I'm totally new to this but here goes nothing....
I've always daydreamed about how much i can improve the whole disneyland resort as a whole ( as pretty much, everyone on this site has done one time or another) by upgrading current attractions, adding new ones, and borrowing some from other theme parks. And i just thought i'd share a "rough draft" with all. Opinions and criticisms are always welcome :slurp:
Main Street U.S.A.
Besides all the stores and vehicles, i'd like to see some more "small kid like" attractions in this land...makes for great photo opportunities and keeps this area a bit more interesting
Walt Disney: The Man, The Legend, The Dynasty
-A one hour film, depicted in 1920's replica movie style, commemorating the life of the man who started it all with one dream and the history of the Disney empire
Goofy's FireStation
-A replica turn of the century firestation with a lifesized Antique firecar where children can climb and actually use the firehose to spray water at targets. A small pole would also be incorporated for children to slide down on into a huge tub of foam balls.
Donald's Police Station
-Another replica turn of the century police station equiped with a large police car with sirens and lights that kids can go in and pretend to drive. Also included, a holding cell fully enclosed with bars and graffitti on the wall. And on one side of the room, i'd have life sized statues of Hewey, Dewey and Luey, dressed in black and white Pin-striped prison jump suites possing for their criminal line up mug shots where guests can stand next to them or behind them to pose for pictures
Adventureland:
Jungle Cruise: Journey into the Congo
-This would be more or less the same theme as the current jungle cruise but i'd add a more adventuristic theme as well as a "congo rapids" aspect to the ride. The ride would start as the normal jungle cruise "tour" where guests would observe animals in their natural habitats, but i would make more interaction possible between the animal animatronics and the boat. For instance, i'd have one part where the boat cruises by a family of chimps, some of the chimps in the trees can actually swing by vines over the boat and actually land on the roof and hood of the boat to cross over to the other side. Also when cruising through the Hippo environment, i'd have one of the Hippo's float by and bang the side of the boat, trying to and almost tipping it over except for the tour guide doing some good manuevering to keep it from tipping and cap gunning his way through the rest of the herd, giving riders the scare of a "close call." The thrill aspect comes into play when the regular route down the river is blocked off by a Herd of Silverback gorillas who dismantled a previous safari party (sound familiar) blocking our way down the regular route and forcing us to take a "wrong turn." The result is cruising through dark dangerous Zulu tribe territory where the river turns into rapids and the boat picks up tremendous speed, dodging Zulu headhunters who throw spears at the boat and richocheting nonstop into waterfalls, drenching some riders. The only way to escape capture is down an immense waterfall, taking a chapter out of splash mountain
Tarzan, King of the Jungle
-Just Tarzan's treehouse.
Indiana Jones Adventure: Curse of the Temple of Doom
-I'd keep this ride the way it is, i think it's a real solid attraction. Again i'd like to add some extra "detail" to the ride such as when crossing the bridge over the lava, i'd have the bridge slowly start to break apart and sections you've just driven over collapse into the lava underneathe as you zoom across it in your jeep, just barely escaping disaster. Also when you encounter the bugs, i'd take a page out of Universal's Mummy ride and have metal nozzles built in the jeeps underneathe your ankles that spray out spurts of air making you feel as if bugs are really crawling all over your feet. I'd also like to see a more realistic giant snake (via computer technology) that when it lunges at riders, the jeep takes a quick downward dip to escape and at that point the snake would snap its jaw, trying to bite your head off
and you barely escape. Finally when you dodge the giant ball, i'd make it a rollercoaster like freefall where the walls around you are all exploding and comming apart since the who temple is exploding and comming apart as you escape.
Pirate's of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
-A disney classic i wouldnt want to mess with too much. I'd make the first dip a lot more dramatic though. It would be faster and about 2 seconds longer. Also, You'd dip straight into the mouth of a massive hologram screaming skull to start the adventure. The canonfire would be upgraded to be more intense and louder. I'd incorporate virtual cannonballs to actually fly out and whiz past the heads of riders and either explode nearby in water, slightly tipping the boats or impacting and exploding, with fire and all, against an oppossing british naval ship thats trying to capture the pirate ship. at the end, Barbosa and his men would make an appearance as the lead villians in the ride, trying to capture the rider's soul to pay their debt to Davey Crocket (the theme to the ride). Sparrow and his friends of course appear to save the day, allowing you to escape
Pirate Cove
-This would be a man made beach, situated next to POTC in which a life sized Black Pearl (i'd transform the Sailing ship Columbia into the Black Pearl) is docked in harbor. Guests can board the ship, where there would be actual pirate crew members "sailing" it, and "fire" canons that shoot out water. The ship would remain stationary except for about twice a day, it will be closed off to the public and the pirates, who are stunt men, will sail it to the middle of the water and put on a pirate stunt show for guests who are watching from the beach. And who else but Captain Jack Sparrow himself would be the star.
