One Sentence Competition - Season 4 Episode 1

[Pi on my Cake]

Port Mysterious

Modelled after a dark, seedy, urban English port designed with a Sherlock holmes-esque Victorian style despite taking place in vaguely present day (though the exact time period is purposefully vague and undefined like in a Series if Unfortunate Events as if Port Mysterious is separate from time) with everpresent (artificial) fog, burnt orange and purple brick buildings, and all sorts of international explorer ships docked in this land full of odd and unusual details inspired by the arcane, the strange, and the mysterious.

The main draw for the land is The Exploration of the Unusual Arrival: an E-Ticket thrill ride/dark ride hybrid involving a Top Spin swirling guests around an upside down cargo ship full of cursed objects from around the world that has, for unexplained reasons, appeared suddenly out of no where on top of a factory partially crashing through and crushing it (the ride is done similarly to Tomb raider the ride or my Woody ride for the current round of Sywtbai without the simulator elements).

The other main attraction for Port Mysterious is The Symphony of the Strange: a C-Ticket animatronic show (like the Tiki room) where Dr. Otto T. (Who has recently been turned into a chair, but he sees no reason to let that stop the presentation) invites guests into his study so he can show off his collection of weird and fantastical objects and creatures including a candle man made of melting wax, an aquarium full of skeletal fish, a prism that projects beautiful light displays and much more (mostly inspired by unused concepts from the museum of the weird) until a climax where Dr. Otto has to outsmart an evil djin who is attempting revenge.

Guests can eat at the Mysterious Market, a series of outdoor stalls (set up like the Harambe Market at Animal Kingdom) each themed to a different interesting area that has been explored by someone from Port Mysterious such as the Bermuda Triangle or the Oregon Vortex, or they can shop at Tiberious Antiques, a store set up by Dr. Otto and his wife Yuna to sell the strange objects they've discovered as well as Dr. Otto's book (The Port Mysterious Guidebook: An Incomplete Collection of all Known Information on the Unknown) which serves as a guide to finding all the easter eggs and odd hidden details that fill this land.

Port Mysterious is home to three new original Characters: Dr. Otto T. who has dedicated his life to the the scientific study of the paranormal, Yuna Tiberious who enjoys the paranormal as a mystical thing and doesn't seek to explain it like her husband Dr. Otto (Yuna is the host for the E-Ticket), and Captain Pike Yuler who is a young explorer seeking adventure who tells guests stories of his travels as a streetmosphere show by his ship docked in the Port.

Bonus

After dark around Halloween time, the already dark land gets darker as kids (and the easily frightened) are warned to stay away as a new streetmosphere show/haunted house scarezone takes over the land with Jack the Ripper using cursed objects stolen from the Tiberious family to terrorize guests and Captain Pike Yuler tries in vain to stop him AND the Top Spin E-Ticket is given a more intense ride through (more inversions, dimmer lights) and a new ride narration to tie into the Jack the Ripper story.​

 

[spacemt354]

Asteria Bay ​

Asteria Bay is a land steeped in Ancient Greek mythology and Mediterranean history, captivating the guests at Tokyo DisneySEA in an immersive, prospering seaside Greek town, where philosophers debate with one another in plazas, mathematicians model algorithms centuries ahead of their time, and astronomers reach to the gods in the stars and cosmos.

As guests enter Asteria Bay, they can dine in two unique locations in the town center, Enlightenment, a table service restaurant which celebrates scholarly pursuits in a dining location themed around the Library of Alexandria, built during the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled by the Macedonian Greek Ptolemy I Soter, where guests can sit among the papyrus scrolls of the ancient world, and learn about the knowledge and passions of the age. In addition there is also a quick service location themed around the ancient greek mathematician and astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, named Almagest, along with an adjacent gift shop called Ptolemy's models, and both the quick service and shop are geometrically aligned 'geocentrically' to the earth, to represent his philosophies, and moreover when you're done you can take a walk up the hills on Astronomer's Trail, which offers breath-taking views of Mysterious Island and DisneySEA, as well as star-gazing at night.

