A lake bring more views into existence that you don't get by cramming more lands into the same space. Sometimes the visual impact is the goal.
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
- Thread starter Jwhee
- Start date
A lake bring more views into existence that you don't get by cramming more lands into the same space. Sometimes the visual impact is the goal.
nickys
Premium Member
No doubt that’s why Arendelle is the furthest away land from the approaches to the lake. The mountain and castle will have a stunning visual impact for younger children, thus drawing people to walk round the lake - even though at first there will be nothing to see on the way.
cjkeating
Well-Known Member
That's concerning. Be Our Guest is a cavernous canteen, I hope the Snuggly Duckling feels more intimate than that.
cjkeating
Well-Known Member
How can you forget Cars Road Trip?
nickys
Premium Member
That’s unlikely to be accessible from the lake at first!How can you forget Cars Road Trip?
And I liked it - but then I loved the backstage tour, especially Catastrophe Canyon. So I will continue to ride it for that alone.
cjkeating
Well-Known Member
It will certainly be accessible from the lake, if you took down the wall that is currently there you are literally on the walkway that circles the lake.
Same.
nickys
Premium Member
I did say “at first”.
Given that there seems to be nothing yet confirmed for that side, do you think they’ll take down the wall once Tangled and Arendelle are ready?
cjkeating
Well-Known Member
Most certainly... would be very weird if the attraction was walled off from the lake, they will want more traffic to get to Cars and it not to be in a dead end anymore.
Kevin_W
Well-Known Member
Agreed. We actually quite liked Pym's. I was thinking more along the QS side.
Gotcha. I honestly can’t remember the last QSR we had at WDSP.
Unless an ice cream counts ??!!
Disney-Universal Fanboy
Active Member
I just think it’s really weird that a lake that’s like the size of the park back in 2002 is a little bland if you ask me. And the adventure theme is kinda cool, but having multiple themes clash at once is a little chaotic.I wouldn't worry about them putting lands on the lake, so far officially we haven't even got all the lands that was due to be put around the lake
Also the park is no longer movie-themed, its adventure-themed nowThe Lake is fine, especially if they put a decent nighttime show on it.
Ech lake works because it’s based around California architecture and the universal Orlando lake works because the theme back then was ride the movies, and you visit the places those movies took place at.
It doesn’t really work for a Hollywood movie making park.
I think something else besides elsa ice palace to be a center draw of the park is a theater of some sorts, like the chinese theater at Hollywood studios.
- which is the theme this park is moving away from.
A lake will add some welcome respite from the endless concrete of 2002. Landscaping and foliage will add much needed visual interest. And the park finally gets a purpose built night show venue with some interesting infrastructure. I’m not defending the woeful small addition of attractions when this phase is all complete but whats being laid for the future is commendable . Especially considering where it is.
Disney-Universal Fanboy
Active Member
But still, it’s just too many themes clashing together at the same time. Disney outright ruined the park.
Disgruntled Walt
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Can you ruin something that started as a dumpster fire?
Disney-Universal Fanboy
Active Member
Yes, indeed. The early years added some great experiences and gave the park some attention and then they pulll this off. WDSP was and will forever be a terrible park even if something good is added.
Did you visit it in 2002?
Disney-Universal Fanboy
Active Member
I visited it in 2022 or last year (2023). I wasn’t even alive in 2002.
Is World Showcase ruined because it has 11 different themed environments around it?
TheLewisHK
Active Member
On the other hand, I was, and actually visited the year it opened.
The ride lineup was Rock'n'Rollercoaster and the carpets. That's it. There was also a tram tour which felt like a bus ride through the forest (aside from the excellent Catastrophe Canyon) and Armageddon, which was akin to standing in a Chernobyl reactor.
"Great experiences" is not a way I would describe what the park felt like back then.