PerGron
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So you could say that they brought peace, freedom, and security to their new empire?
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The House of the Future - Week 10
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NigelChanning
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DashHaber
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From a certain point of view.
PerGron
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On his grand adventures across the globe, Dr. Everett Erie stopped by a Sherpa’s village at the base of the mighty Himalayan Mountain range. These sherpas provided Erie with a guide as he trekked up the great mountains that lie by, but before his expedition set off, he met with the village and discussed their legends.
At a dinner of Sherpa stew (goat, chicken, potato, and other vegetables), the village elders told stories of the mountains, including of the yetis, fearsome ape-like monsters that hunted and killed humans, as well as tales of dragons and mountain gods. However, one story stuck out to Erie the most: The City in the Clouds.
According to legend, The great city of Yùn Chèng was the home of a divine sect of peaceful monks who served as the gateway between the spirit world and the living world. These monks took vows of vegetarianism, vowing to never hurt a living being that they guarded. Throughout history, these monks (known colloquially as “Peacemakers”) faced trial after trial, defending the world from threats both human and supernatural. These vows were strict as the peacemakers were the greatest army in the world, so they must use their might only to guard the living. Yet, in times of war and great struggle, the Sherpas believed that the army of peacemakers would emerge from the Yùn Chèng and return to defeat the armies of darkness.
This story of a utopian kingdom in the clouds intrigued and excited Erie, who demanded he be taken there. The sherpas claimed the gates were sealed and that no mortal may enter there, saying that to enter you must become enlightened. Erie ignored their messages and set out the next day in search of the mystical city. The villagers warned him again, but he was adamant, declaring he would be the first to step foot in the great city and would bring each Sherpa back a piece of gold from the city as a promise.
After nearly two weeks of hiking the mountain ranges, Erie gave up, having not even located the great city. Rather than admitting defeat, he painted rocks into gold and would bring those back to the Sherpa village as “proof” he had visited Yùn Chèng. Just as he began his descent back, he noticed a massive city standing on the cliff face. He began his hike and came across the city after another five days of hiking.
Once in the city, the monks revealed themselves, welcoming him but warning him to flee. At this point, Erie and his men had already used almost all of their resources, and because of this, were cold, hungry, and exhausted. Honor-bound to assist the men, the monks housed them, providing them with meals and housing, but also told the men of the dangers they have put themselves in by coming this far. The men were eventually nursed back to health and were ushered out. The monks warned Erie to not let his curiosity get the best of him and to learn restraint, saying “not every corner of the globe must be explored.”
With that, Erie and his men made their way down the mountains, hiking another week and a half. They returned to the Sherpa village and Erie told them he had obtained gold there, but provided not a nugget. The Sherpa looked on, not believing him but surprised he had survived having been gone for so long. Erie looked at them all and told them “Here’s your gold. Some things are better off left alone. If we exploit everything, nothing remains sacred.”
With that, he thanked his guides and returned to his ship, sailing off for his next adventure, probably ignoring his newfound wisdom.
At a dinner of Sherpa stew (goat, chicken, potato, and other vegetables), the village elders told stories of the mountains, including of the yetis, fearsome ape-like monsters that hunted and killed humans, as well as tales of dragons and mountain gods. However, one story stuck out to Erie the most: The City in the Clouds.
According to legend, The great city of Yùn Chèng was the home of a divine sect of peaceful monks who served as the gateway between the spirit world and the living world. These monks took vows of vegetarianism, vowing to never hurt a living being that they guarded. Throughout history, these monks (known colloquially as “Peacemakers”) faced trial after trial, defending the world from threats both human and supernatural. These vows were strict as the peacemakers were the greatest army in the world, so they must use their might only to guard the living. Yet, in times of war and great struggle, the Sherpas believed that the army of peacemakers would emerge from the Yùn Chèng and return to defeat the armies of darkness.