One of the most unique venues in Asteria Bay is The School of Athens, a 35 minute, 3,000 seat theater show centered around academic debate in a central plaza, which transports guests back in time to the dawn of debate, where cast members re-enact several eclectic debates on metaphysics, ontology, biology, philosophy, and more - which is linked to a walk-through exit path called the Socratic Method, which details Socrates' cooperative yet argumentative dialogue as seen in the show.

Last but not least, the E-Ticket experience in Asteria Bay (Voyage to the Great Expanse) ventures into the coastal cliffs of Mount Asteria where you are joined by a student of Aristotle, Orion, who studies cartography and has found a passageway in the Indian Ocean called the 'Great Expanse' - and you are whisked away on a boat that utilizes the Shanghai Pirates technology, which takes you into uncharted realms of the world where colorful canyons, mystical ancient Greek creatures and beings await you on an epic 9 minute boat ride.

Bonus
For Halloween, since Greeks don't celebrate it, instead the town center of Asteria Bay will celebrate Apokries, which is the Greek version of Halloween where cast members will dress up and the restaurants will have specialty 'spooky' menu items.

 

[D Hulk]

One more day to post your ports.

 

[DisneyForever]

Anime Bay

Anime Bay will place guests of Tokyo DisneySEA into a splendid cherry blossom-filled courtyard with attractions based around some of the best Disney animes; there will be 3 new attractions, 4 new shops, and one new restaurant, Anime Cafe.

The first attraction is Spirited Away: Adventures of Chihiro, located in the far corner of the land; the show-building will be covered with beautiful Japanese murals and around the building will be some replicas of areas/objects from the movie.

The next attraction is a C-ticket boat-ride that will be known as Good Luck, Ponyo; this color-filled attraction will use some of the POTC Shanghai elements, such as feeling like you are actually underwater; this attraction will also boast a number of animatronics, including a "morphing" one.

The last ride is a 3D experience that will be known as Totoro: Experiences By Show; with a beautiful score, this show experience will almost never be a one-time go to, because there are many different scenes and such to be presented; the theater will be able to hold as many as 250 each show, with shows lasting 10-15 minutes, depending on the show.

Lastly, we have the shopping and dining; Anime Cafe will be a quick-service restaurant with foods based around animes by Disney/Studio Ghibli, such as Pretty Sweet Piggy Popsicle (Spirited Away); lastly, the shops will be themed around each of the attractions, plus Howl's Moving Castle.

Bonus: For Halloween, Anime Bay will become the abandoned park from Spirited Away (man, Disney must really like Spirited Away!), with cast members dressing up as ghosts as well as holographic ghosts; the ground will also light up, which completes the "eerie" feel for Halloween.​

 

[kmbmw777]

Abandoned Village

This new land at DisneySEA is themed to Marvel’s hit property Doctor Strange, which is the only Superhero property that may be able to fit in the beautiful park.

Guests enter through a near abandoned, Chinese village where there is a restaurant serving traditional Chinese cuisine, one shop selling Chinese goodies, and one shop selling Marvel goodies. (Yellow)

The Marvel shop (named Lee’s) connects to the rest of the land or guests can enter the rest of the land via a passage that resembles the enterance to Diagon Alley in Universal Orlando.

Inside the land, which is full of wonky illusions, guests can explore Dr. Strange’s Mystical Maze (Green) and meet Dr. Strange and other Marvel heroes in his Sanctum (Black).

The final attraction, in blue, is an interactive ride (which switches from being a traditional dark ride to a boat rodents to a flight ride )in which guests train to become a Master of the Mystic Arts and fight the Marvel Villain, the Manadrin, who uses fire powers to try and destroy the world. ​

 

[D Hulk]

REVIEWS
Welcome one and all! Before we continue, I’ll just say that DisneySea is my favorite Disney park after the original Disneyland, and it’s the modern park which inspires me the most personally with its rich, vibrant, unique ports. DisneySea’s theme has almost limitless potential, while still boasting a cohesive park-wide style. Okay, let’s dive in!​

Lost Island

In the expansion pad for port discovery, this new land will be themed to a mysterious island that still hosts prehistoric life. In this new land will be a clone of dinosaur, a new dark ride that will take guests through a prehistoric land (see this), a new rollercoaster themed to a pterodactyl, a new simulator that will have guests ride a dinosaur (think flights of wonder, but with dinos), and a revamp of alien encounter, with a dinosaur instead of an alien.
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Bonus: For halloween the land will intensify dino encounter. So if you thought alien encounter was already intense, this will be even MORE intense. You have been warned.

