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VIDEO - Take a tour inside Maurice's Cottage in the new Fantasyland
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britlightyear
Active Member
Very cool! Really looking forward to this!
Mickey_777
Well-Known Member
The mirror/portal is pretty impressive. I didn't catch it at first, had to watch it again. This M&G is actually a borderline attraction if you ask me. Details look good too.
Tip Top Club
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I think once we get inside it's going to be more than a borderline attraction. I can't help but think of Poseidon's Fury though. Why did they not just build a ride here? Let's hope we get more views of the Wardrobe scene, and anything else they're hiding soon!
JCtheparrothead
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Wow it is pretty impressive.
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
That mirror portal is amazing. When it started I was like "hmmmm....that lighting effect is pretty neat" and as he's talking about it being a "portal to transfer you to the castle" i'm thinking..."I wonder if it turns into a door somehow" and sure enough it does. Very neat transformation effect that almost made me thing a CGI was super-imposed on the Imagineering video. I always say I'll give kudos when they are due, and this is something that I would love to see in person.
One question, do I have to do the Meet and Greet in oder to experience the cottage and workshop?
One question, do I have to do the Meet and Greet in oder to experience the cottage and workshop?
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
I agree. The queue is great for a lead-in to an attraction. It would have been great if this was an "interactive queue" for an attraction, not just a meet and great.
Scuttle
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering the same thing. I hope you don't have to do the meet and greet. The mirror is undoubtedly amazing.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I'm trying to remember, do they actually say when they moved? I'm racking my brain to try and remember the film and if they mention this. I know there is the "every morning just the same since the morning that we came" line in Bonjour, but maybe they moved when she was a baby and she's just being dramatic (the lowest mark is 12 months)? I don't know. Maybe he just wrote down her measurements and put them up after they moved? I have been thinking about doing that myself with our little height chart that we have, going back and filling in previous measurements that happened before we bought it.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Question. Is it truly a Meet and Greet, or is it basically the old Storytime with Belle attraction/show they used to have in the other theater location on the other side of the castle? I had been thinking it was closer to that show than a true M&G, but I could be making an incorrect assumption here...
AndyMagic
Well-Known Member
I have the same question as others. Is this turning out to be more a of a walk-through attraction like Poseidon's Fury at IOA or is it really just an incredibly elaborate queue that ends with a lame photo-op of a college kid in a dress? If it ends up being the latter, I have a feeling Disney will end up with a lot of disappointed guests since the build-up is so impressive and very few people actually read the descriptions on the park maps. The same thing happened with Triceratop Encounter over at Universal. Judged for what it was, that walk-through was pretty impressive but because the build-up and queue was so amazing, guests left underwhelmed and the attraction eventually closed.
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
hey I loved encountering that triceratop!
Magic Lamp
Member
The mirror had me do a double take. 
Now that's what imagineering is all about!
As for the age/height markings, Maurice could've transcribed them from an old chart he made before they moved house. They all seem too fresh and the same to have been done over 18 years. I just love how they kept to the French, though.
Now that's what imagineering is all about!As for the age/height markings, Maurice could've transcribed them from an old chart he made before they moved house. They all seem too fresh and the same to have been done over 18 years. I just love how they kept to the French, though.