Disney's Dinosaur: Land of the Lost
-This is disney's answer to Universal's Jurassic Park. An outdoor jeep safari through dinosaur land that unexpectingly goes wrong. Again with futuristic computer technology, giant sized dinosaurs will be walking and grazing right next to riders. One aspect of the ride would be crossing a lake over a massive tree log "bridge" thats actually laying ovver and contacting the water and reaching from shore to shore. As you cross, originally submerged underwater Brontosaurus's suddenly emerge from under water to magestically stare at you as you pass through them. The adventure? How about getting chased by a giant hungry T-rex just like in the Jurassic park flicks.
Expedition Everest
-Havent been on this ride yet. But i guess it fits well with the theme of this land
Festival of the Lion King
-This land's featured entertainment parade
Villian's Lair (a new land adition)
This is my dedication to all of disney bad guys. All characters walking around here are disney villians and everything is a themed towards them
Chernabog's Revenge
-IF you dont know, Chernabog is that giant devilish character from fantasia. I would make this Disney's first real roller coaster. As a matter of fact, it would be a dual track coaster, each seperate track having its own seperate trains (just like universal's island of adventure's dueling dragons). My twist on this?: Half of the ride is underground. Both trains would eventually dip into a fog/mist covered hole in the ground where they encounter a giant animatronic of Chernabog surrounded by explosions, fire and water. The trains would "duel" one another with near misses, riding around the Chernabog centerpiece.
The Haunted Mansion
-Another disney classic, i'd keep it the way it is.
Jafar's Flying carpets
-Remember dumbo the flying elephant? well replace elephants with carpets that dont just go up and down but also individually circle around as they go in circles
Snow White's Scary Adventure
-Just moving this one over from fantasyland
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
-A hair raising encounter with the headless horseman in the form of a dark ride indoor rollercoaster with no flips (kinda like space mountain). Somehow and someway, with future technology, i'd have the tracks on fire as you zoom across them
The Forbidden Lair
-The centerpiece of this land. This is Sleeping beauty's castle counterpart: a Dark grotesque castle that serves as a dark ride attraction featuring ALL of disney's villians.
Fantasmic
-The nightime show centerpiece
Ok, well i need a break from this for now...2 lands should be enough for now....so tell me what you think of my current "blueprint". I'll post the rest later
I've always daydreamed about how much i can improve the whole disneyland resort as a whole ( as pretty much, everyone on this site has done one time or another) by upgrading current attractions, adding new ones, and borrowing some from other theme parks. And i just thought i'd share a "rough draft" with all. Opinions and criticisms are always welcome :slurp:
Main Street U.S.A.
Besides all the stores and vehicles, i'd like to see some more "small kid like" attractions in this land...makes for great photo opportunities and keeps this area a bit more interesting
Walt Disney: The Man, The Legend, The Dynasty
-A one hour film, depicted in 1920's replica movie style, commemorating the life of the man who started it all with one dream and the history of the Disney empire
Goofy's FireStation
-A replica turn of the century firestation with a lifesized Antique firecar where children can climb and actually use the firehose to spray water at targets. A small pole would also be incorporated for children to slide down on into a huge tub of foam balls.
Donald's Police Station
-Another replica turn of the century police station equiped with a large police car with sirens and lights that kids can go in and pretend to drive. Also included, a holding cell fully enclosed with bars and graffitti on the wall. And on one side of the room, i'd have life sized statues of Hewey, Dewey and Luey, dressed in black and white Pin-striped prison jump suites possing for their criminal line up mug shots where guests can stand next to them or behind them to pose for pictures
Adventureland:
Jungle Cruise: Journey into the Congo
-This would be more or less the same theme as the current jungle cruise but i'd add a more adventuristic theme as well as a "congo rapids" aspect to the ride. The ride would start as the normal jungle cruise "tour" where guests would observe animals in their natural habitats, but i would make more interaction possible between the animal animatronics and the boat. For instance, i'd have one part where the boat cruises by a family of chimps, some of the chimps in the trees can actually swing by vines over the boat and actually land on the roof and hood of the boat to cross over to the other side. Also when cruising through the Hippo environment, i'd have one of the Hippo's float by and bang the side of the boat, trying to and almost tipping it over except for the tour guide doing some good manuevering to keep it from tipping and cap gunning his way through the rest of the herd, giving riders the scare of a "close call." The thrill aspect comes into play when the regular route down the river is blocked off by a Herd of Silverback gorillas who dismantled a previous safari party (sound familiar) blocking our way down the regular route and forcing us to take a "wrong turn." The result is cruising through dark dangerous Zulu tribe territory where the river turns into rapids and the boat picks up tremendous speed, dodging Zulu headhunters who throw spears at the boat and richocheting nonstop into waterfalls, drenching some riders. The only way to escape capture is down an immense waterfall, taking a chapter out of splash mountain
Tarzan, King of the Jungle
-Just Tarzan's treehouse.
