lazyboy97o
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Inflation and cost escalation can be calculated. Even adjusting for those factors, they spent more. I’m not presuming anything.
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Of course they spent more. It is an entirely new park, with infastructure inside and out front foundations to entertainment programming, plumbing, power, and every food, bev and merch inbetween.
No one promised you every land would be Diagon. We got one land larger in scale, some in-between and some ones with the properties that arguably are not as big or in house.
No one promised them all to be equal and as rich in detail ad AK and Tokyo Dksney Sea are, they are still are not always equal. Give it a rest and accept the reality.
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lazyboy97o
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Again, those factors can be controlled for in a comparison…
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Honestly, they got relatively close.
Exactly, and that is phenom in itself. That is why I want to make.it clear it has smaller lands, but they would be strongest in many other parks. Dragon with its flaws has a variety of venues and some solid immersion theming.
No other park has opened at this scale. They did this right.
Disneyhead'71
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All this talk about sightlines. I think they nailed this one.
It is cropped, but not otherwise manipulated from...
It is cropped, but not otherwise manipulated from...
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rd805
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All the hate the product is coming based off of hearsay, and POV videos. Get to the park then criticize - until then, you're opinion is literally useless to the masses & leads others to think it is fact!
Now if you walked out of there and have your report, I get it & appreciate it ;o).
Now if you walked out of there and have your report, I get it & appreciate it ;o).
Disneyhead'71
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Oh, no, don't get me wrong, there are some bad sightlines. The one that amuses me the most is the spectacular view of the sewage treatment plant as you peak the top hat on Stardust. It is like a perfect Pic from Bioreconstruct. And the fantastic view of Potter's backside as you sit on the final break run. Eh, it is what it is.
Which is a brand new $7+ BILLION theme park. The likes of which the USA has not seen since EPCOT 1.0.
sedati
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If I posted this years ago back before we had anything but a land acquisition.announcement and said I was from the future would anyone be happy if I said this was a view not from the greater resort, but from inside the actual park?
UNCgolf
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All this talk about sightlines. I think they nailed this one.
It is cropped, but not otherwise manipulated from...
It's good, but it would be better if Helios wasn't so bland.
Disneyhead'71
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Ummm, yea. I really like CP and it's whole vibe. Stardust and all.
I mean they could have gone Victorian.
I am personally glad they didn't.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
There’s a lot more choices besides Victorian….
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Yes. I like this area a ton.
Disneyhead'71
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And they went Mediterranean. Which kind of ties into to whole Greek god thing they have going on in CP.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Not really. Its big problem is that the Celestial Park team didn’t have more of a say in its look.
Disneyhead'71
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Well, the convention market is quite lucrative, and the Bellagio is stiff competition.
Given the assignment, I think they did a great job. And inside definitely plays on the CP theme
UNCgolf
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It's themed about as much as Disney's Riviera. A hotel that's functioning as the park centerpiece should look impressive; it shouldn't like a random resort hotel you might find anywhere.
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lazyboy97o
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That’s a nice non sequitur.
It could be a bare CMU box and you’d be telling us they did a great job.
Animaniac93-98
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Portofino Bay is a Universal property that's actually Mediterranean themed.
Helios is about as "Mediterranean" as a Vegas strip hotel...except the Bellagio looks better inside and out.
Stripes
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I mean, he works there…