Lost Island sounds like what Animal Kingdom should have done instead of Dinoland. I get some very strong pulp adventure vibes with this, in a way which feels very similar to DisneySea’s own Mysterious Island…a description you used for Lost Island, even. There’s another layer of theming you could’ve added here, like if there’s an expedition party exploring this lost dino world, and what era/culture they belong to.

A Dinosaur clone I’m afraid would be extremely redundant in this location, just a few hundred feet from Indiana Jones Adventure with the same ride vehicles and layout. The other attractions – and there are a lot of them – would be more unique in DisneySea. The simulator is the most intriguing. How might this pterodactyl coaster be distinguished from Universal’s similar coasters (including the one in Osaka)?

Bonus: Making dinosaurs scarier certainly works for Halloween. If your land had a culture, their local spooky holiday could’ve been included too, making this even richer.​

 

[D Hulk]

Port of Jamestown

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Located in the expansion pad in the back of the park, this port based on the first English settlement in the United States brings to life the Disney animated film Pocahontas; a trackless dark-boat-ride takes us through the rivers of Virginia as the voice of Mother Willow guides you through scenes from the movie. Also featured along the water is Governor Ratcliffe's interactive colonial ship, featuring water canons and games (a la SDMT in Magic Kingdom). You can find Pocahontas, John Smith, Meeko and Governor Ratcliffe wandering the settlement.


BONUS
For Halloween, the settlement decorates simply, but effectively; cornstalks and simply carved pumpkins adorn the lanterns and streetlights throughout the colony!
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Welcome, and thanks for joining our competition! This is a very strong first proposal, one which is very easy to picture fitting into DisneySea. The Virginian forests would fit well alongside the Lost River Delta jungles nearby. The land’s common areas would be a semi-realistic historical recreation, and the more magical Pocahontas stuff is found indoors. Was Pocahontas particularly popular in Japan? Let’s assume it was!

The trackless water dark ride is spot-on. The interactive colonial ship sounds similar to Fortress Explorations in Mediterranean Harbor, including the shared Age of Exploration time period. DisneySea has some strong American theming already (early 20th century American Waterfront), but Jamestown Settlement is pretty distinct from that…especially if you play up the Powhatan cultures.

Bonus: A natural Halloween style, fairly similar to what DisneySea does in Cape Cod, and very appealing.​

 

[D Hulk]

Mythical Cove

Journey with Alpha Centauri Expeditions, the same company that brought you to Pandora, as they bring you to a Mythical Cove to experience many exciting attractions, meet and greets, and 2 new restaurants, “The Mythical Cave”, a must-do dining attraction where you get to eat in a cave home to mythical creatures and “The Mushroom Bar”, which is a bar in a forest of giant mushrooms.

Alpha Centauri Expeditions (ACE) has also built many excursions for you to do, including the “Mysterious River”, a river rafting ride through a dark cave showing you the animals and the plants of this mythical land, similar to Navi River Journey, but when one of the Unicorns accidently sends you off the ACE path, you wind down waterfalls and through river rapids.

There are two excursions themed to dragon challenge, the first is is “ACE Dragon Tours”, where you ride in an ACE guide tours truck when you get stuck in a battle between the good creatures and the bad creatures of the land, and you will even be a part of it, with some Dragons attacking your vehicle, and then there is “Dragon Cove”, a kids play area themed to Dragons!

The final excursion is the “Mythical Flight”, a flying roller coaster where you ride in a carriage pulled by a pegasus, and fly over the Mythical Cove, before you go inside a cave for a dark ride section to learn more about pegasus and the flying animals of the cove.

