Gusey
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Has Buzz overtaken the new Peter Pan queue? They announced Peter Pan along with the Casey's terrace and Tower queue back in 2023, but Pan was tacked on at the end of the announcement?
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Has Buzz overtaken the new Peter Pan queue? They announced Peter Pan along with the Casey's terrace and Tower queue back in 2023, but Pan was tacked on at the end of the announcement?
Sir_Cliff
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Could also be that those two attractions don't really fit the themes of the areas in which they're located!
Disney Analyst
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I haven’t paid much attention, WDS is getting the Hong Kong version of Frozen right? The land, and ride, minus coaster?
Animaniac93-98
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Kind of
Instead of Playhouse in the woods, it will be a meet 'n greet inside the castle
But yes, no coaster. Or candy shop.
cjkeating
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@Sir_Cliff I agree, they just don't fit with park so aren't included in the art. Whilst I don't think they are going away anytime soon Alice probably has a more finite life - if they capacity is still needed once Frozen is open it will stay, if it isn't, it will go. Aladdin I think will be around for longer but again it feels increasingly superfluous.
I just watched the Mousesteps video of the presentation and the most interesting thing I heard in it was that the World Premiere soundtrack includes Avatar. It will be interesting to see what other tracks it includes as name checking Avatar which is a rumoured future land felt like a wink.
Disney Analyst
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Animaniac93-98
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The model of the park shows the new name/logo on the Earful Tower
Animaniac93-98
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More ideas following what's been announced:
Cars Race Rally and Magic Carpets should be rethemed to Finding Nemo to at least tie this area together
No sense in having a Cars ride here and the Road Trip hundreds of feet away
As I said before this needs to go, if for aesthetic reasons and nothing else. Avengers E-ticket needs to come next after LK
I've been vocal about adding more Hollywood Blvd to the park, but this false front to the left make no sense in isolation.
It was part of a series of flats that created a vignette around the Tram Tour station. Now that's gone and it's just there.
New facades and indoor lobbies should have been created for Studios 2 and 3 to dress up and weather proof them
Cars Race Rally and Magic Carpets should be rethemed to Finding Nemo to at least tie this area together
No sense in having a Cars ride here and the Road Trip hundreds of feet away
As I said before this needs to go, if for aesthetic reasons and nothing else. Avengers E-ticket needs to come next after LK
I've been vocal about adding more Hollywood Blvd to the park, but this false front to the left make no sense in isolation.
It was part of a series of flats that created a vignette around the Tram Tour station. Now that's gone and it's just there.
New facades and indoor lobbies should have been created for Studios 2 and 3 to dress up and weather proof them
I think in Worlds of Pixar we're supposed to be into the worlds of the movies. We're in the Australian water current, in Andy's garden, in Radiator Springs or route 66 and in Remy's France.
However, Rapunzel and Up don't take us into their movies. Instead, there's the common architectural style for all Adventure Way with some references to those 2 movies. We're not immersed in Rapunzel's world or Up's world
Sir_Cliff
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Yes, fancy paving, light fixtures, and landscaping are doing a lot of heavily lifting for the front section of the park in mostly just working around what was already there. For the soundstages, I don't see why they couldn't have kept the facades the same for the entrance side and then given them new, theatre-based facades on the park side. That would have strengthened the illusion of stepping through the studio soundstage into the park.
The remaining facades from the early attempts to improve the aesthetics of the park and incorporate ToT are also a head-scratcher. Now that the whole studio backlot conceit is gone, you're just left with a weird group of empty facades. Whenever I see these views of the beginning of the new boulevard, it strikes me how odd it all looks with that group of shells of buildings backing onto that other shell that kind of resembles a building, Le Terasse or whatever it's called.
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cjkeating
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When I go on this in Hong Kong next month I will be counting!
Animaniac93-98
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Off the top of my head there's
Elsa (x2)
Anna (x2)
Kristoff
Sven (x2)
Olaf (x3)
Marshmallow
That's 11, plus a half dozen trolls?
34 does sound like a lot more than there is, but the ride also has smaller animated figures like Snowgies and puffins.
cjkeating
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Yes. I think they will be including anything that moves!
This one wasn’t for the tram station; it was to hide the very bland side of the Animation building.
BrianLo
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Lion king looks great. I think the focal point flanking trees was a good move, the pure Savannah look feels a bit too barren for the rest of the park.
I hope it stays original to Paris.
The updated concept for the walkway and swings also a big thumbs up from me. It doesn’t look at all like WDAS, which is the biggest compliment I can give. Cute and charming. Is Michel on this project specifically too? He might be my new dark horse favourite imagineer after what they did in HK for arrendelle. One of the few left that seems to be able to pull off “charming”.
I hope it stays original to Paris.
The updated concept for the walkway and swings also a big thumbs up from me. It doesn’t look at all like WDAS, which is the biggest compliment I can give. Cute and charming. Is Michel on this project specifically too? He might be my new dark horse favourite imagineer after what they did in HK for arrendelle. One of the few left that seems to be able to pull off “charming”.
Jordan dby
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there was a news story not long ago that said DLP offices got raided by french tax authorities. they were investigating profit-shifting especially around R&D.
I wonder if that contributed to France getting it's own unique ride and land.
that plus universal in the UK could hopefully see some more interesting things sped up in Paris
I wonder if that contributed to France getting it's own unique ride and land.
that plus universal in the UK could hopefully see some more interesting things sped up in Paris
cjkeating
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Michel is now the lead Imagineer for all of DLP. He has a fancy title but I don't remember what it is. The initial signs are very positive.
Disneyland Paris Shares New Details on Park Transformation Including Up! Ride, Drone Show, and Lion King Attraction
Disneyland Paris Shares New Details on Park Transformation Including Up! Ride, Drone Show, and Lion King Attraction
Disneyland Paris Shares New Details on Park Transformation Including Up! Ride, Drone Show, and Lion King Attraction
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