Tip Top Club
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As much as I don't want to keep talking about this, They do use some of the sound stages to film things occasionally.
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As much as I don't want to keep talking about this, They do use some of the sound stages to film things occasionally.
Really? Okay.
CHALLENGE 3: What would you do with Animation Courtyard? ANYTHING goes! 
Turtle
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Does it have to pertain to animation?CHALLENGE 3: What would you do with Animation Courtyard? ANYTHING goes!
Nope
Sure it's open to anyone.
Matt7187
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Welcome to the new animation courtyard! I have been waiting for this land to show up in the contest! Here is the idea:
-Have disney animation make some movies here! If you didn't know, disney used to make some of their hand drawn animated movies in DHS. I believe the main movie of them was Lilo and Stitch. Here they would make the Mickey Mouse movie that is in development. But the cool thing is that you can watch them make the movie! There would be a walk through attraction where you look through big windows where the artists are drawing! But the catch is that it is really a mirror where we can see in, but the animators can't look out so they don't get distracted!
-updated animation building where you can get pictures with the animated characters of disney's most recent animated masterpieces! Also, there would still be a theater where you can learn to draw a disney character with a LIVE artist. And, there would be a thing similar to @WED99 's idea for the soundstages, but for animated movies only!
-the old voltm will become a new show based on Mickey Mouse, where it would be that it is mickey's birthday, and you help the gang throw an awesome party for him! It would make up for the loss of disney jr.
-where the disney jr. show is, we will get a couple of neat black and white attractions for the whole family! There would be a steamboat Willie walk through boat and a plane crazy family coaster.
-where the jack sparrow show is, there is now a lonesome ghosts dark ride would be where you zap some ghosts alongside Mickey, Donald, and Goofy! They would have to expand into backstage areas to make it bigger. Also, it is more like blsrs than TSMM.
There is my animation courtyard! Please give critiques, comments, and suggestions!
-Have disney animation make some movies here! If you didn't know, disney used to make some of their hand drawn animated movies in DHS. I believe the main movie of them was Lilo and Stitch. Here they would make the Mickey Mouse movie that is in development. But the cool thing is that you can watch them make the movie! There would be a walk through attraction where you look through big windows where the artists are drawing! But the catch is that it is really a mirror where we can see in, but the animators can't look out so they don't get distracted!
-updated animation building where you can get pictures with the animated characters of disney's most recent animated masterpieces! Also, there would still be a theater where you can learn to draw a disney character with a LIVE artist. And, there would be a thing similar to @WED99 's idea for the soundstages, but for animated movies only!
-the old voltm will become a new show based on Mickey Mouse, where it would be that it is mickey's birthday, and you help the gang throw an awesome party for him! It would make up for the loss of disney jr.
-where the disney jr. show is, we will get a couple of neat black and white attractions for the whole family! There would be a steamboat Willie walk through boat and a plane crazy family coaster.
-where the jack sparrow show is, there is now a lonesome ghosts dark ride would be where you zap some ghosts alongside Mickey, Donald, and Goofy! They would have to expand into backstage areas to make it bigger. Also, it is more like blsrs than TSMM.
There is my animation courtyard! Please give critiques, comments, and suggestions!
Turtle
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Not dragging your idea, but no real big animators will want to work in a theme park. There's no way that WDFA (Walt Disney Feature Animation) will move even part of it down to Orlando. I wish they would do that, it's awesome to look behind the scenes. But unrealistic.
BryceM
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Walt Disney Animation Studios
Step into the pages of Disney's most beloved animated classics, and even learn a few things on the way about how these wonderful films were created at the Walt Disney Animation Studios plaza at Disney's Hollywood Studios!
Formerly known as Animation Courtyard, the Walt Disney Animation Studios will be a complete change from a once drab location at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
The first notable change is the removal of the giant archway that hung over the entrance to Animation Courtyard. Now, guests will see a small, modern, sleek sign to the left of where the arch was that simply says, "Walt Disney Animation Studios". The sign will be located in a small, but attractive fountain that is made up of each of the seven dwarves holding a pencil in their hand as they stand dancing, but frozen, around the sign. The sign will be small, but noticeable, letting guests know where they just stepped in to.
The actual "courtyard" will remain somewhat similar to the original version. The sound stages will be re-painted with a lighter grey, and will have more attractive cornices on the crests of each of the walls. A city street will now go down the main walkway all the way towards the end, at The Magic of Disney Animation. Taller palm trees will line the city street, giving off the impression that guests are actually in California. At the end of the street will be the relatively unchanged The Magic of Disney Animation. The major change to this attraction is the facade. The animated sorcerer Mickey statue will be replaced by a bronze statue of sorcerer Mickey and Mickey in his first appearance (Steamboat Willie) sitting side by side and looking down at a sketch book. The two columns beside the original sorcerer Mickey will be painted a subtle black and will have silver linings going up it. The sign for the "attraction" itself will be spelt out in art-deco, 3-D letters that will be beneath the new statue, similar to the entrance to the park itself. The attraction itself will remain unchanged.