When you journey with ACE to this Mythical Cove with mermaids, dragons, centaurs, and others creatures, you will feel 100% immersed in this seaside getaway, making this amazing park (Tokyo Disney Sea) even more amazing than it already is.


Bonus: During the Halloween Season, ACE has created a haunted house in the land, as you walk through a cave home to some of the mythical creatures.

Oh wow, you’re melding Pandora with Beastly Kingdom! So, like, a planet full of mythical creatures? I dunno, the mythical creatures (a great theme) seem plenty on their own, especially if this is like an earthbound terra incognita setting…a “Here be dragons” land as you’d see on DisneySea-era nautical maps. The ACE stuff feels superfluous.

Great detail in your descriptions and your map. To all who made maps for this round, great work and thanks! All the attractions sound splendid. This is quite the ambitious land. My favorite is Mythical Flight, since DisneySea is rather conspicuously lacking a decent roller coaster (perhaps this flawless park’s greatest flaw) and flying coasters are tremendous fun. How would the steel coaster track be visually justified in your land? For fun, check out this flying coaster patent Disney created:

Bonus: Okay, sure.​

 

[D Hulk]

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What no this isn't super self indulgent at all.... *sweats*

Destiny Island is a slower change of pace than your typical land.

Here kids (and kids at heart) have many options to run play and climb with the giant tree house play area, the Rikus' Raft play area, or the Secret Caves which will be filled with glowing cave drawings that Sora Riku and Kairi have drawn over the years, as well as the door to other worlds.

A "crash landed" gummy ship holds a e-ticket Star Tours style ride that takes you through three randomly generated lands from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 (expanded to include locations from KH3 in 2019) as you fly with Chip and Dale to help out Sora, Donald and Goofy.

Intertwined Timelines will bring Destiny Islands beloved matchmaking paopu fruit in smoothie form to couples and fans alike, as well as other tropical drinks, sea salt ice pops and specialty glow stars.

Lastly, a small gift shop entitled Seaside Shack (aptly designed after the seaside shack on the island) will hold any and all Kingdom Hearts Merchandise.

Bonus: During Halloween, as the lights get low, watch your feet for dark spots as heartless overtake the island, and, if your lucky, you might just run into a few villains as well.​

Apologies first off, since I know very little about Kingdom Hearts. That said, this Japanese-made game would be a big draw here in Tokyo, and I can totally see it really appealing to the large cosplaying crowds at DisneySea. Your descriptions of the tropical island help to paint a tactile setting for me, your ignorant audience. That’s great, and the vaguely Polynesian feeling would be unique for DisneySea. (Why did no one do Moana?!?!)

Kingdom Hearts is known for bringing together any and all Disney characters, which your Star Tours style ride (name?) does well. Actually, that sounds like something which would fit better nearby in Tokyo Disneyland, which is my one real nitpick. Still, assuming Disney and Square Enix have the park rights worked out, I could totally see TDL doing something like this to counter Uni Japan’s upcoming Nintendoland!

Bonus: Playfully featuring the game’s villains is a very “Disney” approach to Halloween!​

 

[D Hulk]

Oriental Village
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DisneySea has alays been renowned for some of its enormous, grand-scale environments that dot its landscape, but it always seems as though smaller scale offerings, such as Toyville Trolley Park, Venice, or Cape Cod, capture some of the true essence of Disneysea, which makes it only fitting that the newest addition is not a show stopping Mega land, but in fact a smaller scale, more intimate land, that still delights on all fronts. Based on the tradtional Chinese river villages, Oriental Village will be tucked away in the old Bus area (relocated by MiraCosta), and can be accessed near Venice or through Toyville trolley park, under a series of themed bridges and tunnels. Guests can experience a traditional play in the Imperial Theater, cruise down the canals and briefly into a show building to encounter mystic lights and lotuses in Mystic Lotus Journey, or even soar on a lantern on the family-friendly coaster experience, Mulan: Emperor's Quest.

