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"Surf Shop"
- Thread starter MikeHolden23
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Disneyson 1
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Wow! Good for you guys! Hmmm, well, you could have some planters outside of the shop filled with sand and planted with sea grass, and you could also paint the floors a sandy color or wooden like a boardwalk and paint a simple mural of the ocean on the wall (and if you're artistic, paint a seagull flying on the mural or, better yet, on the ceiling!). I have no idea how this place looks, but you could put some wooden boards painted white on the counter and on the walls in front of the kitchen and make a fake lifeguard station (really the kitchen!). That's all I've got now, I'm sure you can get a lot of help from our fellow Imagineers!
Wannabe Walt
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Could you explain what the building looks like already? That would really help. And, are you going for a steriotypical California Surf-Shop kind of style? If so, then I have a few ideas for you!
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Wannabe Walt
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This sounds awesome! I am an architecture student at Kansas State University, so... if you want me to, you could get me some more details about the building and I could do some legit arch. work for you. No pay involved, unless you felt the need. I would be glad to do it. I could do some floorplan ideas, elevations, a few 3d renderings. Just tell me what you want, I'll add "my creative touch" and hopefully you'd like it. What do you say??? 
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Wannabe Walt
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Awesom Mike! I will sent you a private message with more details.
I forget if I already stated that he wants to get a big-screen television and channel a live web-cam feed from a website that provides constant video of someplace such as keywest beach or some other beachy-type area.>>>>>
Showing some surfing from a local beach, the islands, etc. would be good but Key West isn't noted for surfing. Where is the shop going to be located?
Showing some surfing from a local beach, the islands, etc. would be good but Key West isn't noted for surfing. Where is the shop going to be located?
Disneyson 1
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Great ideas here! Just a few thoughts:
-The star things are a good idea, but would be strange in the daytime (black sky in the daytime?). I suggest using this ( http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1959&dc=nextag0907 ) or something like it so you can switch it on and off in the day and in the night
- The T.V. is a good idea. It should be put in somewhere as a fake "window" to add realism.
-Put some fake (or real) palm trees in the corners of the store to hide the corners. If the corners showed, that would blow the whole beach illusion.
- For lighting, have some tiki torches inside the store using those fake fire lights
with the mini fans. That would be cool! At the tables put in those little light-up tea lights.
-As for the window, I have no idea. They could remove your diners from the relaxing beach feeling and ruin the mood. Tiki curtains? I don't know.
-Animatronic parrot at the reservation desk?
-For Holloween, you could have a full sized skeleton in swimming trunks holding a surfboard, some spooky video on the T.V., purple and green lighting, and here's a crazy idea: every hour on the hour starting at the time when you put the star lights on, you have a thunder sound effect play, a flash of lightning ( the dimming of the main lighting leaving only the tea lights on, then in the semi-darkness, have a strobe light flash), and (if the mall allows it) turn a smoke machine on for half a minute to get the real spooky effect!
- For Christmas (Holiday Time), string lights in the palm trees and put in some of those light-up palm trees and light-up flamingos to create a holiday feeling. If you really want to wow the customers, every hour on the hour say over a loudspeaker: "Attention: a snowstorm has changed courses and is now coming towards the beach! A snowstorm is coming toward the beach!". Then turn on a snow machine and: voila! instant snowstorm!
I hope that helped a little!
-The star things are a good idea, but would be strange in the daytime (black sky in the daytime?). I suggest using this ( http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1959&dc=nextag0907 ) or something like it so you can switch it on and off in the day and in the night
- The T.V. is a good idea. It should be put in somewhere as a fake "window" to add realism.
-Put some fake (or real) palm trees in the corners of the store to hide the corners. If the corners showed, that would blow the whole beach illusion.
- For lighting, have some tiki torches inside the store using those fake fire lights
with the mini fans. That would be cool! At the tables put in those little light-up tea lights.
-As for the window, I have no idea. They could remove your diners from the relaxing beach feeling and ruin the mood. Tiki curtains? I don't know.
-Animatronic parrot at the reservation desk?
-For Holloween, you could have a full sized skeleton in swimming trunks holding a surfboard, some spooky video on the T.V., purple and green lighting, and here's a crazy idea: every hour on the hour starting at the time when you put the star lights on, you have a thunder sound effect play, a flash of lightning ( the dimming of the main lighting leaving only the tea lights on, then in the semi-darkness, have a strobe light flash), and (if the mall allows it) turn a smoke machine on for half a minute to get the real spooky effect!
- For Christmas (Holiday Time), string lights in the palm trees and put in some of those light-up palm trees and light-up flamingos to create a holiday feeling. If you really want to wow the customers, every hour on the hour say over a loudspeaker: "Attention: a snowstorm has changed courses and is now coming towards the beach! A snowstorm is coming toward the beach!". Then turn on a snow machine and: voila! instant snowstorm!
I hope that helped a little!
Wannabe Walt
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I'm really liking some of the ideas you all are posting for their shop! I will do my best to incorporate them into my designs. As of now, I'm thinking fiber optics for the stars...that's yet to be decided though.