The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Sharon&Susan]

I didn't realize that when they moved Dumbo they added the fountains but otherwise it still basically looked the same way it always had. I guess I figured they did something beyond that to gussy it up a little for New Fantasyland. Evidently not.

Great find!

They did replace the disco ball with the rainbow balloon. lol

It is interesting that seemingly sometime before the mid-80's (both pictures from Daveland are said to be from '86) that they redecorated it making it look a lot closer to the version in Fantasyland today (though not as detailed)

 

[misfitdoll]

I went to DTD this past weekend, and I can’t help but wonder...

Was Welcome to Tomorrowland pulled from the current esplanade loop? I can’t seem to remember hearing it at all during my visit, which sucks because it’s one of my favorite tracks. It’s also criminally underrated IMO.

I’ve heard it there within the last few weeks!

 

[VJ]

I went to DTD this past weekend, and I can’t help but wonder...

Was Welcome to Tomorrowland pulled from the current esplanade loop? I can’t seem to remember hearing it at all during my visit, which sucks because it’s one of my favorite tracks. It’s also criminally underrated IMO.

it's one of my favorites too!

i liked it so much i uploaded it

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Just amazing!

 

[180º]

Just amazing!

@Professortango1

 

[Professortango1]

@Professortango1

I'm glad the editors agreed with me. She sounded great, but only had her sing 2 verses rather than singing it for 30 minutes straight. Even the best of things becomes stale when too long and unchanged.

 

[Professortango1]

I went to DTD this past weekend, and I can’t help but wonder...

Was Welcome to Tomorrowland pulled from the current esplanade loop? I can’t seem to remember hearing it at all during my visit, which sucks because it’s one of my favorite tracks. It’s also criminally underrated IMO.

I've never heard this track before. It reminds me a lot of the music in Buzz Lightyear.

 

[mickEblu]

I'm glad the editors agreed with me. She sounded great, but only had her sing 2 verses rather than singing it for 30 minutes straight. Even the best of things becomes stale when too long and unchanged.

The languages change

 

[Professortango1]

The languages change

But the music doesn't. Nor does emotion. Nor does the scenic design. 15 minutes of one slow unending scene. Its like if Zach Snyder made a slow motion montage of all of his slow motion montages.

 

[mickEblu]

But the music doesn't. Nor does emotion. Nor does the scenic design. 15 minutes of one slow unending scene. Its like if Zach Snyder made a slow motion montage of all of his slow motion montages.

Well you have to remember, IASW was built when people still had attention spans longer than 15 seconds.

 

[Professortango1]

Well you have to remember, IASW was built when people still had attention spans longer than 15 seconds.

True. But even the epically long dream ballet in Oklahoma has dynamics.

 

[mickEblu]

True. But even the epically long dream ballet in Oklahoma has dynamics.

Well the dynamics of the boat moving past different countries/ scenes can be considered as the dynamics

 

[BayouShack]

Umm... that’s one way of spinning this junk.

You’ve got to pour a drink before reading this.

Hong Kong Disneyland's new castle is an architectural vision of diversity

The new Castle of Magical Dreams, completed in November and reopened last month after Hong Kong's Covid-19 restrictions loosened, nods to the wider variety of female characters now featured in Disney movies.

www.cnn.com

Does this mean... the Disneyland version is racist and misogynistic?

 

[Californian Elitist]

Umm... that’s one way of spinning this junk.

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I haven't read the article, but as long as Disneyland's SBC is unique again, that's all that matters to me.

EDIT: Just read the article. It's absolutely far-fetched, but Disney is very good at that.

 

[Californian Elitist]

The article isn't alluding to racism and misogyny but diversity specifically amongst the Disney princesses. Unlike the other castles, Hong Kong's new castle is inspired by pretty much all of the princesses and not just one. That's what the article is about. The author includes feminist rhetoric that doesn't work, which is why I find it far-fetched, but that's all.

 

[BayouShack]

Fair enough. I just ran with that take from the line “ Unlike the Cinderella Castles in Florida and Tokyo or the Sleeping Beauty Castles in California and Paris...”

I was going to point out the hypocrisy of censoring POC from movie posters, reportedly excluding gay relationships to appease certain populations, and using questionable filming sites.

But now that I think of it, maybe it is pretty progressive of them to make that kind of statement in China, in light of that story of them editing Finn out of Star Wars posters.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It’s still ugly. Good thing they kept the photographer away from the back.

 

[Californian Elitist]

It’s still ugly. Good thing they kept the photographer away from the back.

I thought the same thing. It's very loud, but not in a good way. It's doing too much.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I thought the same thing. It's very loud, but not in a good way. It's doing too much.

It is, but I’m referring to the hanging Exit signs they had to add.

HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.

Frozen land update

forums.wdwmagic.com

 

[chadwpalm]

Umm... that’s one way of spinning this junk.

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You’ve got to pour a drink before reading this.

Hong Kong Disneyland's new castle is an architectural vision of diversity

The new Castle of Magical Dreams, completed in November and reopened last month after Hong Kong's Covid-19 restrictions loosened, nods to the wider variety of female characters now featured in Disney movies.

www.cnn.com

That thing's a hot mess. Minus the hot.

Does this mean... the Disneyland version is racist and misogynistic?

Naw....this one's much more phallic......but not quite Little Mermaid VHS clamshell phallic.