I wasn’t sure where else you’d be able to fit a land, and you’ve actually found a place! The map really helps. Knowing the park firsthand, this might extend too far into the entry plaza area, but I won’t hold that against you.

You’re really right about DisneySea’s more intimate settings being among its best, and you’ve continued that well. I’m a big fan of the Chinese river village setting (I’ve been privately developing a DisneySky park idea with an incredibly similar land actually). Great attraction variety, between the show, coaster and boat ride. Among DisneySea’s featured settings, East Asia is conspicuously missing – maybe it’s not exotic enough in Japan? I’m really not sure how Japanese guests would react to a Chinese land. I gather there’s some bad blood between them, which is a real shame because otherwise a land like this would be really beautiful in DisneySea.

Bonus: You didn’t do one, which is a shame since playing up some of China’s spooky traditions (like their hopping vampires – yes, that’s a thing) could be really fun.​

 

[D Hulk]

Port Mysterious
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Modelled after a dark, seedy, urban English port designed with a Sherlock holmes-esque Victorian style despite taking place in vaguely present day (though the exact time period is purposefully vague and undefined like in a Series if Unfortunate Events as if Port Mysterious is separate from time) with everpresent (artificial) fog, burnt orange and purple brick buildings, and all sorts of international explorer ships docked in this land full of odd and unusual details inspired by the arcane, the strange, and the mysterious.

The main draw for the land is The Exploration of the Unusual Arrival: an E-Ticket thrill ride/dark ride hybrid involving a Top Spin swirling guests around an upside down cargo ship full of cursed objects from around the world that has, for unexplained reasons, appeared suddenly out of no where on top of a factory partially crashing through and crushing it (the ride is done similarly to Tomb raider the ride or my Woody ride for the current round of Sywtbai without the simulator elements).

The other main attraction for Port Mysterious is The Symphony of the Strange: a C-Ticket animatronic show (like the Tiki room) where Dr. Otto T. (Who has recently been turned into a chair, but he sees no reason to let that stop the presentation) invites guests into his study so he can show off his collection of weird and fantastical objects and creatures including a candle man made of melting wax, an aquarium full of skeletal fish, a prism that projects beautiful light displays and much more (mostly inspired by unused concepts from the museum of the weird) until a climax where Dr. Otto has to outsmart an evil djin who is attempting revenge.

Guests can eat at the Mysterious Market, a series of outdoor stalls (set up like the Harambe Market at Animal Kingdom) each themed to a different interesting area that has been explored by someone from Port Mysterious such as the Bermuda Triangle or the Oregon Vortex, or they can shop at Tiberious Antiques, a store set up by Dr. Otto and his wife Yuna to sell the strange objects they've discovered as well as Dr. Otto's book (The Port Mysterious Guidebook: An Incomplete Collection of all Known Information on the Unknown) which serves as a guide to finding all the easter eggs and odd hidden details that fill this land.

Port Mysterious is home to three new original Characters: Dr. Otto T. who has dedicated his life to the the scientific study of the paranormal, Yuna Tiberious who enjoys the paranormal as a mystical thing and doesn't seek to explain it like her husband Dr. Otto (Yuna is the host for the E-Ticket), and Captain Pike Yuler who is a young explorer seeking adventure who tells guests stories of his travels as a streetmosphere show by his ship docked in the Port.

Bonus

After dark around Halloween time, the already dark land gets darker as kids (and the easily frightened) are warned to stay away as a new streetmosphere show/haunted house scarezone takes over the land with Jack the Ripper using cursed objects stolen from the Tiberious family to terrorize guests and Captain Pike Yuler tries in vain to stop him AND the Top Spin E-Ticket is given a more intense ride through (more inversions, dimmer lights) and a new ride narration to tie into the Jack the Ripper story.​

A unique, original, wholly enveloping setting…precisely what DisneySea is known for! It feels a bit like Diagon Alley. The focus on the paranormal also reminds me of, um, the Mysteryland idea I recently posted for SYWTBAI…the Victorian setting is of course distinct, and you’ve gone in different directions, so I’ll just assume we love some similar subjects.

