Have Some Reviews:
@gilm0114 - The Flight of the Blue Umbrella
First, I'd like to quickly mention that I adore "The Blue Umbrella." It's probably my favorite Pixar short, so I'm very glad that you've based your attraction off of this oft-forgotten short. However, there is a problem in that. I feel you've missed a few opportunities. Firstly, I feel as though you could have easily based this off of a few of Pixar's more famous short films. I just worry that "The Blue Umbrella" isn't really well-known enough to warrant an attraction.
I also feel as though you've missed a few opportunities in the storytelling of your attraction. I know it's a spinner, so storytelling is rather irrelevant, but you did set up a loose story. While the queue is great, and set up the story, I feel as though you could have perhaps gone just a step further in the actual attraction. Perhaps small details like one umbrella being red. Perhaps some sort of objective, like in the One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish spinner at IoA. It also bothers me much more than it should that you missed a huge opportunity in not having guests sit in an
accordion briefcase hanging from the umbrella.
Though, of course, these are all just nitpicks as there isn't really anything bad about your project. The placement makes complete sense (though I worry it might be slightly too far from Pixar Place as it stands currently), you really captured the short, and your attraction, in general, was absolutely charming. Though I think you could have possibly gone further into detail, what you do have is great. Definitely a great start to this second HOH comp!
Creativity: 8/10 - The Blue Umbrella is a very interesting choice, and I feel as though you've captured the essence of the film rather well. However, I feel as though you could have gone just a step further in your concept.
Detail: 6/10 - Ok amount of detail. I would have liked a bit more in general. I definitely would have liked a little bit more on how the spinner actually looked.
Realism: 7/10 - There's nothing terribly unrealistic about this other than the fact that I don't think that Pixar would base an attraction off of the "Blue Umbrella." Perhaps if you went with "Tin Toy", or something as popular.
Presentation: 7/10 - No real problems here. It was easy to read. Nothing spectacular. Perhaps a few more pictures could have been used to get your idea fully across.
Total: 28/40
@DisneyManOne - The Honey Tree
I am absolutely torn. On one hand, you put out a rather nice spinner, taking elements from a few other flat rides, and fitting them into Pooh. On the other hand, you built a spinner, based on an IP that already has a dark ride, and placed it in a park with two other spinners, one of which being a two minute walk away.
It's a very nice spinner. The Honey Tree is a great focal point for it, and I'm sure that it would look really nice, but I'm not sure of the placement. I'm not entirely sure you realize how much land you need to build a spinner. There just isn't room for your attraction in the space you mention. This would need to be an extremely small toddler-sized spinner for it to even start to fit there. Perhaps if you placed it in the Merida Meet 'n Greet, but even then I'm not totally sure.
That said, I very much liked your design, the balloons sounds interesting, and Pooh circling around opposite to guests would be a really cool twist on the spinner concept. I do think that you could have gone further with the Bee concept, though. It would have been incredible if guests were in control of the cars getting "stung." Something like the Seuss spinner in IoA, with guests are directed to ascend or descend at certain times to avoid being "stung" could have been a really cool concept that would have made a game out of the tired spinner ride.
This has a ton of potential. I just think that you could have gone further with some concepts, and you could have changed your ride's placement.
Creativity: 7/10 - Interesting concept. My only real concern in terms of creativity is that Pooh already has a rather large presence in the parks.
Detail: 7/10 - Fine amount of detail. Nothing was really left unexplained.
Realism: 4/10 - Pooh already has a presence in MK. MK also already has two spinners. Your placement doesn't work. That's why you took such a hit in realism. The actual ride was very realistic. Just not the logistics.
Presentation: 8/10 - Presentation was fine. The pictures and drawing really helped me understand your concept. Concept was easy to read.
Total: 26/40
@Brer Panther - Bird's-Eye View
Let's talk about placement. Firstly, I am baffled that this attraction isn't in Animal Kingdom. It seems like it would be a perfect fit there, especially since The Land is more about the Earth and agriculture, and less about animals. Secondly, your ride doesn't fit. The fountain in The Land was removed to ease flow of traffic through the ground level of the pavilion. That, and provide table space for Sunshine Seasons. It just wouldn't fit inside the pavilion. Or outside, really. I still don't know why you didn't place it in Animal Kingdom....
The actual attraction looks great. It looks really fun. From the bird vehicles to the animals throwing fruit, this all made for a really nice cohesive attraction. The fruit throwing monkey was a really nice idea, and the fruit smell seems like it would be really effective.
Overall, the ride was really nice and charming, the placement just doesn't work at all.
Creativity: 8.5/10 - Nice theme. It was rather nice seeing a rainforest-based spinner.
Detail: 7/10 - No problems here. Perhaps a bit more detail.
Realism: 5/10 - You, like DisneyMan really took a hit here because the attraction wouldn't fit inside The Land. The only reason you have a slightly higher score in this category is because EPCOT doesn't already have a spinner.
Presentation: 7/10 - Fine presentation. Wasn't really difficult to read and the pictures were nice.
Total: 27.5/40
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Here's the first batch. I really need to eat dinner, so I'll get the rest up as soon as possible (sorry, tiki.)
