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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There we go, Bob Iger did the awaited Shanghaî Disneyland announcement and Disney released more SDL artwork you could ever dream as well as a great video showing SDL Tomorrowland - or how it will look when the park will open next year. Let's start by the official statement, with new renderings and model pictures! As usual, click on each to see them in big size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger today revealed details of the highly anticipated vacation destination during a presentation at Shanghai Expo Center, unveiling a scale model of the resort and displays that showcase key highlights of attractions, entertainment, dining and hotels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shanghai Disney Resort will be a world-class family entertainment destination that blends the magic of Disney and the cultural spirit and beauty of China. And during a special event that included Disney COO Tom Staggs and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek, Bob Iger shared a peek at what the Resort will look like with the unveiling of a spectacular scale model showcasing its two hotels, Disneytown – its international shopping, dining and entertainment district, Wishing Star Park’s beautiful gardens and six themed lands - Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Treasure Cove, Adventure Isle, and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">omorrowland - </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of mainland China’s first Disney theme park – Shanghai Disneyland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We are building something truly special here in Shanghai that not only showcases the best of Disney’s storytelling but also celebrates and incorporates China’s incredibly rich heritage to create a one-of-a-kind destination that will delight and entertain the people of China for generations to come,” said Iger speaking to media during today’s presentation at the Shanghai Expo Centre. “We are taking everything we’ve learned from our six decades of exceeding expectations – along with our relentless innovation and famous creativity to create a truly magical place that is both authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Shanghai Disneyland, Disney stories will come to life at the tallest, largest and most interactive castle at any Disney theme park. The themed lands will offer something for everyone with live stage productions, world premieres and thrilling attractions – many never seen before – that will appeal to guests of all generations. Guests also will be able to experience Disney characters in each land, including Mickey and his pals on Mickey Avenue and in Gardens of Imagination."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the video of the Bob Iger presentation, with WDOI Imagineer and SDL show producer Bob Weis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's have a look now land by land. Mickey Avenue is the first main entry at a Disney park inspired by the colorful personalities of Mickey Mouse and his pals. In the neighborhoods of this whimsical avenue, guests will share a hug and get a photo with some all-time favorite Disney characters. Avenue M Arcade, one of the many shops along the avenue, will feature the largest selection of gifts and collectibles inside the theme park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mickey Avenue is the hometown of imagination, a welcoming, whimsical neighborhood filled with lively shops and restaurants. Stepping into this cheerful land sets the tone for a visit to Shanghai Disneyland, where guests will leave their worlds behind and enter lands of adventure, fantasy and the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Located just inside the entrance to Shanghai Disneyland, Mickey Avenue is the first main entry at a Disney park that is home to Mickey Mouse and his pals, including Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto. Guests will have the chance to learn more about Disney characters and their stories before entering the other themed lands. For example guests will discover the Italian family tree of Donald Duck, displayed on a mural at Il Paperino – a gelato shop on Mickey Avenue where Donald is the host.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests will enjoy shopping and browsing in this bustling commercial center, filled with an extensive array of items created especially for the people of China. Avenue M Arcade will feature the largest selection of gifts and collectibles inside the theme park, with items exclusively designed for Shanghai Disney Resort. Guests will be able to choose a treasured keepsake to take home as a memory of their visit, or select gifts for friends and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Four neighborhoods will make up this colorful avenue, where guests may share a hug and get a photo with some all-time favorite Disney characters. Celebration Square is the friendly heart of the community. Park Place lies just beyond the square, near the Gardens of Imagination. The Market District is on the outskirts of the avenue, across from the Theatre District, an artsy neighborhood. Each neighborhood engages visitors with the optimism of Disney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a sampling of what guests will experience, with more details to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The biggest business in town and the largest shop in Shanghai Disneyland, Avenue M Arcade will offer guests a selection of apparel and accessories, gifts, home décor and jewelry. The Arcade’s specially designed façadehonors itsmostfamousresidents, who are representedasuniversalvirtuesonmosaic panels: Mickey Mouse (hospitality), Minnie Mousewith Figaro the cat (compassion), Goofy (optimism), Donald Duck (worldly), DaisyDuck (friendliness), Pluto and Fifi (generosity) and Chip & Dale(friendship). Even the checkout area is themed, as the First Bank of Scrooge McDuck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mickey & Pals Market Café, a counter-service restaurant, will offer localized Chinese and international menus plus views of the nearby gardens, Fantasia Carousel and Enchanted Storybook Castle. Guests will gather here with family and friends, choosing a table in one of four themed dining rooms: Mickey’s Galley, Tony’s (from Lady and the Tramp), Daisy’s Cafe and the Three Caballeros. The Market Cafe, designed like an open-air market, will feature four exhibition kitchens and a mural celebrating the agricultural heritage of Mickey Avenue, with scenes of Mickey and his pals planting, harvesting and sharing happy times together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A French-inspired bakery based on characters from Ratatouille, Rémy’s Patisserie will offer a variety of breads, pastries and muffins, along with fresh desserts from the restaurant’s kitchen. Wooden shutters, flower boxes, sidewalk seating and French café-inspired graphics distinguish the exterior of the shop. The tiny scaffolds and ladders that line the wall are reminders that Rémy the rat, who loves to cook, is preparing something special in the kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sweethearts Confectionery represents the childhood home of Minnie Mouse. Created in a Queen Anne-style, the house is a candy store that celebrates Disney’s first couple, Mickey and Minnie. Inside the shop, guests will find murals and sweet scenes that tell the story of this couple’s courtship. Recurring design touches include flowers, hearts, bows and elements inspired by Minnie’s ubiquitous </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">red-and-white polka dot dress. Guests will also find freshly handmade treats here, inspired by some of their favorite Disney characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Unique main entry: For the first time in a Disney park, the main entry to Shanghai Disneyland will be the hometown of Mickey Mouse and his pals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">•First tribute to the original Mickey Mouse: The Steamboat “Mickey” fountain premieres at Shanghai Disneyland, in tribute to the 1928 animated film created by Walt Disney to introduce Mickey Mouse to the world. The fountain is a modern spin on the film, using a more current version of Mickey than Walt’s original. The fountain is at the park entrance, leading into Mickey Avenue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gardens of Imagination celebrates the wonders of nature and the joy of imagination. Guests will take a spin on the Fantasia Carousel, soar on the back of Dumbo the Flying Elephant and enjoy the area's iconic Disney entertainment, including Castle stage shows and "Ignite the Dream, a Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light." From several places in this land, guests will enjoy "Mickey's Storybook Express," a parade with its own musical soundtrack and colorful performers on the longest parade route in a Disney park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Created especially for Shanghai Disneyland, the Gardens of Imagination will celebrate the wonders of nature and the joy of imagination. Guests will leave everyday life behind to enjoy the seven whimsical gardens. They might take a spin on the Fantasia Carousel, soar on the back of Dumbo the Flying Elephant or explore the sights and sounds of Melody Garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Charming bridges and trails will form a crossroads to other lands in the park, making Gardens of Imagination the central gathering place to meet friends and family. As guests stroll along the pathways, they may also meet Mickey Mouse and his pals. A terraced viewing area will provide an ideal spot to enjoy the Enchanted Storybook Castle stage shows and the nighttime spectacular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This land will contain seven individual gardens with themes of family, friendship and fun: Garden of the Twelve Friends, Melody Garden, Romance Garden, Woodland Garden, Garden of the Magic Feather, Fantasia Garden, and Storybook Castle Garden. Each garden will be filled with engaging activities, floral and woodland displays, and playful photo opportunities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At night, the mood in Gardens of Imagination will become dreamy, with music and a cascade of twinkling lights. It will be as if Tinker Bell and her Fairy friends are sprinkling enchanted pixie dust in every garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a sampling of what guests will experience, with more details to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Mickey’s Storybook Express,” a spectacular daytime parade, will transport fantasy, romance, music and merriment throughout several lands of Shanghai Disneyland. Traveling along the longest parade route in a Disney park, the parade will be led by a whimsical locomotive. A line of themed “train cars” will follow, each with its own exciting musical soundtrack and colorful cast of performers. Each train car will feature the characters, story and music of a favorite Disney film. With magical surprises, “Mickey’s Storybook Express” will bring the park to life with joyful energy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Garden of the Twelve Friends makes its global premiere at Shanghai Disneyland, starring Disney and DisneyžPixar characters in Chinese Zodiac style. This whimsical garden features 12 larger-than-life mosaic murals, each depicting a Disney or DisneyžPixar character representative of a Chinese zodiac animal symbol. A plaque explains the personality traits of each character. Guests will enjoy finding their own character and taking photos in front of the mosaic wall, created by Chinese artisans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the entrance to this land, a tall bronze sculpture of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse will welcome all travelers to this happy place, Shanghai Disneyland. The statue is expected to be a popular photo location for guests, who may be inspired by Walt and Mickey’s spirit of friendship, and Walt’s dream of creating entertaining stories for all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fantasia Carousel was created especially for Shanghai Disneyland, with characters and symphonic music from the groundbreaking Disney film, Fantasia, including Mickey dressed as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Created by Chinese artists, this grand carousel will feature 62 magnificent, flying horses – Papa, Mama and Baby horses – and two chariots, painted in 72 optimistic colors. It is the first carousel in a Disney theme park to feature multi-colored horses, distinctly different from the traditional medieval-style horses at other Disney parks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A circus has come to the garden, bringing with it one of Disney’s most beloved characters—Dumbo, the baby elephant, known for his huge ears. With the help of a magic feather and his friend Timothy Mouse, Dumbo learns to fly – and guests will have the chance to soar along with him. Sixteen elephant vehicles will carry guests through the air, offering a magical sky-high view of Shanghai Disneyland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This timeless teahouse honors the restless, creative spirit of China’s wandering poets, as well as the diverse and beautiful landscapes that inspired them. The restaurant recreates authentic Chinese architecture, with symbols from the mountains, ocean, desert, forest and rivers. This will be the first time the story of “Wandering Moon” will be featured in a Disney park. Favorite Chinese dishes will be served at this quick-service location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Firsts” at Shanghai Disney Resort:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First Garden land: The first land inside a Disney park designed as a garden, the Gardens of Imagination is tailored to the Chinese people’s love of gardens. It includes a novel, terraced area for viewing castle stage shows and the nighttime spectacular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Chinese Zodiac murals: For the fist time,Disney and DisneyžPixar characters will be depicted as representatives of a Chinese zodiac animal, in beautiful mosaic murals. Guests will get to learn more about these Disney characters and their stories, at Garden of the Twelve Friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First Fantasia-inspired carousel: Guests will take a spin on Fantasia Carousel, the first carousel in a Disney park that features the music and mythical creatures from the classic Disney film, Fantasia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the base of Roaring Mountain, guests will be invited to prove themselves as true adventurers and blaze their own trails at Camp Discovery. They may choose to travel across time and space in Soaring Over the Horizon, or embark on the thrilling rafting adventure Roaring Rapids, straight through the heart of Adventure Isle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The history of Adventure Isle combines lore and Disney imagination, beginning with the Arbori people, whose thriving civilization was founded on this island several thousand years ago. As the story goes, the island was discovered by a group of international explorers known as the League of Adventurers. Every corner of Adventure Isle offers guests of all ages the chance to unravel ancient mysteries, reconnect with a land lost in time and create cherished memories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Roaring Rapids will take guests on a white-knuckle adventure through the heart of Adventure Isle. Riding a raft propelled only by gravity and water, anything can happen as guests plunge down a mountain and into a dark cavern where the undiscovered secrets of an ancient tribal legend and the reptilian creature Q’aráq are revealed. Only those who venture into the mountain will encounter the massive, mysterious Q’aráq.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Tarzan: Call of the Jungle” is an original production starring Tarzan and his friends, included as part of the entertainment at Shanghai DIsneyland. It’s a high-energy, musical retelling of the boy who was raised by apes to become King of the Jungle. Featuring the iconic score from the animated Disney feature film, Tarzan, the stage show is a fusion of theatrics, Chinese acrobatics and a rock concert. It will be performed at Storyhouse Stage, a center of song, art, and dance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shanghai Disneyland is the first Disney park to offer Camp Discovery, a place where adventurers of all ages and abilities will gather to explore waterfalls, ruins and dig sites in search of ancient tribal relics. They may explore natural wonders and ancient legends, trek past waterfalls and discover tribal ruins in an elevated ropes course created specifically for this land. Guests will be able to choose their own expeditions at Camp Discovery, with some opting for the thrilling natural wonders of Roaring Mountain and others choosing to see the views and become immersed in science, nature, and history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyone who has dreamed of seeing the world or soaring like a bird will enjoy the exhilarating experience at Soaring Over the Horizon, with an aerial tour of the globe never seen before. High above some of the world’s most iconic landmarks, Soaring over the Horizon will take travelers on a voyage of discovery that tours every continent. Starting from an ancient observatory nestled in the cloud forest, guests will soar and explore spectacular scenic wonders, with special segments for guests of Shanghai Disneyland overlooking Shanghai and The Great Wall of China. An ideal attraction for the entire family, it offers an original story, a new walk-through experience and a new aerial tour. The attraction is an epic re-mastering of the popular attraction at Disney California Adventure, in the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Tribal Table, a festive, art-filled restaurant, invites guests to come together for an appetizing meal in a sensory dining experience. Sights, sounds and smells will whet the appetite as guests enjoy the action of live cooking with fiery woks and rotisseries. This ancient gathering house in the Arbori village is the native heart and soul of the land, offering vivid flavors, a friendly atmosphere and beautiful artwork. The murals, artifacts and illustrations will dazzle visitors with scenes from a rich native culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First Adventure Isle at a Disney theme park: Created from the ground up with a fresh story and original characters, this new land was specially designed for Shanghai Disneyland. For the first time at a Disney park, guests will discover Roaring Mountain, encounter the mysterious being Q’aráq, and blaze their own trails at Camp Discovery with a series of challenges, adventures and expeditions for everyone in the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Untold story of an ancient civilization: Guests at Shanghai Disneyland will be the first to enjoy the story of the ancient Arbori people, complete with the unique décor, original music and legends of this newly discovered tribe. Honoring the Arbori admiration for nature, the attractions will feature water, land and sky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...and Q'araq, the creature which will be the star of the ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Treasure Cove will be the first pirate-themed land in a Disney park, a place to join the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones. As guests explore this pirate world, they will enter Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure, an attraction that transforms a boat ride into a journey with cutting-edge innovations in robotics, animation, set design and multimedia. Guests will board a pirate ship, paddle through the scenic cove on Explorer Canoes and dine at Barbossa's Bounty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are the full details about Treasure Cove , Shanghaî Disneyland Pirates of Caribbean land:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests who venture into Treasure Cove will discover the first pirate-themed land at a Disney park. Created especially for Shanghai Disneyland, it’s home to a wild, colorful crew of scoundrels, always on the hunt for fun, action, adventure and danger. Rich in detail and storytelling, Treasure Cove is a raucous collision of color, sights and songs, blending cultures and countries with pirate frivolity, mayhem and personality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The story of Treasure Cove dates back to the 17th century, when piracy was a thriving enterprise in the Caribbean. In Disney lore, this Age of Piracy featured a band of seafaring rogues who chased legendary treasures, fought monsters and battled each other, always with a humorous glint in their eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests will be immersed in a pirate’s life as soon as they arrive at the entry, the first of five neighborhoods at Treasure Cove. From there, they will explore Shipwreck Shore, Fort Snobbish, Landlubber Landing and the Village, each with its own charm and personality. The land features a mix of architectural styles, along with two giant ships, pirate-themed restaurants and a fun, water play area. Guests of all ages will enjoy the epic scenes in Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure, as well as the up-close action and acrobatics of the stunt show at El Teatro Fandango.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure is a spectacular indoor boat ride that will take guests on a rollicking adventure with Captain Jack Sparrow to steal the priceless treasure of Davy Jones. Seamlessly blending Disney storytelling and state-of-the-art technologies, the attraction features three large media domes, projected effects, lifelike animated figures, theatrical sets and sophisticated lighting to dramatically take guests on, over and even under the sea on a nautical adventure. With a new, highly controlled ride system, the boats can spin, travel sideways, and even move backwards to create a highly personalized experience. Guests will encounter fearless pirates, mermaids and even a kraken. Disney's patented Audio-Animatronics and recent advancements in robotic technology will bring these pirates to a new level of realistic performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests will experience a Caribbean island the way pirates first did – from the water – as they paddle real canoes through the waters of Treasure Cove. Along the way, they will enjoy the sights and sounds of the land. With the only propulsion coming from the guests and their paddles, the ride is quiet and stealthy, except when they must dodge attacks from onshore pirates shooting water cannons. Friendly and knowledgeable captains will lead each canoe and point out scenic highlights along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular” at El Teatro Fandango</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The elaborate and exciting stage production, “Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular,” will make its global premiere at El Teatro Fandango. Starring Captain Jack Sparrow, “Eye of the Storm” brings fantastic stunts and swordfights, spectacular scenery, and stunning visual effects straight to the audience. Along with plenty of swashbuckling, the show presents light-hearted humor, a raging storm and a remarkable finale, as Jack fights off a Royal Admiral in a whirlwind adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shipwreck Shore is a water play area located onboard the remains of a shipwrecked French galleon and the surrounding beach. Children and Pirate “wannabes” will explore and play “make believe” in an interactive zone where they can spray, splash, squirt and even climb amid random bursts of water, sound effects and animated elements. Shaded seating areas provide a comfortable viewing area for adults and parents to spy on all the fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the largest restaurants in all of Shanghai Disneyland, Barbossa’s Bounty is a celebration of the free-wheeling pirate life. A lively, aromatic, colorfully ramshackle “grog shop,” it reflects the personality of its owner and namesake, Captain Hector Barbossa. Featuring spicy barbecue from pirate chefs who love to show off their cooking skills in the demonstration kitchen, Barbossa’s Bounty also offers guests the opportunity to enjoy their meal in the themed dining room of their choice. Guests may also choose the extraordinary experience of dining inside the thrilling attraction,Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Firsts” at Shanghai Disney Resort:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First Pirate-themed land at a Disney park: Treasure Cove brings the first pirate-themed land in a Disney park to Shanghai Disneyland. With authentic re-creations of a pirate world and state-of-the art attractions, Treasure Cove will present the raucous life of a pirate with drama, humor and extraordinary detail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• New, highly controlled ride system: Along with the grand scale of storytelling in Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure, guests will enjoy the benefits of a sophisticated, highly controlled boat system, premiering in Shanghai. The boats are able to spin, move and react smartly to their position, triggering action and synchronized music as they travel through breathtaking scenes and lively battles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Debut for pirate stunt show: “Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular” will make its global premiere at Shanghai Disneyland. The elaborate, exciting stage production features sword fighting, stunning visual effects and a whirlwind