Suchomimus
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Which is why when Walt bought the land for what would later become WDW, he bought it in secrecy so that it wouldn’t become surrounded by the concrete jungle like his Disneyland.
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The Imagineering Break Room
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spacemt354
Chili's
Last time I was there was in 2013 -- I remember the layout, as those 3 towers in the back are the Disneyland Hotel - that area was actually pretty popular back then. Granted this was at Christmas, but AMC was over there, the ESPN Zone was pretty packed, and at the time before Disney Springs I preferred the quaint Downtown Disney in DL compared to Disney World.
I'm sure there is logic behind this that a Disneyland vet would understand. And I get they are probably in need of more occupancy for the incoming Star Wars Land in DL, Marvel, and Pixar additions in DCA, but it just seems to be an odd way of handling it. Being landlocked, why build horizontal and not vertical? On the surface it seems like most of the remaining space is being taken up with this move, and for a design that looks meh to me.
spacemt354
Chili's
Btw, I'm all for Disneyland becoming more of a 'resort' -- that might give me an excuse to travel back out there
If that's the goal of this then I'll hope for the best with this. (The new monorail station does look pretty cool)
If that's the goal of this then I'll hope for the best with this. (The new monorail station does look pretty cool)
spacemt354
Chili's
Pretty good video explaining the new hotel from Fresh Baked. (Especially to an atypical-DL goer who needs a refresher on what's there)
So when we went down I remember we parked in the Toy Story Lot and took the bus to the main entrance. I will say seeing Harbor Blvd and all the non-Disney 'real world' stuff on the way in made it impossible to be immersed in Disneyland until literally right at the gates of Disneyland. However...when we walked through the Grand California and through to the Disneyland Hotel, and took the monorail into Tomorrowland... that was neat. That felt like a resort.
It seems like the new entrance they are trying to make for everyone is this entrance coming out of the west side. That's a good idea. Still don't like the design of the hotel though haha -- that I can't seem to warm up to. Maybe that would be a fun imagineering project? Design our own new 'resort' entrance to Disneyland?
Suchomimus
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Suchomimus
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Happy Halloween 2017 everyone!
Suchomimus
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spacemt354
Chili's
Finished Stranger Things...overall I liked it, but maybe it got a bit too hyped up for me. I was going in expecting to be blown away, but I ended up skimming through parts of some episodes. Granted I have done the same on other shows I enjoyed, but it didn't reach a Breaking Bad level for me where I'm into it 100%.
The one thing that did blow me away though was the credits sequence...I never skipped the intro, it was so good
The one thing that did blow me away though was the credits sequence...I never skipped the intro, it was so good
kmbmw777
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Finished Stranger Things...overall I liked it, but maybe it got a bit too hyped up for me. I was going in expecting to be blown away, but I ended up skimming through parts of some episodes. Granted I have done the same on other shows I enjoyed, but it didn't reach a Breaking Bad level for me where I'm into it 100%.
The one thing that did blow me away though was the credits sequence...I never skipped the intro, it was so good
I need to watch season two... after I finish season four of arrow... and after I finish 9 more college apps (Yale, Purdue, U of I, and UMich are done
)
spacemt354
Chili's
Just got out of Thor: Ragnarok
Taika Waititi all over this @D Hindley
Feels more like a Waititi film than a MCU filler film to Infinity War, which is exactly what Marvel needs to keep fresh. Top 5 Marvel movie all time and definitely the best Thor!
Taika Waititi all over this @D Hindley
Feels more like a Waititi film than a MCU filler film to Infinity War, which is exactly what Marvel needs to keep fresh. Top 5 Marvel movie all time and definitely the best Thor!
mickeyfan5534
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Because that was tough competition. But Taika Waititi is a comedic genius so I'm very very excited to see it. Won't be seeing it till Tuesday though.
D Hulk
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Saw Taika: Ragnarok last night! Everything good about it is entirely Taika’s doing.Just got out of Thor: Ragnarok
Taika Waititi all over this @D Hindley
Sakaar, though a junkyard, is also a comedic goldmine. Thor himself is in “Team Darryl” mode nearly the entire time. Taika’s regulars (like the grumpy lady from Wilderpeople, or Taika himself as a rock monster) are on a different plane of gonzo weirdness. Jeff Goldblum NEEDS to be in Taika’s next personal film! Hulk funny.Everything concerning Hela and Asgard was deeply boring, the generic Marvel “Dark World” approach that was obviously mandated on Taika. Still, he got about 70% of the running time to make “Thor Odinson’s Flying Circus” instead and Marvel couldn’t...steal his thunder.
Suchomimus
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Guess where this is from.
Brer Oswald
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What are the current projects floating around the board? I've been absent as of late, but I'd like to come back!
spacemt354
Chili's
If you'd like you can help us with a Universal mall design - or expanding the Nintendo land of Universal Sydney! I remember you and @DisneyFan18 wanted to do that
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...-universal-official-hub-thread.927244/page-69
Suchomimus
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Is no one going to guess where this is from?
