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[Heppenheimer]

love love love it. The restraint in the design is something to behold. Hard to pull that off with many cooks.

It's like the opposite of the new buses.

Whole lotta cooks on this website... good thing none of us have any influence.

 

[trainplane3]

Some more pictures of metal stuff taken off the TTA.

 

[Mainahman]

I like whoever is loving on tomorrow land very much! Keep up the good work.

 

[jt04]

Oops. I said 50/60s sci-fi above but meant 'space age'. My error.

 

[El_Tomato]

I’m so excited to see the fins/metallic legs go away in favor of the white and sleek ones... I really think that is going to bring it all together.

 

[KevinPage]

Here ya go, I had some time on my hands

 

[RSoxNo1]

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.

Instagram walls.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Apparently, Astro Orbiter is still closed despite today being its planned reopening date. https://blogmickey.com/2019/09/astr...ing-scheduled-to-open-today-at-magic-kingdom/

Does anyone else think this might have to do with it getting a proper makeover to match the new aesthetic?

 

[T.Will]

Apparently, Astro Orbiter is still closed despite today being its planned reopening date. https://blogmickey.com/2019/09/astr...ing-scheduled-to-open-today-at-magic-kingdom/

Does anyone else think this might have to do with it getting a proper makeover to match the new aesthetic?

The closure seems a little too impromptu for it to be a makeover. But I could be wrong.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

The closure seems a little too impromptu for it to be a makeover. But I could be wrong.

Yes, the closure was impromptu, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to extend it now to do what they were already planning on doing sometime in the next couple of years anyway.

 

[larryz]

Another shameless self-promotion:

Last night, I added Tomorrowland to my thread that covers WDW in 1990. I included lots of pics and links to some YouTube videos.

Read it here in the General forums.

Reported.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Over the past few days, I've learned a lot about Disney fans' mindset following the initial reaction to an incomplete installation ("It's terrible! My childhood is destroyed! It's not what Walt wanted! Off with Messrs. Iger and Chapek's heads! What about the yeti?!") to the evolution of acceptance ("well, I guess it's better than <fill in the blank>") to appreciation when the final product is finished ("Wow, that sign is quite nice").

Always entertaining, this website.

 

[2600loop]

Some angles (Straight On) it looks very good... other angles, it looks like it is missing it's central element... Like a Diamond Ring missing it's stone. I get that it is modern...but this to me just looks like something is missing.... The main element...

A holographic spinning globe would be amazing hovering above the ring

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Apparently, Astro Orbiter is still closed despite today being its planned reopening date. https://blogmickey.com/2019/09/astr...ing-scheduled-to-open-today-at-magic-kingdom/

Does anyone else think this might have to do with it getting a proper makeover to match the new aesthetic?

Maybe it’s turning into rocket rods

 

[ChrisFL]

Does anyone else think it's odd that they've officially said nothing about this transformation?

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Maybe it’s turning into rocket rods

As in an attraction with a fake refurb that’s really abandonment? Let’s hope not.

 

[TJJohn12]

Yes, the closure was impromptu, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to extend it now to do what they were already planning on doing sometime in the next couple of years anyway.

Not entirely unreasonable, but perhaps a little more expensive and a little backwards. If - for instance - a refurb and renovation were already planned for late 2020, none of the offsite fabrication work for thinks like new ride vehicles or a new iconic element would have been completed (started? plans finalized?) yet. So this would mean Ops losing capacity while WDI orders and waits on subcontractors to deliver new custom parts and elements.

Again, if the ride is entirely *broken* and/or unsafe to operate anyways, then this would be no loss (ala Primeval Whirl). But we have no indication that the ride is compromised. Which means waiting for fabrication with the ride in mothballs seems like an undue hardship.

 

[larryz]

A holographic spinning globe would be amazing hovering above the ring

Well, when you invent the technology to do it, you can sell it to Disney.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Does anyone else think it's odd that they've officially said nothing about this transformation?

Because we should really care less about what happens to Tomorrowland as theme park fans. Disney pop-up stores inside of select Target locations, on the other hand, are the kind of thing that’s truly worthy of our excitement and anticipation.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Does anyone else think it's odd that they've officially said nothing about this transformation?

It was part of the same announcement introducing StoryMaker into the parks and resorts.