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New bits of info from Winter 2010 issue of Attractions Magazine
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unkadug
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krankenstein
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Pooh's Playful Spot is going bye-bye.
unkadug
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Only to be rebuilt about 50 yards to the east.
jt04
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Isn't this a palm tree? :shrug:
No, a green patio umbrella. :lookaroun
SeaCastle
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Pooh's playground isn't "moving" anywhere as far as I know- it's getting demolished completely (or almost completely). There's going to be a meet and greet, but it's hardly the size of the Carousel or Mad Tea Party, which is small compared to the current Pooh's Playful Spot. The showbuilding takes up most of the space and there's simply no place to move the playground, nor do plans to move it exist. (Unless, of course, you're referring to the M&G.)
I see palm trees in that picture. :shrug: It may not seem tropical but the entire movie would have to take place somewhere warm, possibly subtropical. Or maybe the area isn't supposed to evoke any one place at all.
I'm not saying it is impossible that it won't open for 2011, however that's contrary to what we've been told all along, as we're told it was to open in 2012 or 2013. I'd assume that a good amount of prop work and such is already done for TLM, as there were already plans to have a Mermaid-themed E-ticket for years. Check out the bonus features of The Little Mermaid DVD- there's even a virtual ride-through. However, I just doubt that the farthest corner of Fantasyland will be the only thing open while everything else is under construction. Plus, just look at the show building for TLM- the facade and waterfalls will take quite a bit of time. Considering they haven't broken ground yet (and aren't going to for a while, as we've heard) I believe it's unlikely we'll see TLM open in October of next year, but that's just my conjecture.
Regarding the Winnie the Pooh area, I admit I kind of made much ado about nothing. I was not a fan of how what was posted about the Meet and Greet was worded. It said that Pooh's Playful Spot would be "replaced" by a meet and greet. I pointed out that only a slim fraction of Pooh's Playful Spot was still going to be Pooh themed, so nothing is really going to be "replaced" in essence. My apologies for the confusion.
How about Disney solves the problem of all this wasted space by having the characters meet and greet you instead of you meeting and greeting them? What a revolutionary idea! :hammer:
jt04
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Those aren't palm trees. I'm fairly certain that the setting is not tropical. And certainly Denmark is not tropical. I'll look into it.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Well, yes, Hans Christian Anderson was from Denmark. But all of his stories did not necessarily take place in Denmark.
And I'm pretty sure those ARE palm trees! :lol:
jt04
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Sorry, I've seen the artwork and it is clear they are not. Perhaps Disney thought not having a few palm tree looking trees would confuse people. But the main part of the story is not a tropical setting. You can follow the link to the main page and there are hundreds af screen captures. Very much looks like a baltic setting. Funny that you see those as palm trees. I don't. :lol:
http://www.mylittlemermaid.com/tlmpics.html
jt04
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Palm trees...palm trees...palm trees
cased closed!
That is from a dream sequence in the movie it appears to me. It's not the actual setting of the story Here is baltic area architecture....
http://www.ism.lt/uploads/images/dir44/dir2/3_1.php
http://wnights.com/img/baltic_states/big/old_town_of_tallinn.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1890/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1890-53855.jpg
Note the lack of palm trees. Case closed!
SeaCastle
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I'm pretty sure those are palm trees... I even got a second opinion from someone else in my house.
^This is not, I repeat not a palm tree.
^ Doesn't seem very Baltic to me.
I doubt The Little Mermaid was to take place in a certain geographic area. Just look at the stills jt04 provided. Find me somewhere in the world with a rocky shoreline cliffs, beaches, palm trees, dense vegetation, backwater bayous, waterfalls (in the same area) and I'll buy you an Icee.
^This is not, I repeat not a palm tree.
^ Doesn't seem very Baltic to me.
I doubt The Little Mermaid was to take place in a certain geographic area. Just look at the stills jt04 provided. Find me somewhere in the world with a rocky shoreline cliffs, beaches, palm trees, dense vegetation, backwater bayous, waterfalls (in the same area) and I'll buy you an Icee.
jt04
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I'm pretty sure those are palm trees... I even got a second opinion from someone else in my house.
^This is not, I repeat not a palm tree.
^ Doesn't seem very Baltic to me.
I doubt The Little Mermaid was to take place in a certain geographic area. Just look at the stills jt04 provided. Find me somewhere in the world with a rocky shoreline cliffs, beaches, palm trees, dense vegetation, backwater bayous, waterfalls (in the same area) and I'll buy you an Icee.
Again the palm trees appear during a dream. The others are very poorly defined or are used as a foreshadowing element. We really need to hear from someone who worked on the film.
maleficentfan
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:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy: So awesome! Hope this is true! That would be amazing! I've always wanted to meet the three fairies as well as hopefully a meet and greet with Maleficent. So awesome that Disney is hopefully going to include other characters associated with their associated princess.
_Scar
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I hope the fairies "clean up" and that isn't cut. This could be a very cool special effect!
Hobnail Boot
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That's exactly what I was thinking.