News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier

[c-one]

No matter what they do to these areas of DCA, to my eyes, it just looks like the New Jersey State Fair with slimmer people.

Needs more "I STAND FOR THE ANTHEM" and "PUT ME BACK ON MY BARSTOOL" t-shirt vendors for that.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Seaside amusement parks are not quintessentially Californian. They exist here but aren't really part of the culture or heritage of California. Most people associate the kind of Pier/Amusment park depicted in Paradise Pier with Coney Island or Atlantic City. Beach culture is part of California life and should be represented in a park about California but Paradise Pier is the least inspired, cheapest, way to represent the beach.

I dunno.... without doing any real investigating I would say they are more quintessentially American than anything else. Seaside amusement parks are obviously not exclusive to the US, but they seem to have been fairly common here on both coasts.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Seaside amusement parks are not quintessentially Californian. They exist here but aren't really part of the culture or heritage of California. Most people associate the kind of Pier/Amusment park depicted in Paradise Pier with Coney Island or Atlantic City. Beach culture is part of California life and should be represented in a park about California but Paradise Pier is the least inspired, cheapest, way to represent the beach.

I’m aware piers exist elsewhere. In saying that, I wouldn’t say they’re not part of California culture. I also disagree regarding your last statement.

If you were re-designing Paradise Pier to strictly a beach thing, how would you go about it? What kinds of things would you put in?

How seaside piers are now is really the big underlying problem with Paradise Pier. It was too literal and too contemporary. There is a romantic image of seaside piers, and while it probably skews heavily toward the east coast and Coney Island, you do see hints of such an aesthetic sensibility in things like the Snata Cruz Casino.

I agree.

I said it multiple times, I felt Disney wasn’t done “fixing” Paradise Pier yet, even after the original make-over. But now it doesn’t matter, since they’ll be plastering Pixar images everywhere. Another waste, just like Hollywood Land continues to be and will be even more come the time Marvel arrives.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It's like Main Street USA but with rides.

If it WAS like that, than it would be great. But they never finished the victorian makeover so much of the land still looks flat and dull, and lacks the kind of features that make Main Street more than a mall (vehicles, cinema, magic tricks, watching people make candy, galleries etc).

 

[Antaundra]

If you were re-designing Paradise Pier to strictly a beach thing, how would you go about it? What kinds of things would you put in?

I don't know, but I'm not an imagineer. They should be able to come up with something better than cheap off the shelf rides "themed" to a boardwalk amusement park.

 

[c-one]

I’m aware piers exist elsewhere. In saying that, I wouldn’t say they’re not part of California culture. I also disagree regarding your last statement.

If you were re-designing Paradise Pier to strictly a beach thing, how would you go about it? What kinds of things would you put in?

I'd go for some kind of surfing experience and a pot shop, personally.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

If it WAS like that, than it would be great. But they never finished the victorian makeover so much of the land still looks flat and dull, and lacks the kind of features that make Main Street more than a mall (vehicles, cinema, magic tricks, watching people make candy, galleries etc).

Yeah, it really needs to be an incredibly more elaborate version of itself.

 

[TROR]

Can we at least all agree that, with a proper budget, a victorian beach and pier will always be better than Pixar Pier? There's just simply more potential with it than Brand Boardwalk.

 

[Brainleech419]

Can we at least all agree that, with a proper budget, a victorian beach and pier will always be better than Pixar Pier? There's just simply more potential with it than Brand Boardwalk.

yeah but with a proper budget, there is no Paradise Pier in the first place.

 

[Hattieboxghost110]

I'm not too happy with the direction DCA has been going in the last couple years. I say this as someone who LOVES this park. Disney was on a roll making all the right decisions with DCA 2.0!