You paint with words exquisitely. Exploration of the Unusual Arrival (a mouthful of a title!) is another fun Top Spin attraction, and I really liked your SYWTBAI Toy Story version incidentally. Symphony of the Strange would be my favorite attraction, as I like the Museum of the Weird ideas and 1960s-style AA shows. Everything else is wonderfully fleshed out, from the dining to the land’s original characters. Well done.

Bonus: Jack the Ripper, though thematically sensible, seems fairly un-Disney. The more intense Top Spin is just right, however, wholly in line with how they intensify DisneySea’s Tower of Terror after dark during Halloween.​

 

[D Hulk]

Asteria Bay ​

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Asteria Bay is a land steeped in Ancient Greek mythology and Mediterranean history, captivating the guests at Tokyo DisneySEA in an immersive, prospering seaside Greek town, where philosophers debate with one another in plazas, mathematicians model algorithms centuries ahead of their time, and astronomers reach to the gods in the stars and cosmos.

As guests enter Asteria Bay, they can dine in two unique locations in the town center, Enlightenment, a table service restaurant which celebrates scholarly pursuits in a dining location themed around the Library of Alexandria, built during the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled by the Macedonian Greek Ptolemy I Soter, where guests can sit among the papyrus scrolls of the ancient world, and learn about the knowledge and passions of the age. In addition there is also a quick service location themed around the ancient greek mathematician and astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy, named Almagest, along with an adjacent gift shop called Ptolemy's models, and both the quick service and shop are geometrically aligned 'geocentrically' to the earth, to represent his philosophies, and moreover when you're done you can take a walk up the hills on Astronomer's Trail, which offers breath-taking views of Mysterious Island and DisneySEA, as well as star-gazing at night.

One of the most unique venues in Asteria Bay is The School of Athens, a 35 minute, 3,000 seat theater show centered around academic debate in a central plaza, which transports guests back in time to the dawn of debate, where cast members re-enact several eclectic debates on metaphysics, ontology, biology, philosophy, and more - which is linked to a walk-through exit path called the Socratic Method, which details Socrates' cooperative yet argumentative dialogue as seen in the show.

Last but not least, the E-Ticket experience in Asteria Bay (Voyage to the Great Expanse) ventures into the coastal cliffs of Mount Asteria where you are joined by a student of Aristotle, Orion, who studies cartography and has found a passageway in the Indian Ocean called the 'Great Expanse' - and you are whisked away on a boat that utilizes the Shanghai Pirates technology, which takes you into uncharted realms of the world where colorful canyons, mystical ancient Greek creatures and beings await you on an epic 9 minute boat ride.

Bonus
For Halloween, since Greeks don't celebrate it, instead the town center of Asteria Bay will celebrate Apokries, which is the Greek version of Halloween where cast members will dress up and the restaurants will have specialty 'spooky' menu items.

I think you’ve gotten DisneySea’s cultural elements perhaps the best (though @Magic Feather and @Donaldb112 came very close). This version of ancient Greece is more about its philosophy than its myth (though a little of the latter does pop up), fitting the park’s thoughtful vibe. It’s a slight surprise that Disney’s Hercules doesn’t show up, in the manner of how Arabian Coast casually incorporates Aladdin, but I respect your thematic dedication. I’ll guarantee you that a few years after opening, Hercules stuff will be in Asteria Bay…the Japanese guests I saw had a weird obsession with Hades.

Voyage to the Great Expanse is a fine E-ticket. The School of Athens is an esoteric topic for a theme park (yeah, this is where Herc will get shoved in). I’m picturing Japanese cast members pretending as ancient Greek philosophers, while I read a handheld translation device, and it’s all a bonkers image. The other land elements remind me of Fortress Explorations, how it makes Renaissance-era science accessible to guests, and that gives me confidence that Asteria Bay could work similarly.

