Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris

[Animaniac93-98]

Dome has now been placed atop the East Pavilion

 

[Bernswss]

The skyline is looking very much complete!

 

[Animaniac93-98]

 

[Supersnow84]

The parks skyline is looking much better than before (and will be even better with lion king)

I’m still unsure though on the two halves. Like the two closest parks to this would be DCA and DHS both of which really pulled back on the opening area to make Hollywood boulevard and Buena vista street, they aren’t “intrusive” to the wider park. But WDS still retains the boxy studio 1, and the production areas that make up toon studio and the walk to avengers. DHS sorta has this as well around commissary lane and the animation courtyard but it’s living lands are more “urban” than what WDS seems to be going for with this art novoveau tree lined boulevard and lake.

The park has a risk of being quite disjointed but it remains to be seen

 

[cjkeating]

The park has a risk of being quite disjointed but it remains to be seen

I will take a disjointed lake area as opposed to more of the same from the front half of the park.

 

[Supersnow84]

I will take a disjointed lake area as opposed to more of the same from the front half of the park.

I agree. I still think it’s a consideration

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I remain a little underwhelmed with what they have done with the front/original part of the park as new paving, lampposts, and landscaping can only go so far.

It is so awkwardly laid out, however, I am not sure how much they can really do with the area without just demolishing most of it and starting over. Until budgets begin swelling in order to permit that sort of reworking of the existing park in addition to expansion, I think we're all unfortunately stuck with trying to put lipstick on the pig that is the original WDS.

 

[marni1971]

I remain a little underwhelmed with what they have done with the front/original part of the park as new paving, lampposts, and landscaping can only go so far.

It is so awkwardly laid out, however, I am not sure how much they can really do with the area without just demolishing most of it and starting over. Until budgets begin swelling in order to permit that sort of reworking of the existing park in addition to expansion, I think we're all unfortunately stuck with trying to put lipstick on the pig that is the original WDS.

Aside from the pinch point outside Crush, it works - once you can get from Avengers to the lake.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Aside from the pinch point outside Crush, it works - once you can get from Avengers to the lake.

While I don't love Avenger's Campus as a theme, I do think it works once you get to that point and basically beyond the big plaza/ex-carpark.

At any rate, I will finally get back at the beginning of December so am looking forward to seeing how it all looks in person!

 

[Supersnow84]

I think it’s fair to draw distinction between “it works” and “it’s good”

Putting pathways between worlds of Pixar and avengers campus and adventure way/bay doesn’t really change the awkward arrangement of the front half of the park and the fact that the lake is kinda trying to pretend like it’s not part of the park

Like when you make a path from worlds of pixar and avengers campus to adventure way you kinda end up with two big dead zones on either side of adventure way you’d imagine would be accessible

 

[nickys]

While I don't love Avenger's Campus as a theme, I do think it works once you get to that point and basically beyond the big plaza/ex-carpark.

At any rate, I will finally get back at the beginning of December so am looking forward to seeing how it all looks in person!

The expansion won’t be open then though. What you’ll see are the changes to the front of the park.