Disney Rocks
Active Member
I prefer seeing the castle than the view we will get from the new dumbos
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Permits Filed for Phase 2
- Thread starter Tom
- Start date
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
I never suggested anyone's vacation would be ruined. I just prefer that, when WDW gets funding, which doesn't happen very often anymore, it is spent on improving guest experience.
Which guests would that be? The ones who appreciate the efforts being put into the FLE, or the ones who are upset that they may have a view of the Speedway from Dumbo?
Give it time to pan out.....
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
I do "appreciate the efforts," but I don't view them with rose-tinted glasses.
And if I am supposed to wait until they are done w/ this project before commenting, we might as well close this Fantasyland Expansion board.
And because after all, there's nothing better than passing judgment based on permits being filed....
jt04
Well-Known Member
I doubt seriously that the speedway will be visible in any significant way.
I don't believe it will either. But even if it were, I don't see it as being a big deal in the end. Not with all of the effort being put into the FLE overall....
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I think the bigger question it what are you going to see out the front of Dumbo? Now that pixie hollow is allegedly dead, what is going to go in the area where the rest of toontown is now.
Dan
Dan
jt04
Well-Known Member
I guess I would see as a big deal if the raceway was intruding on Dumboland as I think it is vital that the illusion be maintained. But I am somewhat of an old school purist. There has just been too much compromise in recent years at Disney parks. Lasseter seems to have brought that to a screeching halt however. He definitely understands the product.
It appears to me that the 'tent' will mask Tomorrowland quite well and I am not the least bit worried. :lookaroun Really.
Disney Rocks
Active Member
I thought the Circusland gift shop tents.
I think between whatever "walls" they can put into place, along with the foliage that they seem to move around at will, the FLE will merge into TL and the Speedway area fairly seamlessly. Will it be perfect? Probably not to all. But I also don't think they'll necessarily cut corners there either....
And besides, this is still a discussion about the permits (or was
). A "wait and see" attitude (to me) isn't a rose-colored appraisal, it's pragmatism......
BriEcho3194
Well-Known Member
BriEcho3194
Well-Known Member
Maybe what they could do for the whole Dumbo view lol is maybe trees? IDK Im just thinking :ROFLOL: LOL Maybe those barricades which someone mentioned earlier are to block the view from Dumbo! lol But Im not quite sure about that lol
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Screamscapce has a link to a site with some new pictures of the Speedway. It clearly looks like they are moving that turn in a bit and away from where Dumbo will be.
I tried posting a link directly to the site where the pictures are, but it got removed from the post. Anyone know why? Is that site forbidden for some reason?
Seeing those photos, I would completely agree that they're literally moving the track.
S
stphnbogert
yes. i was under the assumption the final turn was going to be sharper/shorter than what it is now.
thats why they're working on one lane at a time that way you can construct on the ride without shutting it down.
thats why they're working on one lane at a time that way you can construct on the ride without shutting it down.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
That seems like a very poor use of the budget if they really are moving that corner.
Studios Fan
Active Member
Yeah it looks like it is going to veer in more to the left as opposed to the current lanes.
flavious27
Well-Known Member
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I think it makes sense. Once Dumbo moves into that space any land behind it (between the Raceway and Barnstormer) will become unusable dead space. By alterting that curve, which in the grand scheme is probably not a very expensive change, it will let them tuck Dumbo back as far as they can and leave more space up front.