Earl Sweatpants
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Very well then...
Ummm...that battle escape building is probably getting bigger as we speak...
Ummm...that battle escape building is probably getting bigger as we speak...
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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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Curious Constance
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Don't you mean "Alcatraz" is probably getting bigger as we speak?
Earl Sweatpants
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Oops, sorry. Forgot we were still using code names.
yookeroo
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I never said it was necessary. Just that the incentives one way are HUGE. So big that it's very hard to go a different direction without a lot of risk. As a business decision, it's really hard to blame them. It's been working pretty great so far.
Earl Sweatpants
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I DO understand what you're saying and where you're coming from. Our disconnect stems from me being stubborn and not being willing to let go of what Disneyland should be (in my mind), and fully seeing it as a functioning business entity, which it currently very much is. It certainly isn't gonna change any time soon, and that's gonna have to be OK with me.
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Earl Sweatpants
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Almost like clockwork...
TP2000
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Isn't she great? She jumps in the backseat in traffic to get us some new footage from a new angle!
They are putting another level on top of the giant ride building (Battle Escape? Alcatraz? Escape From Alcatraz? No wonder WDI calls it Alcatraz), which looks to be about a 12 foot tall attic level likely for HVAC and building support systems. That building is huge, and has two levels about 30 feet tall each. That's like stacking two Small World rides on top of each other. This has to be one of the biggest ride buildings at Disneyland, and would seem to rival the big Epcot pavilions for Exxon and GM for size and scope. Huge!
And at the 7:00 mark, that big round mechanism-thing they are building on the other end of the same building is getting even more rebar, more support steel, and more reinforcing.
Whatever that thing does, it's been engineered to take the load of a Saturn V rocket at liftoff.
They are putting another level on top of the giant ride building (Battle Escape? Alcatraz? Escape From Alcatraz? No wonder WDI calls it Alcatraz), which looks to be about a 12 foot tall attic level likely for HVAC and building support systems. That building is huge, and has two levels about 30 feet tall each. That's like stacking two Small World rides on top of each other. This has to be one of the biggest ride buildings at Disneyland, and would seem to rival the big Epcot pavilions for Exxon and GM for size and scope. Huge!
And at the 7:00 mark, that big round mechanism-thing they are building on the other end of the same building is getting even more rebar, more support steel, and more reinforcing.
Whatever that thing does, it's been engineered to take the load of a Saturn V rocket at liftoff.
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Disney Analyst
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Hmm. That round part. An elevator with an almost fully circular screen perhaps?
Phroobar
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I guess it isn't an elevator since it has concrete beams in the middle of it. Maybe it's a spiral ramp to the basement?
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Deleted member 107043
I assume there will be rock formations constructed atop some of the buildings too, similar to Pandora at WDW.
Earl Sweatpants
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Correct. I expect the whole building to have a rock-facade. In the concept art, the building itself is almost indistinguishable.
truecoat
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britain
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Interesting! I know martin said there wouldn't be any inclines for the vehicles to go on, just elevators, due to limitations of the vehicles if power goes down. But if it's a wrapping conveyer belt, and the vehicles remain stationery on it... maybe. Again, interesting.
britain
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I love this shot from mintcrocodile's new update!
What a crazy project! Designing something that works in one context and still works three hundred yards (and a galaxy) away in a different context.
They must have used up all their "Must make theming work from all angles" cards here so there's nothing left to use on GotG!
What a crazy project! Designing something that works in one context and still works three hundred yards (and a galaxy) away in a different context.
They must have used up all their "Must make theming work from all angles" cards here so there's nothing left to use on GotG!
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Earl Sweatpants
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Interesting use of the dark shadowing effects...but a striking image at the same time.
britain
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Yeah I think those are trees obscuring the view.
Earl Sweatpants
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Could be. Natural vignetting.
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Deleted member 107043
I think the shot was taken through a small hole/space in the fencing causing the vignette effect.