Indiana Jones Adventure: Curse of the Temple of Doom
-I'd keep this ride the way it is, i think it's a real solid attraction. Again i'd like to add some extra "detail" to the ride such as when crossing the bridge over the lava, i'd have the bridge slowly start to break apart and sections you've just driven over collapse into the lava underneathe as you zoom across it in your jeep, just barely escaping disaster. Also when you encounter the bugs, i'd take a page out of Universal's Mummy ride and have metal nozzles built in the jeeps underneathe your ankles that spray out spurts of air making you feel as if bugs are really crawling all over your feet. I'd also like to see a more realistic giant snake (via computer technology) that when it lunges at riders, the jeep takes a quick downward dip to escape and at that point the snake would snap its jaw, trying to bite your head off
and you barely escape. Finally when you dodge the giant ball, i'd make it a rollercoaster like freefall where the walls around you are all exploding and comming apart since the who temple is exploding and comming apart as you escape.Pirate's of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
-A disney classic i wouldnt want to mess with too much. I'd make the first dip a lot more dramatic though. It would be faster and about 2 seconds longer. Also, You'd dip straight into the mouth of a massive hologram screaming skull to start the adventure. The canonfire would be upgraded to be more intense and louder. I'd incorporate virtual cannonballs to actually fly out and whiz past the heads of riders and either explode nearby in water, slightly tipping the boats or impacting and exploding, with fire and all, against an oppossing british naval ship thats trying to capture the pirate ship. at the end, Barbosa and his men would make an appearance as the lead villians in the ride, trying to capture the rider's soul to pay their debt to Davey Crocket (the theme to the ride). Sparrow and his friends of course appear to save the day, allowing you to escape
Pirate Cove
-This would be a man made beach, situated next to POTC in which a life sized Black Pearl (i'd transform the Sailing ship Columbia into the Black Pearl) is docked in harbor. Guests can board the ship, where there would be actual pirate crew members "sailing" it, and "fire" canons that shoot out water. The ship would remain stationary except for about twice a day, it will be closed off to the public and the pirates, who are stunt men, will sail it to the middle of the water and put on a pirate stunt show for guests who are watching from the beach. And who else but Captain Jack Sparrow himself would be the star.
Disney's Dinosaur: Land of the Lost
-This is disney's answer to Universal's Jurassic Park. An outdoor jeep safari through dinosaur land that unexpectingly goes wrong. Again with futuristic computer technology, giant sized dinosaurs will be walking and grazing right next to riders. One aspect of the ride would be crossing a lake over a massive tree log "bridge" thats actually laying ovver and contacting the water and reaching from shore to shore. As you cross, originally submerged underwater Brontosaurus's suddenly emerge from under water to magestically stare at you as you pass through them. The adventure? How about getting chased by a giant hungry T-rex just like in the Jurassic park flicks.
Expedition Everest
-Havent been on this ride yet. But i guess it fits well with the theme of this land
Festival of the Lion King
-This land's featured entertainment parade
Villian's Lair (a new land adition)
This is my dedication to all of disney bad guys. All characters walking around here are disney villians and everything is a themed towards them
Chernabog's Revenge
-IF you dont know, Chernabog is that giant devilish character from fantasia. I would make this Disney's first real roller coaster. As a matter of fact, it would be a dual track coaster, each seperate track having its own seperate trains (just like universal's island of adventure's dueling dragons). My twist on this?: Half of the ride is underground. Both trains would eventually dip into a fog/mist covered hole in the ground where they encounter a giant animatronic of Chernabog surrounded by explosions, fire and water. The trains would "duel" one another with near misses, riding around the Chernabog centerpiece.
The Haunted Mansion
-Another disney classic, i'd keep it the way it is.
Jafar's Flying carpets
-Remember dumbo the flying elephant? well replace elephants with carpets that dont just go up and down but also individually circle around as they go in circles
Snow White's Scary Adventure
-Just moving this one over from fantasyland
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
-A hair raising encounter with the headless horseman in the form of a dark ride indoor rollercoaster with no flips (kinda like space mountain). Somehow and someway, with future technology, i'd have the tracks on fire as you zoom across them
The Forbidden Lair
-The centerpiece of this land. This is Sleeping beauty's castle counterpart: a Dark grotesque castle that serves as a dark ride attraction featuring ALL of disney's villians.
Fantasmic
-The nightime show centerpiece
Ok, well i need a break from this for now...2 lands should be enough for now....so tell me what you think of my current "blueprint". I'll post the rest later
