VIDEO - Take a look inside the stunning ballroom of the 'Be Our Guest Restaurant'

[wm49rs]

Are you suggesting my dinner won't be served to me by singing enchanted objects?

I'm sorry; I meant to PM you that piece of bad news.....

 

[Enchantâmes]

Did they recreate Radiator Spring that well. I would imagine that those mountains would be hundreds of feet taller than they are in DCA. I mean if we are so bummed that the ballroom isn't exactly like it is in the movie, then I think that Carsland should be held to the exact same standard. Can we start to call Carsland a failure now too? I mean it is only fair that both coasts get their fair share of bashing on construction.

Carsland is actually up to scale, and it actually looks just like the movie. I'm going to still complain about this because its ridiculous that they can get an entire canyon town right but not an elegant ballroom right. Its really annoying especially when the Imagineers keep claiming in the videos that they are getting all the details from the film right when the ballroom is not supposed to have straight walls, a flat ceiling, or tiny columns (it all looks like a Barbie princess play-castle). If you're going to make a tribute to my Favorite film of all time do it right, or at least not claiming you are accurately recreating it because they are not. I'm sorry I know I am being a brat about this, but this is not what was presented 3 years ago.

 

[lebeau]

I'm sorry; I meant to PM you that piece of bad news.....

FAIL! Epic Fail Disney!

I was promised an exact recreation of the movie. Not a real-world experience that charmingly evokes what was depicted in an animated classic.

 

[Enchantâmes]

This is what was promised 3 years ago.

 

[wm49rs]

Carsland is actually up to scale, and it actually looks just like the movie. I'm going to still complain about this because its ridiculous that they can get an entire canyon town right but not an elegant ballroom right. Its really annoying especially when the Imagineers keep claiming in the videos that they are getting all the details from the film right when the ballroom is not supposed to have straight walls, a flat ceiling, or tiny columns (it all looks like a Barbie princess play-castle). If you're going to make a tribute to my Favorite film of all time do it right, or at least not claiming you are accurately recreating it because they are not. I'm sorry I know I am being a brat about this, but this is not what was presented 3 years ago.

What was presented 3 years ago was concept art, not a guarantee that the finished project would be an ideal or 100% recreation of a animated film. Again, with it even not being completed yet, decrying Disney as having cut back or cut corners isn't fair. Let them at least finish everything, perhaps even give it a go before declaring the restaurant to be an unmitigated failure.

And no, CarsLand isn't completely up to scale, because again that would have been beyond the realm of the possible to transfer that from the film to real life. But they have done their utmost best.

 

[Mawg]

Actually, it might be...isn't there supposed to be an LCI Lumiere figure for this restaurant? :lol:

yes, but he will end up cracking the foundation of the restaurant and in the end he will just have strobe lights on him to make him look like he moves

 

[devoy1701]

That is a ridiculous argument, and you know it. The forced perspective technique makes those mountains appear to be true to the movie scale. The same trick that makes Cinderella Castle, Big Thunder Mountain, and Everest appear more imposing...

With this restaurant, though, it is obvious that this space is far less grandiose in terms of scale, which makes the restaurant seem a little disappointing at first glance when the space from the movie is what was promised.

Carsland is actually up to scale, and it actually looks just like the movie. I'm going to still complain about this because its ridiculous that they can get an entire canyon town right but not an elegant ballroom right. Its really annoying especially when the Imagineers keep claiming in the videos that they are getting all the details from the film right when the ballroom is not supposed to have straight walls, a flat ceiling, or tiny columns (it all looks like a Barbie princess play-castle). If you're going to make a tribute to my Favorite film of all time do it right, or at least not claiming you are accurately recreating it because they are not. I'm sorry I know I am being a brat about this, but this is not what was presented 3 years ago.

