News Reimagined Toontown coming

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Some photos tonight!
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The DIP hose practical effect is back and looking better than ever?! That’s awesome!

 

[TP2000]

I respect her much more now that she's wearing a unisex, shapeless trench coat. I'm immersed in her relevant story!

 

[TP2000]

Dream Tree looks like a standard Disneyland tree but with tripping hazard "roots" all around it. These aren't oversized enough and are just the right height for running kids to trip over.

Look at the concept art, the roots are supposed to be taller than people, yet these are one foot tall maybe?

Yeah, that "Dreaming Tree" area is a mess. Even a decade from now when the tree is larger, or has branches that extend further out, the roots will still look stupid.

And the AstroTurf? It looks like a miniature golf course.

That they actually belched out all the saccharine drivel that they did about Walt sitting underneath this tree dreaming of the future is more our fault for buying it, than it is their fault for belching it out at us. If we keep lapping up all their press releases without question, we deserve this kind of crap.

At least this lady found a use for one of the ugly roots. You lean on it and read the paper map because you didn't download the Disney Hulu Mandatory Fun+ App for your day at the theme park!

 

[TP2000]

Someone on Twitter just tried to say that the Walt Disney Magic Dreaming Tree! looks better at night.

Why, because it's harder to see?

 

[SuddenStorm]

Someone on Twitter just tried to say that the Walt Disney Magic Dreaming Tree! looks better at night.

Why, because it's harder to see?

Those roots look like a tripping hazard

 

[MisterPenguin]

Those roots look like a tripping hazard

Then stay out of the children's play area and stick to the root-free walkways.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Then stay out of the children's play area and stick to the root-free walkways.

I'm just confused what they were trying to accomplish here. If they were gonna have fake tree elements, they should have just designed a play structure to be loosely the shape of a tree.

But instead they decided to put a real tree, with fake roots that aren't at all convincing. Those roots are almost as thick as the tree itself. How are kids supposed to play on them?

 

[SplashJacket]

After seeing the land in person, I am 99% sure they’re going to connect Toontown to Star Wars land, or an entirely new land they build up here.

The area is literally just a wide, spacious walkway to a wall (that perfectly lines up with where a Galaxy’s Edge tunnel would go).

Even if they would start construction tomorrow (they aren’t) it would still take them years to complete, so makes perfect sense for them to make a rest area at the moment, but connecting the pathways is definitely in their master plan.

 

[Movielover]

Aha! So I’m not nuts, See, you notice what I notice. Truth be told, my theory is the ‘initial’ plan was to transform the ride’s theme strictly to tie-in to the recent CG series aimed at preschoolers of Chip n Dale, hence the strange unnecessary rename also. (We ‘all’ know how that is with WDI now in strictly tieing things into recent IP rather than classic or fully original concepts these days) Another faction of Imagineers , was like, ‘nah, this is supposed to appeal to all ages & be a tribute to ‘all’ toons through the years. So they pushed to keep Rescue Rangers theming & succeeded despite pushback from another faction that was trying to be rid of it all (& truth be told, why shouldn’t they keep the RR theme? Not only are views of the original show probably high on Disney + but they just came out with a movie that did super well on top of that). This is why you have 2 clashing visions mixed together in an odd/inconsistent way… You’d think they’d just put Chip ‘n Dale in their Rescue Rangers outfits considering Gadget & Zipper’s appearances. (Oddly missing Monterey Jack too I ought to mention). But yeah, as I said before.. those confusing choices that stick out like a sore thumb (mainly the plans to make things tied into older properties that have longer/larger age appeal into newer ones aimed ‘strictly’ towards preschoolers) in a land that ‘should’ be focused on being a tribute to classic toons (that appeal to all ages as opposed to strictly kids) are thanks to the problematic faction of WDI/Disney corporate that doesn’t have long-lasting/timeless legacy in mind pushing against the faction that actually ‘does’ care and wants it to be as wide appealing & tasteful/thematically consistent as possible. Thanks

After seeing the land in person, I am 99% sure they’re going to connect Toontown to Star Wars land, or an entirely new land they build up here.