finale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All this looks incredibly exciting and seems to also confirm that WDI may use a new patent about a new boat system that was filed March 31, 2011 and about which i've previously talked on D&M in November 2012. <a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2012/11/shanghai-disneyland-update-is-disney.html">Definitely jump HERE to read what i was saying about this patent</a> which will allow the boats "to spin, travel sideways, and even move backwards to create a highly personalized experience" - see patent picture below. Note that all the system described in the patent may not be used at SDL POTC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fantasyland, inspired by Disney’s animated films, will be the largest of all the lands in Shanghai Disneyland and home to the majestic Enchanted Storybook Castle. The castle overlooks a storybook village and an enchanted forest, while exciting attractions immerse guests in beloved stories. Every corner of Fantasyland will offer a magical experience that embraces, involves, and engages the entire family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This timeless land is for the young and young at heart, a place where fairy tales are born and live forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests will, hitch a ride on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train – in and out of tunnels glowing with dazzling diamonds – and take flight over the skies of London on Peter Pan’s Flight. They may also explore the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh or follow Alice through a dazzling Wonderland maze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a sampling of what guests will experience, with more details to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Voyage to the Crystal Grotto will be an enchanting excursion that travels the waters of Fantasyland. Fanciful fountains and sculptures line the water’s edge, celebrating classic tales of magic and imagination. At journey’s end, guests will glide beneath Enchanted Storybook Castle, into a secret, underground chamber in which fountains of light will leap and dance in shimmering pools, surrounding guests with magic, music and color. The experience is sure to inspire the dreams and imaginations of all who make this wondrous voyage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inspired by Disney’s classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this family-friendly coaster will take guests into a fabulous mine glittering with jewels, where the Seven Dwarfs sing happily as they work. Guests ride in a train of mine cars that winds through rolling hills, with views of pools and waterfalls as they leave the mine and dash on toward the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. Each mine car is mounted in a cradle-like pivot that allows it to swing back and forth as the track turns. Guests will enjoy music from the classic Disney film, along with a cast of animated figures and helpful forest animals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the Hundred Acre Wood, Hunny Pot Spin is a delightful family attraction where guests ride inside whirling honey pots – in honor of Winnie the Pooh’s favorite food. “Hunny” is the way Pooh labels his ceramic jars filled with honey. Beneath a canopy strung with honey-dripping hives, friendly bees hum the Winnie the Pooh song to accompany the twirling guests. How fast each honey pot spins is determined by the guests, who will add speed by turning a wheel in the center of the honey pot. The honey pots, labeled in English and Chinese, are painted in loving detail, and each pot appears to be dripping with honey that oozes down the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Designed especially for Shanghai Disneyland, this maze is the first attraction at a Disney park themed to Tim Burton’s live-action film Alice in Wonderland. In the experience, guests will choose their own path as they wind through the delightfully whimsical world of Wonderland on their way to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Along the way, they may encounter the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit and sculptures of characters, including the tyrannical Red Queen. In a maze of sculpted hedges, stone garden walls, giant flowers, and whimsical sculptures, there’s fun at every turn in this delightful family adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aboard a “flying” ship in Peter Pan’s Flight, guests will sail through the skies over London and off to Never Land. There, Peter Pan will lead guests through a series of remarkable adventures to confront the villainous Captain Hook and his pirate crew. With an exciting, new ride system, guests will soar as never before into this action-packed story of the boy who encourages imaginations to fly. In this classic attraction, updated for Shanghai Disneyland, new Disney magic brings the ships closer to the action and face to face with the characters, as they are engulfed in Pixie Dust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Audiences atEvergreen Playhousewill join their Frozen friends and the villagers of Arendelle for a fun and frosty interactive showcase, packed with a flurry of stories, songs and sing-alongs.Two amusing and engaging Festival Guides will host the celebration and introduce each magical musical number. Well-known characters Elsa, Anna and Kristoff will join the fun and guests of all ages will be encouraged to sing along with a few favorite Frozen tunes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Located in the Fantasyland forest, Tangled Tree Tavern is inspired by the Snuggly Duckling, the pub featured in Disney’s animated film Tangled, the tale of Rapunzel. Warped by time and the roots of the large tree nearby, Tangled Tree Tavern is full of rich details and an atmosphere befitting the boisterous ruffians and thugs in the film. Guests will enjoy a hearty meal in this lush woodland environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Firsts” at Shanghai Disney Resort:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Maiden voyage: Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, an enchanting new excursion, is the first attraction to take guests underneath a Disney castle. Traveling beneath the Enchanted Storybook Castle, guests will discoveran original story and a magical world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Inverted-coaster ride system: The flying sensation in Peter Pan’s Flight will be enhanced by a newly developed inverted-coaster ride system, debuting at a Disney park for this attraction. With new magic, the ride vehicles swoop closer to the action with varying speeds, enabling guests to become more immersed in the story as they fly in and out of each scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At night, the sky above Enchanted Storybook Castle will be painted in dazzling light, with music, special effects and fireworks, adding a special "kiss good night" for all the guests at Shanghai Disney Resort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The new Tomorrowland, created especially for Shanghai Disneyland,will be a venue of limitless possibilities. With imaginative design, cutting–edge materials and programmable spaces, it blends the best of mankind, nature and technology. Tomorrowland celebrates the hope, optimism and potential of the future – themes from the original Disneyland – now for a whole new culture and the next generations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disney’s innovative use of technology has produced a fresh land where guests will go to infinity and beyond on Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue, a new target-shooting adventure; break the bonds of gravity on Jet Packs; and step into the worlds of the Star Wars galaxy and Marvel universe. With the world premiere of TRON Lightcycle Power Run, guests will board two-wheeled Lightcycles for one of the most thrilling adventures at any Disney park. It’s a coaster-style attraction with high-speeds, an indoor-outdoor track and rich storytelling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests of all ages, especially teens and young adults, will enjoy the atmosphere in Tomorrowland. On the lower level, a creative stage serves as a play space for bands, DJs, artists and dancers. A winding ramp to the upper concourse will take guests to Tron Plaza and the Stargazer Grill restaurant, which has spectacular views of Shanghai Disney Resort as well as the stage below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The land’s aerodynamic design, technological edge and bright promise of tomorrow make it attractive for guests seeking new worlds of adventure. They will learn that Shanghai was chosen by Sam Flynn as a location for the permanent portal between Earth and his computer world of TRON; that the United Galactic Federation selected Tomorrowland as the ideal location for their Stitch Monitoring Station; and that Buzz Lightyear chose Tomorrowland as his Earth-bound Star Command station for the recruitment and mounting of planet-saving missions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a sampling of what guests will experience, with more details to come and <a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/07/all-about-shanghai-disneyland-tron.html">DON'T MISS too my full TRON ride article detailing each scene of the ride HERE.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the world premiere of TRON Lightcycle Power Run, the future world comes to Tomorrowland, through the inspiring story of the Disney film TRON: Legacy. Riding atop individual, two-wheeled Lightcycles, guests will be launched across a canopied section of track – the Upload Conduit – before diving high-speed into a mysterious game world of lights, projection and sound effects. Guests waiting to board will have fun imagining the future world as they listen to the evocative soundtrack and watch the Lightcycle trains twist and turn all around them, all under a color-shifting canopy. Even at a distance, guests will marvel at the massive, undulating canopy. Covered in a translucent material, it reveals the pulsing glow of Lightcycle trains as they zip through the attraction. The entire canopy is edged in a dramatic, blue-green ribbon that changes color as it rolls across, over and around the Tron Plaza, like the tail of a dragon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests will join a mission to help save the day on Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue, an interactive adventure inspired by the DisneyžPixar Toy Story films. The immersive, new storyline combined with a new, interactive targeting system will make this one of the most engaging attractions at a Disney park. The attraction features cosmic visuals, animated targets, LED screens and real-time feedback from the targeting system. As the story goes, the Evil Emperor Zurg is threatening to destroy the home planet of the Aliens. Buzz Lightyear calls out for more Space Rangers and park guests become his newest Star Command recruits, boarding their own spaceships and shooting on-board blasters with individualized colors. For every target hit, guests rise higher in the ranks of Buzz Lightyear’s elite squadron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Jet Packs, guests will become sky pilots, taking off on transportation of the future. Strapped into individual Jet Packs and with legs dangling, pilots will enjoy the thrill and wonder of flying. At the center of the attraction, the energy sphere will spin faster and faster as the ride progresses. Guests will be able to control how high their Jet Pack goes and, the higher they go, the more the vehicles will pitch forward. From their sky-high vantage point, pilots will have a breathtaking view of Tomorrowland and the rest of Shanghai Disneyland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With new humor and content for the Shanghai Disney Resort audience, Stitch – known as “Experiment 626” – engages in unrehearsed conversations, plays games, makes jokes and takes guests for a spin around the galaxy in “Stitch Encounter.” This real-time, interactive, live animated show will take place in one of two intimate theaters in Tomorrowland. It stars Stitch, the mischievous, animated alien from the Walt Disney Pictures animated film, Lilo & Stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In this celebration of the Star Wars Galaxy, guests will meet heroes and villains of the saga, visit iconic intergalactic set-pieces, view props and memorabilia from the most recent Episode, and be immersed in the Skywalker story through a state-of-the-art cinematic experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Near the entry to Tomorrowland, guests will have an exciting opportunity to encounter some of the popular Marvel heroes and their super-powered tech. Guests will attend a multimedia mission briefing on the thrilling world of Marvel, get up-close with some of their favorite Marvel heroes and learn to draw some of the characters, just like a real comic book artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From the upper concourse of Tomorrowland, Stargazer Grill will offer some of the most spectacular views in Shanghai Disneyland. From the outdoor deck, guests will be able to see the Enchanted Storybook Castle and beyond as they enjoy Chinese and Western food, including a variety of burgers. The largest restaurant in the theme park, Stargazer Grill will celebrate the architectural forms of Tomorrowland with a rippled sculptural design and a mix of futuristic comfortable seating positions. Natural light, sleek technology and the gracefully curved ceiling will create an understated sophistication, while glass orbs of light twinkle from the ceiling like stars in the sky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First TRON Lightcyle Power Run attraction and innovative canopy: TRON Lightcycle Power Run makes its global premiere at Shanghai Disneyland. For the first time at a Disney park, guests will board Lightcycles, two-wheeled vehicles that take them inside and out on a coaster-like attraction with high speeds and rich storytelling. The attraction’s canopy is made of a lightweight, reflective material with special color-shifting edges, enhancing the guest experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• New target system and Space Cruisers: On Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue, guests will engagean innovative target system with real-time feedback and more than 100 targets, the most in any Buzz Lightyear attraction worldwide. The attraction also premieres a story line created for Shanghai Disneyland, with Buzz as a Space Ranger who recruits guests to board new vehicles – Space Cruisers – to help him fight the Evil Emperor Zurg</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the center of Shanghai Disneyland, the iconic Enchanted Storybook Castle will be the tallest, largest and most interactive castle at any Disney theme park. It's also the first castle in a Disney theme park that represents all the Disney princesses. Other "firsts" at Shanghai Disneyland will include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adventure Isle, a mysterious land, with an ancient legend about a native tribe, a giant, reptilian creature, and the mighty Roaring Mountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, an enchanting, new excursion that celebrates classic Disney tales of magic and imagination as it travels the waters of Fantasyland, going underneath Enchanted Story Book Castle for a finale never before seen inside a castle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrowland, a venue with an original design and new attractions to celebrate the hope, optimism and potential of the future, created especially for the people of China.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TRON Lightcycle Power Run, which promises to be one of the most thrilling attractions at a Disney park, with a twisting, turning track, high speeds, rich storytelling and a breathtaking view of Shanghai Disneyland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Garden of the Twelve Friends, where animals of the Chinese zodiac are re-imagined as Disney and Disney•Pixar characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Treasure Cove, the first pirate-themed land at a Disney park, leveraging innovative technologies in the new Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure and a stunt show spectacular featuring Captain Jack Sparrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Live Stage Shows, Spectaculars and Character Programs Will Make Shanghai Disney Resort Entertaining For the Entire Family </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guests Will Encounter Music, Dance, a Parade and More, from Day into Night</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disney’s world-class entertainment will bring a distinctive dimension to Shanghai Disney Resort, with a variety of live performances, character programs, a parade, a nighttime spectacular, a Broadway musical and more. Along with all the exciting attractions in Shanghai Disneyland, entertainment throughout the park will be included as part of the experience. Lively and talented performers – from Chinese acrobats to dancers and DJs – will make the entertainment one more reason to visit Shanghai Disney Resort for multiple days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Shanghai Disneyland, guests will find the extensive list of entertainment offerings each day at the park entrance. Highlights of what guests can expect include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular” at Treasure Cove: At El Teatro Fandango, the theatre audience will be enthralled as Captain Jack Sparrow and his band of wily pirates romp through the theatre in search of a misplaced treasure chest. As Captain Jack is confronted first by the beautiful redheaded star and then the Royal Admiral and his men, the swashbuckling action takes off with swordfights, fantastic stunts and a raging storm. Making its global premiere at Shanghai Disneyland, the show presents pirate humor and a remarkable finale as Captain Jack fights off the Admiral in a whirlwind adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Tarzan: Call of the Jungle” at Adventure Isle: At the Storyhouse Stage, “Tarzan: Call of the Jungle” will present a powerful theatrical re-telling of the classic Edgar Rice Burrough’s story about a boy who is raised by apes and finally becomes the King of the Jungle. This musical will feature the iconic score, by Phil Collins, from the animated Disney feature film Tarzan, as it fuses immersive theatricality and Chinese acrobatics with an imaginative spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enchanted Storybook Castle is the heart of Shanghai Disneyland, a happy home for dreams of romance, joy, adventure, and happily ever after. A daytime show on the castle stage will present spectacular moments from the stories of each of these Disney princesses — Snow White, Anna and Elsa, Jasmine, Ariel and Merida. This spectacular performance will celebrate the magic of Disney through its classic characters and songs, conveying the heartfelt belief that dreams really do come true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Frozen: A Sing-Along Celebration” at Fantasyland: Audiences at Evergreen Playhouse will join their Frozen friends and the villagers of Arendelle for a fun and frosty interactive showcase, packed with a flurry of stories, songs and sing-alongs.Two Arendellian Festival Guides will host the festivities and introduce each magical musical number. Well-known characters Elsa, Anna and Kristoff will join the fun and guests of all ages will be encouraged to sing along with a few favorite Frozen tunes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light” – The Enchanted Storybook Castle will become the star of the nighttime spectacular as it inspires everyone to unlock and ignite their dreams. Mickey Mouse will be the guide for the show. As he discovers portals to new adventures inside the castle, worlds of wonder will come to life with stunning projections, lasers, fountains, inflatables and pyrotechnic effects. When “painted” on, around and above the largest Disney castle in the world, the effects will transform the castle into an amazing new world, a mesmerizingexperience that will inspire imagination and awaken the dreamer inside of everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Mickey’s Storybook Express” daytime parade: An imaginative parade, “Mickey’s Storybook Express” will transport fantasy, romance, music and merriment throughout Shanghai Disneyland each day. Traveling along the longest parade route in a Disney park, the parade will be led by a whimsical locomotive. A line of themed “train cars” will follow, each with its own exciting musical soundtrack and colorful cast of performers. Each train car will feature the characters, story and music of a favorite Disney film. With magical surprises and joyful energy, “Mickey’s Storybook Express” will create memorable experiences for guests of all ages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shanghai Disneyland Band: Playing along Mickey Avenue, the zany musicians of the Shanghai Disneyland Band will bring a fun and silly underscore to Mickey’s happy neighborhood. The band will perform with traditional marching band instruments and also deliver an array of surprising sounds with merrymakers such as whistles, kazoos and Chinese instruments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disney’s THE LION KING: The Disney landmark musical event THE LION KING will come to Disneytown for its global premiere in Mandarin. Since its Broadway premiere in 1997, 22 global productions have been seen by more than 80 million people, earning more than 70 major arts awards, including the Tony Award® for Best Musical. THE LION KING will be performed at the 1,200-seat Walt Disney Grand Theatre, which is outside the gates of Shanghai Disneyland. It requires a separate ticket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In addition to the ongoing shows guests will enjoy throughout their visits, they also will have many opportunities to meet Disney characters and enjoy the street performers at Shanghai Disneyland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrowland will present Star Wars Launch Bay and Marvel Universe, exciting, interactive experiences created especially for Shanghai Disneyland. In a celebration of the Star Wars Galaxy, guests will meet heroes and villains of the saga, visit iconic intergalactic set-pieces, view props and memorabilia from the most recent episode, and be immersed in the Skywalker story through a state-of-the-art cinematic experience. In Marvel Universe, near the entry to Tomorrowland, guests will attend a multimedia mission briefing on the thrilling world of Marvel, meet some popular Marvel heroes and learn to draw some of their favorite characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Gardens of Imagination, families and friends may join Donald Duck and Chip ’n’ Dale to practice balance and harmony in the fun-filled Tai Chi with Character, an interactive character experience in Melody Garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Adventure Isle, guests will hear the enticing tribal rhythms of fantasy and nature streaming from Stone of the Sun & Moon,where the native Arbori musicians play some unexpected instruments. They may also meet characters from The Lion King and The Jungle Book, who gather at the tribal lodge’s Happy Circle to create memories exclusive to this land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At Treasure Cove, the frivolity, mayhem and personality of pirates come to life in a hilarious game, A Pirate’s Life for You! Guests will compete to become a pirate captain’s “First Mate.” They may also take photos and share pirate secrets with Captain Jack Sparrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In Storybook Court at the Enchanted Storybook Castle, Disney princesses will pose for photos and hold court with guests. In the Royal Banquet Hall, where everyone is treated like royalty, guests may make a reservation to enjoy a plated meal and engage in in tableside interactions with Disney characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In Fantasyland, guests will be able to hug Winnie the Pooh and watch out for the villainous Captain Hook, or they may enjoy music and stories of love and friendship. The Traveling Troubadours is a family of traveling musicians who will blend Western and Eastern instruments to present Disney music with lots of interaction and special moments. Another troupe of players will tell the beloved story of Beauty and the Beast with puppetry, humor and songs for Bai Ling Storytime. And once a day in Fantasy Festival, guests will be invited to approach the day with wonder and joy in a special dance with Disney characters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disneytown is a shopping, dining and entertainment district with the allure of a charming village and the excitement of an international crossroads. Guests will come here to reconnect with family and friends, or they may want to explore the new experiences that await them around every corner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conveniently located adjacent to Shanghai Disneyland, Disneytown is a natural extension of the Disney experience for theme park guests. Some of the restaurants will even have unique views into the theme park. It’s also an attractive destination for residents of Shanghai and nearby areas, who may visit to explore the more than 46,000 square meters of distinctive dining and unique shops. There will be no charge for admission to this area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At opening, Disneytown will feature nearly 50 tenants including the first World of Disney store in Asia and a diverse mix of retailers – premium, affordable luxury and fast fashion options – plus exciting restaurants for families and convention guests alike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The tenants will include well-known local and international brands including renowned restaurants Shanghai Min, Crystal Jade, and The Cheesecake Factory operated by Hong Kong Maxim’s Group, as well as various retail options including stores under I.T group, i.t and BAPE STORE®, and a LEGO brand store. Other exciting high-profile brands including Food Republic, Coconut Paradise, The Dining Room, Hatsune, blue frog, Xin Wang Restaurant, BreadTalk, Toast Box, and Chow Tai Fook will also be the first of several dozen tenants to offer world-class shopping and dining options.