The Land Escalator Replacement?

[Bryner84]

The Land, like all of the original pavilions, was built with a sense of discovery to its entry. There's a build up of anticipation that's planned into the arrival. You were to walk towards the towering glass pyramid that was built to resemble a huge geometric greenhouse, with a wide open skylit entry beckoning you towards glass entry doors, with lots of natural light inside. Not the mostly hidden, dark entryway the way it is today, with the huge planter completely blocking any view of the entry from the front. The entry of the land was symmetrical to the entries of the other pavilions around and opposite. Once you were inside, it opened up all around you, and you could just see the boats taking off for the greenhouse underneath, along with the food court down below. You were made - by design - to have to walk all the way around the edges of the pavilion to create a sense of entry and lay out what was to come once you were inside the pavilion, before being given the option to go in to one of the shows, or go downstairs to eat or ride Living with the Land. When you walked into The Land, you took a moment to take it all in, then got (somewhat) excited to go on Living with the Land, with a real human. (Yes, it was a decent ride back then, darnit!)

It's not the pavilion that has a poor layout, it's that Soarin' was never meant to go here, nor is the pavilion used or staffed the way it was designed. Respectfully, I think "keeping Soarin' and bulldozing the rest of it" or opening the ground floor means essentially throwing away "The Land" as a place and admitting that it's just Soarin' now, which I disagree with. I'd rather renovate the pavilion and give it a new lease on life modernizing what it was built to be, rather than just throw all of the marbles to Soarin', which was squeezed in with very little thought.

So sad to see the dumbing down of buildings. My favorite building of all time is the Villa Giulia in Rome, which has a similar parti to The Land Pavilion's original design (not trying to compare them in greatness here, just in intent). At The Land, you approach a large scale building, upon entry the space is compressed and humanized by bringing down the scale, only to open up again making the new space feel even grander. The suprise is that not only does the top open up, but also the floor is removed and you are presented with a view of whats to come below. You are then allowed to descend into the space, but only after being forced to view and take in the volume in its entirety.

The Villa Giulia upon approach appears to be a large box of a building, but after entering you find that the center has been thinned so you are almost immediately back outside in a courtyard. You then travel through to a pavilion which appears to be the end of your journey (it is raised just a few steps to hide what is beyond), but once you get there, the elevation drops before you and reveals a grotto below which you can travel to but only circuitously. Subtle but dramatic at the same time. It's a Mannerist approach of playing with what you think will happen but doing something different to slow you down.

Nothing to do with escalators I know, but a well designed building is an attraction much greater than a pretty movie where you smell some oranges...but I like that too!

 

[Communicore]

The Land is amazing back in the day. I liked the Land logo on the wall, the 70's style stairs and wood, and the old skool food court.

 

[Communicore]

From what I am told, this will be the primary entrance into the pavilion if you want to experience Soarin, Living with the Land, or Sunshine Seasons. You will only have access to Circle of Life from the main entrance. The estimated time this project may take is a 6 months.

Are there any hidden rooms or walls that still have Food Rocks?

 

[marni1971]

Are there any hidden rooms or walls that still have Food Rocks?

Yes. The stage area is still intact behind the Soarin line entrance wall on the left. Try a thread search for photos and plans.

 

[Yankee Mouse]

"Not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

 

[englanddg]

"Not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

 

[IWant2GoNow]

"Not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

I was waiting on someone to quote "Mallrats"! I was going to & got lazy.

"I hope his pants get caught & a blood bath ensues!"

 

[willtravel]

Yes. The stage area is still intact behind the Soarin line entrance wall on the left. Try a thread search for photos and plans.

Are there any AA's or props left from this show?

 

[willtravel]

What I never understood is why the Lion King movie at the Land pavillion has never been replaced. With all of the Disney Animal Adventure movies they have made....

 

[lazyboy97o]

Are there any AA's or props left from this show?

I think they pretty much just left anything that wasn't in the way of the Soarin' queue.

 

[willtravel]

I think they pretty much just left anything that wasn't in the way of the Soarin' queue.[/quote




It's a shame they don't do something with an AA like they have at the Cosmic Ray restaurant over in Tommorland and do it down in the eating area in the Land pavillion.

 

[Texas84]

Is this the side door being discussed?

 

[Timekeeper]

My sources leaked these fastpass prototypes, so I'd say that an attraction is now inevitable.

And the merch options promise to be unique.

 

[RSoxNo1]

My sources leaked these fastpass prototypes, so I'd say that an attraction is now inevitable.

And the merch options promise to be unique.

Don't be ridiculous, they'd be on generic Fastpass paper.

 

[PhotoDave219]

The current ones are chronically broken. Why question the timing, though? It's summer, so we don't want to close too many rides, but these are escalators. People can use the stairs...I feel like summer is an ideal time for projects like this when they don't want to close down too many actual attractions.

July 1 starts Quarter 3. Its a Budgetary thing.

 

[Gabe1]

Funny you ask that.. because originally operations wanted to use part of the upcoming Livin' with the Land refurb budget to pay for it.. But that ain't happ-nin.

Escalators are coming from the maintenance cost overhead budget.. with the LwtL refurb budget being left alone...

And FYI, the refurb of LwtL is a track scrap/repaint and a general clean up.. nothing spectacular.. Rotational refurb, as it were..

Tiki Benches, escalators and a Living with the Land upgrade I missed it all. What are they refurb'ing with LwtL?
They already replaced the AWOL dog.

 

[Horizons78]

Timekeeper beat me to it. Same kind of thing, different theme:

 

[Taylor]

Timekeeper beat me to it. Same kind of thing, different theme:

So going on my Fastpass+ will it interact with my magic band?

 

[Horizons78]

So going on my Fastpass+ will it interact with my magic band?

Absolutely.

In the past as you approached the out of service escalators, a CM would say: "Im sorry, the escalators are out of service."

Now, with magic band, when you approach the out of service escalators, a CM will say: "I'm sorry TAYLOR, the escalators are out of service."

 

[Taylor]

Absolutely.

In the past as you approached the out of service escalators, a CM would say: "Im sorry, the escalators are out of service."

Now, with magic band, when you approach the out of service escalators, a CM will say: "I'm sorry TAYLOR, the escalators are out of service."

That read cool I imagine it'd be awesome having a computer voice say it