Next Big Thing
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lol, it's not like the volcano is new. It's been there since the restaurant opened...
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VIDEO - Rainforest Cafe testing spectacular volcano fireball effects
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Clamman73
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Gone are the days of taking a quiet evening stroll by the water with beautiful sparkling trees and the gentle turning of a paddle wheel...
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
the paddle wheel quit turning years ago.
Bolt
Well-Known Member
Exactly. T-Rex's in Florida, that makes sense. Mismatched socks store, totally 2000 year old back story and don't even get me started how perfectly themed a jean store fits in Downtown Disney. You are absolutely correct on spotting the first non-cohesive thing at Downtown Disney.
Next Big Thing
Well-Known Member
This is such a ridiculous discussion. DTD is a shopping/entertainment district (as is CityWalk). THAT is your theme. Anything goes beyond that, it's not a theme park.
The Empress Lilly
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Au contraire, mon ami. The Buena Vista Village did have a theme. It is only the constant giving in to the wish of individual outside vendors to outshout their neighbours with loud, abrassive signs for attention that has turned the place into the non-themed mess it is now.
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
Not like me to pass up on any opportunity! The wheel of shame, the destruction of Disney sophistication by outside franchises:
You are correct. No theme, no placemaking. Just fun. Makes DtD a more fun place than it was before. This is good. DtD as it was before these effects is less fun than DtD with these effects (of course, based on only the video, I'm speculating here, but your argument isn't affected by that).
ChrisFL
Premium Member
I kind agree, I realize they're just testing it, but why does the entire left side of the volcano look like it's going up in flames?
NowInc
Well-Known Member
That partially has to do with the "flare" a bright fire effect has on a lens. It will make things look a lot more blown out on "film" than they do in real life.
ddrongowski
Well-Known Member
CAN I GET MY EYEBROWS BACK!!!!! Dang that's got to generate a lot of heat.
UofMGuy423
Well-Known Member
Very cool!
ChrisFL
Premium Member
ah, I see
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Quoted because I agree with this.
My first reaction was how crazy and over-the top I thought this was, and it was impressive in the same way that any big ball of fire would be.
Then I thought a little about the concept art that they have released for Disney Springs, and how much I liked what they looked to be trying to do there. This just seems exactly opposite to that effort. Strolling along those calming waterways and "bubbling streams", the waterfront area, and all of a sudden, a giant volcano is belching fire in the distance? It just seems like, if they were truly trying to "placemake" Disney Springs at all, they would have toned down the Rainforest Cafe, not turned it up to 11. It gives me less confidence in Disney Springs as a whole, rather than more.
The Empress Lilly
Well-Known Member
Yay!
In a themed environment the parts work together for the whole. A belching volcano is cool and all. But it needs to further the story, add to the placemaking. Else it doesn't improve, but lessens the whole. A random fire-spewing volcano in a shopping district only distracts, rather than adds.
Main Street doesn't improve with a massive AT-AT walking in Town Square. Regardless of how fun that is in itself. SSE doesn't improve with a massive fire-breating dragon on top, but Potter does.
Tigger1988
Well-Known Member
What Jersey Shore resorts have fire and explosions (that aren't fireworks)?
There's no volcanoes at the shore either.
There's no volcanoes at the shore either.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
While the Disney Village Marketplace may have had a cohesive theme at one point, that is long gone, so this doesn't bother me in the least. Its not like its going to erupt constantly.