The area is literally just a wide, spacious walkway to a wall (that perfectly lines up with where a Galaxy’s Edge tunnel would go).

I don't know, that would be a pretty long tunnel just to link the 2, plus you would have to account for the backstage road that leads to the theater.

 

[Brer Panther]

What was the point of renaming Gadget's Go-Coaster if it was still going to be Rescue Rangers-themed? I mean, I know Chip and Dale are more iconic, but Gadget's name is still in the name of the ride (technically), so...

 

[MisterPenguin]

What was the point of renaming Gadget's Go-Coaster if it was still going to be Rescue Rangers-themed? I mean, I know Chip and Dale are more iconic, but Gadget's name is still in the name of the ride (technically), so...

It was to connect Gadget to C&D.

I never watched the Rescue Rangers animation in my lifetime, and so, I was one of the people who didn't know what a "Go Gadget" was and thought maybe it was connected to Inspector Gadget.

Anchoring "Gadget" with C&D makes it clear which Gadget it is. And putting in a statue of her makes it even more clear.

 

[MisterPenguin]

But instead they decided to put a real tree, with fake roots that aren't at all convincing. Those roots are almost as thick as the tree itself. How are kids supposed to play on them?

Because they are indeed fake and are indeed as thick as the tree itself making them waist-high to tots and totally not a tripping hazard.

Did you want real roots an inch thick barely breaking the surface such that it would actually be a tripping hazard and wind up being worn down by kids playing on them?

This isn't really that hard to wrap one's mind around. It's a children's play area with -- to them -- large plastic things to climb (but not too high).

 

[DKampy]

Yeah, that "Dreaming Tree" area is a mess. Even a decade from now when the tree is larger, or has branches that extend further out, the roots will still look stupid.

And the AstroTurf? It looks like a miniature golf course.

That they actually belched out all the saccharine drivel that they did about Walt sitting underneath this tree dreaming of the future is more our fault for buying it, than it is their fault for belching it out at us. If we keep lapping up all their press releases without question, we deserve this kind of crap.

At least this lady found a use for one of the ugly roots. You lean on it and read the paper map because you didn't download the Disney Hulu Mandatory Fun+ App for your day at the theme park!

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I wonder if people you don’t know enjoy you taking random pictures of them

 

[CaptinEO]

Because they are indeed fake and are indeed as thick as the tree itself making them waist-high to tots and totally not a tripping hazard.

Did you want real roots an inch thick barely breaking the surface such that it would actually be a tripping hazard and wind up being worn down by kids playing on them?

This isn't really that hard to wrap one's mind around. It's a children's play area with -- to them -- large plastic things to climb (but not too high).

These will be gone in one year after kids trip on them or climb and fall off of them.

It amazes me no one at TDA remembers what happened with the play areas of Toon Town 1.0.

 

[Phroobar]

These will be gone in one year after kids trip on them or climb and fall off of them.

It amazes me no one at TDA remembers what happened with the play areas of Toon Town 1.0.

Why would anyone remember that? They didn't work for Disney back then.

 

[CaptinEO]

Why would anyone remember that? They didn't work for Disney back then.

It's called institutional knowledge, when companies document their mistakes as well as lessons learned to aid themselves in the future. A well ran company would do this and continually operate based on lessons learned.

A properly ran TDA should have 6 decades of institutional knowledge from operating theme parks to know what makes a safe play area.

 

[Phroobar]

It's called institutional knowledge, when companies document their mistakes as well as lessons learned to aid themselves in the future. A well ran company would do this and continually operate based on lessons learned.

A properly ran TDA should have 6 decades of institutional knowledge from operating theme parks to know what makes a safe play area.

From my personal experience in corporations, I believe that is myth. Corporations are split up into chiefdoms that don't talk to each other and rotate employees really quickly. No one remembers thirty years ago much less five.

 

[J4546]

I like that Ill be able to watch the tree grow over the years