News: Umbrella Added to Smoking Area (UPDATE: Umbrella removed)

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chadwpalm

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180º said:
Guys, I hear the umbrella is not the huge draw that TDA hoped it would be, and suits are scrambling to spin this any way they can.
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Buzzd

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TP2000 said:
You can't make that up. This was on Martha Schwartz's website in 1998 and it still sits there over two decades later. Here's the link, then click "details" to get the text. https://msp.world/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Disneyland-East-Esplanade-4.jpg

What's funny after the last few days of silliness is that this was one of those things that we all knew about because of Al Lutz. I remember he totally skewered this woman and this ugly bus loading zone on his D-I-G website back in 1998. I've never forgotten it, and now you won't forget it either.

It didn't even take me a split second to remember "Oh yeah, that Martha Schwartz woman that Al Lutz made fun of! I wonder if her website still has that ridiculous blather about European gardens?" Yup, 21 years later and she's still proud of it and thinks it's a normal thing to say.
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You know, I learned a lot about Martha Schwartz in school and I do enjoy some of her works, but my god. From her website:

"As a visitor turns into the environment of the “Hyper–Highway”, he or she will experience the world as a bright and more vivid place, as the visual language of the highway becomes bigger, bolder, and more colorful. "


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Snow Queen

Snow Queen

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George Lucas on a Bench said:
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Wow. Just wow. I was against the umbrella when it was added. I felt like it clashed with everything the park stood for. But now that Disney has removed it, I just can't believe they had the gall. Over the last few days, that umbrella has been a source of joy for smokers. Memories have been made that will last a generation. They would have brought their kids here to see the umbrella, telling them about that time they had to walk out there to get a quick smoke in before their Splash Mountain fastpass. I can't believe Disney would betray everything Walt believed in with this move, but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by the depths corporate Disney will sink to. I bet Chapek came out and removed it with his own two hands just to have the pleasure of murdering treasured memories.
 

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