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disneytown also will feature Disney’s theatrical production of THE LION KING, presented for the first time worldwide in Mandarin, at the 1,200-seat Walt Disney Grand Theatre. This show requires a separate ticket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The heart of Disneytown is Marketplace, a district filled with specialty merchandise shops. Guests will find places here to relax and enjoy musicians and entertainment. On weekends and holidays, Marketplace will become a place to celebrate with the whole family, as it will offer nightly entertainment with a touch of Disney magic. Marketplace includes three world-class Disney shopping experiences: World of Disney Store, Marketplace specialty shops and Spoonful of Sugar confectionery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">World of Disney Store: Located in a nostalgic railroad roundhouse – symbolic of travel and exploration – the 3,000-square-meter World of Disney Store at Shanghai Disney Resort will offer an extensive array of unique Disney apparel, toys, stationery, collectibles, and gifts, including exclusive items found only at Shanghai Disney Resort. The World of Disney Store is where the best of Disney comes together, from classic characters to the next generation of stories and styles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">World of Disney will be one of the most technologically advanced Disney retail experiences in the world, including an iconic, eight-foot projected globe suspended from the ceiling, and an interactive Magic Mirror. The globe will feature Disney’s greatest film moments, to inspire shoppers about the magic of storytelling around the world. Video walls and digital screens will be available throughout the store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the marketplace specialty shops adjacent to World of Disney, Dstreet will offer urban trends along with Dtech, the rapid printing technology that allows guests to create personalized electronic accessories on demand, with artwork of their choice. Also, located in the marketplace will beTrenD, a stylish boutique for “fashionistas” in search of clothes with a Disney character. The trendy apparel is set within an eclectic environment with a city vibe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spoonful of Sugar: An innovative confectionery boutique for special gifts, this nostalgic candy shop reflects the optimistic lyrics of a song from Mary Poppins. Guests will be welcome to visit the confectionery show kitchen to watch delicious treats being made from the finest ingredients. The tasty treats can be packaged, too, making them a special gift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inspired by Shanghai’s nautical past, while reflecting today’s resort lifestyles, the Lakeshore features a refreshing blue, white and golden yellow color scheme. Guests will enjoy the highest quality waterfront dining and shopping experiences, along with stunning lake and sunset views. At the water’s edge will be a picturesque collection of restaurants and shops inspired by current lifestyle trends. In an expansive restaurant on the second floor, guests may enjoy excellent seafood. Lakeshore’s natural beauty will make it an ideal location for romantic moments and anniversaries, and a picturesque setting for weddings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This district will have a distinct personality — eclectic and exotic. Its narrow cobblestone streets and small courtyards will remind guests of a bygone era, and the international array of foods will reflect the story of many different cultures and people coming together. A variety of Asian cuisine is part of the mix. The open kitchens and al fresco dining areas will provide a sense of warmth and welcome, encouraging conversation and camaraderie. Spice Alleyis a great place to meet for lunch or after work, and the evening strikes a more romantic mood, with twinkling lights and music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This upscale street evokes the aura of international shopping boulevards. Here, guests will find an exciting array of elegant shops offering designer goods – many of them co-branded with distinctive Disney designs. The area will also feature trendsetting galleries, with unique imported collectables presented in a sophisticated setting. The “Boulevard” definitely will be the place to shop for the finer things in life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Broadway Plaza will be a glamorous and exciting theatre district along Broadway Boulevard, with the Walt Disney Grand Theatre as its focal point. After enjoying a theatre show, guests may dine at nearby world-class restaurants, enjoying an elegant meal with spectacular views of the resort. The restaurants are also ideal choices for romantic candlelit dinners or anniversary celebrations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Walt Disney Grand Theatre, a new, world-class, Broadway-style theatre will be located at Broadway Plaza in Disneytown. Beginning in 2016, the theatre will host the global premiere of the Mandarin version of Disney’s landmark musical event, THE LION KING. Currently in its 18th year, THE LION KING remains the highest-grossing Broadway show ever. The theatre, with its separately ticketed shows, will become an icon for Disneytown, introducing a world-class theatre experience to Shanghai and offering guests the opportunity to enrich their resort experience. Guests will walk to the theatre along a floral-inspired paving pattern that comes to life at night with sparkling lights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Firsts” at Shanghai Disney Resort: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• First World of Disney Store in Asia: Disneytown will be home to the first World of Disney Store in Asia, offering a large collection of Disney merchandise, including many products selected especially for Shanghai Disney Resort. (In May, 2015, in Shanghai, The Walt Disney Company opened The Disney Store, part of a line of stores that is separate from the World of Disney Store.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• THE LION KING in Mandarin: The Walt Disney Grand Theatre, an impressive new entertainment venue, will present THE LION KING, making its global premiere in Mandarin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Unique Mickey Mouse sculptures in Liuli glass: Seven unique Mickey Mouse figures will be sculpted for the first time in Liuli glass, created especially for Disneytown, and created by Chinese artists, they will range in height from 1m to 1.2m. The colors will represent the five Chinese elements (gold, wood, water, fire, and earth), as well as the dragon and phoenix, which represent harmony in Chinese culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disneytown is home to the Walt Disney Grand Theatre, the separate-ticket venue for the global premiere in Mandarin of Disney's theatrical event, THE LION KING, one of the most successful Broadway productions in history. Another "must-see" for guests will be the innovative World of Disney Store, offering a comprehensive collection of Disney merchandise, including many products designed especially for Shanghai Disney Resort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Near Disneytown will be Wishing Star Park, offering guests an opportunity to enjoy greenery and a glittering lake. With approximately 40 hectares, it includes Wishing Star Lake, a 2.5-kilometer walking path and various beautiful gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A last video just released by Disney including everything new announced today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All pictures and video : copyright Disney - Shendi</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-71538543749000254882014-12-25T23:38:00.000-08:002014-12-25T23:38:05.806-08:00Tokyo Disneyland Attraction Posters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Christmas evening is tomorrow night and i have a great Christmas gift for you with 30 Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea attraction posters. TDL and TDS attraction posters are hard to find and i can't thanks enough Len, a faithful Disney and more reader, who sent them to me. Actually, these were included in the Disney Resort Story magazine, a magazine which had 30 issues only <span style="font-size: 16px;">during 2003-2004, on a monthly basis. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">The magazine is no longer published as it was strictly a 30-issue run. The magazine covered both the Japanese and American parks and included in each issue </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">mini acetate TDL or TDS attraction posters. I will also post later this week the covers of each issue. Some of the attraction posters have a design similar to the ones at DL or WDW but some are uniques to Tokyo Disneyland. And the ones done by WDI for Tokyo DisneySea are of course all uniques to TDS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Today, i post the attraction posters of Tokyo Disneyland and i'll post tomorrow the ones of Tokyo Disney Sea.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> I</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">'m sure you will enjoy these rare TDL and TDS attraction posters and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><b>Editing: </b>t<a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/12/d-christmas-gift-part-two-tokyo.html">he part two with Tokyo Disney Sea attraction posters is on line HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the second part of my D&M Christmas gift and today you'll find below the Tokyo Disney Sea attraction posters that were included inside the Disney resort Story magazine issues when it was published during 2003-2004, on a monthly basis. if you've missed the ones posted yesterday about</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> Tokyo Disneyland you'll find them HERE.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> Again, all my thanks to Len, faithful Disney and more readers who kindly sent me these TDL and TDS attraction posters. <a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/12/d-christmas-gift-part-one-tokyo.html">The first part with Tokyo disneyland attraction posters is HERE.</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-17215151429033741752012-05-28T05:21:00.001-07:002012-05-28T09:04:38.415-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Grizzly Trail Artwork and Model<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Grizzly_Poster_English_WEBJPG.jpg?t=1247307643"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Grizzly_Poster_English_WEBJPG.jpg?t=1247307643" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />It's not officially announced yet, but as usual you'll learn it first on Disney and more: Hong Kong Disneyland Grizzly Trail Grand Opening will happen on July 13. It was previously scheduled for July 20 but apparently HKDL want to open the land as soon as possible, and July 13 is now the Grizzly Trail grand opening date. Can we expect some soft-opening before that date? Mmmh, may be, but probably not before the end of June or the first days of July. <br /><br />For HKDL fans - and all Disney fans - it's a good news as not only Grizzly Trail will add a brand new land at HKDL - a kind of Frontierland, which was missing until now at HKDL, but also a different one and with a new and unique coater attraction. Can't wait to discover the town of Grizzly Gulch!<br /><br />So, how will it look? Well, these last months, you've seen plenty of pictures and videos of the works at Grizzly Trail but i thought that it might be the right time to have a look again at the artwork which was unveiled at the D23 Expo in 2009 as WDI renderings are generally very accurate with the final result. So, you'll find below my 2009 previous article with great pictures shot at that time by Andy Castro whom i thanks again!<br /><br />One more thing: who will be at HKDL for Grizzly Trail Grand Opening on July 13?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0104-2.jpg?t=1253611752"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0104-2.jpg?t=1253611752" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Grizzly Trail will be one of the three new lands of HKDL and with the Grizzly Peak attraction and the Grizzly Gulch town it will be an interesting new version of a "Frontierland" theming. Before i go further i want to warn you that there will be major spoilers all along the article. If you don't want to know anything about the storyline, this is definitely not the right article! Also, click on each pictures to see them in big size and explore details.<br /><br />Here we go for the artwork, and i've also included pictures of the Grizzly Trail model. I've succeeded to have the story line of the Grizzly Peak ride and now the artworks below should be in the right order of the different ride scenes.<br /><br />This first artwork show the Grizzly Peak entrance. note that the whole area seems to have pine trees all around. When you will enter the entrance of the Grizzly Peak ride, you'll enter the mine company office and the next room will convince you that the mine company is still in operation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt8-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 421px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt8-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Once you get aboard the mine vehicles, you will first turn underground to explore the mine. Then you're supposed to climb up the Grizzly Mountain through tunnel 8 ( the number means "wealth" in Cantonese ) ...but a bear use the track switch lever to scratch his back, switching the track to lead the mine cars to go to tunnel 4 ( which means "dead" in Cantonese )!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt6-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 435px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt6-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...The tunnel 4 is actually a home of bear family and it seems that you are not welcomed. Before you get attacked, you escape!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt4-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 446px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt4-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />More sketches were done for that scene, here they are.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt17-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 448px; height: 640px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt17-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt16-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 402px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt16-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt14-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 432px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt14-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt15-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 407px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt15-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Here is a small maquette of that scene.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bearmodel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 381px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bearmodel.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Also interesting is the scene small model. Apparently, when the train will turn left in the tunnel 4 it will go down at high speed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/glmodel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 369px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/glmodel.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Here is the model of one of the mine vehicles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/trainmodel.jpg?t=1253613366"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 376px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/trainmodel.jpg?t=1253613366" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Back to the story line: Your journey continue by climbing the Grizzly Mountain. In the pic below you see a steam machine which is pulling the mine cars up to the hill. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt7-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 542px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt7-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...But the wire broken before you reach the peak, so all the mine cars fall backward...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt5-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 479px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt5-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...until you enter a new mine tunnel, which is just ready to explode! Note all the dynamite and "powder" sign at the entrance, it will be important for what will come next...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt13-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 465px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt13-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In this tunnel are a Mother bear and her baby bear trying to steal the fish from the mine workers...and the baby press the TNT detonator accidentally.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt12-2.jpg?t=1253613910"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 454px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt12-2.jpg?t=1253613910" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The mine cars will then be literally catapulted out of another tunnel thanks to the supposed dynamite blast.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt9-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 441px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt9-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />As we will see below there will be lot of little geysers in the Grizzly Trail area, and the cars will go through a geyser area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt11-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 416px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt11-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Your mine car back to the station, you will see the mother bear and the baby enjoying their dinner. They successfully stole all the fish in the mine. And that's it!<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt10-2.jpg?t=1253614145"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 473px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt10-2.jpg?t=1253614145" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br /><br />More sketches for the funny "accidental dynamite" sequence. Talking about bears, theese one will be obviously audio-animatronics and i'm curious to know if WDI Imagineers will use the AA skeletons from the former Disneyland Country Bear Jamboree bears...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt21-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 463px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt21-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt20-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 417px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt20-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next rendering include different elements of the bears scenes all in one artwork.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bear1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 378px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bear1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Next picture shows the Grizzly Peak model with the mine cars going up the first lift.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0129-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0129-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And this one show - i think - the part of the ride with the two tunnels and dynamite blast.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0113-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0113-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />But there will be more in Grizzly Trail than the Grizzly Peak ride as the small town of Grizzly Gulch will be build. Actually you'll see details of each building and their own stories in the mine town, not only about the Grizzly Mountain mine company itself, but also about the rest of the town. All this will have a Frontierland theming, and for the first time in all Frontierland's history, this one will be full of fun water splash...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt3-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 326px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt3-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...most of them interactive...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt1-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 503px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...as well as a little geyser area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt2-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 550px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/gt2-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Let's end this last HKDL artwork article with more pictures of the model.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0098-2.jpg?t=1253617119"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0098-2.jpg?t=1253617119" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0134-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0134-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0138-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0138-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0118-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0118-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />For those of you who love WDI artwork i remind you that the Disneyland Paris "From Sketch to Reality book" which will tell you all about the creation of DLP include 250 WDI Artwork (!) and 500 pictures of the park on 320 pages. Have a look at the video below which will show you the whole book! <br /><br />The book is still available either in its english or french edition and you can still enjoy a 20% discount special offer and the book is now available with an immediate shipping! Reviews from all those who have already received the book are "over the top" so, place your order now for a gorgeous collector's edition copy while the special offer on this wonderful book is still available! To know more about the book and how to order and send your payment <a href="http://neverlandeditions.blogspot.com/">please go HERE</a> or use the Paypal one-click purchase button below. <br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="D4BFY258SACKG" /><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal — The safer, easier way to pay online." /><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /><br /></form><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HR9JMCbeRlo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />All artwork: copyright Disney - Disney Enterprises.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-54810660951022858172012-05-28T04:56:00.001-07:002012-05-28T09:05:12.838-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Mystic Point Artwork<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mysticnight-Copie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 712px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mysticnight-Copie.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />If you are a Disney and more fan reader you know how much i love artwork. in fact you can find on Disney and more and on <a href="http://disneyandmoreartwork.blogspot.com/">Disney and more Artwork</a> what is probably the biggest collection of Theme Park artwork - mostly Disney theme parks - on the web.<br /><br />So, when i saw last friday all these beautiful Hong Kong Disneyland artwork that were display at the D23 Expo, and as photographers were allowed in the Disney Parks and Resorts pavilion, i asked Andy Castro if he could go back and shoot again pictures of the renderings in the best possible photo quality.<br /><br />Andy did a great job, i enhanced them a bit to have them even more perfect, and here they are. We will begin by Mystic Point and Mystic Manor, a brand new ride - which looks very promising. I've also included new pictures of the models and my own comments on the renderings. <br /><br />Soooo, Mystic Point will be one of the three new lands of HKDL and when Mystic Manor will open it will be probably an "instant classic" attraction. Before i go further i want to warn you that there will be major spoilers all along the article. If you don't want to know anything about the storyline, this is definitely not the right article! Also, click on each pictures to see them in big and explore details.<br /><br />In the story line that WDI Imagineers imagined, the Manor owner is an explorer called Lord Henry Mystic, a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. If you remember well, Harrison Hightower III, the owner of the Hightower building at Tokyo Disney Sea - i.e the Tower of Terror - was also part of the same society. At HKDL action is supposed to be in 1908 and Lord Mystic is still alive and exploring the world. He is inviting us to this remote outpost in the Jungle. Mystic has a friendly companion, a monkey called Albert.