News Reimagined Toontown coming

[TP2000]

God it’s so bad. Lol. Do we know if this type of tree is a fast grower? I’m comparing to the concept art and see that they may have purposely picked that tree because it was the closest they could find to the actual “Dreaming tree” with that one low large branch coming branching out. Are they actually trying to make this tree look like that particular tree branch for branch? Lol. I thought it was more of a symbolic thing. If this is some attempt at picking the Dreaming Tree’s twin, it’s just another example of they have been prioritizing their skewed view of “story” over placemaking, immersion and aesthetics. With that said there is no excuse for the poor implementation of the fake roots on the ground. Unless, of course they “grow” as the tree gets bigger. Maybe the concept art was showing Dreaming Tree 2045.

It's difficult to say what they were going for here. The tree itself almost seems like an afterthought. I kind of feel sorry for it now!

The tree will obviously leaf out more this spring. It's still in shock from transplanting, and needs a good season of growth. But even five years from now, assuming the fake roots haven't been removed per Legal, the whole "Dreaming Tree!" space is not going to look much different.

I just found this unique angle, taken yesterday from the wheelchair ramp access up to Goofy's playhouse, looking north.

If you fast forward five years, and you get the Disneyland Horticulture Department to bombard this tree with industrial strength fertilizers made from the finest Petroleum byproducts that Texas oil fields can produce, you could get some great growth and greening. The fake AstroTurf lawn in Toontown is already Hosted by Monsanto, so why shouldn't the real trees be too?!?

I took the photo above and grew the branches and fleshed out the leaves and canopy quite a bit, showing what the tree might be able to look like by Summer 2028 or so. But you've still got the AstroTurf and PlayPlace Padding and fake roots going on, so....

Mickey's Toontown - The Place for Play!

Mickey's Toontown is now open at Disneyland and it is the place to play for kids of all ages!

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[TP2000]

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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.

I agree with you. Even if it hasn't been approved, or may never be approved, they're giving themselves an easier job in the future by leaving the old Chip & Dale Treehouse area relatively open and unassuming. This could link to a walkway leading to/from both Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, and whatever land uses the 10 acre expansion plot northwest of this area.

That said, I still chuckle at this sudden and widespread use of AstroTurf in Disneyland. Up until now, this would have been planned as a paved area with some benches or patio tables. Now it's AstroTurf, without any furniture or seating. Why?

This is also a perfect back corner for Disneyland Gangs or Crummy Teen AP's or various Ne'er Do Wells to hang out and stake out their "turf", astro or otherwise.

 

[Figments Friend]

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

Honestly, at first glance I thought this was a scene from Disney’s ‘Dick Tracy’.
Remember that movie….?

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[TP2000]

Honestly, at first glance I thought this was a scene from Disney’s ‘Dick Tracy’.
Remember that movie….?

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Yes! Not only do I remember it, but I remember when Michael Eisner said publicly there would be a Dick Tracy dark ride built at Disneyland.

EDIT: Um... so we can now type Dick Tracy on this site? Can we also now type the name of Disney Legend, Dick Nunis?

EDIT 2: Oh my gosh! The naughty word software got fixed! We don't have to call him Richard Nunis any longer! Hooray for maturity!

 

[mickEblu]

Yes! Not only do I remember it, but I remember when Michael Eisner said publicly there would be a Dick Tracy dark ride built at Disneyland.

EDIT: Um... so we can now type Dick Tracy on this site? Can we also now type the name of Disney Legend, Dick Nunis?

EDIT 2: Oh my gosh! The naughty word software got fixed! We don't have to call him Richard Nunis any longer! Hooray for maturity!

Dick Van !

EDIT: apparently not all the words got fixed.

 

[TP2000]

Dick Van !

EDIT: apparently not all the words for fixed.

Oh, Gawd. I needed that one! Thank you for the laugh.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[Disney Analyst]

Some great insight here on the land, calming it down, sound design, etc.

 

[SuddenStorm]

It's difficult to say what they were going for here. The tree itself almost seems like an afterthought. I kind of feel sorry for it now!

The tree will obviously leaf out more this spring. It's still in shock from transplanting, and needs a good season of growth. But even five years from now, assuming the fake roots haven't been removed per Legal, the whole "Dreaming Tree!" space is not going to look much different.

I just found this unique angle, taken yesterday from the wheelchair ramp access up to Goofy's playhouse, looking north.

If you fast forward five years, and you get the Disneyland Horticulture Department to bombard this tree with industrial strength fertilizers made from the finest Petroleum byproducts that Texas oil fields can produce, you could get some great growth and greening. The fake AstroTurf lawn in Toontown is already Hosted by Monsanto, so why shouldn't the real trees be too?!?

I took the photo above and grew the branches and fleshed out the leaves and canopy quite a bit, showing what the tree might be able to look like by Summer 2028 or so. But you've still got the AstroTurf and PlayPlace Padding and fake roots going on, so....

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Mickey's Toontown - The Place for Play!

Mickey's Toontown is now open at Disneyland and it is the place to play for kids of all ages!

dapsmagic.com

Remember the days when Disneyland horticulture were the best in the business? The place advertised a world class horticulture department for decades.

In the past year they've been reduced to astroturf, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be.

 

[Movielover]

Maybe they just waited too long before heading down to the tree lot?

pickings were a little slim.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Remember they days when Disneyland horticulture were the best in the business? The place advertised a world class horticulture department for decades.

In the past year they've been reduced to astroturf, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be.

It's a play area, not a garden.

 

[Californian Elitist]

It's a play area, not a garden.

I know you like to give Disney passes, but what Sudden said is absolutely true and they weren’t referring to Toontown alone, but the entire park.

There could be a number of sensible reasons why the horticulture side if Disneyland is different now (drought, understaffed, etc.), but the truth is the truth.

 

[Phroobar]

I think we were all expecting an artificial tree similar to Tarzan's treehouse tree. This one looks like the same species of tree that stood in the Pirates queue and outside of Indiana Jones. I'm surprised they didn't plan three or four of these in that area. You see these everywhere at Disneyland.

How come they couldn't just copy this one?

 

[TP2000]

I particularly liked this photo of a Toontown CM just before park opening this past Saturday.

He's dreaming of a better shift, somewhere else.

 

[Nirya]

I like a lot of what I've seen of the redone ToonTown, but the Dreaming Tree or whatever is just hilariously bad. It reads like something they planned out and then forgot about, and as it got close to the opening they had to scramble and ended up with this.

 

[Phroobar]

That kind of tree would never have those kind of roots. I've never seen a tree that had roots wider in circumference than the trunk.

 

[Suspirian]

That kind of tree would never have those kind of roots. I've never seen a tree that had roots wider in circumference than the trunk.

I mean sure but it's a land about cartoons I don't think realism is the goal. If anything the whole tree should've been fake tbh. I think this will be cute when it grows though.

 

[MisterPenguin]

That kind of tree would never have those kind of roots. I've never seen a tree that had roots wider in circumference than the trunk.

Come back in 50 years.

 

[Phroobar]

Come back in 50 years.

It still won't. That species doesn't get much wider.

 

[Phroobar]

I mean sure but it's a land about cartoons I don't think realism is the goal. If anything the whole tree should've been fake tbh. I think this will be cute when it grows though.

It is just an expansion pad anyway. The only reason it is there is for additional queue space and Disney cheeping out on building a new structure.