This story of a utopian kingdom in the clouds intrigued and excited Erie, who demanded he be taken there. The sherpas claimed the gates were sealed and that no mortal may enter there, saying that to enter you must become enlightened. Erie ignored their messages and set out the next day in search of the mystical city. The villagers warned him again, but he was adamant, declaring he would be the first to step foot in the great city and would bring each Sherpa back a piece of gold from the city as a promise.
After nearly two weeks of hiking the mountain ranges, Erie gave up, having not even located the great city. Rather than admitting defeat, he painted rocks into gold and would bring those back to the Sherpa village as “proof” he had visited Yùn Chèng. Just as he began his descent back, he noticed a massive city standing on the cliff face. He began his hike and came across the city after another five days of hiking.
Once in the city, the monks revealed themselves, welcoming him but warning him to flee. At this point, Erie and his men had already used almost all of their resources, and because of this, were cold, hungry, and exhausted. Honor-bound to assist the men, the monks housed them, providing them with meals and housing, but also told the men of the dangers they have put themselves in by coming this far. The men were eventually nursed back to health and were ushered out. The monks warned Erie to not let his curiosity get the best of him and to learn restraint, saying “not every corner of the globe must be explored.”
With that, Erie and his men made their way down the mountains, hiking another week and a half. They returned to the Sherpa village and Erie told them he had obtained gold there, but provided not a nugget. The Sherpa looked on, not believing him but surprised he had survived having been gone for so long. Erie looked at them all and told them “Here’s your gold. Some things are better off left alone. If we exploit everything, nothing remains sacred.”
With that, he thanked his guides and returned to his ship, sailing off for his next adventure, probably ignoring his newfound wisdom.
PerGron
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We can change the Writeup if we want, but that’s what I’ve got for it for now.
I’m keeping the countries featured ambiguous because of the relationship between Tibet, Nepal, and China, so we’re just going generic Himalayas. Also, the city name is in Chinese because there are no Tibet translation services available that I can find and Chinese is one of the most spoken languages in all those countries anyway.
I’m keeping the countries featured ambiguous because of the relationship between Tibet, Nepal, and China, so we’re just going generic Himalayas. Also, the city name is in Chinese because there are no Tibet translation services available that I can find and Chinese is one of the most spoken languages in all those countries anyway.
AceAstro
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I love this!! I think it’s a perfect way to tie in the two lands while also staying respectful to the cultures!!
DashHaber
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This is fantastic!
spacemt354
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Suchomimus
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PerGron
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So I had this idea when writing out the backstory and I wrote it up! This will be one of the QS stations found at the first level
Base Camp Bistro
Located at the lowest level of the land, the Base Camp Bistro is a counter service restaurant themed to a Himalayan base camp. The restaurant itself has a central yurt, which serves as the ordering location and the kitchen. There is a sizeable open-flame grill (mainly) for decoration, while the kitchen lies in the back.
The seating area is spread out over a small space both indoors and outdoors. The indoor seating is inside a building built into the cliff face, much like are common in today’s Sherpa architecture. The inside features different photographs and artifacts themed to the Himalayas and the city of Yùn Chèng, sort of like if the Expedition Everest queue was placed inside a restaurant.
The entire interior is covered in masks, pictures, and even footprint casts representing the people, animals, and myths in the Himalayan Mountain Range. There is also a lot of traditional art strung up to the rafters and mounted to the walls and a few actual artifacts brought back from real villages in the foothills of the Himalayas kept in protected display cases. Guests can stop and eat their food at the tables and then walk around admiring the artifacts.
However, to prevent high volumes of people just wanting to see the decor, you must have purchased a meal to enter the building during the busier meal times. However, when the restaurant itself is not serving food, this indoor dining hall is open to walking around and admiring everything inside.
The outside seating is themed around pop-up tents placed around a courtyard. Each of the tables is covered by personal pop-up tents and are made to look like they are carved from stones. The outdoor seating is not as heavily themed, being outdoors, but strung from tent to tent are Himalayan prayer flags such as the ones that adorn the base camp trails in the actual Himalayas, especially Mount Everest.
The restaurant serves traditional dishes that would be found in the Himalayan range as well as some contemporary American dishes inspired by Asian flavors. Below is a selection of menu items that can be found at this location.