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm2-2.jpg?t=1253133659"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 420px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm2-2.jpg?t=1253133659" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In the first scene above Henry Mystic will appear and warn us that a new artifact - a box - that he just bring back from one of his expeditions is supposedly enchanted and must be open very carefully.<br /><br />We will then enter the loading room and board in the attraction vehicles which, let's remember it, are not omnimovers like in the Haunted Mansion and will be able to move in any directions or even spin. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm14-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 454px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm14-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Albert the monkey is intrigued by the box and will try to open it. And when he does, just like the box of "Pandora", the forces inside the box will be unleashed. A mysterious smoke will get out of it and will start to take over the different rooms. All the artifacts that guests will see in all the rooms will suddenly and magically come to life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm16-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 497px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm16-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Inside the next room - the Music room - music instruments will start to come to life. I won't be surprised if we find in this room some Haunted Mansion effects - remember the piano who play by itself in the doors corridor?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm17-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 473px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm17-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The Greco-Roman Mediterranean room will be the next one, and statues or paintings will suddenly be alive. Here too, Imagineers can use improved Haunted Mansion effects, and we should probably have audio-animatronics for the "live" statues.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm15-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 467px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm15-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In the next room, the "Nordic Chamber" , expect a cold temperature when the Vikings will come alive!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm18-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 511px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm18-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Scene seven, "The Armory", should be more frightening with suits of armors coming alive - hi again to another Haunted Mansion effect - arms trying to chop towards us and even canons will blast at us, allowing the Imagineers to take advantage of the spin motion of the ride vehicle that will spin away like if we've been hit for real. When i look at the blast effect in the rendering it reminds me the "ring of smoke" effect used in the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull attraction at Tokyo Disney Sea, and i won't be surprised if they use the same effect for the canon blast. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm24-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 386px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm24-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Egyptian Mummy lovers should be delight with the next room - the Egyptian room - where we can expect mummies coming alive and interesting special effects on the Egyptians bas-reliefs. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm19-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 395px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm19-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The next scene is called "The Tribal Room" and there is two renderings for it. The first one below is not only a dramatic scene with the "lava" statue but is also interesting on other points. If you look at the left of the artwork you will see a Tiki room tribute with not only Tikis masks but also a Tiki drummer , exactly the same one that we can see in the Disneyland beloved attraction. If you look at the right part of the artwork you'll see other tribal masks who obviously are throwing darts. i bet you that Imagineers will use the same effect used in Indiana Jones Adventure when you go through the "dart" room, just before the scene with the huge rolling ball.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm20-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 388px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm20-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The second rendering seems to confirm what i've just said - but Albert the monkey have more difficulties to escape the darts and arrows...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm25-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 364px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm25-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In scene 10 - the Chinese room - a monkey king statue which stands in its center will come alive and create a turbulent vortex, like a tornado. Four vehicles will join together and, due to the tornado wind effect, will begin to spin in an amazing choreography. At this point Albert the monkey understand that if he doesn't stop all this hell he will be in trouble forever...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm26-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 475px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm26-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In the final scene Albert will try desperately to close the enchanted box. Of course, at the last second he will succeed and bring everything back down to normal. Right after that, Lord Henry Mystic will pop up and say "Hi everybody, i hope you enjoyed your trip, i'm sure there was no problem with any of the artifacts and that everything is fine. Please come back and visit again when you're in the neighborhood!".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm21-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 405px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm21-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Looks like an instant classic attraction, doesn't it? Personally, i can't wait for its opening which unfortunately seems to be schedule for 2013.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mystic1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 528px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mystic1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Let's have a look at other Mystic Manor artwork and model pictures beginning by the ride vehicle design researchs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm8-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 497px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm8-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm9-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 805px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm9-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm12-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 789px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm12-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm13-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 741px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm13-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm10-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 649px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm10-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm11-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 519px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm11-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0110.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0110.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0069-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0069-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0082-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0082-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0086.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0086.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0089.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm1-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 235px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm28-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 692px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm28-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm29-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 500px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm29-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm3-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 689px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm30-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 262px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm30-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm4-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 640px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm4-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm5-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 652px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm5-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm6-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 848px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm6-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm7-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 316px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/mm7-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Let's end with two more pictures with the "big" model of Mystic Manor.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_9975.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_9975.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/IMG_0031.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The story line of the attraction as described above is coming from an Imagineer video interview that you can see on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEF2awc6r0M">Youtube HERE</a>. The technical aspects are my own speculations.<br /><br />For those of you who love WDI artwork i remind you that the Disneyland Paris "From Sketch to Reality book" which will tell you all about the creation of DLP include 250 WDI Artwork (!) and 500 pictures of the park on 320 pages. Have a look at the video below which will show you the whole book! <br /><br />The book is still available either in its english or french edition and you can still enjoy a 20% discount special offer and the book is now available with an immediate shipping! Reviews from all those who have already received the book are "over the top" so, place your order now for a gorgeous collector's edition copy while the special offer on this wonderful book is still available! 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We saw yesterday the 1920's Main street concept but other concepts not necessary linked to this 20's version were also never realised, and i asked Eddie more details about some of them, beginning by the one above.<br /><br />"After the park opened, there were proposals to add more new experiences. Between the entrance to the Discovery Arcade and the Camera Store is a façade that we were going to renovate into what you see here. This was bringing the multiscreen history of silent film to Main Street. I knew this was a very hard sell, but I am personally passionate about silent and early film. Keaton, Linder, Chaplin, Louise Brooks, George Meiles and more would be on going in this exhibit. There would also be handcranked Mutoscopes and other machines that guests could look into and experience early film. Of course, there was no way anyone would want to do this. So we have a sketch to remember it by! I would've loved to see this come true. There also was an evolution of this idea that was a video store except the videos were previewed by turning a crank on the antique Muto scope machines. The name "Buffalo Nickel" arcade was first coined at Knott's Berry Farm where I had worked years earlier.<br /><br />Below, this is the concept where a video store has demonstrations of coming Video attractions in the movieolas. You could crank the chapters of the video forward and back by using the handle so it really was a way of sampling upcoming movies. This was to go between the camera store and the Discovery arcade facing town square. I thought this might work, but they never went any further.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mscinema.jpg?t=1269031066"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 470px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mscinema.jpg?t=1269031066" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next sketch was intended to depict what would happen if we decorated the interior of the Main Street Transportation Company. This may have been done after opening as an enhancement. Ever since we first designed it, the Main Street Transportation building was intended to display the live horses that pulled the trolleys. Being able to go in and pat the horses would be a very nice payoff to such a dominant building.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mstram4.jpg?t=1269035415"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 500px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mstram4.jpg?t=1269035415" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The original intent at the end of market Street - rendering below - was to cross the arcade and go through three arches which would take you outdoors and they are would-be wagons with all kinds of things to eat. This area still has arches and doors so at some point you could create a courtyard and do food carts out there. What's the point of having a market Street without an open-air market? So in this sketch I showed people in the arcade and then sunlight leading to the far left of where market Street would enter.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msmarket.jpg?t=1269035506"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 459px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msmarket.jpg?t=1269035506" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Barbara Wightman did this next drawing and I believe it was primarily intended to be a concept for a bakery and was very early in our interiors explorations.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mschocolateshop.jpg?t=1269030409"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 430px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/mschocolateshop.jpg?t=1269030409" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This rendering depicts a 1876 "Crystal Palace Exposition" type entry sequence. This would be a giant glazed ticketing complex and ironically, the cost of this is what drove us into subsidizing the coverring of ticketing with a hotel. At one time we even had the Crystal Palace restaurant from Walt Disney World as part of the Main Street program. I think it went away early on and perhaps this sketch was my way of getting it back in on a grander scale. It's hard to remember.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms1.jpg?t=1269035657"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 328px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms1.jpg?t=1269035657" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This is one of my favorite Herb Ryman paintings and probably the best Main Street piece of art. He decided to depict the ground-level of the elevated train station in Town Square. Herb always focuses on what people are doing not what the architecture is doing. In this image something has just happened offstage as the policeman's attention. You'll see dogs, people interacting and all kinds of "business". An artist named Tony Sarg did illustrations of New York City that were all about the people and Herb brought the book to work to say that's what he wanted to do to make the Main Street renderings more interesting. And of course anything Herb does is interesting. So beneath the El Station you would have merchandise and other vendors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms2.jpg?t=1269035798"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 200px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms2.jpg?t=1269035798" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next image is the Fire Station for Main Street and because it was not a revenue-generating location it was cut and instead the Storybookstore replaced it. It was based in part from the Staten Island Ferry Building in Manhattan. Carpenter Gothic is the style.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms4.jpg?t=1269036028"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 802px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms4.jpg?t=1269036028" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The artwork below depicts a crystal piano that was designed to rise up out of the ground and form a gazebo. I always loved how the Rock 'n Roll band "grew" out of the ground at the Tomorrowland Terrace at Disneyland. It would be so beautiful to hear distant piano music and then see a glowing, Crystal Steinway rise up in the middle of the Restaurant! This was the centerpiece of our Crystal Palace Restaurant at the Hub. Later the Plaza Inn replaced the Crystal Palace because it was less expensive to build.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms6.jpg?t=1269036120"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 768px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms6.jpg?t=1269036120" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next painting was an early concept for City Hall. Eventually the design of the double columns and rotunda ended up as the interior of Harrington's China store.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms5.jpg?t=1269036254"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 456px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms5.jpg?t=1269036254" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next artwork was done by artist and friend Jim Michelson, best known for his spectacular attraction posters and discovery arcade posters. He did this sketch of the forecourt area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms7.jpg?t=1269036406"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 315px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms7.jpg?t=1269036406" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This artwork by Carol Grosvenor is a early concept for the StoryBook Store. It was before it became a small library theme, inspired by the film "the music man". But Tiger, in the booth, was kept in the final version.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/storybook.jpg?t=1269551399"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 473px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/storybook.jpg?t=1269551399" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The artwork below, by Nina Rae Vaughn, was to show the San Francisco feel of the Market Street as a concept. We did keep the look and style although these are not the facades at all. Market is also a famous street in San Francisco.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/flowerstreet.jpg?t=1269551703"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 397px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/flowerstreet.jpg?t=1269551703" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This artwork, also by Nina Rae Vaughn was more of a piece of marketing art for what we were building. We had already done most of the design at that point. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/pennyarcade.jpg?t=1269551807"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 440px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/pennyarcade.jpg?t=1269551807" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This last sketch shows the Photo shop and the photographer office but the final result is slightly different. I did this to give the buyers the exact density of props, their type, and direction for placement and buying. From a sketch like this you figure out the lighting, furniture, wallcovering and more. "The office" was moved from behind the counter - which became the darkroom - to the niche closer to the street so more guests can see it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddie1.jpg?t=1269551953"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 608px; height: 608px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddie1.jpg?t=1269551953" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />These "Main Street that never was" articles ends with this artwork from Eddie. Again, all my thanks to Eddie Sotto for his great comments on all these amazing concept-arts, it was fascinating!<br /><br /><br />Thanks to leave a comment or discuss this article on <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disney-more-blog-discussions/134940-disneyland-paris-never-part-three-main-street-u-s.html#post1055923190">D&M english forum on Mice Chat</a><br /><br />Artwork: copyright Disney enterprises Inc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-44030070665790908532010-04-15T10:47:00.000-07:002010-04-15T10:48:26.055-07:00The Disneyland Paris that never was: Part Two: Main Street U.S.A<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade.jpg?t=1269027008"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 529px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade.jpg?t=1269027008" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This part two of the "Disneyland Paris that never was" articles series is all about Main Street U.S.A. It’s not very known, but at Disneyland Paris we were at two fingers to get a really different design for Main Street U.S.A. Instead to have a “turn of the century” theming, Eddie Sotto - show producer of the land - had designed a Main Street set up in the 20’s-30’s with of course a totally different look.<br /><br />WDI Imagineers felt that a Main Street with the theme of Jazz Age America in the 1920's would be more appropriate than the Victorian Architecture that had come from Europe and would therefore be of less interest. Everyone in Europe was fascinated by stories of the Roaring '20s… jazz, Cinema and, of course, Gangsters. They headed a long way down that route and according to Eddie Sotto this version of Main Street would have include "lots of Art Deco, an America as represented by the Chicago and New York seen in the movies. "It seemed to us that this would have been more representative of America in European eyes, as opposed to the Main Street inspired by the small township of Marceline, Missouri. The way we looked at Gangsters, was more of the slapstick comedy "Keystone Kops" variety with fun instead of guns. Walt was able to make Piracy and cowboy outlaws fun, so we thought we could make a "Speakeasy" fun too, without the violence."<br /><br />Eddie Sotto give us more details about this amazing Main Street concept that never was and all comments with each picture of this article are from Eddie himself, whom i thanks a lot for his very kind contribution:<br /><br />"In this version inspired by the '20s, each shop reflected the personality of an immigrant to the United States. An elevated train ran along the facades on one side of the street. After reaching the station in front of Discoveryland, the land of visionaries, it came back to Central Plaza, in front of the Castle, passing in front of a Vernian diorama on the return trip. <br /><br />The top rendering shows the elevated train just above the entrance from Market Street looking south, to the left would be the entrance to the theater that has a circle vision type screen or similar that would tell the history of Hollywood and early film. This circle-vision cinema was disguised as one of the grand classic cinemas of the time, but the concept went away very early in the process because the determination to build a studio as a second park would duplicate that experience. The elevated train as we see it , would also look into windows that depict a "City of the Future" as Victorians imagined it. This was to be a Discoveryland transition.The posters in the hallway of the Arcade are the last remnants of that idea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/photo4.jpg?t=1269027441"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 388px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/photo4.jpg?t=1269027441" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This view above shows an overlay sketch of mine to show EL Train, which was more of a "Peoplemover" system with many cars. One of the purposes of the elevated train is to provide a way for people to watch the parade while being under shelter during the rain. The elevated train was to extend to the entrance of Discoveryland to allow guests to circulate without getting wet.<br />On Main Street, instead of Walt's - an American Restaurant, we put in a "Speakeasy', one of those clandestine bars that sprang up due to prohibition. The guest would enter a relatively innocent looking flower shop, but a minute later the walls would revolve to reveal a 'Cotton Club'-style jazz hotspot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/nighthawksdiner.jpg?t=1269550189"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 527px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/nighthawksdiner.jpg?t=1269550189" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The sketch above was done by Herb Ryman. We wanted to do a diner that looked liked the famous Edward Hopper painting "Nighthawks". This is where Walt's restaurant is now. The "Speakeasy "is next door on Flower Street, see the orange awning. We kept the "signs on the roof idea"and forced perspective distant buildings for Main Street Motors. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/herbryman.jpg?t=1269552752"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 527px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/herbryman.jpg?t=1269552752" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Another sketch by Herb Ryman showing the Diner again and the beige awning is the Speakeasy. I loved this sketch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/herbryman2.jpg?t=1269552939"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 424px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/herbryman2.jpg?t=1269552939" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The painting above by Herb Ryman shows a design proposal for the castle as well as the Main Street elevated tramway. I think he painted Legend Dick Nunis in the foreground with a kid on his shoulders. He used to bury Executives in his paintings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms30s.jpg?t=1269028500"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 322px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms30s.jpg?t=1269028500" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br /><br />The painting above was done by Disney legend Collin Campbell. I was wrestling with the design of the 1920's being overlaid onto the existing Main Street. It was no easy task and in many ways looked conflicted. The elevated train station which looks just like the one in the movie "Hello Dolly!" was set on Town Square at a 45° angle. This allowed one block of Main Street to also be positioned that way as well. The Emporium was to be in that block behind the El Train Station so exiting guests would be let out into the upper floor of the store and trickle down. The Gas Station was to be where the Firehouse is currently located. The reason we put a Service Station into the project was because the transition from horse-drawn streetcar to automobile had already been made and the automobile had won. <br /><br />I was never entirely satisfied with this rendering. The angle, composition, colors, even the scale just felt wrong. Herb Ryman had taken a few stabs with very loose sketches and I felt that they were very much on target. But it was taking a long time to get finished renderings that really depicted the project, so we went with Colin on this particular view. And it took this view and putting the elements together to really show us what kind of work still had to be done. We should have given Colin a better direction to work from. It really made me nervous because there was so many façades that had become ingrained in our consciousness from Walt Disney World, that the addition of these new elements even if they were perfect would seem like a clash. At this point it just wasn't working the way I had hoped. We would have to massage the transitions between Art Deco buildings and 19th Century buildings. We would have to go back into the Victorian designs and simplify them somewhat to make the gap less glaring. We never got that chance as the land was judged and declined while I was on vacation. Note to self... Never go on vacation! In hind sight, do I think the 1920s theme was the right thing for Paris? Yes. A year after he had declined the design, Michael Eisner said to me that we should have done the 1920's idea anyway because it would have been understood better in Europe. By then it was too late. I think in his mind, the 1920's Main St. was more expensive, so he was still happy with what we did and said so often. I don't necessarily agree with the story about him seeing the movie "The Untouchables", and that alone setting him off. I do believe because of the Circlevision Theater, the El Train, and all the Speakeasy Restaurant, it was only partly a creative issue and it was also a big financial issue. With that bigger number in mind it gave him the security to say no. Just an opinion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msrest.jpg?t=1269028713"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 434px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msrest.jpg?t=1269028713" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The two images above and below were painted by Nina Rae Vaughn. Behind The Town Square East block of buildings there was to be a private restaurant for the sponsors of the park. This idea was first pioneered with club 33 at Disneyland. We would have a secret entrance underneath the railroad station that would lead you to a hidden terminal and in that terminal we would have an American-style streamlined locomotive train complete with dining cars that is inspired by the famous "20th Century Limited". There was a restaurant in Southern California that was this idea and it was absolutely gorgeous but did not survive. We thought this could be the most unique private restaurant in Europe. Europe has the Orient Express as its legendary train. In America the equivalent would be the 20th century limited. I believe we also wanted to investigate projections outside the windows that would take you across the US as it looked in another time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msrest2.jpg?t=1269028842"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 597px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msrest2.jpg?t=1269028842" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />On the artwork below, this is the east side of Main Street where we had created a circular driveway and we actually wanted the Main Street limousine to pull up in front of the theater and that is where you would board it. Today the limousine is the only thing left of that idea. Herbert Ryman did a very nice painting from this point of view that was stolen from Imagineering and I don't believe they ever got a photograph of it. but I thought it looked really great. It's unfortunate that this sketch is all that remains.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msbroadway2.jpg?t=1269029476"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 448px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msbroadway2.jpg?t=1269029476" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The confusing thing about this next piece of artwork, is that we weren't sure where the façades are going to be yet so this sketch in fact represents the east side of the street not the West. The idea was to have this theater whether it'll be a live stage or a show about film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msbroadway.jpg?t=1269029636"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msbroadway.jpg?t=1269029636" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The next artwork shows another view of the "circle vision" theater entrance. In this view, we ran the El tracks directly <span style="font-weight:bold;">above</span> the guests in the Discovery Arcade. As I recall, this was a very early concept sketch. I think the greenery was shown outside the glass until we decided to make it solid walls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade2.jpg?t=1269027975"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 522px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade2.jpg?t=1269027975" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The artwork below shows the same arcade but with the current design. This drawing was done midway through design to help visualize the details that we were beginning to assemble. The gas lights and brackets all have the liberty motif so I believe this is pretty close to the reality. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade3.jpg?t=1269028266"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 591px; height: 591px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msarcade3.jpg?t=1269028266" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Herb Ryman and I discussed Walt's fascination with dollhouses and miniatures in general. We talked about an idea called "Automata-mericana". We thought it would be fun to build animated miniature scenes that are based on the American traditions and set them in Main Street. We wanted to tell the story with images rather than words. For example, The Main St. Cinema would be an animated scene with tiny figures of kids playing in the aisles, couples "making out" in the back, and the Projectionist embracing his mop imitating Valentino's famous screen kiss. Eddie Johnson, (who in my opinion is an unsung Imagineering legend) worked with me on this and came up with lots of fun ideas for these animated scenes. He was one of our art directors and did a great job. On a business trip to Covent Garden, London, we saw an animated "Cabaret" of these small exhibits. They were highly creative, very funny and showcase the ingenious use of cams and handmade characters. The idea for the "Shrunken Ned" Automatic Prescription machine at Disneyland also was inspired by that British exhibit. I believe the location for this exhibit - rendering below - was to be between the Transportation Company and the Hat shop. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msautomats.jpg?t=1269029147"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 521px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/msautomats.jpg?t=1269029147" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Another 1920's Main Street sketch, very early for a music shop. Looks like the work of Barbara Wightman. In the early development you have to do very loose concept sketches so they can throw a budget number at the project. So these designs are just for a feel of the level of quality and basic theme. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms3.jpg?t=1269030228"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 436px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/ms3.jpg?t=1269030228" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Below, just a super rough of a gas station concept based on some research imagery to make it less industrial and more victorian like Main Street. In the 1920's version we also wanted to sprinkle the facades with giant advertising billboards and have cars motoring up and down, to give some idea of the dynamic atmosphere in the United States at that time. These were the only two ideas that were saved for the final version.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddiegasstation.jpg?t=1269550865"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 479px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddiegasstation.jpg?t=1269550865" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next artwork is an early City Hall concept, before we were made to do 10' wide continuous foul weather walkways in front of the buildings which drove the design in a new direction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/cityhall.jpg?t=1269551082"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 737px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/cityhall.jpg?t=1269551082" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This next concept of a giant clock would have been in the Forecourt, in front of the park's ticketing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddieclock.jpg?t=1269551268"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 445px; height: 913px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/DLP%20that%20never%20was/eddieclock.jpg?t=1269551268" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />We will end the part one of this "Main Street that never was" article with this last artwork from Eddie, and we'll be back tomorrow with other sketches not linked to the 1920's version. Again, all my thanks to Eddie Sotto for his great comments on this amazing concept, which unfortunately was never built.<br /><br /><br />Thanks to leave a comment or discuss this article on <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disney-more-blog-discussions/134885-disneyland-paris-never-part-two-main-street-u-s.html#post1055920277">D&M english forum on Mice Chat</a><br /><br />Artwork: copyright Disney Enterprises IncUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-4875970343668214612010-03-20T12:00:00.000-07:002013-12-13T08:02:21.530-08:00The Disneyland Paris that never was - Part one<a href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/dlpoldmaplow.jpg?t=1268831089" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Universal%20Singapore/Disney%20and%20more/dlpoldmaplow.jpg?t=1268831089" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 640px;" /></a><br />
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Hello everyone. Here is the first part of a series of articles about the "Disneyland Paris that never was", and this is a new version of the one previously released someyears ago, with new and better scans and some surprises. <br />
As you know, when WDI imagineers begin to think about a new park or attraction, the phase one is call “blue sky”, everything in this phase one can be imagined as there is still no limit that the final budget will put inevitably. Then, from the blue sky comes the comeback to earth and choices must be done. Mind you, it’s not that the imagineers love to do some “cut” in their wonderful concepts as they are always pleased to enhance any project or put more theming details when it’s possible. The best example is Tokyo Disney Sea although even with this one some choices had to be done like with the “Voyages of Sindbad attraction which had a different first concept than the actual one with its oriental “small world puppet” theming.<br />
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To come back to DLP, and although the budget for the park back in 1990 was high, the imagineers had to make choices. Most of the time, they’ve kept the best. Sometime, as we will see, the project they had in mind was really too expensive...others were not really that expensive but the park’s management decided to do some “cuts”. It’s always the same thing when we look at renderings of “never done“ projects: we want this one to be built immediately! .........and we forget that what we already have is great! So, most of these coming projects will never exist, although, as they say at WDI “a good idea never die”. Let’s just dream about them, leave your mind enter the art-work and imagine that it’s real.<br />
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To begin by the beginning, the first picture below show you a model of the park, and, that’s how it looks before the imagineers decided to add Autopia, with the Disneyland Paris hotel at the entrance. <br />
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You may have not noticed it but the map of EuroDisneyland at the top of this article have an interesting detail. If you look at Discoveryland's entrance on the left of the Orbitron you'll see a structure which was never built. WDI Imagineer Tim Delaney had envisioned to build the Alien Encounter attraction at DLP's Discoveryland - in front of the Visionarium building and the Constellations shop, and this is a rare proof of the project. Although the words "Alien Encounter" are not written on the map you can see clearly the two theaters of the attraction on the picture detail below. Unfortunately the attraction was cancelled.<br />
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This rendering below show you a pretty different park's entrance, with two small lake where the fantasia gardens are now, and a big one at the bottom with a wharf and a boat where now stands a big boulevard. <br />
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The next one is a “winter” version of the previous one, where imagineers have imagined the small lake frozen and where people could have done ice-skating on them (Actually, this is possible in front of the New York hotel, so all is not lost) <br />
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This town square rendering shows main street entrance with coconut trees. This image depicts an early concept when the disneyland Paris Hotel was <span style="font-style: italic;">inside</span> of Main Street U.S.A and the left side shows the resort architecture of a grand floridian style hotel. The coconut trees were part of that idea. <br />
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The Disneyland Hotel was indeed built but this two next artworks show a slightly different architecture and a much bigger pool too.<br />
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...You'll note that the coconut trees are back!<br />
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I will come back soon on the Main Street that never was with a brand new article as we were at two fingers to get a really different Main Street than the one which now exist. Instead to have a “turn of the century” theming, Eddie Sotto - DLP Main Street show-designer - had designed a Main Street set up at the 20’s-30’s with a totally different look. <br />
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This next artwork show Central Plaza and all we can see on it exist in reality but you'll see some Christmas season decor at the center of the plaza which, them, don't exist.<br />
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In Frontierland, most of the original concepts were realized, but sometime , small changes makes big difference. Take this early model of Phantom manor, for instance. Next to the manor you can see a barn where now instead stands a totally different queue building. <br />
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What i miss the most is the great voice of Vincent Price who was recorded - as Phantom Manor ghost host. For a little while , at the opening of the park , visitors were welcomed by Price’s voice, until it was realised that this only english version was not understand by the french audience.....But the ghost laughs that you can hear during the ride are still Vincent Price laughs! A little story about the recording session: when it was recorded , Vincent Price was already at the end of his life , and really tired, physically speaking. So, the agreement was that Price could come for the recording , but just for one hour. Everything was ready, and Price arrived at the recording studio. He look really tired and everybody hoped that he could do it right....then he begin to read the text, and , all of a sudden , it was magical. A few takes were done, and that was it! Probably one of the last thing that Vincent Price did with all his genius. However, all is not lost , as this recording was released on the Haunted mansion anniversary cd , that you can still find easily. <br />
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On the picture below around Vincent Price are Imagineers Al Vasquez behind the camera, Jeff Kurti is behind Vincent Price and the woman on the right is Gabrielle Reynolds. <br />
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Another concept never realised for Frontierland was this small wood carver shop.<br />
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But the most surprising is probably this Lil' Big Thunder ride concept by Julie Svendsen - Obviously inspired by Disneyland extinct attraction "Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland" it was a kind of Big Thunder family coaster for young kids going through "rainbow caverns", Geysers, friendly cactus, rolling stone balls and even a mine blast!<br />
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Don't miss the next parts of these Disneyland Paris that never was articles, coming soon!<br />
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All artwork and photos: copyright DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-25051359356058133832009-08-06T12:16:00.000-07:002009-08-07T07:45:57.928-07:00Disney Animation Update: Princess and the Frog, Rapunzel, and......"Prep and Landing"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/rapunzel1.jpg?t=1249585469"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 414px; height: 639px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/rapunzel1.jpg?t=1249585469" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Today, a special Disney Animation update, and we will begin with some pictures of the Disney Animation Panel at San Diego's Comicon on July 24.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/89133369_EC55.jpg"><br /><br />Legendary director Hayao Miyazaki was there too - his last movie "Ponyo" will be released soon in the U.S - and here he is with John Lasseter who consider Miyazaki as his "master".<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/89133369_EC81.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/89133369_EC89.jpg"><br /><br />On the next picture: Director Ron Clements, Director John Musker, Director Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Director Kirk Wise and Director Lee Unkrich at the Disney Animation Panel.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/89133369_EC941.jpg"><br /><br />On this last one John Musker, John Lasseter and Ron Clements at the San Diego Convention Center.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/89133369_EC32.jpg"><br /><br />And talking about John Musker and Ron Clements, the two directors of Princess and the Frog, here is a great "pencil test" video that was shown during the Comicon.<br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UzsSF47z_yY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UzsSF47z_yY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Also, a series of - for some of them new - pictures from this awaited movie.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev02.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev03.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev04.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev05.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev06.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev07.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev08.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev09.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev10.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev11.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev14.jpg"><br /><br />Let's talk now about another 2D animated feature, Rapunzel, as new pictures were released recently, and all this looks pretty interesting as you will see. Here they are.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev04-1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev03-1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev02-1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/visdev05-1.jpg"><br /><br />A good surprise may also come from another new Walt Disney Animation project called "Prep and Landing" directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. Here is the pitch: "After working tirelessly on Prep and Landing for 227 years, an Elf named Wayne is upset when he doesn't receive an expected promotion to be the "director of naughty list intelligence".<br />Instead Magee the North Pole Christmas Eve command center coordinator partners Wayne with Lanny, an idealistic rookie who has an undying unthusiasm for Christmas. during their Christmas Eve mission, Wayne and Larry encounter unexpected challenges that push them to their limits. <br />Will the elves be able to guide Dasher, Dancer and the rest of the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh through a raging snowstorm to ensure a Merry Christmas for all?"<br /><br />Don't need to be a genius to guess that this new movie will be released more than probably on Christmas! <br /><br />Here are some pictures of "Prep and Landing" and apparently this one seems to be done in 3D animation.<br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/prep_landing.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/sneakpeek01.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/sneakpeek02.jpg"><br /><br />Okay, that's all for today, have all a great week-end!<br /><br /><br />Thanks to leave a comment or discuss this article on <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disney-more-blog-discussions/121157-animation-update-princess-frog-rapunzel-prep-landing.html#post1055484501">D&M english forum on Mice Chat</a><br /><br /><br />All pictures and video: copyright Disney - Getty imagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-59511762185838355572009-08-05T04:45:00.001-07:002009-08-05T16:32:26.158-07:00Islands of Adventure Original Artwork and video tribute<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBpRzvSgUuUEGzl1oK-g9jd3onDWBoSxswiXEQd0BWBzr6MaEKo1bveJcP13mch0_684zi788y1R-EHc1r1s-tbmqfa2ynFofJLWbFRqHMQENwLjXcBVbe8cHop52uLb-jrWIa5H1evM/s1600-h/islands+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBpRzvSgUuUEGzl1oK-g9jd3onDWBoSxswiXEQd0BWBzr6MaEKo1bveJcP13mch0_684zi788y1R-EHc1r1s-tbmqfa2ynFofJLWbFRqHMQENwLjXcBVbe8cHop52uLb-jrWIa5H1evM/s400/islands+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081614946264034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As Islands of Adventure is now under works for the awaited Harry Potter land, i thought it was a good time to look back to the original concept of the park, including some areas that will disappear forever. <br /><br />When Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park opened, everybody was stunned: So, Universal was able to build a theme park with a theming as good and detailed as Disney?<br />Yes, and there were good reasons for that : some of the creators of the park were former Disney Imagineers, and they did a real good job on IOA.<br /><br />Anyway, the park is indeed beautiful, and here is a "portfolio" of some of the art-work done for each land of the park. As always, click on each picture to see them in bigger size.