Greetings fellow Armchair Imagineers! After Season 16 came to a very satisfying close with @Disney Dad 3000 being crowned the game's latest champion, it's time to officially announce the theme and twists coming your way for Season 17...the follow-up to Sorcerer's Apprentice and the tentpole competition of this board's summer season. Season 17 has the subtitle of The International Edition. As the game goes on, my goal of having each and every project be unique becomes harder and harder. One of the areas that we've never really ventured fully into though, is the international parks. There's just so much untapped potential there, which is why I thought it'd be the perfect theme.
For season 17 you will be divided up into teams based on the countries which play host to Disney Parks resorts. The three main teams will be Team Europe, Team China, and Team Tokyo. Team Europe will work a little differently and will feature a component of coming up with a second resort apart from Disneyland Paris given the fact that a big Walt Disney Studios expansion is coming and the Disneyland Paris park itself is both being covered on Sorcerer's Apprentice and doesn't have much space. Team China will design for both Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland, while Team Tokyo will have the honor of designing for the most popular and critically acclaimed theme park destination in the world.
As we move forward, there will be retrospective podcasts which include a ranking of the game's 15 winners (including how Basketbuddy's two winning games stack up against each other) as well as interviews with various Season 16 players not the least being winner Disney Dad and runner up @pixie_princess. We'll also be hosting ParkBuilders Unite prompt in which we'll be slowly building the second European Disney resort which Team Europe will have access to at the start of the game.
In the spirit of Sorcerer's Apprentice, starting in May you may reserve a Fastpass ranking your preference in what team you'd like to be on. This will be first come first serve so if your first choice is filled up by the time you reserve a Fastpass you'll get your second choice and so-on. Of course in the spirit of So, You Want to be an Imagineer and team-based gameplay, Walt's Vault will make its triumphant return to twist up the game for those brave enough to open it. Along with traditional team swaps, don't expect to be working on the same set of parks the whole game. Lastly it's my sincere honor to announce @JokersWild as my co-host who will be helping with written reviews and coming up with the project roster. He won't be able to do the podcasts, but he'll be a great return to having a big text-based personality as a co-host in the same way MEW and I ran the game in the seasons 6-10 era.
All that in mind, I present you with the first logo we've had for a season in god knows how long...
For season 17 you will be divided up into teams based on the countries which play host to Disney Parks resorts. The three main teams will be Team Europe, Team China, and Team Tokyo. Team Europe will work a little differently and will feature a component of coming up with a second resort apart from Disneyland Paris given the fact that a big Walt Disney Studios expansion is coming and the Disneyland Paris park itself is both being covered on Sorcerer's Apprentice and doesn't have much space. Team China will design for both Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland, while Team Tokyo will have the honor of designing for the most popular and critically acclaimed theme park destination in the world.
As we move forward, there will be retrospective podcasts which include a ranking of the game's 15 winners (including how Basketbuddy's two winning games stack up against each other) as well as interviews with various Season 16 players not the least being winner Disney Dad and runner up @pixie_princess. We'll also be hosting ParkBuilders Unite prompt in which we'll be slowly building the second European Disney resort which Team Europe will have access to at the start of the game.
In the spirit of Sorcerer's Apprentice, starting in May you may reserve a Fastpass ranking your preference in what team you'd like to be on. This will be first come first serve so if your first choice is filled up by the time you reserve a Fastpass you'll get your second choice and so-on. Of course in the spirit of So, You Want to be an Imagineer and team-based gameplay, Walt's Vault will make its triumphant return to twist up the game for those brave enough to open it. Along with traditional team swaps, don't expect to be working on the same set of parks the whole game. Lastly it's my sincere honor to announce @JokersWild as my co-host who will be helping with written reviews and coming up with the project roster. He won't be able to do the podcasts, but he'll be a great return to having a big text-based personality as a co-host in the same way MEW and I ran the game in the seasons 6-10 era.
All that in mind, I present you with the first logo we've had for a season in god knows how long...
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