Toy Story Land expansion announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[roj2323]

TSL has gone vertical

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[gmajew]

TSL has gone vertical

Photos by @mickeyxtreme (twitter)

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Guy had some good pictures. Thanks for posting.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I think Lasseter is only interested in the parks insofar as they concern Pixar, and then only in California.

Pity in a way. His theme park work is not my style, but I would love to have him oversee Toy Story Land, if just for some production value control.

Does anybody know if Lasseter was at all involved with the two abominable other TSLs?

What is it about his theme park style you don't like? I find Cars Land to be on par with the best of old school Imagineering.

 

[danlb_2000]

If I had to guess, I would say the coaster load/unload building in red and the Buzz Lightyear ride in blue.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

If I had to guess, I would say the coaster load/unload building in red and the Buzz Lightyear ride in blue.

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Thanks for the outlines where the rides will be located. That leaves a lot of land left over to work with ( I know there will be service buildings)

 

[danlb_2000]

Thanks for the outlines where the rides will be located. That leaves a lot of land left over to work with ( I know there will be service buildings)

Remember, these are just my guesses. Based on the concept art, this is not how I expected the land to lay out, but it does make sense this way.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

What is it about his theme park style you don't like? I find Cars Land to be on par with the best of old school Imagineering.

Well for one, the movies Lasseter personally directed rather than merely oversaw are the Toy Story and Cars franchises, which he then diarrhead all over Disney's parks. They also are unfornately my least favourite Pixar movies. And I resist the single IP model, which I suspect of having limited appeal, both demographically and emotionally. And which I think a sign of weakness: good designers can create a coherent land out of a more diverse and far less direct source. (Whereas the current crop, well yesterday's crop, can not even create a cohesive environment out of such similar material as four princess movies, leaving us the jumbled mess that is NFL. No wonder the push for the sandbox design mode of the single movIe IP)

 

[Bolt]

If I had to guess, I would say the coaster load/unload building in red and the Buzz Lightyear ride in blue.

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Any idea what the other space will be used for?

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Well for one, the movies Lasseter personally directed rather than merely oversaw are the Toy Story and Cars franchises, which he then diarrhead all over Disney's parks. They also are unfornately my least favourite Pixar movies. And I resist the single IP model, which I suspect of having limited appeal, both demographically and emotionally. And which I think a sign of weakness: good designers can create a coherent land out of a more diverse and far less direct source. (Whereas the current crop, well yesterday's crop, can not even create a cohesive environment out of such similar material as four princess movies, leaving us the jumbled mess that is NFL. No wonder the push for the sandbox design mode of the single movIe IP)

I certainly agree with you regarding the theme park lands based on Toy Story! Thanks for sharing a bit deeper. I always enjoy hearing other opinions.

 

[Herbie]

I really wish they would use HISTK-style grass stalks.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Any idea what the other space will be used for?

It would be nice if they had an aireal outline of the area like the one for SWL at DLR.

 

[Rob562]

Any idea what the other space will be used for?

Quite a lot of the space between the two will be taken up by the coaster itself. The red circle would only be the station platform.

-Rob

 

[RSoxNo1]

@RSoxNo1 isn't there an event coming up in November where a Cameron will be there to talk about AvatarLand? You would think Disney would give more details about TSL at this event to create some excitement about the project.

There's the D23 event coming up in November, but typically this is a history event not a news event. I haven't looked into it, but has anyone been confirmed to appear?

 

[Rteetz]

There's the D23 event coming up in November, but typically this is a history event not a news event. I haven't looked into it, but has anyone been confirmed to appear?

Cameron, Rohde, Landau, and Chapek are all going to be there.

 

[marni1971]

If I had to guess, I would say the coaster load/unload building in red and the Buzz Lightyear ride in blue.

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Coaster garage; load unload should go in front of this. And yes.

Any idea what the other space will be used for?

The track area (minor) and landscaping (major).

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

How in the world are they going to deal with the sightlines to that garage?

 

[Next Big Thing]

Such a huge waste of land.

 

[marni1971]

Such a huge waste of land.

Seems like it. What could have been.

 

[DinoInstitute]

Such a huge waste of land.

It's just so big... With the spot outlined that was said to be the load/unload of the coaster, it boggles my mind how they could possibly fill up the rest of the huge space between with meaningful additions.

Just looking at the aerial shows how crazy it is that only two attractions will be there.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

It's just so big... With the spot outlined that was said to be the load/unload of the coaster, it boggles my mind how they could possibly fill up the rest of the huge space between with meaningful additions.

Just looking at the aerial shows how crazy it is that only two attractions will be there.

Just curious - how many acres does frontierland cover? Big Thunder, Splash, Tom Sawyer Island, Country Bear could fit in that space.