Where can One Man's Dream go?

[mharrington]

With Mickey and the gang supposedly overtaking the Exposition Hall, I guess that defeats the purpose of this idea of mine to move Walt Disney: One Man's Dream from Disney's Hollywood Studios to the Magic Kingdom. I wanted to move it elsewhere because I think it wore out its welcome at the Studios some time ago. The Exposition Hall seemed like the ideal place for it, especially since it would actually be going in a building that already once housed an attraction like it (namely, The Walt Disney Story). But now, with Mickey and company supposedly using this area as the new meet-and-greet area after Toontown Fair gets sent to Walt Dated World, where can One Man's Dream go?

 

[ScorpionX]

It could stay in the Studios. But if that's not an option, it could go to EPCOT Center's Oddyssey building.

 

[mharrington]

It could stay in the Studios. But if that's not an option, it could go to EPCOT Center's Oddyssey building.

I don't think it really fits in Epcot.

 

[comics101]

I've always thought a type of sequal to OMD, could be put in Innoventions though. Something like, "One Man's Dream: The E.P.C.O.T. Story". It would serve as the post-show to the newly relocated and updated Carousel of Progress, which would be moved to the part of Innoventions facing Imagination.
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress

I think most of the scenes are pretty selfexplanitory, I don't wanna type the script out haha but I explained the major changes.

The Queue- Serves as the preshow. Throughout the queue there are TV moniters showin the Sherman Bros and Walt playin There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, etc. There's also a history of the attraction, with a narrator (the COP Father) explaining the history of the attraction and the changes that have been made.
While in the queue, a new medley of "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and "The Best Time Of Your Life" can be heard, and lining the walls will be inspirational quotes and props of inventions throughout history, similar to the gear on the ground...
The Introduction-The theatre entrance, the introduction will be changed to explain how COP is probably one of the greatest representations of Walt's Dream, EPCOT.
The 1890's/1920's,
The 1940's/1950's,
The 1960's/70's,
The Current Finale (1980's/1990's),
The New Finale (The Future That Never Was)-As the theatre rotates for final time, A screen is lit with the final video of Walt explainin his greatest dream that was never to be, The Future That Never Was, EPCOT. As Walt is talking, the Progress City model (restored to its former glory, and located under the stage), slowly rises and lights up, and Walt's masterpeice is brought to life right in front of your eyes. The narrator the explains that through working together, there really can be "A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow". The narrator then invites us to explore the Post show, which not only shows Walt's dream in much greater detail, but also includes the 25th Anniversary Museum.
Idk if that'd really be considered a "One Man's Dream" or not, but I kinda think it is...

 

[wizards8507]

Love that idea. I always thought the original E.P.C.O.T. plans deserved more love somewhere than what they get now.

 

[mharrington]

I really don't think it fits in EPCOT when it comes right down to it, especially not when the EPCOT as he thought of it turned to bear very little, if any, resemblance to it today.

 

[MKCP 1985]

Who says it wore out its welcome at the Studios? :veryconfu Have there been complaints?

It seems like it fits just fine right where it is, and themes perfectly in the Disney Hollywood Studios park, even if it could hypothetically also be housed in another park.

edit: never mind - I didn't realize this thread was in the imagineering forum. Disregard my post. . . carry on. :lol:

 

[comics101]

I really don't think it fits in EPCOT when it comes right down to it, especially not when the EPCOT as he thought of it turned to bear very little, if any, resemblance to it today.

Well yeah. I was talkin more about a sister attraction for Epcot. EPCOT: One Man's Dream, or whatever you wanna call it...As it is in DHS it wouldn't work. But I kinda agree with the above poster...I don't see much of a reason to move it out of the studios. Maybe move it out of it's current location, or expand the location. Personally I think it'd be cool to recreate the set of the old Walt Disney NBC Television show...You know, the office Walt always stood in...that way it even fits in with the studios theme more... Maybe the queue could be sort of the current attraction, the preshow could be located in the NBC office, and then the movie would be at the end...hmm. I'm tryin to think bout this one hahaha I'll post back when I have something more definate.