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream - The current exhibit in the park will be moved here so it can have a proper home. This is because "it all started with a mouse" and that animated mouse is what made Disney what it is today. Without Walt and without Disney animation, Disney wouldn't wouldn't be the same as it is today. The exhibit will be moved where the current Playhouse Disney show is.
Animagic! - This show is well known at Walt Disney Studios Paris, it would be perfect for the new Walt Disney Animation Studios at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The attraction would share the Playhouse Disney sound stage with Walt Disney: One Man's Dream and the entrance would be near where the entrance to new land is. The facade to the attraction will blend in with the rest of the land by having a modern, but art-deco approach. The word, "Animagic!" will once again be represented by 3-D art-deco letters that curve around the corner of the sound-stage and will be what guests enter under.
Animagic! can be described as an adventure through Disney's animated classics. It is represented by dazzling special effects, puppetry, your favorite Disney songs and more! It begins with Mickey instructing Donald on how to draw. Soon, Donald becomes curious about a secretive door, which takes him into classics such as Dumbo and The Lion King. The attraction can be enjoyed by all ages and will be reminiscent of a classic movie theater on the inside. All seating will be sit down, and there will be 13 rows of 40 seats. Shows will be continuous.
The Adventure into Animation - Will be an upcoming omnimover E-Ticket attraction that will be replacing Voyage of the Little Mermaid. The soundstage building will be extended in the back to be able to fit the attraction itself. Guests will see large printed letters on the wall of the sound stage above their heads that says "Studio A-7". However, fiber optic letters will twinkle over the "Studio A-7" logo that is printed on the wall and they will reveal a whimsical font that says "The Adventure into Animation".
The queue itself has guests touring the animation offices of Disney's latest movie. Audio Animatronics will fill the queue as guests observe them drawing sketches of different and new exciting characters. However, the queue passes into a secretive backstage room that transports them into the world of animation. Everything after this point is completely animated in black & white, just as the original Steamboat Willie was. Guests board their omnimover vehicles and begin their adventure through Disney animation.
The narrator takes guests through each of Disney's most important animated films as they embark through the Steamboat Willie set all the way to computer animated films like Tangled. Each movie will have a different show scene which depicts a famous or notable image from that movie while the narrator tells riders the inspiration behind the film and how each one helped to move the art of Disney animation along the path of success. The final stretch of the ride will take riders through the real animation studio where guests can peer through the window and see real concept art of these old films in an animation studio environment.
Tip Top Club
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Alright Question: I was thinking about actually submitting something for this, Are we presuming the previous two updates are a go? (Melrose Avenue, and the Refurb of Hollywood Boulevard) Because that would impact my plan.
ctxak98
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ALRIGHT! here it goes. I don't have too much planned for this land but we will see how it goes
WELCOME to WALT'S CLASSIC COLLECTION COURTYARD!
-This land will majorly feature Walts greatest films he worked on through the years. This land will stretch from where animation courtyard is now, to where one mans dream is. The land will consit of a few different things. The whole look of the courtyard will Be changed to look like Old Animation studios from Walts time. So that means most of it will be built again from scratch! In the Center will be a fountain called "The Magic of Disney Animation". This fountain will feautre some of Disney most beloved characters from his first few films all holding different Art supplies and some brushes dripping paint and paint buckets tipping over and paint tubes spilling. However at night the fountains water will be designed like WOC and make certain colors come out of certain spots to make a Rainbow of colors around the disney characters we know and love. (Kind of Hard to explain...let me know if its not clear) Around the fountain at nights and all throughout the miniland is tiles that light up to present a different disney character and all In different colors. Much like the light up walk ways by spaceship earth at epcot at night!
Next we have Animation: Journey through the classics- This is a new version of the magic of disney animation. This will not just be about drawing and creating the films but also about the films themselves and how each was made. The pre-show will change and become a feauturette with Jimminy Cricket. The actual Building will have a walkthrough exhibit going through classics. The exhibits will be detailed according to the film and will transition on when they were made. It will start in the seven dwarfs cottage where you can view how snow white was made, then you enter into Pleasure Island to see how Pinnochio became a real boy and his journey onto the big screen, The next room will take you past the forest with Bambi, and Then onto the Circus with Dumbo. Each area will almost be like a museum to really show you how animation works and will have interactive things for both adults and kids to do. In each themed area is a new AA figure from the film that portray the movie. So we would have Snow wHITE, Pinocchio, Bambi, and Dumbo. Also included in the building will still be the popular drawing with the artist. Something I decided needed to be done was have a small theater room that will continuously play old classic shorts like SteamBoat willie, Silly SYmphonies, Three little pigs, Plane Crazy, Lonesome ghosts, springtime and many more. The kids and parents can sit and watch a classic or enjoy the exhibits. Its up to you. Once a day there will be a storyboard session. Where depending on what the Speakers pick, they will go through one disney classic and show you how a story board session would plan out and how they did it back in the day.