I was so thrilled when they finally fixed "Condor Flats" which I always thought was the weakest link of the park since the very beginning. Grizzy Peak Airfield was so beautiful because the new theming was understated and worked perfectly with the area. Unfortunately, since then, they have gotten rid of some of my favorites:

1. Aladdin Show
2. Soarin' Over California
3. Twilight Zone Tower of Tower

On top of this, they are moving away from the CA theme and getting rid of Paradise Pier, instead of fixing it like they were planning to. The only bright spot I see is that I do enjoy the Mid-Century Contemptorary architecture that will be used in CA Screaming. It reminds me somewhat of Palm Springs which is one of my favorite places in the world. I can see how this style is not appealing to some though.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

You thought Condor Flats was the weak link? Hollywood Pictures Backlot is a worse disaster and takes up much of the park. Pretty much everything they've done since 2012 has been detrimental to my DCA experience. The best times I had at the park were getting drunk off Mad Long Island Iced T Partys and going on Soarin' Over California and the Tower of Terror. All have been removed! It's like going back to lowercase Epcot Future World 20 years later with all the classics dismantled and replaced by crap, only it's just been a few years. What the frig?

*swig*

 

[TwilightZone]

I was hoping for this to be the chance for no carnival rides in disney (besides the flagships)
then they announce a spinner.
other then that, I'm very meh about this new land, I was hoping for a new dark ride, but after seeing the layout, I can now see there may be no room for one. Maybe.

 

[DLR92]

I was hoping for this to be the chance for no carnival rides in disney (besides the flagships)
then they announce a spinner.
other then that, I'm very meh about this new land, I was hoping for a new dark ride, but after seeing the layout, I can now see there may be no room for one. Maybe.

There are room for a dark rides. One next door to Toy Story Midway Mania and Goofy Sky School is a prime spot for dark ride pad. I think OC register made an article Paradise Pier has room to support an attraction size of Pirates of the Caribbean. But I am not sure how much of their source this is reliable?

I am disappointed with Disney direction. I thought Paradise Pier could have been DCA version of Fantasyland. Lots of carnival rides and a couple of dark rides for families.

 

[mickEblu]

You thought Condor Flats was the weak link? Hollywood Pictures Backlot is a worse disaster and takes up much of the park. Pretty much everything they've done since 2012 has been detrimental to my DCA experience. The best times I had at the park were getting drunk off Mad Long Island Iced T Partys and going on Soarin' Over California and the Tower of Terror. All have been removed! It's like going back to lowercase Epcot Future World 20 years later with all the classics dismantled and replaced by crap, only it's just been a few years. What the frig?

*swig*

Yup. Soarin and TOT were literally my favorite rides in the park. Now...they re not quite as enjoyable. Im pretty confident Soarin over California will be back, at least for limited runs. TOT however...

 

[mickEblu]

There are room for a dark rides. One next door to Toy Story Midway Mania and Goofy Sky School is a prime spot for dark ride pad. I think OC register made an article Paradise Pier has room to support an attraction size of Pirates of the Caribbean. But I am not sure how much of their source this is reliable?

I am disappointed with Disney direction. I thought Paradise Pier could have been DCA version of Fantasyland. Lots of carnival rides and a couple of dark rides for families.

I think eventually Paradise Park will be absorbed into Pixar Pier and Goofys will be knocked down and they'll put the entrance to a dark ride in its place that will lead to the showbuilding somewhere backstage.

 

[TwilightZone]

There are room for a dark rides. One next door to Toy Story Midway Mania and Goofy Sky School is a prime spot for dark ride pad. I think OC register made an article Paradise Pier has room to support an attraction size of Pirates of the Caribbean. But I am not sure how much of their source this is reliable?

I am disappointed with Disney direction. I thought Paradise Pier could have been DCA version of Fantasyland. Lots of carnival rides and a couple of dark rides for families.

now I'm even angrier

 

[Suspirian]

Yup. Soarin and TOT were literally my favorite rides in the park. Now...they re not quite as enjoyable. Im pretty confident Soarin over California will be back, at least for limited runs. TOT however...

this exchange makes me sad

 

[Jedi Stitch]

Well, all the rides pretty much are Pixar anyway?

 

[wdrive]

Well, all the rides pretty much are Pixar anyway?

Not sure what you mean. Other than Midway Mania nothing is currently Pixar.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Trying to summon up a little post-weekend courage to sift through the past 5-6 pages of this thread...I tuned out when someone invited DSNY newscast to the party....no thanks.