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Storybook Circus
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janoimagine
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They are for Casey Jr ... part of the expansion that has yet to be revealed.
Magic Lamp
Member
The story is that the Casey Jr. train brought the circus to town (Fantasyland) permanently, hence why they cut off its access to the main railroad, bricked up the tracks on the circus grounds and repurposed the roundhouse at the station.
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
So much for the aesthetic approach of making everything in the Magic Kingdoms look pristine.
Tough luck Walt, some lower level imagineer knows better. :wave:
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
what? It's actually very clever theming...
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
I totally agree.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
It will be a lot more apparent when the water play area is finished. The play area will be themed to look like the turntable outside the roundhouse. You can currently see this spur track leading up to the wall, and then three spurs heading from behind the wall and into the roundhouse (bathrooms). Inside the bathrooms there are even tile patterns in the floor where the "tracks" used to be inside.
Now what would be cool would be if the water play area actually *was* a working turntable that rotated ever-so-slowly...
-Rob
Prototype82
Well-Known Member
Ever hear of something called storytelling? Walt was kind of into that. Would you be happier if Imagineering dug up the cleverly placed peanuts out of the Dumbo sidewalk? Or maybe the Haunted Mansion should dust up its cobwebs or the themed worn-out and weathered architecture in Animal Kingdom be painted to look like plastic. Maybe the UK pavilion should paint over those nasty smoke stains on the chimneys too. I bet Hogsmeade's slanted roofs and caving ceilings drive you nuts. :ROFLOL:
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Have you been to Liberty Square or Frontierland? There are architectural components of both of those lands that are made to look aged.
jayhawkmickey
Well-Known Member
So much for the aesthetic approach of making everything in the Magic Kingdoms look pristine.
Tough luck Walt, some lower level imagineer knows better. :wave:[/QUOTE]
Hmmmmm, Haunted Mansion (aged), POTC (aged), Frontierland (aged), all of animal kingdom (aged), Yep sounds fine to me. Nice job imagineers. :wave:
Tough luck Walt, some lower level imagineer knows better. :wave:[/QUOTE]
Hmmmmm, Haunted Mansion (aged), POTC (aged), Frontierland (aged), all of animal kingdom (aged), Yep sounds fine to me. Nice job imagineers. :wave:
Magic Lamp
Member
I forgot to mention the turntable, of course. Here's a picture of the model to illustrate how it all is connected:
I didn't know about the floor in the bathrooms, I've completely missed that detail!
jt04
Well-Known Member
Appreciate the details. I am sure the FLE will have many more.
Captain Neo
Well-Known Member
We are talking about Magic Kingdom not AK. and Jayhawk is right Walt wanted the Magic Kingdom park to look pristine and that includes the Haunted Mansion (they even jokingly said "Disney takes care of the outside, the ghosts take care of the inside") There is nothing from the original Adventureland or Frontierland that does not look pristine.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
The track does not look at all like it would connect. The elevation difference is too much for a train.
So the building in Tom Sawyer's Island, in Disneyland, a park Walt himself helped design, isn't supposed to look weathered? Right. :ROFLOL:
Walt was all about the effects and the weathered look of the architecture and if it called for it that was exactly what he would have done.
I honestly didn't mean to step on anyone toes with my posting of this thread. I was just curious about the back story, if there was one, to the tracks. Yikes.
The Empress Lilly
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Pirates and the Mansion have pristine façades. By deliberate design. Inside they can tell their stories, but on the outside, they are designed just like the rest of the MK: absolutely pristine. All of MS and Liberty Square and New Orleans and the castles and walls are perfectly pristine. Everything in absolute mint condition.
This was Walt's well-documented vision for the Magic Kingdoms.
Adventureland and Frontierland are allowed a bit of an adventureous look, but here too, nothing (except inside the rides) is broken.
This is the clean, safe, architecture of reassurance on which the MKs are build. EPCOT follows the same principle. As does the 'theme park' area of the studios. To form a contrast with them, the studios area of DHS and most of DAK do aim for a 'used, authentic' look.
http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index335.html
Walt decided to expand Disneyland, to include a new land called "New Orleans Square", which would contain new shops, restaurants, and a haunted mansion. The foundation for the façade of the Plantation style mansion took place in 1962. Early concepts for a neglected looking house were replaced with Walt's preference, a clean, well-preserved façade, which matched the pristine look of the rest of the park. Walt said "We'll take care of the outside and let the ghosts take care of the inside".
This was Walt's well-documented vision for the Magic Kingdoms.
Adventureland and Frontierland are allowed a bit of an adventureous look, but here too, nothing (except inside the rides) is broken.
This is the clean, safe, architecture of reassurance on which the MKs are build. EPCOT follows the same principle. As does the 'theme park' area of the studios. To form a contrast with them, the studios area of DHS and most of DAK do aim for a 'used, authentic' look.
http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index335.html
Walt decided to expand Disneyland, to include a new land called "New Orleans Square", which would contain new shops, restaurants, and a haunted mansion. The foundation for the façade of the Plantation style mansion took place in 1962. Early concepts for a neglected looking house were replaced with Walt's preference, a clean, well-preserved façade, which matched the pristine look of the rest of the park. Walt said "We'll take care of the outside and let the ghosts take care of the inside".
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
Clever themes and clever backstory get you Chester and Hester.
Clever parkbuilding along traditional lines gets you Disneyland.