I'm starting this topic because I've heard a few people refer to it as "steampunk" which I believe is completely off the mark.
While there may be a very slight few things that could be called steampunk...metal pieces, gears, the spinning planets....none of the rest is Steampunk to me.
Discoveryland in Disneyland Paris is MUCH MUCH more steampunk, with influences of Jules Verne, HG Wells....basically science fiction of the turn of the 20th century. Much of it is designed with copper, brass colors, plus airships, steam power, propellers, of course the 20K submarine. Even the failed Anaheim Tomorrowland refurb was trying to be a bit more like this, but didn't quite get it right. If you look up "steampunk" in Google, you won't find much of anything that matches WDW's tomorrowland but does match Discoveryland.
WDW's Tomorrowland '94 has instead a lot of bold colors, some pastels, and a LOT of neon...some art-deco influences, so this to me could mean anything from 1930's to 1960's types of styles, the idealized future predicted in those old TV shows, comic books and movies.
I feel it is similar to the neon landscape depicted in the Horizons ride just before you go to the IMAX screens.
I don't know of a lot of direct influences on the style of '94 tomorrowland, so I'd love to see others input on this topic.
While there may be a very slight few things that could be called steampunk...metal pieces, gears, the spinning planets....none of the rest is Steampunk to me.
Discoveryland in Disneyland Paris is MUCH MUCH more steampunk, with influences of Jules Verne, HG Wells....basically science fiction of the turn of the 20th century. Much of it is designed with copper, brass colors, plus airships, steam power, propellers, of course the 20K submarine. Even the failed Anaheim Tomorrowland refurb was trying to be a bit more like this, but didn't quite get it right. If you look up "steampunk" in Google, you won't find much of anything that matches WDW's tomorrowland but does match Discoveryland.
WDW's Tomorrowland '94 has instead a lot of bold colors, some pastels, and a LOT of neon...some art-deco influences, so this to me could mean anything from 1930's to 1960's types of styles, the idealized future predicted in those old TV shows, comic books and movies.
I feel it is similar to the neon landscape depicted in the Horizons ride just before you go to the IMAX screens.
I don't know of a lot of direct influences on the style of '94 tomorrowland, so I'd love to see others input on this topic.
