The building is due some cosmetic changes and more landscaping.
There’s thought now this closure might be temporary but we’ll see
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Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
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There’s thought now this closure might be temporary but we’ll see
Gusey
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It'll still be the water tower probably. It was in the D23 model, with an updated logo
With a person on horse jumping off of the tower diving into a raised pool of water.
Adventure!!
Bernswss
Active Member
I hope it remains the water tower, but I could see either Arendelle castle of the Tower of Terror become the main icon.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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My money would be on the former considering how popular Frozen is.
Toni25
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Can you imagine the following:
A park named "Adventure World";
Upon entrance you are immersed into Hollywood respectively a cinematic journey through the worlds of different movies;
This park could have "Arendelle Castle" as the main icon...or a lake.
I don't even know if I wanna laugh or cry.
A park named "Adventure World";
Upon entrance you are immersed into Hollywood respectively a cinematic journey through the worlds of different movies;
This park could have "Arendelle Castle" as the main icon...or a lake.
I don't even know if I wanna laugh or cry.
IMDREW
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We can cry togetherCan you imagine the following:
A park named "Adventure World";
Upon entrance you are immersed into Hollywood respectively a cinematic journey through the worlds of different movies;
This park could have "Arendelle Castle" as the main icon...or a lake.
etc98
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Honestly these new IP style parks make it difficult to have an icon. When there’s nothing really unifying the theme of the whole park it makes it difficult to have an icon that represents the whole park.
Universal parks have never really had icons the way Disney parks did, and it’s probably for that very reason. And it seems like Disney is moving away from the “every park has one icon” thing too. DCA doesn’t really have one. Hollywood Studios switches between the Chinese theater and Tower of Terror. I don’t think it’s something they actively think about or plan for in their designs anymore.
denyuntilcaught
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A huge shame.
josh2000
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Pixar Pal-A-Round is the DCA icon. Disney uses it as the icon on the app and website, for example.
Bernswss
Active Member
They look amazing, but is ToT the icon? Sometimes they use the Chinese Theatre, others ToT...
The answer is simple - They can have a unifying icon across all parks. They just need to build a giant statue of...
Haymarket
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I think they switched. It's been pretty consistently ToT for at least the last few years. I think it's in part because it's much bigger, and roughly on the same scale as the others.
But who knows: maybe they'll switch again.
Haymarket
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This park has been haphazardly thrown together since its creation, and unfortunately nothing in this re-do is changing that.
The 2012 DCA 2.0 redo should’ve been the blueprint: taking areas that didn’t evoke a particular theme and changing them so that guests felt transported to another time or place—that old-school Disney Parks vibe. For all their flaws and deviation from their original thematic visions, at least DHS and DCA still accomplish that.
Avengers Campus was a step in the right direction, but these mini-lands with just one attraction don’t do it for me.
Give us Buena Vista Street. Give us an Arendelle with 2 or 3 attractions. Flesh out “Worlds of Pixar” with that iconic Emeryville brick pattern and a Luxo Jr. animatronic.
Instead we’re left with “Disney’s Greatest Hits Premier Access Studios Adventure World.” It all feels very Universal or Six Flags IMO.
The 2012 DCA 2.0 redo should’ve been the blueprint: taking areas that didn’t evoke a particular theme and changing them so that guests felt transported to another time or place—that old-school Disney Parks vibe. For all their flaws and deviation from their original thematic visions, at least DHS and DCA still accomplish that.
Avengers Campus was a step in the right direction, but these mini-lands with just one attraction don’t do it for me.
Give us Buena Vista Street. Give us an Arendelle with 2 or 3 attractions. Flesh out “Worlds of Pixar” with that iconic Emeryville brick pattern and a Luxo Jr. animatronic.
Instead we’re left with “Disney’s Greatest Hits Premier Access Studios Adventure World.” It all feels very Universal or Six Flags IMO.
cjkeating
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I think the difference here is that DCA was a full sized park... it was just the themes were mainly questionable and lots of placemaking could fix these errors. WDSP however was a quarter sized park when it opened. After the many piecemeal additions it's now a half sized park. The expansion is making it a three quarter sized park with expansion pads to make it a full sized park. If they had only concentrated on what was still there we'd still have a half sized park with no access to expansion pads.
Ultimately it all comes down to money. It would be awesome to have multiple fleshed out lands around the lake but DLP doesn't have an unlimited budget so I don't think there is a simple solution to this?
mrflo
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After reflecting on the D23 announcements and various reactions over the last two weeks, I feel a bit disenchanted. I have been hoping for a Splash Mountain type ride to come to DLP since the 90s and am a fan of the Lion King movie & musical as well. So in theory I should be over the moon.
Disney Adventure World totally fits into the trend of IP-driven lands, shaped heavily by marketing that focuses on giving people what they think they want - nothing less and nothing much more. But in doing so, it misses that element of surprise & wonder that made Disney so magical. I think Joe Rohde said something like that it’s not about giving people what they ask for, but surprising them with something beyond their expectations.
Looking at our pre-D23 poll the announcements were completely in line with what most members expected. Yet that’s where - my personal - feeling of fatigue might be coming from. Disney may be playing it too safe by mainly relying on popular franchises and using a very formulaic approach. The „how did Disney do that“ has shifted to a „I see what you did there“ - lacking major ambition, sophistication and level of design quality that made the first DLP park outstanding.
Meanwhile, despite also relying on IPs, Universal’s Epic Universe is capturing that spirit of wonder with its innovative world-building, and that’s where my excitement has been shifting to. Just one of those lands from Epic - in terms of ambition, innovation & scale - would have made the WDS expansion worthwhile. The Lion King definitely looks like a step up in terms of scale and probably investment as well - those animatronics are not cheap. While I am looking forward to ride it, I am still very cautious what to expect in the end.
Disney Adventure World totally fits into the trend of IP-driven lands, shaped heavily by marketing that focuses on giving people what they think they want - nothing less and nothing much more. But in doing so, it misses that element of surprise & wonder that made Disney so magical. I think Joe Rohde said something like that it’s not about giving people what they ask for, but surprising them with something beyond their expectations.
Looking at our pre-D23 poll the announcements were completely in line with what most members expected. Yet that’s where - my personal - feeling of fatigue might be coming from. Disney may be playing it too safe by mainly relying on popular franchises and using a very formulaic approach. The „how did Disney do that“ has shifted to a „I see what you did there“ - lacking major ambition, sophistication and level of design quality that made the first DLP park outstanding.
Meanwhile, despite also relying on IPs, Universal’s Epic Universe is capturing that spirit of wonder with its innovative world-building, and that’s where my excitement has been shifting to. Just one of those lands from Epic - in terms of ambition, innovation & scale - would have made the WDS expansion worthwhile. The Lion King definitely looks like a step up in terms of scale and probably investment as well - those animatronics are not cheap. While I am looking forward to ride it, I am still very cautious what to expect in the end.