 

[mharrington]

I have some reasons why I think it should be removed from the Studios. One is that Walt was not just a filmmaker. Another is that I keep debating whether to put a Toontown in the area. I was originally intending to put this in the Exposition Hall at the Magic Kingdom (especially since it's a newer version of an old show called The Walt Disney Story), but with Mickey and the gang supposedly being relocated here from Toontown Fair, that rules that out. Now I'm reduced one ideal spot to put it.

 

[comics101]

I have some reasons why I think it should be removed from the Studios. One is that Walt was not just a filmmaker. Another is that I keep debating whether to put a Toontown in the area. I was originally intending to put this in the Exposition Hall at the Magic Kingdom (especially since it's a newer version of an old show called The Walt Disney Story), but with Mickey and the gang supposedly being relocated here from Toontown Fair, that rules that out. Now I'm reduced one ideal spot to put it.

Well are you trying to keep this as real world as possible, or is this the WDW of your imagination lol? Cuz depending on what you're doing, you could easily demolish One Man's Dream, Narnia, and Mermaid and build Toon Studios or whatever it is you were planning, having Mickey and the gang's new M&G location at DHS. Then add OMD or TWDS or watever the name would be to the exposition hall.

 

[mharrington]

Well are you trying to keep this as real world as possible, or is this the WDW of your imagination lol? Cuz depending on what you're doing, you could easily demolish One Man's Dream, Narnia, and Mermaid and build Toon Studios or whatever it is you were planning, having Mickey and the gang's new M&G location at DHS. Then add OMD or TWDS or watever the name would be to the exposition hall.

Well, it's a little of both: the WDW of my imagination, yet also trying to be as realistic as possible. But with the character meet and greets going into the Exposition Hall, I don't think there will be any room for it.

 

[comics101]

Well, it's a little of both: the WDW of my imagination, yet also trying to be as realistic as possible. But with the character meet and greets going into the Exposition Hall, I don't think there will be any room for it.

Ok. Well idk if you'd wanna do this or not, but if you were to move the M&G's to DHS in the new Toon Studios (located on land currently occupied by Narnia, OMD, and VotLM) then the Exposition Hall on Main Street would be wide open for a new and improved OMD. Is this making any sense?? lol

 

[mharrington]

Ok. Well idk if you'd wanna do this or not, but if you were to move the M&G's to DHS in the new Toon Studios (located on land currently occupied by Narnia, OMD, and VotLM) then the Exposition Hall on Main Street would be wide open for a new and improved OMD. Is this making any sense?? lol

Well, if it did, we might as well just lock Mickey and the gang out of the Magic Kingdom completely and limit the characters there to just those from the animated features.

 

[comics101]

Well, if it did, we might as well just lock Mickey and the gang out of the Magic Kingdom completely and limit the characters there to just those from the animated features.

Well I don't see how that makes very much sense. There's gotta be somewhere in the MK where Mickey & Co would fit. At the very least, I refuse to believe there's not a location in MK probably along Main Street that couldn't be expanded/built upon. What if the Main Street Cinema were expanded and included M&G's for Mickey and his friends? That could work rather well I would think...Or something along those lines

Heck, even if something in the new FL Forest were added for Mickey and Co. that could be kinda cool. There's always a solution though, and personally I think this may very well be it hahaha idk

 

[mharrington]

But does it HAVE to be Main Street?

 

[comics101]

But does it HAVE to be Main Street?

haha nope. I just edited my post for that reason lol

 

[mharrington]

What if the Main Street Cinema were expanded and included M&G's for Mickey and his friends? That could work rather well I would think...Or something along those lines

How could we make a show like that fit into the Main Street Cinema? There are entrances to shops on both sides. And it's a shop itself now. There's a jewelry shop on the one side and the confectionery on the other. If we were to expand the Cinema, we would have to overtake at least one of the two stores if not both. And then where would the contents of that store go?

And expanding the cinema out into the parking lot area behind the building is out of the question, too, because that could very well be the cast member parking lot and it's for other things, too.

So what could be done?