IMDREW
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And just places you want to be and spend time in. Lots and lots of architectural beauty to look at (if you turn away from the lake nowadays)
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Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
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The New Orleans hotel theme would have continued next door to the Village before we got the DL Hotel and Festival Disney.
The east resort was to be modelled on the All Stars if I recall.Found it! But the timeline was not the one happening now it seemsLots of things changed with the pandemic...
Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
True, and even if they would later build the next stages of SW and Frozen, they would still have room for a full, Pandora-scale land in the middle. As I wrote before and Jeff from ED92 brilliantly had explained, originally, Cars should have been where the big hole between Frozen and the...forums.wdwmagic.com
EPCOTCenterLover
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Yuck- what a way to ruin the gorgeous Parisian resort.
ToTBellHop
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Seen the hideous Toy Story Hotel?
Animaniac93-98
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In fairness, its not quite Santa Fe bad...
cjkeating
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I disagree. Santa Fe isn't pretty (I think it's ugliness is overrated) but the Toy Story Hotel is just big blue boxes with clouds on them.
Toni25
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I think Santa Fe is among the not so bad looking "budget" hotels...compared to the communist looking Toy Story hotel or the absolutely terrifying and outdated All Star resorts.
Sir_Cliff
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I actually don't mind the Santa Fe. The architecture is at least an interesting attempt at being evocative rather than literal. When the buildings are all lit up at night, I think it is actually quite atmospheric and transportive from cold, wet France! One element that I think might be worth retiring is the "movie screen" billboard. I don't think the effect really comes across, and they don't refresh it nearly enough which means the first impression of the hotel is inexplicably a faded, dirty giant image from Cars.
The Toy Story Hotel looks like something that belongs on an Industrial Estate and the less said about the All Star resorts the better!
Animaniac93-98
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The one in China, or the one being built in Japan?
They are both uniquely hideous.
Animaniac93-98
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Santa Fe, when it was new and wasn't themed to Cars, was at least conceptually interesting:
lazyboy97o
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I’m curious to know what the Tomorrowland Hotel was supposed to look like before it became the Toy Story Hotel. There’s a sleekness to Tomorrowland at Shanghai Disneyland that could have made for a cool hotel.
Animaniac93-98
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Well there you go again making sad by informing me of something that either used to be or could have been.
I was enjoying my blissful ignorance on the subject of SDL hotels.
Sir_Cliff
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I think even now the initial approach would be attractive and quite theatrical if they ditched the billboard. The idea behind it was interesting, but the practical result (especially now) really detracts from the building, IMO. Perhaps it did work as intended when the hotel first opened, but I further suspect that it is another bold statement characteristic of postmodern architect (not my favourite period) that has not aged well.
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Animaniac93-98
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I say keep the billboard, but make it an actual LED movie screen showing clips from Westerns.
That little bit of landscaping really adds to it too.
I’m under the impression it’s been paved over now for more parking?
It would have to be projection. LED would ruin the theme.I say keep the billboard, but make it an actual LED movie screen showing clips from Westerns.
But that wouldn’t work either. The blank canvas version was possibly the better way.
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fradz
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Also what I had heard yes
Toni25
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Cars Tour looking good:
These pics are from a new post on themeparx.
There is a mention of the "Stark Industries Factory";
Apparently there is a photo of a piece of the "wall";
I don't wanna repost everything like a bot, you can check the message and photo on the link:
www.themeparx.com
I'm honestly hyped and excited for all the changes starting to take shape and all the news/photos we've had in the past few weeks.
These pics are from a new post on themeparx.
There is a mention of the "Stark Industries Factory";
Apparently there is a photo of a piece of the "wall";
I don't wanna repost everything like a bot, you can check the message and photo on the link:
Disneyland Paris expansion
Construction progress on Disneyland Paris expansion, Marne-la-Vallée, France. Daily updates from theme park construction sites worldwide!
www.themeparx.com
I'm honestly hyped and excited for all the changes starting to take shape and all the news/photos we've had in the past few weeks.