I bet your wondering what about Fantasia??? WELL dont you worry. Next to the Animation Building is a special Exhibit feauturing Fantasia. the ride will be called FANTASIA: The Spark of Creativity. This ride will be a new E-ticket. This ride will be a simulator/moving dark ride. The technology will be similar to Indiana Jones and Dinosaur but will be able to float and do things to the music. The queue will start out entering a special exhibit on Fantasia. You will be going through rooms filled with different Fantasia sketches. The story is your at an art exhibit for the film and on your tour, something magical Happens. The prop of Mickeys scorceror hat starts to glow and you enter a dark room with Mickey. Mickey puts on the hat and casts a spell putting us into the story to get a REAL view of how it was made. The journey will take us past the Dance of the Hours to dance along with the hippos and the aligators, Night on Bald Montain to defeat the chernabog, The right of spring through the creation of the earth, and The mythical section and much more. The journey is exciting and fast and your vehicle will react to the surrounding music and will dance, fly and sway to what is happening. This ride will take part in AA and part 3D screen. You enter back to the real world as soon as Yensid sends us back, we return back to the exhibit as if the ride was just a dream...even the cast member will act as if nothing has happened.
OK so my next Addition would be a replacement of Playhouse Disney: Live on STage
I decided my next thing will still be a show and Live on stage to show Theatre rendition of classics By walt Himself. The Show will Feature Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, and Peter Pan. Disneys Classic:Live on stage will be a musical spectacular feautring short segments of each of these films. These films to me dont get enough recognition in the parks. It will be a shorter show and a sit down show. NOT STANDING OR SITTING ON THE GROUND. I wanted this to really show how Walt himself use to do his movies. He made real life depcitions with man made sound effects to capture the story before he mad the movie. You can see it done in Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping beauty on special features. So this show will act as a screening production of those films with people in the wings and such making sound efffects. This will not effect how the show is told though.It will still feel real and quite amazing.
My personal favorite for my Area...is the WALT DISNEY STORY
. This new ride will be a combination of One Mans Dream and Spaceship Earth. This ride will take over One Mans Dream and VOTLM. (poss where pirates thing is) This ride will go through the story of Walt Disney from a young boy into his teens, into his adulthood and his legacy afterwards. It will feature AA figures of Walt and take you through different scenes including his art studio, his home, his train, making of disneyland, and many more. It will also tell you about his movies and films along with all the stuff thats in one mans dream today( like models and videos). Its important we learn more about walt at a theme park based on his legacy. One mans dream is cool but most people dont like walk through things..they want rides. This way we can get people on and try to get them to take it in..and maybe even find a new appreciation for everything!
One last small addition to this land will be a Small (casey Junior Style) railroad attraction that takes you through some other disney classics not mentioned in the other areas. This train will be modeled after the Lilly Belle(walts train). Its a small kids attraction and will not be too long of a ride. I feel the Lilly Belle is a important part of Walts life and would be something cool to ride in!
Well thats my idea once again...Thanks for reading and comment and critique!...but nicely as possible please.
WELCOME to WALT'S CLASSIC COLLECTION COURTYARD!
-This land will majorly feature Walts greatest films he worked on through the years. This land will stretch from where animation courtyard is now, to where one mans dream is. The land will consit of a few different things. The whole look of the courtyard will Be changed to look like Old Animation studios from Walts time. So that means most of it will be built again from scratch! In the Center will be a fountain called "The Magic of Disney Animation". This fountain will feautre some of Disney most beloved characters from his first few films all holding different Art supplies and some brushes dripping paint and paint buckets tipping over and paint tubes spilling. However at night the fountains water will be designed like WOC and make certain colors come out of certain spots to make a Rainbow of colors around the disney characters we know and love. (Kind of Hard to explain...let me know if its not clear) Around the fountain at nights and all throughout the miniland is tiles that light up to present a different disney character and all In different colors. Much like the light up walk ways by spaceship earth at epcot at night!
