I remember riding the Orbiter up on the people mover loading platform. A person was soo high up, it always felt like you were just one loose bolt from a freaky accident then. I also remember the large open promenade to enter TL. I did feel that the rocks and orbiter at the entrance, was to me, a good and bad idea. I liked the kinetic energy at the entrance, You don't have freaked out kiddies anymore doing the ride. The rock, I know they were designed to plow the guested left and right to make the space "flow" but seamed like a bottle neck each time I have been there, and any que to the orbiter just exasperated the problem. I love great theming, but DL is always the small quaint park, so space is a commodity, no pun intended, and managing it, sometime has lacked.
