Team Princes
Your team really struggled at first with the prompt. I was worried the team was just going to "throw in the towel". Luckily,
@spacemt354 brought in the #yolo technique and that seemed to really turn the team around and we got a great project out of it.
Next, I really like the "trip report" style you went with for the presentation. It's a nice, refreshing take on the forum post presentation. I like how you included what happened to the former Ikspiari, as well as gave us an itinerary for the day to follow. It really helped in keeping me organized.
Nice inclusion of Spirit Airlines as the airline of choice (I guess anything is possible in the SAU
). I like that this was included as part of the same resort expansion as the Northern Fjords to keep the SAU connected in another way. It was a minor detail but I really think it helps the overall project. I love the large map describing the whole area as well as everything you can find in each area. It made it clear exactly what I was looking at.
I like the idea of Traverse Town being the central "hub". Even with my limited Kingdom Hearts, from what your team described, it made sense to me. The town is a very beautiful area and I could see it work in many ways. Starting with the central hub district, the keyblade attraction makes sense. Both the Harry Potter wand attraction and even the World Showcase Adventure attraction is a fun optional attraction that definitely adds to the experience. The Spot the Puppies game is another example of a fun game, that wouldn't take much effort to be done well. Both Hanzo's and the Salty Sweet Ice Cream Kiosk are nice additions. While I love TRON and Flynn's Arcade, I don't know how I feel about it in Traverse Town. Considering how it's the "Animation Kingdom", TRON wasn't animated. Otherwise, I love the rest of the additions to the area!
While I was unsure at first, I like Poppins in the Park. Using the carousel was smart as it was one of the best parts of the original movies and relied on beautiful hand-drawn animation. My only quip about it is I am not 100% sure where it is located (please point it out if I missed it).
I see the return of the Toontown music that had everyone stuck in the first sound trivia; nice touch. Mickey Avenue as a whole looks good and I like the touch of it appearing all indoors and at night. It works for the Mexico pavilion so I think it could work here. I love the look of Buena Vista Street so any chance to have it built somewhere else has me sold. "Pi had three sake bombs, two shots of fireball, and a fruity drink he spoke very highly of at the bar here. So, we sent him to get some rehab for his drinking problem real quick. He’ll meet back up with us later. " - Please recover soon
@Pi on my Cake I like the idea of a Mystery Dinner Theatre. It's not something we have seen done by Disney before (at least nothing I can think of).
The Pixar area is my favourite part easily. It makes sense that they would charge money for an aquarium so realism points there. And it definitely is impossible to hate penguins! I do think that the shark tank and ray tank would be a fun experience and I am a fan of both and would love to experience both in person. The penguin encounter would be a truly great experience and if you can do that much in 30-minutes I couldn't even imagine what the dolphin experience would be like! I love the idea of the Nautilus restaurant and for ~$30, a 3-hour experience is pretty good!
I've always wanted to experience Harry Housen's so here is just as good as anywhere! I am sold on the Terrible teriyaki personally! Mike and Sulley's Freaky Fun House is a safe, but fun idea. I remember reading in the PM thread that arcades are very popular in Japan, but two of them in the area feels slightly redundant. The Friendship of Flight attraction would be very popular in my opinion as the "hot air balloon" attraction we have at the various Downtown Disney's are very popular. I enjoy bringing over Finding Nemo the musical as it's a very good show that more people should have a chance to experience.
Final thoughts: I think this is a very good addition. There are a couple of weird parts here or there, but overall it was done well. The biggest issue your team faced, however, was communication through initial brainstorming was a struggle and definitely needs to be improved going forward.
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