Next we have Animation: Journey through the classics- This is a new version of the magic of disney animation. This will not just be about drawing and creating the films but also about the films themselves and how each was made. The pre-show will change and become a feauturette with Jimminy Cricket. The actual Building will have a walkthrough exhibit going through classics. The exhibits will be detailed according to the film and will transition on when they were made. It will start in the seven dwarfs cottage where you can view how snow white was made, then you enter into Pleasure Island to see how Pinnochio became a real boy and his journey onto the big screen, The next room will take you past the forest with Bambi, and Then onto the Circus with Dumbo. Each area will almost be like a museum to really show you how animation works and will have interactive things for both adults and kids to do. In each themed area is a new AA figure from the film that portray the movie. So we would have Snow wHITE, Pinocchio, Bambi, and Dumbo. Also included in the building will still be the popular drawing with the artist. Something I decided needed to be done was have a small theater room that will continuously play old classic shorts like SteamBoat willie, Silly SYmphonies, Three little pigs, Plane Crazy, Lonesome ghosts, springtime and many more. The kids and parents can sit and watch a classic or enjoy the exhibits. Its up to you. Once a day there will be a storyboard session. Where depending on what the Speakers pick, they will go through one disney classic and show you how a story board session would plan out and how they did it back in the day.
I bet your wondering what about Fantasia??? WELL dont you worry. Next to the Animation Building is a special Exhibit feauturing Fantasia. the ride will be called FANTASIA: The Spark of Creativity. This ride will be a new E-ticket. This ride will be a simulator/moving dark ride. The technology will be similar to Indiana Jones and Dinosaur but will be able to float and do things to the music. The queue will start out entering a special exhibit on Fantasia. You will be going through rooms filled with different Fantasia sketches. The story is your at an art exhibit for the film and on your tour, something magical Happens. The prop of Mickeys scorceror hat starts to glow and you enter a dark room with Mickey. Mickey puts on the hat and casts a spell putting us into the story to get a REAL view of how it was made. The journey will take us past the Dance of the Hours to dance along with the hippos and the aligators, Night on Bald Montain to defeat the chernabog, The right of spring through the creation of the earth, and The mythical section and much more. The journey is exciting and fast and your vehicle will react to the surrounding music and will dance, fly and sway to what is happening. This ride will take part in AA and part 3D screen. You enter back to the real world as soon as Yensid sends us back, we return back to the exhibit as if the ride was just a dream...even the cast member will act as if nothing has happened.
OK so my next Addition would be a replacement of Playhouse Disney: Live on STage
I decided my next thing will still be a show and Live on stage to show Theatre rendition of classics By walt Himself. The Show will Feature Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, and Peter Pan. Disneys Classic:Live on stage will be a musical spectacular feautring short segments of each of these films. These films to me dont get enough recognition in the parks. It will be a shorter show and a sit down show. NOT STANDING OR SITTING ON THE GROUND. I wanted this to really show how Walt himself use to do his movies. He made real life depcitions with man made sound effects to capture the story before he mad the movie. You can see it done in Alice in Wonderland and Sleeping beauty on special features. So this show will act as a screening production of those films with people in the wings and such making sound efffects. This will not effect how the show is told though.It will still feel real and quite amazing.
My personal favorite for my Area...is the WALT DISNEY STORY
. This new ride will be a combination of One Mans Dream and Spaceship Earth. This ride will take over One Mans Dream and VOTLM. (poss where pirates thing is) This ride will go through the story of Walt Disney from a young boy into his teens, into his adulthood and his legacy afterwards. It will feature AA figures of Walt and take you through different scenes including his art studio, his home, his train, making of disneyland, and many more. It will also tell you about his movies and films along with all the stuff thats in one mans dream today( like models and videos). Its important we learn more about walt at a theme park based on his legacy. One mans dream is cool but most people dont like walk through things..they want rides. This way we can get people on and try to get them to take it in..and maybe even find a new appreciation for everything!
One last small addition to this land will be a Small (casey Junior Style) railroad attraction that takes you through some other disney classics not mentioned in the other areas. This train will be modeled after the Lilly Belle(walts train). Its a small kids attraction and will not be too long of a ride. I feel the Lilly Belle is a important part of Walts life and would be something cool to ride in!
Well thats my idea once again...Thanks for reading and comment and critique!...but nicely as possible please.
Turtle
Well-Known Member
From what i know, yes.
ctxak98
Well-Known Member
I was going to change it up! but I think classic disney needs a spot!Haha I'm scared yet proud that I'm the only person with a non-animation idea. He said it could be replaced by anything.
WED99
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@jdmdisney99 just please give me a few days to submit. My Internet is currently down and I am unable to research and post pictures.
WED99
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ctxak98 what is the location I melrose avenue? Could you post a picture?
ctxak98
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I can't post a piicutre but I can describe it. Its right from where rockn rollercoaster is, behind all of sunset and around up to animation. So you don't cut out animation that much. And depending on if scifi moves you might even have more room for animation.