The place is a mess. You won't see the interior for a bit.That art isn't new, I saw it in the background of a public presentation within the past few months. I can't find it right now though. We've also seen more than enough of that hideous exterior, they need to show more of the interior already.
I'm not referring to construction images. I meant additional art, renders and animatronics. They showed off a CGI ridethrough of 7DMT nearly three years prior to its opening. Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast ride also had a ton of details revealed two years prior to opening as well, including clips of its CG layout and multiple animatronic figures and props. Tiana has one of these CG ridethroughs as well (albeit the figures would likely be 2D stand ins for what will eventually be AA's), and a substantial number of the animatronic figures are already built and ready to be installed (several since last year). Set pieces too.The place is a mess. You won't see the interior for a bit.
Continuing to show the same shot of the exterior with slightly different artistic variations over and over and over and over again isn't doing this attraction any favors. It's fueling the hatred against it. Most people detest what they're doing to the exterior. Even the people who are otherwise hopeful about the rest of the attraction. The last time there was any somewhat positive interest whatsoever about the ride was when they showed off the concept art of the animatronic critter band late last year. And it was a very Splash-like show scene.
It's not just the terminally online that are skeptical about this retheme, the negative backlash to this attraction is a primary motivator for why they upped the budget so heavily and went with a more ambitious concept than the "dark empty video screen corridor" plan they wanted to do. The initial announcement for this ride did not give them the sort of unanimous positive feedback that they expected, even from IRL people. Quite the opposite.In the grand scheme of things no one cares. The "fueling the hatred against it" stuff is only an extreme minority of terminally online people that it will have no impact on the rides popularity once it opens.
Did you look at the pictures...they don't look like Tiana's Empoyee Cafeteria...Looks pretty nice to me.It's more like Tiana's Food CoOp employees cafeteria than actually the Tiana's palace from the movie... I give it a big "meh" ... I like that there is a restaurant featuring the food, but naming it after the big dream restaurant in the movie feels off.... Tiana's Place...Tiana's Cafe... Tiana's Foods Employee Cafeteria might have been better choices, and save the "Tiana's Palace" name for when they pull out the stops and do it right.
Well when you pick up a tray and slide it along the rails to get food, I would call that a cafeteria....cuz that is pretty much what it is. When you name it "Tiana's Palace" and it does not resemble the "Tiana's Palace" from the namesake film and instead has Cafeteria service, I think the criticism is valid. I did not say it looks terrible...Did you look at the pictures...they don't look like Tiana's Empoyee Cafeteria...Looks pretty nice to me.
I'm reminded of how Pizza Planet in Hollywood Studios didn't look remotely like it's namesake in Toy Story.It's more like Tiana's Food CoOp employees cafeteria than actually the Tiana's palace from the movie... I give it a big "meh" ... I like that there is a restaurant featuring the food, but naming it after the big dream restaurant in the movie feels off.... Tiana's Place...Tiana's Cafe... Tiana's Foods Employee Cafeteria might have been better choices, and save the "Tiana's Palace" name for when they pull out the stops and do it right.
I'm not referring to construction images. I meant additional art, renders and animatronics. They showed off a CGI ridethrough of 7DMT nearly three years prior to its opening. Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast ride also had a ton of details revealed two years prior to opening as well, including clips of its CG layout and multiple animatronic figures and props. Tiana has one of these CG ridethroughs as well (albeit the figures would likely be 2D stand ins for what will eventually be AA's), and a substantial number of the animatronic figures are already built and ready to be installed (several since last year). Set pieces too.
They have yet to show anything like this for Tiana, despite the fact that the ride will be open later next year. Continuing to show the same shot of the exterior with slightly different artistic variations over and over and over and over again isn't doing this attraction any favors. It's fueling the hatred against it. Most people detest what they're doing to the exterior. Even the people who are otherwise hopeful about the rest of the attraction. The last time there was any somewhat positive interest whatsoever about the ride was when they showed off the concept art of the animatronic critter band late last year. And it was a very Splash-like show scene.
I'm reminded of how Pizza Planet in Hollywood Studios didn't look remotely like it's namesake in Toy Story.
Imagine if it did?
If it had the robot guards at the doorway as you entered?
The claw machine etc.?
I'm reminded of how Pizza Planet in Hollywood Studios didn't look remotely like it's namesake in Toy Story.
Imagine if it did?
If it had the robot guards at the doorway as you entered?
The claw machine etc.?
I don't remember if this was the film commentary or somewhere else, but Lasseter said the goal with Pizza Planet was "make a place so awesome they would HAVE to build it!".
It didn't quite work out how he wanted.
It would have been a great option to revamp top floor for Disney Quest.
Sometimes a parody is just a parody I suppose. But it was so cheap to call that small space in DHS Pizza Planet.
And the fact that Toy Story Land is based partly off a Pizza Planet playset...yet it still did not happen, is wild.
Especially since A. Toy Story Land desperately needs the AC, and B. Hollywood Studios would benefit from another indoor quick service that stays open to park close.
The $40 million budget initially claimed by WDW Pro (I heard even less than that) isn't remotely accurate anymore. As seen in a permit filed a few months ago, that exact amount of money has been allotted for just demolition work alone.This ride has nothing on that level of hype to brag about for their budget, and they won't overpromise on this retheme anymore.
This was the cheap investment to change all around. It stays that way even in promotion as much as possible at this point.
Look to November and January for anything else you are describing.
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