Meals
Sherpa Stew... $12.99
A stew made from lamb, potatoes, carrots, leeks, and spices
Momo Platter… $13.99
A selection of 4 traditional momo dumplings, stuffed with either chicken, vegetables, potatoes, or lamb, or any combination of the four
Riki Kur… $9.99
A traditional potato pancake topped with butter. Can add fresh fruit, vegetables, or meat for an additional $2.99
Shyaphale… $9.99
Three deep-fried minced-meat pies served with a curry sauce
Sweet and Sour Chicken… $14.99
An Americanized favorite, breaded chicken breast tossed in a sweet and sour sauce, served with white rice and carrots
Rice Bowl… $6.99
Your choice of white or fried rice with broccoli, carrots, leeks, and pea pods served with a teriyaki sauce. Add chicken or lamb for $2.99 extra
Beverages
Chhaang… $6.99
A special traditional beer brewed from fermented rice in a bamboo barrel, popular with Sherpa people to help warm them in the mountain climate
Tongba… $4.99
An alcoholic beverage made of fermented millet with hot water added, drank through a special perforated straw to filter the seeds from the beverage
Butter Tea… $5.99
Specialty Himalayan tea made from tea leaves, milk, water, and Himalayan salt. Served in a souvenir travel thermos
Fountain Drinks… $2.99
A selection of Coca-Cola products
Located at the lowest level of the land, the Base Camp Bistro is a counter service restaurant themed to a Himalayan base camp. The restaurant itself has a central yurt, which serves as the ordering location and the kitchen. There is a sizeable open-flame grill (mainly) for decoration, while the kitchen lies in the back.
The seating area is spread out over a small space both indoors and outdoors. The indoor seating is inside a building built into the cliff face, much like are common in today’s Sherpa architecture. The inside features different photographs and artifacts themed to the Himalayas and the city of Yùn Chèng, sort of like if the Expedition Everest queue was placed inside a restaurant.
The entire interior is covered in masks, pictures, and even footprint casts representing the people, animals, and myths in the Himalayan Mountain Range. There is also a lot of traditional art strung up to the rafters and mounted to the walls and a few actual artifacts brought back from real villages in the foothills of the Himalayas kept in protected display cases. Guests can stop and eat their food at the tables and then walk around admiring the artifacts.
However, to prevent high volumes of people just wanting to see the decor, you must have purchased a meal to enter the building during the busier meal times. However, when the restaurant itself is not serving food, this indoor dining hall is open to walking around and admiring everything inside.
The outside seating is themed around pop-up tents placed around a courtyard. Each of the tables is covered by personal pop-up tents and are made to look like they are carved from stones. The outdoor seating is not as heavily themed, being outdoors, but strung from tent to tent are Himalayan prayer flags such as the ones that adorn the base camp trails in the actual Himalayas, especially Mount Everest.
The restaurant serves traditional dishes that would be found in the Himalayan range as well as some contemporary American dishes inspired by Asian flavors. Below is a selection of menu items that can be found at this location.
Meals
Sherpa Stew... $12.99
A stew made from lamb, potatoes, carrots, leeks, and spices
Momo Platter… $13.99
A selection of 4 traditional momo dumplings, stuffed with either chicken, vegetables, potatoes, or lamb, or any combination of the four
Riki Kur… $9.99
A traditional potato pancake topped with butter. Can add fresh fruit, vegetables, or meat for an additional $2.99
Shyaphale… $9.99
Three deep-fried minced-meat pies served with a curry sauce
Sweet and Sour Chicken… $14.99
An Americanized favorite, breaded chicken breast tossed in a sweet and sour sauce, served with white rice and carrots
Rice Bowl… $6.99
Your choice of white or fried rice with broccoli, carrots, leeks, and pea pods served with a teriyaki sauce. Add chicken or lamb for $2.99 extra
Beverages
Chhaang… $6.99
A special traditional beer brewed from fermented rice in a bamboo barrel, popular with Sherpa people to help warm them in the mountain climate
Tongba… $4.99
An alcoholic beverage made of fermented millet with hot water added, drank through a special perforated straw to filter the seeds from the beverage
Butter Tea… $5.99
Specialty Himalayan tea made from tea leaves, milk, water, and Himalayan salt. Served in a souvenir travel thermos
Fountain Drinks… $2.99
A selection of Coca-Cola products
AceAstro
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That looks all delicious! I’m sold!!