Bonus: For this land, that’s the perfect approach.​

 

[D Hulk]

Anime Bay

Anime Bay will place guests of Tokyo DisneySEA into a splendid cherry blossom-filled courtyard with attractions based around some of the best Disney animes; there will be 3 new attractions, 4 new shops, and one new restaurant, Anime Cafe.

The first attraction is Spirited Away: Adventures of Chihiro, located in the far corner of the land; the show-building will be covered with beautiful Japanese murals and around the building will be some replicas of areas/objects from the movie.

The next attraction is a C-ticket boat-ride that will be known as Good Luck, Ponyo; this color-filled attraction will use some of the POTC Shanghai elements, such as feeling like you are actually underwater; this attraction will also boast a number of animatronics, including a "morphing" one.

The last ride is a 3D experience that will be known as Totoro: Experiences By Show; with a beautiful score, this show experience will almost never be a one-time go to, because there are many different scenes and such to be presented; the theater will be able to hold as many as 250 each show, with shows lasting 10-15 minutes, depending on the show.

Lastly, we have the shopping and dining; Anime Cafe will be a quick-service restaurant with foods based around animes by Disney/Studio Ghibli, such as Pretty Sweet Piggy Popsicle (Spirited Away); lastly, the shops will be themed around each of the attractions, plus Howl's Moving Castle.

Bonus: For Halloween, Anime Bay will become the abandoned park from Spirited Away (man, Disney must really like Spirited Away!), with cast members dressing up as ghosts as well as holographic ghosts; the ground will also light up, which completes the "eerie" feel for Halloween.​

Much of the speculation around Tokyo’s upcoming expansions is that they’ll be themed to Japan itself, to draw in foreign guests. If Disney can use the Studio Ghibli stuff in the parks – and for the sake of this game let’s assume they can – then this land would be a perfect approach.

The name “Anime City” doesn’t conjure up the Ghibli imagery for me, which is the only real nitpick. The 3 attractions are all winners! I still love your idea of a trackless Spirited Away ride. (Have you managed to see it yet?) Doing a Ponyo boat ride with Shanghai elements, also spot-on. I like the 3D Totoro show too, although a Flights of Passage ride flying on Totoro’s fluffy back would be just sublime. The shops and restaurant are all also really fun. There’s almost too much Studio Ghibli material to fit into a single land!

Bonus: I love it!​

 

[D Hulk]

Abandoned Village
View attachment 264870This new land at DisneySEA is themed to Marvel’s hit property Doctor Strange, which is the only Superhero property that may be able to fit in the beautiful park.

Guests enter through a near abandoned, Chinese village where there is a restaurant serving traditional Chinese cuisine, one shop selling Chinese goodies, and one shop selling Marvel goodies. (Yellow)

The Marvel shop (named Lee’s) connects to the rest of the land or guests can enter the rest of the land via a passage that resembles the enterance to Diagon Alley in Universal Orlando.

Inside the land, which is full of wonky illusions, guests can explore Dr. Strange’s Mystical Maze (Green) and meet Dr. Strange and other Marvel heroes in his Sanctum (Black).

The final attraction, in blue, is an interactive ride (which switches from being a traditional dark ride to a boat rodents to a flight ride )in which guests train to become a Master of the Mystic Arts and fight the Marvel Villain, the Manadrin, who uses fire powers to try and destroy the world. ​

Since earlier today I think there’s now a 2nd Marvel property which would also fit DisneySea…that’s Black Panther. You’ll realize this tomorrow . Of course Dr. Strange fits too (even with the dumb Universal/Marvel contracts which apply in Florida and Japan, since Strange is unaffiliated with the Avengers).

Strange’s Chinese setting would be mostly Tibet/Nepal in style, which might be exotic enough and non-Chinese enough to be interesting in Japan. It’s also pretty far removed from the “sea” concept, which the park often ignores anyway. There’s really just the one major attraction, your E-ticket ride, which is a land-worthy doozy between its hybrid ride system and its interactivity. (The Japanese guests seem genuinely obsessed with interactive rides.) I’m picturing it a little like Legoland’s Ninjago, with guests waving their arms to conjure up magic. Could be really neat!

