It’s a bit more complicated than that. I’m away from my archive at the moment but I had reason to dig out the original blueprint elevations recently.
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Animaniac93-98
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castlecake2.0
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I guess I never considered Le Cellier as the ground floor of the chateau in my head because they’re actually two separate units on the inside and not connected in the interior at all. The whole second floor of the pavilion is built on the “roof” of Le Cellier, including the stone building and lookout plaza. Then the chateau starts at the plaza with the shop, old break room on second floor and third floor being illuminations tech. The staircase that runs along the interior front wall ends in the shop, none of it connects to the restaurant. So even though the outside looks like one building, it’s actually two. I know this very well because everytime we need new plates for Le cells, you gotta go outside up and around to the storage room in the chateau from the outside because they’re not connected at all.
castlecake2.0
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I see @marni1971 is going to show some blue prints which will better explain what I’m trying to say. But also if you got a picture of the chateau taken from the gardens that will show better the full height of the forced perspective 
. Wasn’t trying to argue with you, I guess I just see it from a different perspective because I was always trapped inside the l’hotel and not viewing it from the different way it was meant to be seen from the park. Also another fact I’ll add is that half of the Le Cellier kitchen is still themed to the buffeteria and still plays the music even though it’s now on the other side of a wall and considered backstage.
. Wasn’t trying to argue with you, I guess I just see it from a different perspective because I was always trapped inside the l’hotel and not viewing it from the different way it was meant to be seen from the park. Also another fact I’ll add is that half of the Le Cellier kitchen is still themed to the buffeteria and still plays the music even though it’s now on the other side of a wall and considered backstage.
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Animaniac93-98
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I wish they'd bring back the shop Les Boutiques des Provinces, it looked so pretty! (though I doubt it does ATM). It closed January 2005.
Apparently the buildings on the left were supposed to be a tourism office, but have always sat empty. I also wish they'd be put to better use as the pavilion does not have any QS food options and only one store:
DecemberIs Canada the next updated Ultimate Tribute video?
castlecake2.0
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It pretty much looks the same inside last time I was in there except now all the shelves are just holding supplies for Canada food & beverage. The drawers of that cash desk the lady is standing at is full of names and dates of former Canadian cast members. The buildings on the other side are now a merchandise stock room instead of the originally planned tourist office. (along with an illuminations control point of some sort, there’s a hatch in the chimney that opens up and a person wearing a big radio sits up there during the show, Look next time during the fireworks)I wish they'd bring back the shop Les Boutiques des Provinces, it looked so pretty! (though I doubt it does ATM). It closed January 2005.
Apparently the buildings on the left were supposed to be a tourism office, but have always sat empty. I also wish they'd be put to better use as the pavilion does not have any QS food options and only one store:
The Empress Lilly
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Wow...Look at that! ♡I wish they'd bring back the shop Les Boutiques des Provinces, it looked so pretty! (though I doubt it does ATM). It closed January 2005.
Apparently the buildings on the left were supposed to be a tourism office, but have always sat empty. I also wish they'd be put to better use as the pavilion does not have any QS food options and only one store:
Prettiness and charm and quaint Canadianess. ♡ Back when EPCOT was timeless, family and Disney.
Animaniac93-98
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Do you know what region the mountains are supposed to represent? I don't recognize their shape/colour from any pictures of or places I've been in the country.
castlecake2.0
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They’re not based off anywhere in particular other than “the west” apparently. The stone houses upstairs are meant to represent the eastern region of the country, the aboriginal building and trading post for the north west, and the little wharf area on the lagoon side for the east coast. Upstairs there’s also a red phone box to signify canada’s connection to the British crown.
Otamin
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Where's the IP though?
