The Sorcerer's Apprentice Season 2: International Edition - Discussion Thread

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jdmdisney99

jdmdisney99

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IDInstitute said:
If we found a way to include that in our presentation would we have automatically won?
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Sam Magic

Sam Magic

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Sam's Critique:

SEA:

Wow, where do I begin! This is hands down the best proposal this team has come up with. Maybe it is my love for Madrid and Barcelona, but the decision to go with a Spanish Colony was absolutely perfect. In order to cover such a large and detailed proposal I will divide my critique into four parts: Shops, Rides, Restaurants, Land itself. Additional sections will be devoted to the site and overview thoughts.

Shops: I felt that the balance of shops and food options was terrible. The land in total only had two shops, but multiple food options. The balance gave the impression that there were so many ideas for restaurants that you guys decided to put them all in. The shops themselves were very unique and appropriately placed, however, the lacked detail and as I said earlier were too few. Another thing that irked me was the location of Buccaneer Bay's shop. For me it was too far from the main portion of the mini-land. Overall the theme gave you the opportunity to have very unique shops, but I feel this was not capitalized on.

Restaurants: YUM! I honestly think that if this were real and I visited I would gain 50 pounds. I want to try all the food. I have two problems with them though. The first is the overabundance of them the second is that the cuisine is tailored too much towards American Palates and not Chinese. This is a big problem. Overall though, the restaurants and food carts sounded very delicious, but did not really fit with Chinese tastes.

Rides: All of the rides were fantastically detailed and unique. One thing I liked is that the lands were built around the rides. In my mind that is key to a good project and I'm glad you all did that. The next thing I would like to say is that I loved how unique but cohesive all the attractions were. You guys took what some may see as a very limited IP and expanded on it making it something unique.

Land: I'm just going to say that I love the Spanish Colony. I mean it really was fantastic, other then that the land was very well put together, from the beautiful harbor concept to the cave entrance. You could tell that this was well thought out and put together.

Overall this land was well done. Monorail Red's art was gorgeous (as usual), but I wished her facade art had been used more on the site. Those were the most beautiful pieces of art I think I have ever seen her create...well except for those logos [Red will know what I'm talking about ;)]. The site itself could have been much better. It felt very plain and simple, too rugged for me. The map could have been better as well. The music was a nice touch, but the site could have been better.

Englanddg I know you can build a better site, we all saw it with LOTR, but this was not your best work.

Great job Team Sea...I see good fortune in your future.
 
tcool

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My first shot of being a critic... here goes nothing.



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So let’s start with the overview. I’m Frozen obsessed so I would’ve been a very happy camper with Frozen, but nope you tricked me and left it for Fantasyland so oh well. :p Although I’m already in love with the night time show. :D(9/10)

The Icy Straight

I could barely read the teeny-tiny text in the picture. I do however like the snowy rocks. The Polar Cruise sounds nice, but there is one major flaw it ends in the North and there is no transition to the South Pole where you have a ride based off the creatures there unless the Aurora Borealis are the transition and are not taking place in the North Pole room. The Jungle Cruise doesn’t have this problem because in the lands its in there are no attractions based off those animals featured anywhere else. Which ends up giving the queue of the Jungle Cruise up to debate of where it is located geographically in the world is the first or the last river we wouldn’t know. You know where the Polar Cruise is located though because of well penguins. The Penguin Run I like the concept, but it sounds more like a D-Ticket to me. (20/30)

Explorer’s Cavern

I like the concept art of the new mountain. I have nothing to complain about Avalanche Flyers. It sounds delightful and would be something I would ride once in my life as I’ll be petrified to ride again because of how scared I am of heights. The Icy Sliders I like the concept and bumper cars so yeah! :D The Ice Slivers have steering wheels that would be useful if it were part of the Ice Sliders. :p (It’s a mistake I know, but couldn’t resist). The Arctic and Antarctic are starting to bug me. Other than that I’m getting settled into Glacier Table. Pretty lights I like! The experiences sound good. Okay frozen sweets got that they are logical as well as Hot Cocoa, but it is not found here. :cry: I want to drink Hot Cocoa in a bench in this area while looking at the lights. :happy: (28/30)

Scandinavian Village

This should’ve been the entrance from Fantasyland. I like Alpine Trails. We both reused RC Racer as a boat retheme. I like the idea but sound like a more mature version of the ride in Shamu’s Happy Harbor. When it spins will the oars be effected? How will the mast and the sail fare as well? :confused: I like the cart options. (25/30)

Home

Overall it’s good. I found the map a little bit too unnecessary at times but it was nice at the same time. And I want need Hot Cocoa for this land. The final Tcool Score 82/100 or a B. (Tcool is very nice and a lot easier to please at times than others.)
 
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