PREVIOUSLY ON THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE....
Sticking with our hotel challenge from
Season 1,
Lucasfilm Studios came up with an idea that visually sounds fantastic with the attraction
It's a Small World being integrated into their new resort idea. Not to mention their ideas for a redo of the attraction itself.
presents...
It's A Small World Moderate Resort
Welcome to the It's a small world Resort!
Location
The attraction it's a small world will be rerouted and outdoors with the new resort. Similar to the Venice canals, it's a small world will now sail through the resort, which has premium access to the Magic Kingdom Park. The railroad will also go through the main facade and be rerouted to look similar to Disneyland in California. it's a small world will be a moderate resort that requires bus transportation to all parks, or walking through the Magic Kingdom to get to the Monorail line to Epcot.
By remodeling it's a small world, it will still be keeping the same themes of the ride, but be all outdoors and immersive in this new Fantasyland attraction. There will be three wings to start the resort, and like Pop Century, the resort will have a Phase 2 expansion plan to include three more wings to the resort based on other continents around the world.
Walking into the resort from the Magic Kingdom, guests will walk around the grand Mary Blair inspired facade, larger than any other facade in Disney Parks. Inside will be a colorful 2 story lobby with a food court, World Gifts shopping center, and a small quick service ice cream shop. Once through the lobby, guests can walk to one of three resort wings to get to their rooms.
Europe Wing:
Welcome to the Europe Wing of our It's a Small World Resort.
Park your car in either Matterhorn Lot One or Two. Then, walk up to the entrance and enjoy the courtyard.
In the middle is the Mediterranean Pool. There is a water slide, but it is based off of monsters in the sea. On the backside of the pool is the Greece-y (Name subject to change) Cafe. Here serves Greek food in an outdoor cafe.
To the left is the Matterhorn Building, to the right is the Big Ben Building. There are two buildings in total.
The Big Ben Building will not actually be shaped like Big Ben, but it will be painted on the exterior to look like Big Ben, like AoA's Cars Area. Inside will feature paintings and colors in the style of Europe.
Each building will have a main point, which will include a sitting area and information about the continent of Europe. Each building will have 225 buildings span across five floors.
Big Ben Building will have 15 deluxe rooms which have a living space, small kitchen, full bathroom, balcony, and separate bedroom. A standard room will feature a mini-fridge, microwave, ottoman and table, 2 queens or 1 king bed/s, full bathroom, and balcony. The theme of the rooms will be old-style English buildings.
The Matterhorn Building will be like the Big Ben Building. The exterior will be a Mary Blair style Alps Mountain. The room colors will be white and blue. Again, 15 deluxe rooms featuring the same as the Big Ben.
This is just a thought, some of this will probably change, and to me, the style and coloring is seeming like a Value resort. But, comment about it and I'll revise it if needed.
Asian Wing:
At the Asian Wing of the it's a small world resort, guests will walk through a Mary Blair inspired Nepal village, and walk through towards two identically designed Japanese gardens, which are each in front of 3 story guest buildings. The guest buildings themselves are designed similarly to the facade of it's a small world at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort, and have distinct influences from asian culture. A chinese dragon can be seen on top of one of the building rooftops, the numbers and sayings on the walls are written in Japanese, and Mongolian wildlife can be seen drawn into the facade.
Given that this is a moderate resort, the rooms sleep 4, with different views. The standard garden view, the Magic Kingdom view, and suite level. There are roughly 200 standard garden rooms, 50 Magic Kingdom view rooms, and 25 suites, for a total of 275 guest rooms in this wing.
South America Wing:
Enter into a jungle themed region with hippo animatronics and swinging vines in a rainforest. The 300 guest rooms in this wing are themed to the countries of Chile and Argentina. In the rainforest will be a quiet pool and bird exhibit.
Pool:
Themed to the south pacific, the pool will be in the center of the resort, near the main lobby. There will be a 200 foot slide attached to it.
Nighttime Effects:
At night, the small world facade will light up and dance colorfully to music and the Magic Kingdom fireworks.
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But, since this is a film-based competition, I will be amongst the audience and enjoy the show!