<br /><br />These two first renderings show an overview of the park and the entrance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDh7ZzxdFNFzGAogIUBqQ3zE5KIg3w0NzTdFomVDpfJtJi6bT5h_-_8tymaS20sDVnCjJumIIGG_ijjpcLGkdlw17H42agh8cjuHXlsYf3KCY1PCEurdmlCoeNaVmmbvHeDSrYk3EnFE/s1600-h/islands+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDh7ZzxdFNFzGAogIUBqQ3zE5KIg3w0NzTdFomVDpfJtJi6bT5h_-_8tymaS20sDVnCjJumIIGG_ijjpcLGkdlw17H42agh8cjuHXlsYf3KCY1PCEurdmlCoeNaVmmbvHeDSrYk3EnFE/s400/islands+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081516162016210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdNSzsaVv8Mf-irR3qgZua9lZgLAhzJTv7das_KynDIUzofyxM14Nqei9Yu4x-AJut4J4D5qUnb0cGy7zh_ORAs031MWqJTg4lTRJW-hvoqVNDsK666Gt8x0-EgJCFx-jSsbKS22woKc/s1600-h/islands+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdNSzsaVv8Mf-irR3qgZua9lZgLAhzJTv7das_KynDIUzofyxM14Nqei9Yu4x-AJut4J4D5qUnb0cGy7zh_ORAs031MWqJTg4lTRJW-hvoqVNDsK666Gt8x0-EgJCFx-jSsbKS22woKc/s400/islands+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081387312997314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The artworks below is for Seuss Landing and the Cat with a Hat attraction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1-f4dfG7NT5rr8o3B65Fuk3rLTtmSWZS54qIIUTHYSnYO7WgahL2QN2BOinT245J7ivWZ7Ws5DGr2lxTYYPKJa4nO0AjaE4th24Un9QrU-e0-dOeisEje30mbJJ3O14I14wP6uPyD5M/s1600-h/islands+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1-f4dfG7NT5rr8o3B65Fuk3rLTtmSWZS54qIIUTHYSnYO7WgahL2QN2BOinT245J7ivWZ7Ws5DGr2lxTYYPKJa4nO0AjaE4th24Un9QrU-e0-dOeisEje30mbJJ3O14I14wP6uPyD5M/s400/islands+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081284233782194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5fEtLZr4hejsFVI1q6YOzzQz-Sumb0jMAdZmNORQgFpOEOe587XN91XzLQdLUUD5357_b7JNPLn5FgiWQb77NXIzUT176v3aMXHXxsZ0JYqatThtrKB73lVRGAYFC-dlWr914n0P2U8/s1600-h/islands+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5fEtLZr4hejsFVI1q6YOzzQz-Sumb0jMAdZmNORQgFpOEOe587XN91XzLQdLUUD5357_b7JNPLn5FgiWQb77NXIzUT176v3aMXHXxsZ0JYqatThtrKB73lVRGAYFC-dlWr914n0P2U8/s400/islands+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081151089796002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUKkXBRQrEHHWW6BgIl5j4a1z1StspNq25iTaPYvZ4gmqQGrI4M4KjDW1fBi1wdGOGT0gUixGfjg_koBgwS5e36O-s7ahHATe5BlpTJfgKKmnuutxw-7zPTIqD3nRZew8zi4ZMXJsRg0/s1600-h/islands+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUKkXBRQrEHHWW6BgIl5j4a1z1StspNq25iTaPYvZ4gmqQGrI4M4KjDW1fBi1wdGOGT0gUixGfjg_koBgwS5e36O-s7ahHATe5BlpTJfgKKmnuutxw-7zPTIqD3nRZew8zi4ZMXJsRg0/s400/islands+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055081060895482770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At the entrance of Lost Continent, the giant arm of the broken statue.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP05hOaZFbKX3CoG6ClIdB5KcTKkKsUs5wIZkSTzs3lM25b3c2pKXGbUu_sUNTMyd9dIJ5Udd8OdjvL6ptp8mWBR5a5i-Acao41tQC4GCygYLwR18jvElh0AFlBPZSmdBPwVrUbzx4FIY/s1600-h/islands+6bis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP05hOaZFbKX3CoG6ClIdB5KcTKkKsUs5wIZkSTzs3lM25b3c2pKXGbUu_sUNTMyd9dIJ5Udd8OdjvL6ptp8mWBR5a5i-Acao41tQC4GCygYLwR18jvElh0AFlBPZSmdBPwVrUbzx4FIY/s400/islands+6bis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080966406202242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The entrance of the eight voyages of Sindbad stunt show. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg652rUpCab8RKpV5ZS3hKaw6NzubtzmMoPmswvQ5N93VOWPWyMBPotUnvlECW15LwaLU3OI2_FEE4o3UU-whxQrWUli9GMdE7W-d3dSZxhDz-rZVcug7oxqtJb3vyvWx2ozCgKyzOs4jg/s1600-h/islands+7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg652rUpCab8RKpV5ZS3hKaw6NzubtzmMoPmswvQ5N93VOWPWyMBPotUnvlECW15LwaLU3OI2_FEE4o3UU-whxQrWUli9GMdE7W-d3dSZxhDz-rZVcug7oxqtJb3vyvWx2ozCgKyzOs4jg/s400/islands+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080850442085234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This next artwork was created for a scene of Dueling Dragons queue.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwvz6OHsZ6UcfI2VJaqZDzfKAcbag5JjV5MlwV7-ITHtqHNEBhSjI9zPFpc4KL5lxQPDS_IopvRO3Ammbhv9nqCUUcfeTW1XLgq9LPplxesPydWdt4mGF_2F_nc-74T4aTlKghHsM8lM/s1600-h/islands+8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwvz6OHsZ6UcfI2VJaqZDzfKAcbag5JjV5MlwV7-ITHtqHNEBhSjI9zPFpc4KL5lxQPDS_IopvRO3Ammbhv9nqCUUcfeTW1XLgq9LPplxesPydWdt4mGF_2F_nc-74T4aTlKghHsM8lM/s400/islands+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080373700715362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Below, two other renderings for Dueling Dragons, the second one show the queue decor. The coaster will be transformed in a Harry Potter coaster ride.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV3v-b0TafMXpAtjSxMafeUELWvSrvQYC-r6H-fU02paxPZiuq5X1QsTu2CGQ-Z7s7YfKzh0vQ9Ye4dg5kI8STp6-rSBj6e0rP0PzSvN3-BHlyYbKBQ-YBC7KlY_HocVM8888ZYOWha8/s1600-h/islands+10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV3v-b0TafMXpAtjSxMafeUELWvSrvQYC-r6H-fU02paxPZiuq5X1QsTu2CGQ-Z7s7YfKzh0vQ9Ye4dg5kI8STp6-rSBj6e0rP0PzSvN3-BHlyYbKBQ-YBC7KlY_HocVM8888ZYOWha8/s400/islands+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080167542285122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN_WTBtfUETDPzomzBx361oDfkICQD_vSWPUhVSZnbx_0Tm_TXSiGlUm3m0APov5YPBLtPSdp8nloshOkUFgRUF5M3PRDJHTQUAXgkZYDoSLl5zSoecJO3fNhYyA2tU4B-Gx2qraSJTE/s1600-h/islands+9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwN_WTBtfUETDPzomzBx361oDfkICQD_vSWPUhVSZnbx_0Tm_TXSiGlUm3m0APov5YPBLtPSdp8nloshOkUFgRUF5M3PRDJHTQUAXgkZYDoSLl5zSoecJO3fNhYyA2tU4B-Gx2qraSJTE/s400/islands+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080274916467538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Three artwork for the Jurassic Park land, including the Jurassic Park attraction and the Pteranodon Flyers. A Disney and more reader who worked on the park's creation just left in the comments an interesting story about the first rendering below. Here it is: "Regarding the rendering you have featuring the overview of Jurassic Park, you can see an attraction in the background which was designed and put on hold, which still has not been realized in the park. It is the building with the helicopter perched on a rooftop landing pad. This attraction was to be called Helicoptours and was a simulator attraction, which flew visitors over the world of Jurassic Park ending in a crash landing in a dinosaur filled jungle. It was a great attraction, but one which is doubtful will ever be constructed now that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is encroaching on some of the real estate planned for the attractions footprint."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkZHtPPMTr3AzAup8FmzllDKOD8r3io6GLHxrX9zczoqJqRfAFcuXWOkAvlc_vG6yy53dCHOKoDSw1zt93rNXJUZVBrpgDGLiHNmDT1TBPiBER-mWCMlsgO7uz6XRud18G0hUgoh5f-s/s1600-h/islands+11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkZHtPPMTr3AzAup8FmzllDKOD8r3io6GLHxrX9zczoqJqRfAFcuXWOkAvlc_vG6yy53dCHOKoDSw1zt93rNXJUZVBrpgDGLiHNmDT1TBPiBER-mWCMlsgO7uz6XRud18G0hUgoh5f-s/s400/islands+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055080021513397042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrDiYWXdiEx_5hmL-2MpBhEyIBgrY6hzCEQs3XJv3bYvdoq8tHba3NNm7paFeblJ5FHv9YszIZelsG2YxdxY2v45ywtxAm-EdepPzbil42VeQASw93j9MJ8Mw0byr6mKXDTaktQbmwgg/s1600-h/islands+12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrDiYWXdiEx_5hmL-2MpBhEyIBgrY6hzCEQs3XJv3bYvdoq8tHba3NNm7paFeblJ5FHv9YszIZelsG2YxdxY2v45ywtxAm-EdepPzbil42VeQASw93j9MJ8Mw0byr6mKXDTaktQbmwgg/s400/islands+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055079896959345442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBQNxp_fVM1PTok1-3uUrQUEJKwvc-TQvDWk7I_lu47pkseoUWA7jJkgvc0ic5zoKpBaGbzWaqS_G-OaImaA5Q4zqZhQn9CgyC067CkDUzgSMJ8nNcCPOKyrf9PeMWjtkcYbDY_MI5GI/s1600-h/islands+13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBQNxp_fVM1PTok1-3uUrQUEJKwvc-TQvDWk7I_lu47pkseoUWA7jJkgvc0ic5zoKpBaGbzWaqS_G-OaImaA5Q4zqZhQn9CgyC067CkDUzgSMJ8nNcCPOKyrf9PeMWjtkcYbDY_MI5GI/s400/islands+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055079785290195730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In Toon Lagoon, the Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls attraction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mJa6vxkkcMOhVX248lN9-AQQ1O5Ut4rdn-xlzEOIAAuRtA6SrRM12u-ix9F4OmgJkQg15Pw7L_QqW0fbfb8tchq1u6M6VdooXo7FS_zA7p_yt2LlKl2voCey4M0p108yUG-qnzZHxsg/s1600-h/islands+14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mJa6vxkkcMOhVX248lN9-AQQ1O5Ut4rdn-xlzEOIAAuRtA6SrRM12u-ix9F4OmgJkQg15Pw7L_QqW0fbfb8tchq1u6M6VdooXo7FS_zA7p_yt2LlKl2voCey4M0p108yUG-qnzZHxsg/s400/islands+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055079647851242242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />An artwork for the Popeye and Bluto's Blige-Rat Barges raft ride.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkne1n-V-RGrW8dLV1D9D8LxvZhtsd1kzbGfuLOcI9OlaiurqrUONdW3GQ3B3WUTlRxuEGX0kxVsn1AI8hDwJPMhZgMUjnyvC4vWBvlaStoygc9503jx_HnLUGbG-W1d-r4YgceLQlb0/s1600-h/islands+15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkne1n-V-RGrW8dLV1D9D8LxvZhtsd1kzbGfuLOcI9OlaiurqrUONdW3GQ3B3WUTlRxuEGX0kxVsn1AI8hDwJPMhZgMUjnyvC4vWBvlaStoygc9503jx_HnLUGbG-W1d-r4YgceLQlb0/s400/islands+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055079527592157938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A night overview of Marvel Super Hero Island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuwh7n7y-27cR42GQo8LOiYR3opG85zVDgWA3CA4cfyQYz9s8LzzfLMU1hi-nBkK5O3fD_1X9clNd2lVSRCBb6JDrYXYaq_wWpo7KDpOurnrqdyQ_N-glu_JxwOHvFnK2OMYjwqLHBSk/s1600-h/islands+16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuwh7n7y-27cR42GQo8LOiYR3opG85zVDgWA3CA4cfyQYz9s8LzzfLMU1hi-nBkK5O3fD_1X9clNd2lVSRCBb6JDrYXYaq_wWpo7KDpOurnrqdyQ_N-glu_JxwOHvFnK2OMYjwqLHBSk/s400/islands+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055079398743139042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A rare early concept for the Incredible Hulk coaster.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBocGluTQ8TvQYe8gbjJ5jlDscWG-1zOH_ardVLA07YFsSo0Jf0WKvsXBB2ccS7q1dUkAM4jyO4_EV4GoF8JuA-ApD9MmoliIAZ0_9LjzZWjlplaZu5TcFaJMyqmegVPgBenf2YzDwKTk/s1600-h/islands+17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBocGluTQ8TvQYe8gbjJ5jlDscWG-1zOH_ardVLA07YFsSo0Jf0WKvsXBB2ccS7q1dUkAM4jyO4_EV4GoF8JuA-ApD9MmoliIAZ0_9LjzZWjlplaZu5TcFaJMyqmegVPgBenf2YzDwKTk/s400/islands+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055078982131311314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Without any doubt, one of the best ride in the world: The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEokSzwMIyfQQExOpYOhkswAZ8H6-dM2TMeRIeEciEIZzbAXR2rUNE0NgFfeHBnEkUE9F8WPo5BT2xCAO_kOi8KNzr2An2gpW-fjbQ2DzLcy14bopdf2CDPOLEUM3CUiof4ThZBBwqZh4/s1600-h/islands+18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEokSzwMIyfQQExOpYOhkswAZ8H6-dM2TMeRIeEciEIZzbAXR2rUNE0NgFfeHBnEkUE9F8WPo5BT2xCAO_kOi8KNzr2An2gpW-fjbQ2DzLcy14bopdf2CDPOLEUM3CUiof4ThZBBwqZh4/s400/islands+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055078879052096194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And, to do things perfectly, you'll find below you tube videos of the Cat in the hat attraction, as well as those of "Poseidon's fury " attraction - that probably will be removed for their future Harry Potter's land - , Jurassic park river adventure, and the not-to-be-missed Spiderman ride.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCfTfWLrsiQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCfTfWLrsiQ&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5ZxZsBKQjc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5ZxZsBKQjc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_IVHtHG2C4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h_IVHtHG2C4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RIAnwDTB_ws&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RIAnwDTB_ws&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Thanks to leave a comment or discuss this article on <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disney-more-blog-discussions/121025-islands-adventure-original-artwork-tribute.html#post1055479951">D&M english forum on Mice Chat</a><br /><br /><br />Artwork: copyright Universal StudiosUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-80808673395989347862009-08-02T06:12:00.000-07:002009-08-02T06:13:36.607-07:00Meet Peter Sohn, Director of Pixar's " Partly Cloudy "<img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/20090416PeterSohn02.jpg"><br /><br />Peter Sohn - above and below - is the director of Pixar's Partly Cloudy, this wonderful short movie released wih Up!. He's here at Pixar Animation Studios during the making of Partly Cloudy. <br /><br />Animator at Pixar Animation Studios, he worked on Finding Nemo as story artist. On the Incredibles he was animator, story artist and did additional voices. On Ratatouille he was also animator and the voice of Emile. Before his Pixar career he worked on the Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones. And in UP! Russell, the Asian-American character, looks somewhat similar to Peter Sohn, who has a Korean surname.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/20090127PartlyCloudyAnimReview03.jpg?t=1249209549"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 426px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/20090127PartlyCloudyAnimReview03.jpg?t=1249209549" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Pixar also released these two Partly Cloudy preliminary sketches of the storks flying and of Gus and Peck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/BirdsFlight.jpg?t=1249209679"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 345px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/BirdsFlight.jpg?t=1249209679" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/GusandPeck.jpg?t=1249209760"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 345px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/GusandPeck.jpg?t=1249209760" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Pictures: copyright Disney-PixarUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-59125788814679757182009-07-25T15:34:00.000-07:002009-07-25T15:35:38.680-07:00DCA's World of Color Pictures, Artwork and Videos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/worldofcolortitle.jpg?t=1248395985"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 406px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/worldofcolortitle.jpg?t=1248395985" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The pictures were released last week-end, but i was doing my "Man on the Moon" celebration and couldn't post them before. Anyway, better too late than never and here is great artwork for the awaited "World of Color" show at DCA. As always, click on each picture to see them in big size.<br /><br />First, some pictures of the Blue Sky Cellar preview center.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky4.jpg?t=1248395003"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 437px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky4.jpg?t=1248395003" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/P06-0002.jpg?t=1248395151"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 492px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/P06-0002.jpg?t=1248395151" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Here is the artwork for the Pocahontas scene...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/7_09_WDI_90011.jpg?t=1248395277"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 402px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/7_09_WDI_90011.jpg?t=1248395277" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...And two artworks for Alice in Wonderland scenes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky6.jpg?t=1248395628"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 414px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky6.jpg?t=1248395628" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky7.jpg?t=1248395738"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 405px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky7.jpg?t=1248395738" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The artwork for the Wall-E scene...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/blueskycellar2.jpg?t=1248395806"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 405px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/blueskycellar2.jpg?t=1248395806" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />and the one - if i'm not wrong - for the final scene.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky5.jpg?t=1248395873"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 397px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky5.jpg?t=1248395873" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Disneyland also released a picture of the model showing where will be all the fountains...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky1.jpg?t=1248396091"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 602px; height: 724px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky1.jpg?t=1248396091" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...as well as pictures of the construction inside Paradise Pier Lagoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky11.jpg?t=1248396473"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 437px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky11.jpg?t=1248396473" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky8.jpg?t=1248396405"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 465px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky8.jpg?t=1248396405" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky9.jpg?t=1248396545"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 425px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky9.jpg?t=1248396545" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky10.jpg?t=1248396609"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 422px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/bluesky10.jpg?t=1248396609" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I'm re-posting here the video - filmed by the always excellent MintCrocodile - that visitors of Blue Sky Cellar can see and learn more about the upcoming show. <br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JISxDOzfKvc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JISxDOzfKvc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> <br /><br />Disneyland also posted on Youtube a behind the scenes video of the construction in DCA's lagoon!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VO56EeQkMKM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VO56EeQkMKM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />But the not-to-be-missed video is the presentation that Steven Davison, creator of the show, did last week. Not only you will learn a lot about the show itself, but if you want to see somebody who have a real VISION, then look closely at Steven Davison.<br />Thanks God, "Lightsofwinter" had the genius idea to film Steven's presentation, and here it is in three parts.<br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rfyoqR1lX_Y&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rfyoqR1lX_Y&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XN1mJ0drBs4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XN1mJ0drBs4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DyLqLms0YcY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DyLqLms0YcY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Pictures and artwork: copyright Disney<br /><br />Videos: copyright Disney, MintCrocodile and LightsofwinterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-46371633107520321962009-07-15T10:33:00.000-07:002009-07-15T10:34:14.732-07:00New " World of Colour " Artwork coming soon at DCA Preview Center<img src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Disneys-California-Adventure-World-.jpg"><br /><br />If you're living in California, look out for the new World of Colour concept-art that will be unveil at DCA Blue Sky Cellar preview center later this week!<br /><br />The one above released today on the L.A Times web site shows the alice in Wonderland sequence, but you can expect to see many more at the preview center.<br /><br />Read the L.A Times full article <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/world-of-color-disne-4902/">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Artwork: copyright DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-73223904274898811332009-07-10T14:51:00.000-07:002009-07-11T03:44:23.710-07:00New Hong Kong Disneyland Artwork !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/newhkrend-1.jpg?t=1247305806"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 465px; height: 641px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/newhkrend-1.jpg?t=1247305806" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Hong Kong Disneyland released three new artwork for each of the awaited new lands - <br />Grizzly Trail , Mystic Point and Toy Story Land - and here they are! Click on each to see them in bigger size!<br /><br />Very interesting artwork as we can see more of these three new lands. Grizzly Trail and its Audio-Animatronic bears looks promising and Mystic Manor artwork is even more exciting as the theme and the inside of the manor looks really different than the others Haunted Mansions.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Grizzly_Poster_English_WEBJPG.jpg?t=1247307643"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Grizzly_Poster_English_WEBJPG.jpg?t=1247307643" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Mystic_Poster_English_WEB-1.jpg?t=1247308169"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Mystic_Poster_English_WEB-1.jpg?t=1247308169" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Toy_Story_Poster_English_WEB.jpg?t=1247307543"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 959px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/Toy_Story_Poster_English_WEB.jpg?t=1247307543" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Also, here are bigger files of the previously released artwork for the three new lands.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-grizzly-trail-fun-map-final-sm.jpg?t=1247308847"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 439px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-grizzly-trail-fun-map-final-sm.jpg?t=1247308847" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-mystic-point-fun-map-final-sma.jpg?t=1247308814"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 439px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-mystic-point-fun-map-final-sma.jpg?t=1247308814" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-toystory-fun-map-final-small-w.jpg?t=1247308755"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 439px;" src="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/hkdl-toystory-fun-map-final-small-w.jpg?t=1247308755" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I remember you that you can now find this article and ALL others artwork articles about HKDL and all others Disney theme parks on the new <a href="http://disneyandmoreartwork.blogspot.com/">Disney and more Artwork site HERE</a><br /><br />All Artwork: copyright DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-12747651947717452312009-07-10T14:04:00.000-07:002009-07-10T14:05:23.478-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland new lands announced officially with Artwork<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqmir9O0Sjk1UtoYp24Gpp103hXDCQ_N6_2KfP_CG_yGwgVJh1AjpXciHg-MpjIIU5ux9JHjWIDUbzt8Sw6eDes0QnZJmB7IP34g_CwdKroxMgoSkxx-iy5TpPHY9zQy72YuP2ccDwxPj/s1600-h/07346994.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqmir9O0Sjk1UtoYp24Gpp103hXDCQ_N6_2KfP_CG_yGwgVJh1AjpXciHg-MpjIIU5ux9JHjWIDUbzt8Sw6eDes0QnZJmB7IP34g_CwdKroxMgoSkxx-iy5TpPHY9zQy72YuP2ccDwxPj/s400/07346994.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353063673744698178" /></a><br /><br />This is it, the Hong Kong Disneyland expansion plan is unveiled, three "lands" were announced today and you will see great artwork for each of them! Basically, the three new lands are located on the left side of the park , stick to the west of Adventureland as you can see on the expansion map above. No giant Pirates of Caribbean land, no snow-covered mountain, but a small Frontierland with a mine ride, a Haunted Mansion with a different theme, and a Toy Story Playland exactly like the one we will have at the WDS next year.<br /><br />Also, you will notice that they still have a big space available for a future expansion on the left of the new Frontierland/Grizzly Trail.<br /><br />Here are all the details with the official press release and click on each picture to see them in full size.<br /><br />With the addition of more than 30 new attractions, play and entertainment experiences, Hong Kong Disneyland’s total number of rides and attractions will increase by almost 50 percent and top one hundred. When completed, the expansion will increase HKDL’s physical footprint by approximately 23 percent; broaden the park’s appeal by adding more experiences for young adults; and place increased focus on universally-understood stories. Using Guest feedback as a guide, these three new themed areas will create memorable guest experiences, drive strong word of mouth and repeat visitation, and offer many unique only-available-in-Hong-Kong attractions that feature Disney’s immersive storytelling and innovative technology.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NSbop3mAizubafeytgIYdjzOnojaBjiIh508gY62gYM-YVDxiMxi5g2AbixBjJVjbQkpeXqktX2J9cFhuu9Fhrx58D-KFBoyKEKMyoqC2MjXkS4XyQPbXntfSb1dalMSIr-tnzQnW7mu/s1600-h/94280868.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NSbop3mAizubafeytgIYdjzOnojaBjiIh508gY62gYM-YVDxiMxi5g2AbixBjJVjbQkpeXqktX2J9cFhuu9Fhrx58D-KFBoyKEKMyoqC2MjXkS4XyQPbXntfSb1dalMSIr-tnzQnW7mu/s400/94280868.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353063769468605826" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Grizzly Trail <br />Grizzly Gulch, Frontier Gold-Mining Town</span><br /> <br />The path along Grizzly Trail offers high-spirited frontier fun in an abandoned mining town called Grizzly Gulch, set amidst mountains and woods. The town was founded August 8, 1888 – the luckiest day of the luckiest month of the luckiest year – by prospectors looking to discover gold. Bears have now started causing havoc at the Big Grizzly Mountain Mining Company.