Exactly this. I don't have a problem with a scaled version of what we see in the movie, so long as the scale they use still allows for an accurate representation of what it is WDI is trying to recreate. I think Carsland looks fantastic, and the mountains, while we all know they are smaller than they really should be as mountains, they are done to a scale that still makes them look believable and sized correctly with the environment they are trying to respresent.

 

[lebeau]

This is what was promised 3 years ago.

So you were expecting to be seated by the Beast himself?

 

[Captain Chaos]

So far the only thing I don't like is the ceiling... I don't really like what appears to be the extra large mural...

I'm not really looking at scale here... I would expect the scale to be off... of course I don't expect a huge ballroom... Maybe things looks off cause the painting isn't done yet... Who knows... Possible they DID screw up... Wouldn't be the first time, would it??

 

[Mawg]

So you were expecting to be seated by the Beast himself?

Why not, that would be awesome

 

[Enchantâmes]

So you were expecting to be seated by the Beast himself?

Totally.

 

[lebeau]

Why not, that would be awesome

Totally.

Fair enough.

I hope you won't be too disappointed with a human waitstaff and a Lumierre animatronic in a dining area that reminds you of the settings from the movie without being an exact physical recreation of them.

 

[wm49rs]

Fair enough.

I hope you won't be too disappointed with a human waitstaff and a Lumierre animatronic in a dining area that reminds you of the settings from the movie without being an exact physical recreation of them.

Yeah, you win.....

 

[Mawg]

Fair enough.

I hope you won't be too disappointed with a human waitstaff and a Lumierre animatronic in a dining area that reminds you of the settings from the movie without being an exact physical recreation of them.

No, I want to feel immersed in the movie. My dishes better sing and dance for me.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

Exactly this. I don't have a problem with a scaled version of what we see in the movie, so long as the scale they use still allows for an accurate representation of what it is WDI is trying to recreate. I think Carsland looks fantastic, and the mountains, while we all know they are smaller than they really should be as mountains, they are done to a scale that still makes them look believable and sized correctly with the environment they are trying to respresent.

I personally feel that if the exact Carsland from DCA was coming to WDW instead, we would have found countless issues with it by now and said TDO doesn't know what is going on. It just helps that it is being built at DLR and as such it automatically starts on a higher level.

 

[njDizFan]

I personally feel that if the exact Carsland from DCA was coming to WDW instead, we would have found countless issues with it by now and said TDO doesn't know what is going on. It just helps that it is being built at DLR and as such it automatically starts on a higher level.

I hope one day we actually get to the chance to make that comparison...if/when Avatarland comes sounds like our next chance at an e-ticket.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I hope one day we actually get to the chance to make that comparison...if/when Avatarland comes sounds like our next chance at an e-ticket.

But, Avatar has been getting beat up on around here since the second they announced it. People are already declaring it a failure without knowing anything about the project besides for the fact that it (may be) coming to AK.

 

[devoy1701]

But, Avatar has been getting beat up on around here since the second they announced it. People are already declaring it a failure without knowing anything about the project besides for the fact that it (may be) coming to AK.

hey I support Avatar. If given the right budget and creative freedom...

 

[Captain Chaos]

But, Avatar has been getting beat up on around here since the second they announced it. People are already declaring it a failure without knowing anything about the project besides for the fact that it (may be) coming to AK.

You are right... People have beaten up the Avatar announcement and their logic has honestly failed... They just hating on the project cause their precious Beastly Kingdom is dead... Or cause they didn't like the movie therefore Disney shouldn't build Avatar because THEY didn't like it, overlooking that the movie is only the highest grossing film ever...

Disney online fanboys are their own worst enemy.. I will repeat it till I am blue in the face...

 

[Tim Lohr]

I don't know that the scale is all that off, this photo was taken from the balcony so it doesn't seem as tall as it would at ground level, and the mural in the back has fewer but wider arches which makes them look shorter the still of the movie

When they released the video of the mural being installed, it was filmed from ground level and to me it seemed like the room was a lot bigger in that video