Disney parks. Ever try to push someone in a wheelchair on that textured stuff? Bet it's not comfortable to the passengers, too.
Yes, I’ve pushed and been pushed in wheelchairs at every Orlando park and I’d take actual effort into pavement a million times over.
The pavements don’t even need to be textured like New Fantasyland; just nicer quality instead of a flat slab of unthemed bright-colored asphalt.
Besides nostalgia, there’s no argument that this is better themed design. It detracts from the scaling, color palette, and makes buildings feel like an afterthought because they don’t interact with the flooring or landscaping when there’s no effort to tie the pavement in to its surrounding environment. Its a clash of styles.
One needs to look no further than EPCOT’s changes to see how much better it looks. It says “I’m a premium product,” and no texture is even required!
OLC is simply the best theme park operator in the world and it doesn’t come close. DisneySea doesn’t have this problem, so I think it’s time—if they haven’t—to really address this. It appears at least some of Tomorrowland will be addressed in this way over the coming years with new pavement and landscaping.