Boat rodents?!!!?! What?!

Bonus? Nope.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge 10 results

So upon finishing the reviews, and no clear winner hierarchy stood out. Basically every land is enveloping, unique and original, with great attractions as well. I swear, DisneySea brings out the best in everyone! So to figure out the top proposals, eventually I realized that there’s a common extra DisneySea thread in the best ideas – the cultural element. The park is divided by continents and cultures, like a more magical realist Fantasyland version of World Showcase, and our winners for this challenge exemplified that.

So let's go to that medal count! (Hmm, maybe I should've done a Winter Olympics theme for this episode )

Bronze Medal (1 point)

@Donaldb112 – Jamestown Settlement
A really strong first Imagineering proposal. Would love to see more of your ideas!

Silver Medal (2 points)

@spacemt354 – Asteria Bay
Like a Greek version of Mediterranean Harbor. Very fitting.

Gold Medal (3 points)

@Magic Feather – Oriental Village
While I’m unsure how China would play in Japan, on its own this is a beautiful land which hits the romantic, small scale DisneySea style very well. That small scale emphasis brought you the gold.​

 

[D Hulk]

Standings
@Disneylover152 – 34
@Pionmycake – 33
@spacemt354 – 32
@kmbmw777 – 25
@pixie_princess – 24
@DisneyForever – 22
@TwilightZone – 21
@AceAstro – 18
@Magic Feather – 17
@David2319 – 5
@eye4themeparks – 4
@Donaldb112 – 3
@MonorailRed – 3
@El_Tomato – 2
@StevenU – 2
@mickeyfan5534 – 1
@KBLovesDisney – 1
@PoeDameron – 1​

 

[D Hulk]

CHALLENGE 11
NOVEMBER

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I love the gluttony. I love the family. Mostly, I love cooking the bird in the oven, or outdoors on the rotisserie grill, or inside a trash can. (All things I’ve done.) That’s why I like to call Thanksgiving –

TURKEY DAY

“Turkey” is a word with many different meanings, one of them being “very awful movie.” That’s excuse enough to dedicate November to Disney Hollywood Studios, a park dedicated to the movies. Once that meant it was a “studio park.” Now DHS invites guests to enter the worlds of film. Galaxy’s Edge in particular looks amazing, but where will DHS go from there? That’s up to you!

-Challenge-
Design DHS’s next big immersive movie land. Specifically, choose a terrible movie. A turkey. Pick a box office bomb or a critical dud, and somehow create something genuinely good out of it! For this challenge, feel free to license films from other studios (Fox preferred!). Unless Universal Studios holds the rights, assume Disney is willing to pay top dollar for your chosen disaster. Ask questions if you need to, but don't feel limited.

-Bonus-
With one additional sentence, give your turkey land an immersive themed boutique hotel, much like the proposed Galaxy’s Edge hotel. Doing so will net you an automatic extra point!

-Rules-
You may use between 1 and 5 sentences and up to 1 image. (It’s an entire land, so a couple extra sentences might be useful.) The deadline is Thursday, February 22nd, at midnight EST.

-Tips-
K.I.S.S. – Keep it simple, silly. Try not to complicate or overthink things too much. It’s a simple, casual competition – there are no eliminations. Propose as you please!

-Judging Criteria-
Is it creative?
Is it (generally) realistic?
Does it fit thematically/visually?

Good luck everyone! If you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask. Now go create!​

 

[Suchomimus]

While I’m unsure how China would play in Japan, on its own this is a beautiful land which hits the romantic, small scale DisneySea style very well.

Well given how locals will wait in line for an average of 1 hour and 20 minutes for Gyzoa, which is considered by its creators and consumers across the sea as fast food, this would be undoubtedly very popular.

 

[AceAstro]

Place holder: Since Universal Owns ride rights for Marvel, Disney buys attraction rights for DC for Batman & Robin attraction!

 

[Suchomimus]

Place holder: Since Universal Owns ride rights for Marvel, Disney buys attraction rights for DC for Batman & Robin attraction!

Go home Ace. You’re drunk.