PerGron
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I might have gone a little far with this one, but I think Oga's Cantina but for Asian Tea would be a lot fun
Alpine Tea House
Within most Asian cultures, tea plays an incredibly important role in their society and religions. The Nepalese, Tibetan, and Chinese Himalayan cultures are no different, with tea playing heavily into the beliefs and cultures of all of these regions. For that reason, it would make sense for the city of Yùn Chèng to house a mystical tea house within their mountainous city.
The Alpine Tea House is modeled after a Tibetan Tea House on the exterior but combines Tibetan, Nepali, and Chinese design on the interior. The walls and ceilings and floors are decorated in a way that abides by the idea of feng shui, creating a relaxing and peaceful location that brings about the closest thing to zen as possible. A beautiful and meditative selection of traditional Chinese, Nepali, and Tibetan music plays throughout the restaurant, just loud enough for guests to take in the atmosphere, but not loud enough to interrupt the relaxation this location is supposed to bring about.
As is customary in many Asian cultures, the tea house features its tables and seats on the floor, encouraging guests to sit in a meditative posture which many Asian cultures believe is the healthiest way to sit. Of course, in order to accommodate guests with disabilities, there are regular tables with chairs and booths available upon special request.
The tea house will be a very popular locale, being one place where serenity is easily found within the hustle and bustle of the theme park, so for that reason reservations are recommended for the tea house, though walk-ins are possible in the less busy times of the year.
Being a tea house, this location mainly focuses on… well, tea. However, it does have a few menu items to select from that are customary in many tea houses across Asia. Below is the menu for the food items as well as many of the teas available. The teas, however, are always subject to change.
Food Items
Hot and Sour Soup… $6.99
An Indian take on this Chinese dish, made with red and green chillies, ginger, carrot, snow peas, tofu, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar
Egg Drop Soup… $7.99
Beaten eggs in a vegetable broth with tofu and scallions, topped with a thin stream of beaten eggs
Himalayan Lentil Soup… $7.99
A soup made of lentils, onions, garlic, chili pepper, carrot, and potato
Creamy Lentil Soup… $7.99
A soup made of lentils, coconut milk, sesame oil, onion, vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, and spices
Wonton Soup… $8.99
Homemade vegetarian wontons with egg noodles, vegetable broth, and kale
Tea Selections
Herbal Teas
24 Flavor Tea
Wong Lo Kat
Green Teas
Anji bai cha
Baimao Hou
Biluochun
Chun Mee
Da Fang
Huangshan Maofeng
Longjing Tea
Lu’an Melon Seed Tea
Mengding Ganlu
Pouchong
Taiping houkui
Zhuyeqing
Darjeeling Tea
White Teas
Baihao Yinzhen
Bai Mudan
Shou Mei
Oolong
Bai Jiguan
Ban Tian Yao
Bu Zhi Chun
Da Hong Pao
Fo Shou
Huang Guanyin
Huang Meigui
Jin Fo
Jin Suo Chi
Pouchong
Qilan
Rougui
Ruan Zhi
Shui Hsien
Tieluohan
Tieguanyin
Black Tea
Congou
Dianhong
Golden Monkey tea
Jin Jun Mei
Keemun
Lapsang souchong
Yingdehong
Assam Tea
Yellow Tea
Huoshan huangya
Junshan Yinzhen
Fermented Tea
Pu-erh
Flavored Tea
Shou Pu Erh
Sheng Pu Erh
Bai Mudan
Hong Kong Milk Tea
Matcha
Within most Asian cultures, tea plays an incredibly important role in their society and religions. The Nepalese, Tibetan, and Chinese Himalayan cultures are no different, with tea playing heavily into the beliefs and cultures of all of these regions. For that reason, it would make sense for the city of Yùn Chèng to house a mystical tea house within their mountainous city.
