It's inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture, which is really nicely communicated through the slanting roof of the lobby, light fixtures through the main building, etc. The hotel is not quite as bombastic in its theming as the Wilderness Lodge, but as someone who likes Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture enough to travel out to Scottsdale, Arizona to see Taliesin West, the hotel theming works like a charm for me!
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Like the Sausalito box, this show building’s exterior envelope is made of insulated metal panels intended to hold up little else besides themselves. The areas you point to are just part of construction and the water management for the area. Anything added would be after the fact, not part of the planned design.I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until the project is complete, at least for small sightline issues like this. (Larger ones like from across the lagoon are another matter entirely) I like to point to the Fantasyland Expansion as a semi-recent example. During previews from just outside the bathrooms by Gaston's Tavern you could see the top couple of feet of a very unthemed Little Mermaid queue building over the wall. Within a few weeks it had been painted and moulding had been added to blend in with the surrounding buildings.
If there's a plan for taking care of this view, I'd expect it to be way toward the end of the construction timeline...
Edit to add: Two things give me hope... One, the little area immediately behind that wall is currently dirt. (I tried to find older aerial images to see if it's always been dirt, but I wasn't able to find anything)
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And also as seen on the plans showing the scope of the project, this little corner is included as being within the bounds of the project.
Might not mean anything, they may just be following the edge of all of those buildings, but it gives me hope...Ratatouille at Epcot's France Pavilion plans
Ratatouille at Epcot's France Pavilion plans
-Rob
Fingers crossed, I'm finally taking a trip to France next year. 2-3 days in DLP (I was looking at airbnbs when a friend and I were thinking about a trip this fall, and they were a lot cheaper than I was expecting), then 10 days exploring the rest of the country. Is there anything new coming to DLP within the next year that I should be looking out for? New rides or refurbs?
They’ve begun the Marvel land at WDSP but I doubt anything will be ready next year unless the RnRC overhaul can be done in a year. Towers getting random profiles. Autopia is being rebuilt and reopens later this year.
Marvel Paris is just the weak Spider-Man ride and the Iron Man coaster, right? Sorry for the negativity, but the Spider-Man ride at Universal just sounds leagues better than what Disney is coming up with.
I second this wholeheartedly. My wife and I thought two would be enough and we were sorely mistaken. I'd say two days minimum just for the MK.If you’ve never been you’ll need at least 3 days
Sounds? You’ve never been on it?!?!?!
Lol I have been on it, a few times, but the new Spidey ride isn’t out yetSounds? You’ve never been on it?!?!?!
It opened 20 years ago and is still one of their very best rides.
OhLol I have been on it, a few times, but the new Spidey ride isn’t out yet
