Yeah yeah...we all know Disney would never take the chance to scare the...well, you know,.. out of people at the Magic Kingdom..Thats what Disney MGM is for!
but...what if the Kingdom did have a dark side (as the rumours suggest)..what's your vision?
At nighttime, forget the cliche iron gates and all that. Imagine that the land is encased like Mermaid Lagoon at TOKYO DISNEY SEAS...
Rising behind the 20k lagoon is what looks like..Bald Mountain..or at least an artistic revision of it. A twisted rock formation covering teh land behind the Magic Kingdom.
You enter a dark, Vulcania like cavern where Ariel's Grotto used to be (still is, but not in my vision) and adjacent to the 20k lagoon. The tunnel is dark and twisting, like the Tom Sawyer island caverns or the Splash Mountain queue area. The cavern has several gaping holes, where various villianous sidekicks slither by (Kaa, Flotsam and Jetsam from Mermaid (ala Tokyo Disney Seas), the crocodiles from the Rescuers and Peter Pan, etc.) The cavern eventually opens up into a dark, stormy environment (like the nightime effect in the MExico pavillion) Ichabod and his horse are cowering in a nearby wooded grotto as frightening voices rise from the woods. Gaston is heard somewhere, awakng the villagers to go kill the beast.
First stop: The Tavern.
Heres where men tell tall tales, or occasionally sing a happy song. Tavern guests are treated to renditions of "Gaston" and "the Headless Horseman" song from "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", and various storytellers tell their ghost stories in the low lit environment. Lightning strikes outside (like the Tiki Room effect).
Second Stop: The Grotto
In Blue Bayou lit amphitheatre, a cauldron boils before the audience. Wolves howl in the nearby woods as the crowd walks in by the light of the moon and the burning, hanging cauldrons. Suddenly, cackling is heard in the distance. It gets louder, and louder, then suddenly, a strobe goes off and the Wicked Queen from Snow White appears. She begins to tell us to beware of the horrible "good" that is in the world, or people white as snow, and fair maidens locked away in castles, and mice who can talk. At the height of her speech, voices are heard, and she disappears, as the BELLE'S Father, the inventor, arrives, looking for a way out of the woods after the inventor's convention. The witch sees him, and sends out the wolves (eyes appear in the nearby woods and scare the inventor and his cart away) Suddenly, Belle appears, searching for her father, and she tells the audience how they can help defeat the evil, by believing in the good in the world. After a little act of audience participation, the evil witch is defeated, and the area lights up brightly with a warm glow.
The Lagoon
In the far section of the land, there's a broken down Ferry boat (The Rescuers) and the back of Monstro, the whale. You board little pods and embark on an excursion through the sea. First, you are drifting through the palace of King Triton, looking at the exotic jewels, your hear (maybe even see) Ariel singing. Then, you exit the palace, and travel down a dark tunnel to Ursula's lair, where you pass the POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS who could not fill their contracts with Ursula. They seem to surround the pod in multitudes, filling up the glass viewfinder. Then, you see Ursula at her cauldron. She spots you, and tells you you will never see the light of day, and sends you drifting into the mouth of Monstro. The cavern becomes the insides of the whale. You pass whale ribs, ancient ships, etc. Suddenly, the whale sneezes and sends you hurtling upward. You find yourself floating past Kida, who beckons you onward, past the sleeping LEVIATHAN. You travel into the Eye of the King of Atlantis, where the ancient masks of the Kings of Atlantis float in mid-air.
Then something goes wrong again. You find your only way out is through a dormant volcano, until, the volcano blows! You are sent spiraling upward through the chasm, and back through the "Greasetrap" to the surface world.
There is so much to do with this land, I'm sure you gents and ladies will think of plenty of ideas. Jafar, Hades, Scar, Maleficient..so many villains so little time!!!
but...what if the Kingdom did have a dark side (as the rumours suggest)..what's your vision?
At nighttime, forget the cliche iron gates and all that. Imagine that the land is encased like Mermaid Lagoon at TOKYO DISNEY SEAS...
Rising behind the 20k lagoon is what looks like..Bald Mountain..or at least an artistic revision of it. A twisted rock formation covering teh land behind the Magic Kingdom.
You enter a dark, Vulcania like cavern where Ariel's Grotto used to be (still is, but not in my vision) and adjacent to the 20k lagoon. The tunnel is dark and twisting, like the Tom Sawyer island caverns or the Splash Mountain queue area. The cavern has several gaping holes, where various villianous sidekicks slither by (Kaa, Flotsam and Jetsam from Mermaid (ala Tokyo Disney Seas), the crocodiles from the Rescuers and Peter Pan, etc.) The cavern eventually opens up into a dark, stormy environment (like the nightime effect in the MExico pavillion) Ichabod and his horse are cowering in a nearby wooded grotto as frightening voices rise from the woods. Gaston is heard somewhere, awakng the villagers to go kill the beast.
First stop: The Tavern.
Heres where men tell tall tales, or occasionally sing a happy song. Tavern guests are treated to renditions of "Gaston" and "the Headless Horseman" song from "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", and various storytellers tell their ghost stories in the low lit environment. Lightning strikes outside (like the Tiki Room effect).
Second Stop: The Grotto
In Blue Bayou lit amphitheatre, a cauldron boils before the audience. Wolves howl in the nearby woods as the crowd walks in by the light of the moon and the burning, hanging cauldrons. Suddenly, cackling is heard in the distance. It gets louder, and louder, then suddenly, a strobe goes off and the Wicked Queen from Snow White appears. She begins to tell us to beware of the horrible "good" that is in the world, or people white as snow, and fair maidens locked away in castles, and mice who can talk. At the height of her speech, voices are heard, and she disappears, as the BELLE'S Father, the inventor, arrives, looking for a way out of the woods after the inventor's convention. The witch sees him, and sends out the wolves (eyes appear in the nearby woods and scare the inventor and his cart away) Suddenly, Belle appears, searching for her father, and she tells the audience how they can help defeat the evil, by believing in the good in the world. After a little act of audience participation, the evil witch is defeated, and the area lights up brightly with a warm glow.
The Lagoon
In the far section of the land, there's a broken down Ferry boat (The Rescuers) and the back of Monstro, the whale. You board little pods and embark on an excursion through the sea. First, you are drifting through the palace of King Triton, looking at the exotic jewels, your hear (maybe even see) Ariel singing. Then, you exit the palace, and travel down a dark tunnel to Ursula's lair, where you pass the POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS who could not fill their contracts with Ursula. They seem to surround the pod in multitudes, filling up the glass viewfinder. Then, you see Ursula at her cauldron. She spots you, and tells you you will never see the light of day, and sends you drifting into the mouth of Monstro. The cavern becomes the insides of the whale. You pass whale ribs, ancient ships, etc. Suddenly, the whale sneezes and sends you hurtling upward. You find yourself floating past Kida, who beckons you onward, past the sleeping LEVIATHAN. You travel into the Eye of the King of Atlantis, where the ancient masks of the Kings of Atlantis float in mid-air.
Then something goes wrong again. You find your only way out is through a dormant volcano, until, the volcano blows! You are sent spiraling upward through the chasm, and back through the "Greasetrap" to the surface world.
There is so much to do with this land, I'm sure you gents and ladies will think of plenty of ideas. Jafar, Hades, Scar, Maleficient..so many villains so little time!!!
I just started thinking about this early this morning, and I've got a few concepts running through my head, I'm sure you could come up with something
