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HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
Donaldfan1934 said:
Thanks for your insight. I understand why things are the way they are, but I do hold out at least a little sliver of hope that the added capacity of Tron might help push things in the opposite direction once that opens.

I largely agree with what you’re saying, but I think it’s less of an Iger and Chapek thing and more of a WDW management thing. Despite the influence of the Bob’s, the other parks around the world have continually managed to refurb and update their attraction’s accordingly. WDW, on the other hand, keeps their attractions running as long as possible and with the vast majority of refurbs only lasting long enough to serve existing maintenence needs. Keep in mind that Martin also put the blame of the 2009 refurb going the way it did on Phil Holmes, who was VP of MK at the time, and not anyone above TDO. So, while there’s no denying the faults of Iger and Chapek, what’s happened to Space Mountain and various other attractions across the resort in need of plusing is almost exclusively a WDW problem.
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Oh yes. Believe me, I have no love for TDO or their management philosophies. :) Their deficiencies have just been amplified in the past 10 years or so, starting with Iger and Staggs' belief that the theme parks were "mature" and didn't require significant investment. $hapek is getting credit for approving spending, which I will begrudgingly acknowledge, but it's still playing catch-up for a decade of neglect. And there are many, many questions about how that money is being spent, along with $hapek's IP mandate. Let's just say I think there's a lot of good that could have come around Tomorrowland from the money being used to build Tron. Or maybe not, given WDI's profligate ways these days.
 
Donaldfan1934

Donaldfan1934

Well-Known Member
UNCgolf said:
Totally agree. The base looks bizarre and out of place with what's attached to it.

Also, looking through the sign at the Astro Orbiter (and the other fins etc.) is serious clash of styles. While the Astro Orbiter is down, they should go ahead and re-do it so it doesn't look so dissonant.
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I was thinking the exact same thing as you were about Astro Orbiter. The current refurb was an emergency refurb, so I understand why they may not have the necessary parts prepped if a redo. However, I can’t imagine that it won’t be touched again sometime befor the 50th given the way everrything else is going aesthetically right now.
 
Crazydisneyfanluke

Crazydisneyfanluke

Well-Known Member
trainplane3 said:
Finally a good quality picture (until @wdwmagic gets there):
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It does go nicely with the "new" Monsters sign:
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It's happening very slowly (hopefully they continue with it).
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OHHH boy. The sign looks amazing!!! It makes the rest of Tomorrow Land look out of place!
 
hauntology

hauntology

Active Member
I really like this new sign because of what it implies for the rest of Tomorrowland. I don’t necessarily see it as plain: I think less is more in this instance. The previous Tomorrowland refurb was maximalist as all heck. So much of it aged because it was ornamented in a way that hid a lot of its structural ugliness (the fins for example) that I still personally
Loved because it was corny...


I keep preaching it but they better go with a retrofuture 60s/Y2K aesthetic thing so it can look sparkling.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Original Poster
MansionButler84 said:
I actually like the blue tones. I wish the whole land would just be a mixture of blue and white. The other colors look very strange in some instances.
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Indeed. The sign works well with the original designs for the land overhaul.

Where the random wall painting efforts are coming from though I don’t know.
 
jmuboy

jmuboy

Well-Known Member
Unbanshee said:
Did we talk about the theming being stripped elsewhere in Tomorrowland already?

https://blogmickey.com/2019/09/even...-stripped-from-tomorrowland-at-magic-kingdom/
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Everything OLD is new again in "TOMORROW"-land. History does repeat itself.

Joking aside the original white / blue streamlined Tomorrowland was more graceful. TL, lots of MGM and Epcot fountain plaza were all examples of "theme with clutter and junk" that was a popular atheistic in the 90s. And in the 90s as a kid visiting WDW I think I even liked it. That said, the modernism of EPCOT's fountain plaza area or the original design scheme of TL are just much more timeless (not perfect for sure, just more timeless). And now we can be grateful 90s WDW cheaped out and never steampunked all of the PeopleMover. Will take less time to de-clutter it now. :-)
 

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