News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier

[Curious Constance]

don't forget howlin' harry's huge prop warehouse and that smashing deal on giant jessies!
... i mean, fast/fun, cheap/easy - and it works all over the world!!

preferred by 5 out of 6 resorts

Maybe they melted down the giant circus barker guy and are remolding him into a giant Jessie.

 

[smile]

Maybe they melted down the giant circus barker guy and are remolding him into a giant Jessie.

wouldn't surprise me - it's a hot item...
giant jessies are a thematic get out of jail free card

 

[Curious Constance]

wouldn't surprise me - it's a hot item...
giant jessies are a thematic get out of jail free card

No one will stop to think about theme because they'll be so wowed by the sheer size of her.

 

[smile]

No one will stop to think about theme because they'll be so wowed by the sheer size of her.

as am i, my friend... as am i

 

[jmuboy]

And when does Pixar Pier end?

The appropriate answer is "Not Soon Enough"

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

...Oh hey look, new Pixar Pier renderings...

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

On the brighter note...I can now scratch "riding a skunk bass-ackwards in a Disney park" off my bucket list!

Also...TF is that kid looking up at?!?!

 

[Hattieboxghost110]

Suddenly losing The Great Movie Ride doesn't seem so bad, some park always has it worse

Yup, the award for biggest pile of trash goes to Toy Story Land at Disney Hollywood Studios. 11 acres, 2 new low-capacity mediocre rides, and 300 million dollars of crap.

Paradise Pier was always a weak land, but now it's just a weak land with Pixar IP.

Toy Story Land has a 9 figure dollar budget, a blank slate, a massive plot of land and that's the best they can come up with? For shame!

 

[dweezil78]

Yup, the award for biggest pile of trash goes to Toy Story Land at Disney Hollywood Studios. 11 acres, 2 new low-capacity mediocre rides, and 300 million dollars of crap.

Paradise Pier was always a weak land, but now it's just a weak land with Pixar IP.

Toy Story Land has a 9 figure dollar budget, a blank slate, a massive plot of land and that's the best they can come up with? For shame!

My sentiments exactly... Something something about lipstick on a pig.

 

[Little Green Men]

No thanks, I'll take TSL over Pixar Pier. It looks like the best TSL to date (which isn't saying much) with its launch coaster and a Mater style attraction. It will finally utilize the old backlot tour area and give TSMM a better purpose than a stand alone studio. PP is a totally unnecessary overlay for a land that only needed a few tweaks instead of a cheap character change up and muddled themeing.

 

[Californian Elitist]

TSL looks like hot garbage, too. I wouldn’t want to experience one land built solely around Toy Story, so based solely on looks and “concepts,” PP beats it, but only like like .5 points.

 

[TROR]

Pixar Pier is a worse land imo but it's less upsetting

 

[Rich T]

Pixar Pier is a worse land imo but it's less upsetting

New slogan for PP's ad campaign: "It's Less Upsetting!"

 

[Hattieboxghost110]

No thanks, I'll take TSL over Pixar Pier. It looks like the best TSL to date (which isn't saying much) with its launch coaster and a Mater style attraction. It will finally utilize the old backlot tour area and give TSMM a better purpose than a stand alone studio. PP is a totally unnecessary overlay for a land that only needed a few tweaks instead of a cheap character change up and muddled themeing.

Nah, dawg. Both lands suck.

The difference is that Disneylanders will call a spade a spade if something is crappy while my East Coast friends will do the opposite by saying things like, "this will be the BEST TSL in all the world!" Come on bruh, that's like being the skinny kid in fat camp.

The reason TSL is worse than PP is because of its wasted opportunity. All that cash, size, and premium real estate to be thrown away for a barely themed kiddie coaster, whip ride, and crappy theming. My prediction is that PP is temporary, lasting no more than 10 years while TSL is a permanent land.

 

[Professortango1]

Toy Story Land looks cheap, but it still works as a land. We're in Andy's backyard. Slinky looks fun and their TSMM has a superior queue/loading area.

Pixar Pier looks like an ugly hot mess. Its an old school pier, with a Mid Century Modern house and influences in one part. Then it has cheap tacky food stands with cut outs. One looks like a used happy meal. While seeing giant trash works for A Bugs Land, it comes across as tacky and odd when plopped down on a normal-sized pier with nothing else around it. Add a really weak re-theme to a Carousel that won't even be ready till next year and the chance to eat some snowcones that might contain urine, and you have a recipe for a huge dud.

 

[brb1006]

Yup, the award for biggest pile of trash goes to Toy Story Land at Disney Hollywood Studios. 11 acres, 2 new low-capacity mediocre rides, and 300 million dollars of crap.

Paradise Pier was always a weak land, but now it's just a weak land with Pixar IP.

Toy Story Land has a 9 figure dollar budget, a blank slate, a massive plot of land and that's the best they can come up with? For shame!

At least Toy Story Land isn't as tacky as Pixar Pier, at least we don't get tacky hot dog stands or Ice cream shops or an ugly carousel. At least we have two newly built rides and aren't a reskin of a former coaster.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

At least Toy Story Land isn't as tacky as Pixar Pier, at least we don't get tacky hot dog stands or Ice cream shops.

I'm not a fan of the TSLs, but, geez, PIXAR Pier is painful.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Execution aside, TSL at least has some sort of coherent place it's trying to create. Pixar Pier just makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Rich T]

Toy Story Land looks cheap, but it still works as a land. We're in Andy's backyard. Slinky looks fun and their TSMM has a superior queue/loading area.

I don't think anyone ever dreamed of visiting Andy's back yard. Wow. A suburban back yard full of junk. Woo. Hoo. And that said, it's STILL less gross than Pixar Pier.

 

[Professortango1]

I don't think anyone ever dreamed of visiting Andy's back yard. Wow. A suburban back yard full of junk. Woo. Hoo. And that said, it's STILL less gross than Pixar Pier.

I don't know, I loved the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground area. I also love Bugs Land and the long gone Fivel's Play Land. Being tiny in a giant forest of grass and large everyday objects is a fun idea. Seeing a giant Happy Meal in the middle of a pier is tacky and DCA 1.0.