The Alpine Tea House is modeled after a Tibetan Tea House on the exterior but combines Tibetan, Nepali, and Chinese design on the interior. The walls and ceilings and floors are decorated in a way that abides by the idea of feng shui, creating a relaxing and peaceful location that brings about the closest thing to zen as possible. A beautiful and meditative selection of traditional Chinese, Nepali, and Tibetan music plays throughout the restaurant, just loud enough for guests to take in the atmosphere, but not loud enough to interrupt the relaxation this location is supposed to bring about.
As is customary in many Asian cultures, the tea house features its tables and seats on the floor, encouraging guests to sit in a meditative posture which many Asian cultures believe is the healthiest way to sit. Of course, in order to accommodate guests with disabilities, there are regular tables with chairs and booths available upon special request.
The tea house will be a very popular locale, being one place where serenity is easily found within the hustle and bustle of the theme park, so for that reason reservations are recommended for the tea house, though walk-ins are possible in the less busy times of the year.
Being a tea house, this location mainly focuses on… well, tea. However, it does have a few menu items to select from that are customary in many tea houses across Asia. Below is the menu for the food items as well as many of the teas available. The teas, however, are always subject to change.
Food Items
Hot and Sour Soup… $6.99
An Indian take on this Chinese dish, made with red and green chillies, ginger, carrot, snow peas, tofu, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sugar
Egg Drop Soup… $7.99
Beaten eggs in a vegetable broth with tofu and scallions, topped with a thin stream of beaten eggs
Himalayan Lentil Soup… $7.99
A soup made of lentils, onions, garlic, chili pepper, carrot, and potato
Creamy Lentil Soup… $7.99
A soup made of lentils, coconut milk, sesame oil, onion, vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, and spices
Wonton Soup… $8.99
Homemade vegetarian wontons with egg noodles, vegetable broth, and kale
Tea Selections
Herbal Teas
24 Flavor Tea
Wong Lo Kat
Green Teas
Anji bai cha
Baimao Hou
Biluochun
Chun Mee
Da Fang
Huangshan Maofeng
Longjing Tea
Lu’an Melon Seed Tea
Mengding Ganlu
Pouchong
Taiping houkui
Zhuyeqing
Darjeeling Tea
White Teas
Baihao Yinzhen
Bai Mudan
Shou Mei
Oolong
Bai Jiguan
Ban Tian Yao
Bu Zhi Chun
Da Hong Pao
Fo Shou
Huang Guanyin
Huang Meigui
Jin Fo
Jin Suo Chi
Pouchong
Qilan
Rougui
Ruan Zhi
Shui Hsien
Tieluohan
Tieguanyin
Black Tea
Congou
Dianhong
Golden Monkey tea
Jin Jun Mei
Keemun
Lapsang souchong
Yingdehong
Assam Tea
Yellow Tea
Huoshan huangya
Junshan Yinzhen
Fermented Tea
Pu-erh
Flavored Tea
Shou Pu Erh
Sheng Pu Erh
Bai Mudan
Hong Kong Milk Tea
Matcha
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AceAstro
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Outbound
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I’ll do the shopping and 2nd level walkthrough.
DashHaber
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I've been working with @NigelChanning09 on our Flight of Passage-style E-ticket (which we're calling Peacemakers of Yùn Chèng), but I could also work on a drop tower attraction like I've mentioned.
AceAstro
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If you are doing the walkthrough, I can do the secondary attraction.
Do we have any thoughts on that?
DashHaber
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I mentioned potentially working on a drop tower. Would you rather handle that?
AceAstro
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Yeah! I can work on a highly themed one!
Did you have any specific ideas for it other than playing into the mountains?
DashHaber
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My initial thought was that it could be a space shot-type drop tower themed to a meditation room. Like, we'd be sitting back for a meditation session and as we feel ourselves becoming attuned, we are launched up into the air, granting a great view of the surrounding land.