Cmdr_Crimson
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Lol...Which is why he's so faded no one know's he's up there...It's the hidden touches that make this attraction great..
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Muppets Mini-Land / Muppets Courtyard Additions & Refurbishments
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Lol...Which is why he's so faded no one know's he's up there...It's the hidden touches that make this attraction great..
Texas84
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Lol...Which is why he's so faded no one know's he's up there...It's the hidden touches that make this attraction great..
Didn't know about the overflow queue area either until it was used for Star Wars weekends. Love that area.
Magenta Panther
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So Disney's just going to leave that scar up there on the facade where the original sign used to be? No repaint or anything?
Flynnwriter
Well-Known Member
New marquee? How about a new movie or attraction? This once good attraction is showing its age and is not a classic.
Next Big Thing
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Do you really trust current Disney to make a new Muppet show that will even come close to the quality of MV3D?
FoozieBear
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The problem with The Muppets right now, and I say this a lot, is that they have literally no creative direction. Disney's done a lot of great stuff with them, but they bounce from project to project with no oversight and passing hands to different directors/producers. There's no Kevin Feige, John Lasseter or Kathleen Kennedy-type person who oversees that the projects The Muppets take on will stick with the brand quality or have any consistency. That's why you get things like the spectacular 2011 movie and then to the abysmal-at-first but brilliant-before-cancelled 2015 TV show. I trust Disney with making an awesome theme park film, but first they need to figure out exactly what it is they want out of these characters before tossing them around to new people all the time.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Funny thing is they like to do the "We're getting the X Back together" Thing with Henson Creatures....
Just throw in a that there on a mission from god and boom..
Next Big Thing
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They should hire Jason Segel as a creative consultant for The Muppet ventures.
He wrote and starred in the 2011 film and is a huge Muppet geek.
FoozieBear
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I wish. Segel did such a great job and I was hoping he would stick around longer to helm the franchise, but I think he thought that he brought the franchise back into the public eye, and that if he sticks around too long they wouldn't be able to survive without him. I think the rest of the team, James Bobin and Nick Stroller, are also really great, delivering an awesome Muppet comedy caper just two years later, but as much as I love it, I don't think it was the movie The Muppets needed after 2011, and don't think the world was ready for that kind of movie yet. With creative leadership, they could have put a better focus on what direction they would head in, which would have come especially handy before making that TV series.
rocketraccoon
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Alrighty, here we go. Totally forgot to bring my spare memory card and I sorta filled most of the one I had up with Kilimanjaro Safari photos. Sorry phone users!
Some notes:
- The points for the neon sign on the Coke building are gone, but the regular sign remains.
- The window trims on the Chevrolet building are being painted white. Odd!
- The fire escape is turning blue.
- The transition tunnel thing is slowly coming together.
- Walls are starting to come back up at the old Writer's Shop
- The top DVC part of this is still on the middle building, but sadly nothing below that:
- The more I look at the new Muppet*Vision 3D sign, the more it grows on me.
- The brick wall that used to separate Muppets Courtyard from Streets of America is now completely gone. It was half demolished for months.
- The construction walls do NOT block the noise of metal being cut. It hurt. A lot.
Have a giraffe being very graceful:
Some notes:
- The points for the neon sign on the Coke building are gone, but the regular sign remains.
- The window trims on the Chevrolet building are being painted white. Odd!
- The fire escape is turning blue.
- The transition tunnel thing is slowly coming together.
- Walls are starting to come back up at the old Writer's Shop
- The top DVC part of this is still on the middle building, but sadly nothing below that:
- The more I look at the new Muppet*Vision 3D sign, the more it grows on me.
- The brick wall that used to separate Muppets Courtyard from Streets of America is now completely gone. It was half demolished for months.
- The construction walls do NOT block the noise of metal being cut. It hurt. A lot.
Have a giraffe being very graceful:
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Great pics. Many thanks.Alrighty, here we go. Totally forgot to bring my spare memory card and I sorta filled most of the one I had up with Kilimanjaro Safari photos. Sorry phone users!
Some notes:
- The points for the neon sign on the Coke building are gone, but the regular sign remains.
- The window trims on the Chevrolet building are being painted white. Odd!
- The fire escape is turning blue.
- The transition tunnel thing is slowly coming together.
- Walls are starting to come back up at the old Writer's Shop
- The top DVC part of this is still on the middle building, but sadly nothing below that:
- The more I look at the new Muppet*Vision 3D sign, the more it grows on me.
- The brick wall that used to separate Muppets Courtyard from Streets of America is now completely gone. It was half demolished for months.
- The construction walls do NOT block the noise of metal being cut. It hurt. A lot.
Have a giraffe being very graceful:
PizzaPlanet
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I really hope they repaint. The even bigger issue is the brick around the new sign:
PizzaPlanet
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Maybe they thought "Muppet Theater now playing Muppet*Vision 3D" was too repetitious?
HauntedMansionFLA
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I agree. Is the building closest to us going to be yellow or is that a base coat? Great pictures and thank you for sharing.
BlindChow
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Okay, I really hope they're not done with that third building. No one on the planet would paint their brick building peach with peach trim and peach shingles.
They're not.
I don't believe the middle one is finished either.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
They may be waiting until the scrims are down on the right edge since that would get in the way of painting.
The concept of the buildings being separate from the show isn't new - Festival of the Lion King is in the Harambe Theater, Flights of Wonder is on the Caravan Stage, Finding Nemo is in the Theater in the Wild, Beauty and the Beast is in the Theater of the Stars, Fantasmic is in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater, etc. I'm not necessarily saying it's the right choice for the case of the muppets, but it has been done before.
Flynnwriter
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Yes.