<br /><br />Key Technology and Creative Elements<br />• Guests visiting Grizzly Gulch are part of the action, experiencing hands-on water features, massive geysers and various leaking structures in the abandoned town.<br />• Life-size Audio-Animatronic® bears set the story in motion on Big Grizzly Mountain Coaster, an adventure aboard a runaway mine train through town. Guests careen backward down an incline that propels them through twists and turns, before a launch sequence “blasts” the mine train out of the mountain.<br />• A Wild West stagecoach, an old time Jail House, and the world’s largest nugget of gold provide fun photo opportunities.<br />• Guests can relax with a Wild West refreshment at the old Saloon or shop for mining supplies and souvenirs at the Bear Necessities merchandise stand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW76ZcQ6bvfzhaqlbF_hq09y3Xr-odTzfj-gEDkYxnOWBx5ObXjzj8v3hruHN0djKwN-sSlEnLX13Bzp4nJ3qfauFn2C4EJ-2E2sN9cLsbAioFKcZlQfaPBZhyuHO9eGtbzEOMeOhI2Icj/s1600-h/779f71b2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW76ZcQ6bvfzhaqlbF_hq09y3Xr-odTzfj-gEDkYxnOWBx5ObXjzj8v3hruHN0djKwN-sSlEnLX13Bzp4nJ3qfauFn2C4EJ-2E2sN9cLsbAioFKcZlQfaPBZhyuHO9eGtbzEOMeOhI2Icj/s400/779f71b2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353063894228379442" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mystic Point</span> <br /><br />Mystic Point is the site of mysterious forces and supernatural events in the heart of a dense, uncharted rain forest.<br /><br />In Mystic Manor, home to an eccentric world traveler and adventurer and his collection of exotic international artifacts, strange things are afoot as an enchanted music box releases its magical powers, thanks to a mischievous monkey.<br /><br />Key Technology and Creative Elements<br />• Inside Mystic Manor, a trackless ride system enables vehicles to move “freely” about the attraction as the story unfolds. Audio-Animatronic® figures and special visual and audio effects help tell the story of mystical phenomena.<br />• Within Mystic Point lies a beautiful garden full of relics and mythological figures, where guests discover a hidden world of illusions and mysteries that trick the eye.<br />• Guests can dine at the Adventurer’s Club amid a vast collection of unusual artifacts from around the world or purchase exclusive curiosities and collectibles at the Archive Shop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkrYVSjRxBwsyT0FKeFTU1s2UTP99JowANH7YBmI01VIEH3fMpggI8R5AqDllhUdcnQ7RP5oU8c3F4on6bgkfVqKljlVltfPbIpH6I9i9hbzMizFZ6XsJSBWgxfAMI7wZn5_5zvJrwuJh/s1600-h/41110789.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkrYVSjRxBwsyT0FKeFTU1s2UTP99JowANH7YBmI01VIEH3fMpggI8R5AqDllhUdcnQ7RP5oU8c3F4on6bgkfVqKljlVltfPbIpH6I9i9hbzMizFZ6XsJSBWgxfAMI7wZn5_5zvJrwuJh/s400/41110789.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353064018552475170" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Toy Story Land </span><br />Disney·Pixar-themed Play Area for Kids of All Ages<br /><br />Andy, the young boy from the Disney·Pixar Toy Story films, has left his toys unattended in this immersive and highly themed environment, based on one of Disney·Pixar’s most popular film series. While Andy is away, the toys come to life and play...and Guests are invited to join!<br /><br />Key Technology and Creative Elements<br />• Oversized outdoor rides and photo opportunities allow Guests to experience the different perceptions of scale, and shrink to the size of a toy.<br />• One attraction includes a shuttle coaster which propels Guests along a U-shaped style track.<br />• A drop-style parachute attraction lets Guests join a “training mission,” plunging from a 25m tall tower.<br />• Guests will enjoy fun, immersive and interactive environments with life-size toys.<br />• A themed food kiosk provides a barrel of fun snacks and refreshments and Guests can shop for Toy Story inspired collectibles at the merchandise location. <br /><br />(end of press release)<br /><br />Now, to all DLRP and WDS fans : Have a look again to the Toy Story Playland rendering above as the Toy Story Playland at the WDS will look exactly - or almost - identical when it will open in July 2010!<br /><br />As for HKDL this expansion is not only welcome and necessary but also will bring new attractions unique to the park - Big Grizzly Mountain Coaster, with audio-animatronic Bears and a track that seems to be inspired by the one of Expedition Everest - or also new versions of grand classic ride - Mystic Manor - a Haunted Mansion mixed with the world traveler and adventurer theme of TDS Tower of Terror. It will be very interesting to discover all this when it will open in 2011-12!<br /><br />And now, more news about the financial part of this expansion with this Reuters.com article. Note that the author says that there will be 30 "new" attractions but it's probably a mistake, what he means is that HKDL will have in all 30 attractions including the new one:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Disney to pump $452 mln new funds into HK theme park</span><br />Reuters - Wednesday, July 1<br /><br />By James Pomfret<br /><br />HONG KONG, June 30 - Hong Kong said on Tuesday the Walt Disney Co <DIS.N> will invest $452 million to expand its Hong Kong theme park, seen as necessary to bolster the park's long-term prospects against a planned rival park in Shanghai.<br /><br />Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said Hong Kong would not invest more capital in the joint venture but would convert a substantial part of its loan to the project into equity. He added Disney's capital investment would be about HK$3.5 billion.<br /><br />Disney will also convert the entire balance of its outstanding HK$2.76 billion loan to the theme park to equity.<br /><br />"In total this means that the Walt Disney Company will invest about HK$6.2 billion new capital in demonstration of the company's confidence in Hong Kong Disneyland," said Rita Lau, Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.<br /><br />After Disney's new investment and the government's debt to equity swap, Hong Kong will see its stake in the underperforming park fall to 52 percent from 57 percent in the theme park's first major expansion since its opening to great fanfare in 2005.<br /><br />Since then however, the park's performance has been sluggish, with attendance figures falling short of initial targets.<br /><br />The government's outstanding loan to the theme park is about HK$6.89 billion. After the conversion, this balance will not drop below HK$1 billion, the government said in a statement.<br /><br />It said the expansion, with a mix of thrill rides, would "broaden the park's appeal" and act as a "catalyst" in improving the park's operating and financial performance.<br /><br />"If there is no expansion, the attraction of the theme park will fall over time," government economist Helen Chan said at a briefing to announce details of the long-awaited expansion.<br /><br />SHANGHAI RIVAL<br /><br />The Hong Kong government desperately needs the expansion to boost flagging attendance, with a much larger rival Disneyland expected to be built in Shanghai in 2014 that could draw much visitor traffic from the burgeoning mainland China market.<br /><br />"We're only increasing it by some 20 percent but the Shanghai Disneyland is going to be ten times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland, how are we going to compete with them," said lawmaker Emily Lau during a briefing on the plan.<br /><br />But officials, who must still lobby lawmakers to green-light the deal in a legislative session on July 10, stressed the park's unique attractions would bolster the park's current reported attendance of about 4.5 million annually, to between 5.2-8.4 million visitors by 2015 when the expansion is done.<br /><br />"We often talk about uniqueness and exclusiveness and therefore it's not just about the size," said Hong Kong official Lau.<br /><br />"We're not competing on the basis of size, we are competing on the basis of these attractions," Lau added.<br /><br />The park is currently the smallest 'Magic Kingdom' globally.<br /><br />The expansion, which will cost HK$3.63 billion, will include 30 new attractions and three new theme areas -- two unique to any Disneyland -- and will see the total area of Hong Kong Disneyland increase by 23 percent over five years.<br /><br />The total net economic benefit of the expanded theme park over 40 years would range from HK$64.7 billion to HK$117.3 billion, the government said, with the theme park having already added 0.2 percent to the city's annual GDP since opening.<br /><br />Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang travelled to Los Angeles in May, where he met senior Disney executives. The trip is seen to have paved the way for the breakthrough after Disney earlier said it would stall any expansion amid the credit crunch.<br /><br />As part of the deal, Disney promised to boost transparency by disclosing its annual visitor figures and financial performance.<br /><br />All pictures: copyright Disney - Hong Kong Disneyland<br /><br /> James Pomfret Reuters article: copyright Reuters.com<br /><br />Leave a comment or discuss this article on D&M english forum on <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/disney-more-blog-discussions/118910-hong-kong-disneyland-new-lands-announced-officially-artwork.html#post1055412430">Mice Chat</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-87767977788988335602009-07-10T14:00:00.000-07:002014-02-17T08:07:49.441-08:00Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel<br />
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The Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, like the park, is located on Lantau Island - 20 minutes only from the airport and 40 minutes from Hong Kong island, and what you must not forget is that there has been a huge land filled, as before , where HKD is now standing , everything was under water! as you can see on these two pictures , before and after. <br />
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The main reason about the choice of the architecture of the two HKD hotels was that they were so different that one can find in hong kong, and that’s sure as it’s probably hard to find in hong kong a victorian architecture like the HKD hotel.<br />
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But, before they built it , as we are in hong kong, the location of the hotel required a “feng shui” master! So, Imagineers of the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel worked with a feng shui master from Hong Kong for positioning the buildings and entrances throughout the resort. <br />
His advice included to make sure that the main entrance faced north to south, oriented to ensure maximum advantage from the Green Dragon Mountain to the east and White Tiger Mountain to the west. Doorways, so, are placed to maximize the flow of positive energy. Water themes also dominate throughout the resort, in restaurants and lounges.<br />
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When you arrive at the entrance of the resort, you instantly know that the imagineers did their best: The avenues leading to the hotels have a great tropical lush vegetation theming and , instantly, you know that you’re entering in a “Disney” world. <br />
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I stayed at the Hong Kong Disneyland hotel, one of the two hotels of the resort - the other one being the “Hollywood hotel”, and both of them are great , top disney-quality. To give you an idea, i put the Hong Kong Disneyland hotel - who have the same architectural style - between the Disneyland hotel in paris and the Grand Floridian in orlando. It’s bigger than the Disneyland hotel in paris, and smaller than the Grand Floridian. <br />
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And it’s a great one! with a beautiful lobby...<br />
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Big rooms with balcony...<br />
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Luxury suites, with WDI art framed on the walls...<br />
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Wonderful indoor-outdoor swimming pool and asian spa...<br />
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And even a labyrinth maze in the central garden where you can play to get lost! <br />
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Some rooms give you special access to the “kingdom club” , a beautiful victorian private lounge where guests can find free drinks and food all day.<br />
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The Imagineers designed three different restaurants, from quick and casual at the "Sorcerer’s Lounge"...<br />
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To fine dining at the Crystal Lotus restaurant, featuring fine Asian cuisine themed after the five essentials of life – wood, metal, earth, fire and water .Even the entryway to Crystal Lotus, the hotel’s signature contemporary Chinese restaurant, pours on the Disney magic. Guests pass above the see-through floor of a virtual aquarium. As they step onto the surface, rushing water is heard and ripples spread as the colorful “fish” dart about. The imagineers had fun to put lot of “special effects”. At the bar, the top of the vodka or whisky bottles launch “flames” regularly and the lotus flowers are changing of colours in a fraction of seconds!<br />
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The ultimate in Disney character dining can be found in the conservatory-like setting of the lamp-lit Enchanted Garden Restaurant, offering exquisite buffet-style meals.<br />
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But there is one other good reason to stay at the HKD hotel: it’s the fantastic view on the Hong Kong bay at night,. After a whole day in HKD magic kingdom, having right in front of you, the dazzling sky line of hong kong at night, it is really magical! <br />
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And now it's time to discover it through two perfectly filmed youtube videos by barrybillionaire. You will see everything i mention above, including WDI special effects in the Crystal Lotus restaurant! <br />
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Artwork: copyright Disney - Photos: copyright Disney and Alain Littaye<br />
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Youtube videos by barrybillionaire<br />
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<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lliaxXpb7Fw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-38206710012392214992009-07-10T13:57:00.000-07:002009-07-10T13:59:31.581-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Hollywood Hotel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppahmW5G8mAyr2LetMkYcHL6KCubmCl0aAU4a3b0tqG-kfVeahQXsNTIrAM4Owdu9KXQeyWe6QY9kkSKUDL4ThlMLl-v6ouGQd3UukwbJ9nfR4btubBxFbMbZEyVxMrdPpOHnpeFsDF0/s1600-h/photo+16"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppahmW5G8mAyr2LetMkYcHL6KCubmCl0aAU4a3b0tqG-kfVeahQXsNTIrAM4Owdu9KXQeyWe6QY9kkSKUDL4ThlMLl-v6ouGQd3UukwbJ9nfR4btubBxFbMbZEyVxMrdPpOHnpeFsDF0/s400/photo+16" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093803033446506770" /></a><br /><br />Here is the second pictorial report about the Hong Kong Disneyland hotels, and this one is about the beautiful art-deco Hollywood hotel. <br /><br />Just like the Hong kong disneyland hotel had some reminiscence of WDW grand floridian, the Hollywood hotel, have something of the Tokyo Disneyland Ambassador Hotel, except that this new version is even better! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGMXOYtY_9qXrw1uAU3uVvD9h5Go53GtZdC7nGtelr_ppqud1D86CuChx2ly-CzFC3p1I6_MucIHJvtUTBUG1KHN4oJodJrmceKb7XFjNFGDbveKLXMHGLvwHQIRtU2vuJuznrCp8FCw/s1600-h/photo+3b"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGMXOYtY_9qXrw1uAU3uVvD9h5Go53GtZdC7nGtelr_ppqud1D86CuChx2ly-CzFC3p1I6_MucIHJvtUTBUG1KHN4oJodJrmceKb7XFjNFGDbveKLXMHGLvwHQIRtU2vuJuznrCp8FCw/s400/photo+3b" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093802496575594738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLeKAJoImTqkZiJrWsymhyphenhyphendnCDkXOhIeBmX1PGXPsqEetGLAXI74U68VQTPNJwtiLUUavls9bHY3Q2yzD7JZ2hKY9ou3QUo8DbRlceg8G-0iE7IdCVNeGeQ4TSciAp-W_s5kXlgv26gs/s1600-h/photo+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLeKAJoImTqkZiJrWsymhyphenhyphendnCDkXOhIeBmX1PGXPsqEetGLAXI74U68VQTPNJwtiLUUavls9bHY3Q2yzD7JZ2hKY9ou3QUo8DbRlceg8G-0iE7IdCVNeGeQ4TSciAp-W_s5kXlgv26gs/s400/photo+1" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093801916755009762" /></a><br /><br />So let’s have a closer look to how the press release presents it: “It was the Golden Age of Hollywood when, night after night, searchlights on Hollywood Boulevard heralded the latest star-studded motion picture premiere at an ornate movie palace, celebrities wined and dined at swank clubs on the Sunset Strip, and young girls discovered at soda shops would become glamorous movie stars. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHuhjhC7vsjJ08UbiThulS6UosFfQ8oY8fFG7o1AVvJkPnBM6f8gWJMGDbuGLe3l-nqS7QufFmcu5y9DeToUtTRHebIA3u3WF_C_38CbDISLHs6UovRxvpTIJfH7yJ27BeGlVwRfWQrw/s1600-h/photo+2b"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHuhjhC7vsjJ08UbiThulS6UosFfQ8oY8fFG7o1AVvJkPnBM6f8gWJMGDbuGLe3l-nqS7QufFmcu5y9DeToUtTRHebIA3u3WF_C_38CbDISLHs6UovRxvpTIJfH7yJ27BeGlVwRfWQrw/s400/photo+2b" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093802822993109250" /></a><br /><br />There was only one business that mattered in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Motion pictures.<br />Hollywood was the original movie capital of the world. It is a place where dreams become real and reality is often nothing more than a dream. <br />“This spirit of fantasy, whimsy and movie-making magic is reflected not only in Hollywood’s product, motion pictures, but in its atmosphere, its essence and its architecture, all of which serve as the inspiration for Disney’s Hollywood Hotel at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort,” says Wing Chao, executive vice president, Master Planning, Architecture and Design for Walt Disney Imagineering.<br />Designed in the Art Deco style of architecture with whimsical Mickey Mouse-inspired motifs, the stylish eight-story hotel features 600 guest rooms in a U-shaped building arranged around a central courtyard. The hotel’s Hollywood theme will make every guest feel like a movie star as they immerse themselves in the history and glamour of motion pictures. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzWgxqnVNrM9cRUnXztmcnqQphTVPGeR9k-BlvDsqbAvLcxcfPVzF1C0r6nWkfwsplawFzBdC2XYOZJwoOI7roLOj6_yr2gO0gApnerF0jfGYuE5bL-fQdTqqvrICMq14KVQ2toD9fyc/s1600-h/photo+4"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzWgxqnVNrM9cRUnXztmcnqQphTVPGeR9k-BlvDsqbAvLcxcfPVzF1C0r6nWkfwsplawFzBdC2XYOZJwoOI7roLOj6_yr2gO0gApnerF0jfGYuE5bL-fQdTqqvrICMq14KVQ2toD9fyc/s400/photo+4" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093803407108661554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimIRYciJ-BGcywUqEcwvsxBoE0AqVMD8LC0s665sr-7B6Hv_lt_nr2Tk9EhZFa0_IgWLNpKuf1lU4By4NkrlwLqJpc9VMDMie6AO6zjXptgXLPgINL6TK6O4NoCUJRD2q5FXd285A6CY/s1600-h/photo+6"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimIRYciJ-BGcywUqEcwvsxBoE0AqVMD8LC0s665sr-7B6Hv_lt_nr2Tk9EhZFa0_IgWLNpKuf1lU4By4NkrlwLqJpc9VMDMie6AO6zjXptgXLPgINL6TK6O4NoCUJRD2q5FXd285A6CY/s400/photo+6" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093803299734479138" /></a><br /><br />Details abound in the hotel with the movie and Art Deco motif reflected in everything from the light fixtures and carpets in the public areas of the hotel to the wall coverings and bedspreads in the guest rooms, creating a “Disney Deco” ambience.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiJBQcT3pVvcYTlgZus8vxd5pUZD3BTJWYz5bghhAVnuC42kK-nebykJxQD_fvHXfD7q0bQ8_H6V7Qfc9I_YUWm_bSQV0QX-VwfXB8lu8OxUL-xTGDzV9l0bgqMEclZ0FA_fJZ4ZUJRA/s1600-h/photo+7"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj740cgMdSI87PekdmCtdIOzSKviBOVynCQXla65A03W7uOIxEBbpsuduJEsy0xVeZ4LN8MyJtK5fNKQxO4DpEF62z3YZ95eEDO4EHjdcWuJBrYVIYs5P605IJLcRGvfnTRCOKeBHIK6sw/s400/photo+11" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093803626151993666" /></a><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=disneandmore-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0786883723&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />A distinctly unique feature is its expansive lawns, which cover 21 acres and are available for guests to play on, picnic or simply relax.<br /><br />The Chef Mickey restaurant: The 280-seat buffet-style restaurant pays tribute to Disney’s famous mouse with his famous ears adorning the decor. Bright lights shine through the oversized film reels suspended from the ceiling as diners enjoy a delicious array of international favorites. <br />The upscale buffet features a series of show kitchens where Disney chefs can be seen working their culinary magic. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB0yStKdvbLdhUMQ3Nl18SzSWIQrynFz_TfA4eP8NQA-dNlmjYG5a0n8LopxtC70BKotrVBUgYHvwJnpICvgcWRufNbAb5pi1MgOVfRXMUsXXs42VeyNB3p2uw5UfBzFvqAI9FXGlOy4/s1600-h/photo+13"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB0yStKdvbLdhUMQ3Nl18SzSWIQrynFz_TfA4eP8NQA-dNlmjYG5a0n8LopxtC70BKotrVBUgYHvwJnpICvgcWRufNbAb5pi1MgOVfRXMUsXXs42VeyNB3p2uw5UfBzFvqAI9FXGlOy4/s400/photo+13" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093804304756826530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGPLQTf3nY6PUgoF8RXhpVZB68Yp7SHd2ZWgWCgcSLoJFYrKK2n9g0A-7x-OF4IZ-TXguYSHYSQO9LS9YB9p1gT6Jc6ghTLJ-hjaNjzZTToRCCdwy-ERfZT5S1EWf1WcvQ-9WEwvffeE/s1600-h/photo+14"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGPLQTf3nY6PUgoF8RXhpVZB68Yp7SHd2ZWgWCgcSLoJFYrKK2n9g0A-7x-OF4IZ-TXguYSHYSQO9LS9YB9p1gT6Jc6ghTLJ-hjaNjzZTToRCCdwy-ERfZT5S1EWf1WcvQ-9WEwvffeE/s400/photo+14" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093804210267546002" /></a><br /><br />Studio Lounge: Located just off the main lobby, the Art Deco theme of the hotel continues with the colorful, high-backed chairs and soft sofas complementing the streamlined wall panels. With a full service bar offering specialty cocktails and mocktails (non-alcoholic mixed drinks), Studio Lounge is a place to relax and enjoy the view through floor-to-ceiling windows. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn2BOYhyphenhyphens-ECnSQUiMdlQScOPU3X7yD6rSBj04gtkben9o63nvLWywVtsHoil6DTEbsZSHXs9mQlE6EITBdFDuX6AIgGTZiS01amGmzEixtYhX9EsdfLpVFYwSGdGjDOD8kpz-wQL-5U/s1600-h/photo+12"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGn2BOYhyphenhyphens-ECnSQUiMdlQScOPU3X7yD6rSBj04gtkben9o63nvLWywVtsHoil6DTEbsZSHXs9mQlE6EITBdFDuX6AIgGTZiS01amGmzEixtYhX9EsdfLpVFYwSGdGjDOD8kpz-wQL-5U/s400/photo+12" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093804476555518386" /></a><br /><br />In addition to exciting and unique dining experiences, Disney’s Hollywood Hotel offers a wide variety of leisure and recreation facilities. Perhaps the most distinctive feature is the garden that unfolds like a map of Los Angeles with popular and well-known Hollywood streets, landmarks and icons.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTJbB2rCSOor2_VL-xD2t5UtL31gdDKmTE_Ddld8oCvEGO0xHOq9XIU-9LHXa25CojSsKfgRJQzRCkyedEiCieP3RmYVEh__tL8dnAI4O3-DnWzpx_n7IJCpDIx02Ac03Et-wSxDcL8A/s1600-h/photo+5"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTJbB2rCSOor2_VL-xD2t5UtL31gdDKmTE_Ddld8oCvEGO0xHOq9XIU-9LHXa25CojSsKfgRJQzRCkyedEiCieP3RmYVEh__tL8dnAI4O3-DnWzpx_n7IJCpDIx02Ac03Et-wSxDcL8A/s400/photo+5" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093804656944144834" /></a><br /><br />The pedestrian walkways are modeled after such renowned Los Angeles landmarks as the Hollywood Freeway (complete with interchange), Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards, and Mulholland Drive. The famous “Hollywood” sign is certain to be a popular photo spot, while handprints and footprints of international and local celebrities will recreate the Avenue of the Stars. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTPktUGB27tD72cxhlYysdK2MANdPv2X9seq01rP_m81Nbdq9pBmL065K2oOTi03vf507u51ncugAzb1iIC6W0vxRCMKxrULVvL0h8BT9HWxVAJnImJeK9bOxBTnxOLnZ00J51ctGJOQ/s1600-h/photo+15"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTPktUGB27tD72cxhlYysdK2MANdPv2X9seq01rP_m81Nbdq9pBmL065K2oOTi03vf507u51ncugAzb1iIC6W0vxRCMKxrULVvL0h8BT9HWxVAJnImJeK9bOxBTnxOLnZ00J51ctGJOQ/s400/photo+15" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093804871692509650" /></a><br /><br />The whimsical piano-shaped pool, complete with keys, in the center of the garden will feature a waterslide built into a rock where several “Hidden Mickeys” will inspire young “on the lookout” guests. Next to the pool, a whirlpool will relax and rejuvenate guests. “<br /><br />Wow! doesn’t it sounds good to you? If you’re big art-deco lover, it seems that WDI has reached your expectations...In fact, the Hollywood hotel was the one chosen for the big HKD hotels opening celebrations.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolBuDX1rMM7zN0HrjxAyQM1V80pFKiDFnxESrAPQUKuf6Pb3T2cpDnAYpQxF_tHK7VpjR-DRoXU1PcX8SjxFrpSlLf1GudfAth7wTtVHem5cl1YOIvnfWQQOcq1hrQZZ37nSjFTMN4Ms/s1600-h/photo+19"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolBuDX1rMM7zN0HrjxAyQM1V80pFKiDFnxESrAPQUKuf6Pb3T2cpDnAYpQxF_tHK7VpjR-DRoXU1PcX8SjxFrpSlLf1GudfAth7wTtVHem5cl1YOIvnfWQQOcq1hrQZZ37nSjFTMN4Ms/s400/photo+19" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093805142275449314" /></a><br /><br />Before the videos, i’d like to talk about another peaceful area of HKD: “Inspiration lake” Located at the opposite, Inspiration lake is a public park and a 3,5 hectare arboreum, where people can rest, find boat rentals or jogging trails, all this in a peaceful atmosphere, with in the back drop the hills. But, as you can see on the photo below, one can enjoy too a view of the park,specially space mountain! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_FOIqMESETejxtYNIYMTxXtvp2EVy-pM30a200uSUwykDAfg6amKsOxJIbXo5IT0F1z4tffUPe-689ffWV6vXIFpJrZ8JYNQ7Eu0sWnoRKJjW8E9x_l9E9eyn4gsHYE7qYpP0vtgN1E/s1600-h/photo+20"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_FOIqMESETejxtYNIYMTxXtvp2EVy-pM30a200uSUwykDAfg6amKsOxJIbXo5IT0F1z4tffUPe-689ffWV6vXIFpJrZ8JYNQ7Eu0sWnoRKJjW8E9x_l9E9eyn4gsHYE7qYpP0vtgN1E/s400/photo+20" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093805623311786498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGW-N5hHLu2okQf6GySBjCdDGBA1GIElvpS30Cbe7Jtno0qJ4lYNuHKzQx429lMVBdCA_ZSXWxRlhF9WOyJGbXfpKGwxSRQv3FDGrRgwG8XSBlpU_2Lqe9wPWLO_GH0sgVa6iP1irUwCU/s1600-h/photo+21"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGW-N5hHLu2okQf6GySBjCdDGBA1GIElvpS30Cbe7Jtno0qJ4lYNuHKzQx429lMVBdCA_ZSXWxRlhF9WOyJGbXfpKGwxSRQv3FDGrRgwG8XSBlpU_2Lqe9wPWLO_GH0sgVa6iP1irUwCU/s400/photo+21" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093805520232571378" /></a><br /><br />So, here are two great youtube videos of the Hollywood Hotel by barrybillionaire.<br />They will show you everything of this wonderful and not so expensive hotel. On the videos there is not a lot of people. It does not mean that the hotel is empty, it only means that the guests are in the park!<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k5dhEgj1VG0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k5dhEgj1VG0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1C-6mNuDV6E"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1C-6mNuDV6E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Artwork and photos: copyright Disney<br /><br />Youtube videos by barrybillionaireUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-86863262569211047492009-07-10T13:55:00.001-07:002009-07-11T05:50:17.370-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Part one with interview of Show-Producer Imagineer Tom Morris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSV7YSlZpCIPN4wCUhu8Ft06tfgm2vgxNdVOz_5-N-1ZtGtGAzdHTfR-mNXl8PIbWMeBoe2wMKp-NWX4MDzUKp4LA5UC37c_gWLyU3-kJKp2_VPLhMy7vSYLdIULDk6xSUm7vqrZzDA1Y/s1600-h/photo+1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSV7YSlZpCIPN4wCUhu8Ft06tfgm2vgxNdVOz_5-N-1ZtGtGAzdHTfR-mNXl8PIbWMeBoe2wMKp-NWX4MDzUKp4LA5UC37c_gWLyU3-kJKp2_VPLhMy7vSYLdIULDk6xSUm7vqrZzDA1Y/s400/photo+1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058985448139956978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hong Kong Disneyland is Disney’s newest theme park and we begin today a 5 parts article about this new magic kingdom.<br />I have the pleasure to introduce you to Tom MORRIS, executive creative show producer for an exclusive interview about the park. Tom , senior show producer at Walt Disney Imagineering was previously the show producer for Disneyland paris Fantasyland. He was also the show producer for the gorgeous sleeping beauty castle at DLP.<br /><br />Alain Littaye: Hello Tom. Many thanks for this interview . What were the challenges in building a Disney theme park in Hong Kong?<br /><br />Tom Morris: Hello Alain. Well, first, we have the challenge that we always have when we take a park overseas, which is to select the most classic attractions that we’ve done in the past, but also we have to think about a special one that we need to do for the visitors who will be coming to the park in this particular region. And the second thing is the climate, the weather conditions of Hong Kong . For Paris, it was about cold and four months of drizzle, here , in Hong Kong, it’s about heat and a lot of rain, more than in any of our other parks, significantly more. And that brings a lot of challenges in terms of coverage and drainage. And of course, probably the biggest challenge of all here is the fact that it was all just water five years ago! It was a big civil engineering challenges...All the land was under water four years ago.<br />I remember that the first time we came out here in 2001,we came on the site in a boat! We were floating 15 feet beneath where i’m standing right now...So this whole site - i think 300 acres of landfill were created just in the last five years . The whole resort is around 4 or 500 acres, but 300 acres or so were just landfill.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uiDbgCnngeW4kb5q0wZ_Pfnb3xXDUOW2fs6-uRp2zpASpstV-Kio-FRnO6HGTb1kv8hnyYUfYNMypid_4d5HkGGN53J4pMECUp4BTfHWnUumhY-6DbrvkDSgwiuDJ6DwLv3th9U36WM/s1600-h/photo+3+bis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uiDbgCnngeW4kb5q0wZ_Pfnb3xXDUOW2fs6-uRp2zpASpstV-Kio-FRnO6HGTb1kv8hnyYUfYNMypid_4d5HkGGN53J4pMECUp4BTfHWnUumhY-6DbrvkDSgwiuDJ6DwLv3th9U36WM/s400/photo+3+bis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058985100247605970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcXJSNvI1LmESgs7U-QTEUcQNoDQs5mBSLzF68SzESceFcdzk2Vk82AU_H5u97AWLuovKV0BnxfRrREo5qgst2_BP14dY_4LU6YLcYB8HZds2e9WkY91ih5IidRIkFoE69Zw5Mu3J4yU/s1600-h/photo+3"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcXJSNvI1LmESgs7U-QTEUcQNoDQs5mBSLzF68SzESceFcdzk2Vk82AU_H5u97AWLuovKV0BnxfRrREo5qgst2_BP14dY_4LU6YLcYB8HZds2e9WkY91ih5IidRIkFoE69Zw5Mu3J4yU/s400/photo+3" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058984962808652482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: And i think it’s pretty difficult to “visualize” a park when the land is under the ocean!...<br /><br />T.M: That’s right!...So, these were the challenges, but some of the great benefits and a gift is having these beautiful mountains as backdrop for this park...There is mountains on one side, and , on the other one, the resort hotels benefit of a beautiful view on the Hong Kong skyline and the South China sea. It really is a remarkable site , so conveniently located, only at 20 or 30 minutes from any point in Hong Kong territories...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74xKVklxNNt6tEqkqX8OGKNIg_YP4D0Bq6Bmh380sOrGMMEyeLugGVLkzzYy9JBrBpoSfqS6Rk-dtBnVrgRwSTdAdwKToaelXlmdYFv3R2VoyR_Nb3Dfw1jKcHB-wGwMBmvfFHk6gimQ/s1600-h/PHOTO+2+BIS"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74xKVklxNNt6tEqkqX8OGKNIg_YP4D0Bq6Bmh380sOrGMMEyeLugGVLkzzYy9JBrBpoSfqS6Rk-dtBnVrgRwSTdAdwKToaelXlmdYFv3R2VoyR_Nb3Dfw1jKcHB-wGwMBmvfFHk6gimQ/s400/PHOTO+2+BIS" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058985276341265122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: I wonder if it’s not - in terms of scenery - the best site you ever had for a Disney theme park...<br /><br />T.M: I think you’re right. And, other than the heat, it’s just beautiful, gorgeous, even the thunder storms are quite spectacular here! they create beautiful waterfalls on the mountains, right after a big rain.<br /><br />Note: There was another challenge for HKD: the old chinese art of “Feng shui”. The ancient Chinese practice involves ensuring that there is a good flow of energy, or "qi" when you’re building new houses, or, in this case, a theme park. Buildings and other structures need to face a certain direction depending on their surroundings. Elements such as wood, fire and earth have to be carefully balanced.<br /><br />A.L: There is a long “promenade” which brings the visitors to the entrance of the park<br /><br />T.M: Yes, the “Disney promenade”. I was not involved directly in the design, but it’s a wonderful walk way from the transportation center leading to the park and to the hotels and the ferry pier. I think it’s a kilometer long, there is four plazas with water features and topiaries..., beautiful gardens and this great fountain at the entrance of the park. Every hundred meters there is resting place. But from the train station to the entrance of the park there is only about 150 meters, so most people will only walk that much from the station to the park...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-FkBPrZXUAtDwyEXfu13lhPCa2A7FQ4OdYh3j_LcNhmEXNax-Y6OjlAl57ix-pvzRj_8_AEquDspFiRvIAHmOdjqL6kKyK50h-cA2Z5W9CdOdqWTBluLVFp6Y1DmeI3I58Fhm-ji3fU/s1600-h/photo+4+bis"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-FkBPrZXUAtDwyEXfu13lhPCa2A7FQ4OdYh3j_LcNhmEXNax-Y6OjlAl57ix-pvzRj_8_AEquDspFiRvIAHmOdjqL6kKyK50h-cA2Z5W9CdOdqWTBluLVFp6Y1DmeI3I58Fhm-ji3fU/s400/photo+4+bis" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058984486067282610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPTF0fbYzcbaMLmtzOCzYwNRXkcOUWrjDkyzyR7DPizO3Y9gHVZKLSS_ps17-YGZXU8pQl4z3HOPFpLiyRpERdCi66WvEktWnz_XAphO6Tt9INefW-KS-tdNcUo1cAOIMyVyd-v_DFrU/s1600-h/photo+5"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPTF0fbYzcbaMLmtzOCzYwNRXkcOUWrjDkyzyR7DPizO3Y9gHVZKLSS_ps17-YGZXU8pQl4z3HOPFpLiyRpERdCi66WvEktWnz_XAphO6Tt9INefW-KS-tdNcUo1cAOIMyVyd-v_DFrU/s400/photo+5" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058984314268590754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijwdXvaSQw1QIaqMtYOu2_4Oh9h8Rw5MDIioe7BomUIzflSNvjQ46gFLCQDLgS5XfJSqOZ05GLqjJV5sd3514mDcCxfa9f8EsVJt_en-1KOeQDq-LNRQLB7QsdytKDGYUSKX0MNzz7pw/s1600-h/PHOTO+5BIS"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijwdXvaSQw1QIaqMtYOu2_4Oh9h8Rw5MDIioe7BomUIzflSNvjQ46gFLCQDLgS5XfJSqOZ05GLqjJV5sd3514mDcCxfa9f8EsVJt_en-1KOeQDq-LNRQLB7QsdytKDGYUSKX0MNzz7pw/s400/PHOTO+5BIS" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058984194009506450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrHZbqHkLYbSPAhG_DUxGGoWRFRAMFciEtA5kz2tqYHcUnoF8mOVxI6JtzQwEhyadiZFOxdMnYbPNu9268nZ5n32Z-7dqqDHeoE4VDlHTzmRBRFuPhwaQljg152hu03L_RaLdVn0PS_0/s1600-h/photo+6"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrHZbqHkLYbSPAhG_DUxGGoWRFRAMFciEtA5kz2tqYHcUnoF8mOVxI6JtzQwEhyadiZFOxdMnYbPNu9268nZ5n32Z-7dqqDHeoE4VDlHTzmRBRFuPhwaQljg152hu03L_RaLdVn0PS_0/s400/photo+6" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058984065160487554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: The park have four lands instead of five in the other magic kingdoms...<br /><br />T.M: That’s right. We combined attributes of Frontierland and Adventureland in one big land on the left, another one big land on the right with Tomorrowland , one big land straight ahead with Fantasyland , and of course main street,, so it becomes like a quadrilater. We took attributes of Frontierland, basically the big river which we called here the “River of adventures”, and we put an island on it - the Tarzan island . We have the river traffic that usually Frontierland have by putting the jungle cruise boats on the river . So every minute or so, there is a jungle cruise boat which leave for a cruise on the river. It’s dinstinctly Adventureland in its “flavour” and we thought it was best to keep the american “icon” only for Main street. Main street is the piece of the park that represents america and nostalghia and we wanted the left part of the park to be very shady, very green, to use a lot of water... we wanted these four lands to very very distinctive. Plus, the stories that are in Adventureland are for the local audience to be able to have Tarzan, the Lion king, and characters from the newer films give it a little bit more relevant.<br /><br />We keep space around the land, so the idea with Adventureland is that eventually you will be able to stroll around the key romantic regions of the world. We have Polynesia, south seas, part of Africa, part of south east Asia with Thailand and Cambodgia, there is flavours of elements of all these regions today in Adventureland...<br />And then , in the future, eventually, people will visit other locals like Carribean, and, we think, may be North America... And in that North America neighborhood of Adventureland one will probably find some of the attractions that you will find in the Frontierland of the other parks.<br /><br />A.L: But i think it will be hard to put the “dry” desert theming of “Big thunder mountain” in Adventureland...<br /><br />T.M: We haven’t decide on any specific attractions for the future, but what we’ve done is we’ve create a neigborhood or a parcel of Adventureland that is representative of north america. So in this idea of going to all these “ports of call”, we can imagine that one could be along the pacific north west, and that could contain some of the attractions that one might find in Frontierland...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34DaCnGv6R05IJVzDm3GoNm-wMqNFDr6H8oVThIu68tv_XKtH99yTrzhXHSQ5VpvTCn4B1HMA8Czkx-kqipW0cRn_0CxsjVAf10nuwwJ5nW3DPE-iZIDRyUcKYFcq2JyjOrF2sH01leo/s1600-h/photo+9"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34DaCnGv6R05IJVzDm3GoNm-wMqNFDr6H8oVThIu68tv_XKtH99yTrzhXHSQ5VpvTCn4B1HMA8Czkx-kqipW0cRn_0CxsjVAf10nuwwJ5nW3DPE-iZIDRyUcKYFcq2JyjOrF2sH01leo/s400/photo+9" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983811757417074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: By the way, this Adventureland seems to be the biggest ever built..<br /><br />T.M: Yes, i think in terms of “on stage area” i believe it’s the biggest Adventureland. And it’s quite large: imagine the rivers of america and several little neighborhood along the side of the river...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7AwenaJwQAsRhkxPnWetL1QX8uHgtUu7AfZWklWiPkZ62yseygz4vW7S-cI5DFLmeBtBqbkra1J4aq-5sYr8VGxgm-jFvcMUiqdwp8h7dM7QjhK_2GEoo3XoAHAYGfFa2Rrv5fQlLjE/s1600-h/photo+7"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7AwenaJwQAsRhkxPnWetL1QX8uHgtUu7AfZWklWiPkZ62yseygz4vW7S-cI5DFLmeBtBqbkra1J4aq-5sYr8VGxgm-jFvcMUiqdwp8h7dM7QjhK_2GEoo3XoAHAYGfFa2Rrv5fQlLjE/s400/photo+7" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983682908398178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUPWDr_4LiV0xXnqylGci7ki1ok0LstvYvIHhCmjl8SowDm_1hs3eUd269D10s-qWJda7EcWRjyJJQisCgMfAF8Uriwh6X9N3QACoCh9qimMMplK9Qan0caxz4siZdHy1pLIUGVjEr2A/s1600-h/photo+8"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUPWDr_4LiV0xXnqylGci7ki1ok0LstvYvIHhCmjl8SowDm_1hs3eUd269D10s-qWJda7EcWRjyJJQisCgMfAF8Uriwh6X9N3QACoCh9qimMMplK9Qan0caxz4siZdHy1pLIUGVjEr2A/s400/photo+8" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983493929837138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Can you tell me more about Tarzan island ? One of the good idea is that the Tarzan tree don’t have the exact shape than the Swiss robinson tree...<br /><br />T.M: Right. It’s based on the Tarzan tree that was done at Disneyland some years ago, with the scenes of the highlights of the movie, and interactives at the base of the tree, the same you’ll find at Disneyland, and little baby elephants...and you take rafts to reach the Tarzan island. For the future, one of our plans is to expand the island theming.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiDzHv3VyKxTcM9sCD6Vvk5OOA-XlgFmg54E85hbrjs56L4cYezZNyKelXsuQN3mBB3hw7Qu_jzoPF__i_hKFG4uxMzCkWKr0SDo_VzSufemTRh3048kBuIEPvH3fNnUWYSgHUCkITnc/s1600-h/photo+20"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiDzHv3VyKxTcM9sCD6Vvk5OOA-XlgFmg54E85hbrjs56L4cYezZNyKelXsuQN3mBB3hw7Qu_jzoPF__i_hKFG4uxMzCkWKr0SDo_VzSufemTRh3048kBuIEPvH3fNnUWYSgHUCkITnc/s400/photo+20" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980947014230322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcq79-MCIgZKYtNr1GOGIqvntwyRFzkX_zbLYo0iXboogsuCAFZoVKO_fxrdMKCX3XwZh4yRggiUGZj8J85QL4c9e-aacv4xhuxexurP8rAJ1EASnMroINf28tAPTaVnNhbdmeA9_QTg/s1600-h/photo+10"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcq79-MCIgZKYtNr1GOGIqvntwyRFzkX_zbLYo0iXboogsuCAFZoVKO_fxrdMKCX3XwZh4yRggiUGZj8J85QL4c9e-aacv4xhuxexurP8rAJ1EASnMroINf28tAPTaVnNhbdmeA9_QTg/s400/photo+10" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983330721079874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY2RWG4sHRWVdZnZXoB0kzt0V0eJqMaa_rfKRGYVFNxKx8CgWv59dOidm_hLp3rRUrJDsE_bi5xmbGdVflLHYGVFXjNF4K7oOz_5fN7G_7pVn4FpkUX74HsNmwh18p6aecP3YAouiiOE/s1600-h/photo+11"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY2RWG4sHRWVdZnZXoB0kzt0V0eJqMaa_rfKRGYVFNxKx8CgWv59dOidm_hLp3rRUrJDsE_bi5xmbGdVflLHYGVFXjNF4K7oOz_5fN7G_7pVn4FpkUX74HsNmwh18p6aecP3YAouiiOE/s400/photo+11" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983219051930162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYGLuy2F1TlMcbOOo6gl-1FzYhb9Zctp-rlYb47TnNwSZF6Xe9TD_HlsmlbyfFHA_6qVrhGpZPFAme9rkRWcXlZV5ilaXKSRqUkjZ3_H45HlBDai83fbZizm7C492loA1GRuNbi5om50/s1600-h/photo+11+b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYGLuy2F1TlMcbOOo6gl-1FzYhb9Zctp-rlYb47TnNwSZF6Xe9TD_HlsmlbyfFHA_6qVrhGpZPFAme9rkRWcXlZV5ilaXKSRqUkjZ3_H45HlBDai83fbZizm7C492loA1GRuNbi5om50/s400/photo+11+b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058983055843172898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQt_dltJQGLOYODCgXxFL-Fa8zus7DvnC78ItCParXEfs5xJr_9mHH84nuNWHlrEGB4UiJ3C_kecgHGaaWUJtQQfApDRV6lUNQnrZ9NdV4j2QK9d2LQa1Z365Gaw9Y_iQbGR5ovuuoFc/s1600-h/photo+11+bis"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQt_dltJQGLOYODCgXxFL-Fa8zus7DvnC78ItCParXEfs5xJr_9mHH84nuNWHlrEGB4UiJ3C_kecgHGaaWUJtQQfApDRV6lUNQnrZ9NdV4j2QK9d2LQa1Z365Gaw9Y_iQbGR5ovuuoFc/s400/photo+11+bis" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058982939879055890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Is the Jungle cruise identical to the one in the united states?<br /><br />T.M: Yes, it share some scenes from the other jungle cruise, it has the Cambodgian ruins, the gorillas that trash the camp, and the hippos scenes, the natives, etc....but we have enhanced some effects : the elephants - how could i say - are a little more “invasive” than they’ve been in the past...we don’t mind getting our guests a little bit more wet on this attraction, not uncomfortably so, but just to get a little bit more surprised and more fun... And we have developped some other new effects with the natives scene - where the natives attack the boat, new effects too with the hippos, and a brand new scene for the finale of the attraction where you get caught in the cross fire of a battle between gods of fire and water ... this big finale of the attraction leaves people with a big smile on their face...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEGFKb-FJFPp6IWGSwdb2Wv2wLak5wGuNvxQuGaEz46eVP56ZxfBIbIhuT_mOm7TjAFGcq5hyphenhyphenGt_L46Y7dCy2_ktRZJTJn8477_4DcZBMlXD70CUQ_qYpvB3992EQOsn2mcMiV5D9Pxc/s1600-h/photo+12"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEGFKb-FJFPp6IWGSwdb2Wv2wLak5wGuNvxQuGaEz46eVP56ZxfBIbIhuT_mOm7TjAFGcq5hyphenhyphenGt_L46Y7dCy2_ktRZJTJn8477_4DcZBMlXD70CUQ_qYpvB3992EQOsn2mcMiV5D9Pxc/s400/photo+12" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058982798145135106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEy3fwIY4ROSrhhx8QkPa1my6NVWJDBVZAmvLbFSfbFBdrhyphenhypheniigZDw9tDr7O8jhws8pIOQgYIzHNqXX258S_uAuthVw1Y0HYdyhr-009vcAuXThT1-sVtK4Jga2NN3zPmyiyHH-db3k4/s1600-h/photo+13"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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They are probably more reminiscent of the four totems that are in the magic kingdom in disney world.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVUQ-1sN50QAhFxQ9oT6LF9xsfM9P_cGsWowkVJV-d8iMTGe72C7rxhZKsOKEHCHUysdnQC5MbU1RSPS9FqvbQ0zHSBZRZYOh_egCpAqeNTGVSOlfORAzU-mNgjIwf6fj71cXOELMLaU/s1600-h/photo+21"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVUQ-1sN50QAhFxQ9oT6LF9xsfM9P_cGsWowkVJV-d8iMTGe72C7rxhZKsOKEHCHUysdnQC5MbU1RSPS9FqvbQ0zHSBZRZYOh_egCpAqeNTGVSOlfORAzU-mNgjIwf6fj71cXOELMLaU/s400/photo+21" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980805280309538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L:Talking about reminiscence, i saw that you’ve recreated the “tahitian terrace”, although i think it’s a different one that the one which was built in Disneyland many years ago...<br /><br />T.M: That’s right , but we have the “spirit” of the Tahitian terrace, that’s why we have some of the tikis from the tiki garden of the tiki room...but the tahitian terrace is where you can get chinese and asian food, barbecues, noodles, sushis...with a very pleasant environment with a patio with trees and beautiful light and tikis, of course. And it’s under a big thatch roof which is similar in some respect with the original tahitian terrace in disneyland,but it’s specially designed for this new park. Somewhere similar to main street , where we borrowed the original architecture but the inside is all new and all customed...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROx3vjlNsWmQwtt9j600o2NX_jx5mYHk0eiSA3etegYL9239u7q9I2ON3LfsCz7OhtqUO5xX0wK4v0VdPwtFiyQPIVR9Q24VeFG0CrhN66nzyK7G84QnT7UhlP4Ki2m9hrFGFbLRtfKg/s1600-h/photo+22"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROx3vjlNsWmQwtt9j600o2NX_jx5mYHk0eiSA3etegYL9239u7q9I2ON3LfsCz7OhtqUO5xX0wK4v0VdPwtFiyQPIVR9Q24VeFG0CrhN66nzyK7G84QnT7UhlP4Ki2m9hrFGFbLRtfKg/s400/photo+22" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980676431290642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYW5R29cWfdTDtIiA1irVCHx8qXj8B4EX_1na_LTx32t4jPF-snnzC3NWiVYPuSSdg3zmtW3Mi6Jn0Ao26hA0HY27swRgW4kzE1tiOK-I2NvJSU2iG8ih6VP7WTRRd-XG_v0Zejo2uxs/s1600-h/photo+23"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYW5R29cWfdTDtIiA1irVCHx8qXj8B4EX_1na_LTx32t4jPF-snnzC3NWiVYPuSSdg3zmtW3Mi6Jn0Ao26hA0HY27swRgW4kzE1tiOK-I2NvJSU2iG8ih6VP7WTRRd-XG_v0Zejo2uxs/s400/photo+23" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980530402402562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEbqHkQpBiPGGlq5xxtgbHBLqQYuC50gTbn9y9b4pZNfFoQUNAHcFBwkmF8UEVMm849Xo83b3ieru5BGDb1AfLWLZP_w4VXYKdI1MfE-gwco7LulZhUvA4tbmgv5VNc3lV8E_9qRbz1s/s1600-h/photo+24"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEbqHkQpBiPGGlq5xxtgbHBLqQYuC50gTbn9y9b4pZNfFoQUNAHcFBwkmF8UEVMm849Xo83b3ieru5BGDb1AfLWLZP_w4VXYKdI1MfE-gwco7LulZhUvA4tbmgv5VNc3lV8E_9qRbz1s/s400/photo+24" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980405848350962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVpIp3raO4F0p4DiGOemX4sDYkJEfCodcElcqwRC-JM6KGPpFVcmfPePYdLCME5j-OW-P5FS5_3-MGlw7gbXIJT5-SPx5SBXhfPcnse_9HaLmj_rpt2m1q0YyrfA7jfydWk87KOt7dVQ/s1600-h/photo+24+bis"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVpIp3raO4F0p4DiGOemX4sDYkJEfCodcElcqwRC-JM6KGPpFVcmfPePYdLCME5j-OW-P5FS5_3-MGlw7gbXIJT5-SPx5SBXhfPcnse_9HaLmj_rpt2m1q0YyrfA7jfydWk87KOt7dVQ/s400/photo+24+bis" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058980246934560994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Is the “festival of the lion king” the same show than the one at animal kingdom?<br /><br />T.M: It’s very similar, but the musical numbers and the costumes have been updated, and i think there is an additional musical number and more show action equipment involved. And a bigger theatre, too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fHqiVWBJqYnoRznjxwxOocWyekL18rU-gWI1gyhBG51AjkflaFGH6GHgIMUnjkqs_4r5Io3RRNed9_pPkRZjSETtrXUNQ9hLVabxVXfUAba4OjRop_gIWqyIWOQ8_C7WdSDXduptLBQ/s1600-h/photo+26"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fHqiVWBJqYnoRznjxwxOocWyekL18rU-gWI1gyhBG51AjkflaFGH6GHgIMUnjkqs_4r5Io3RRNed9_pPkRZjSETtrXUNQ9hLVabxVXfUAba4OjRop_gIWqyIWOQ8_C7WdSDXduptLBQ/s400/photo+26" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058979851797569746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSUQ11ZOGZnXZ5cERVquEZIgmJZToNdC0ldhWi1MPnug-B5KSve6uD7gbVGG1Gc-3VkTVnoI_JN-Ua31eU0It0fhbPUp4x46EsJrbjOw4ozPh6DX4K7qcr0dLvE7Rx9-RKOmG3lQigCE/s1600-h/photo++27"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSUQ11ZOGZnXZ5cERVquEZIgmJZToNdC0ldhWi1MPnug-B5KSve6uD7gbVGG1Gc-3VkTVnoI_JN-Ua31eU0It0fhbPUp4x46EsJrbjOw4ozPh6DX4K7qcr0dLvE7Rx9-RKOmG3lQigCE/s400/photo++27" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058979705768681666" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: The “professor porter’s trading post “ is the only shop in adventureland...<br /><br />T.M: Yes, the “Professor porter “ is the father of Jane in the movie, and his shop is the one of a excentric explorer scientist , and he has built a permanent trading post where you can see his personnal belongings that he brought with him to create a “home sweet home away from home”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49ciYIFIvrFeX14r3z9Jno9TEzCZDdzhcpPGNzByxrqysuA5yqH4cYzonPNDXq_-XxpthjfyPHzXMW5h4zbmeS7pzLh28w149m7paCnJC2rDyqaoVDSs_90P1Te3OV4z7Yy6UrUM0lI/s1600-h/photo+19"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF49ciYIFIvrFeX14r3z9Jno9TEzCZDdzhcpPGNzByxrqysuA5yqH4cYzonPNDXq_-XxpthjfyPHzXMW5h4zbmeS7pzLh28w149m7paCnJC2rDyqaoVDSs_90P1Te3OV4z7Yy6UrUM0lI/s400/photo+19" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058981239072006482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWhOhexwNw50H0ssoY9EqK58Drmvg5XhLXOlkA_ZCgdqefy0FysVdUQeQiFcR0ftQSqkWCsN3Ra18y_n8up5caOcJnnH_iWkTt6TBPmkRTZx3vIEW6dU2rHYnB-H5jdepSUwPbf85Zks/s1600-h/photo+19bis"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWhOhexwNw50H0ssoY9EqK58Drmvg5XhLXOlkA_ZCgdqefy0FysVdUQeQiFcR0ftQSqkWCsN3Ra18y_n8up5caOcJnnH_iWkTt6TBPmkRTZx3vIEW6dU2rHYnB-H5jdepSUwPbf85Zks/s400/photo+19bis" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058981088748151106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ2gdSkZe8J2I7kSNuA6jhvkfigqkan8Hxe-IB0LX2cwGS-7mtnGqU5B6zpw0cfXFX-8Rc8wpyKSChyphenhyphenfVXd029P_o-kqHBVARhqNDDqWb-PThX-YBJAZg2p-grQ_ao4-dkvBMZGoc1Fw/s1600-h/photo+28"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ2gdSkZe8J2I7kSNuA6jhvkfigqkan8Hxe-IB0LX2cwGS-7mtnGqU5B6zpw0cfXFX-8Rc8wpyKSChyphenhyphenfVXd029P_o-kqHBVARhqNDDqWb-PThX-YBJAZg2p-grQ_ao4-dkvBMZGoc1Fw/s400/photo+28" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058979503905218738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is the end of the first part of the Tom Morris interview. Come back soon for the second part of Tom’s interview in a few days where he will talk about Main Street....and much more !<br /><br />Let's end this article with a Jungle cruise You tube video by Barrybillionaire<br /><br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QwkJKMgSc-A&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QwkJKMgSc-A&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br /><br />All Photos and Art-work: copyright DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-53060811472166664312009-07-10T13:52:00.001-07:002012-09-13T18:31:04.579-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Part Two with interview of Show-Producer Imagineer Tom Morris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51an47SqsPkCEmhn5IVr_LyaaXsPbUg-088X1dZoeP9jC7c_tFcQemnZgzkC_uGpfuu6fcD3v4QNLRlTh6l90vx-pa2a2pIGPnxcH1KYgwjTlRyWRySJunc4iOmYTLZl_lxZIRnr6yNo/s1600-h/photo+1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51an47SqsPkCEmhn5IVr_LyaaXsPbUg-088X1dZoeP9jC7c_tFcQemnZgzkC_uGpfuu6fcD3v4QNLRlTh6l90vx-pa2a2pIGPnxcH1KYgwjTlRyWRySJunc4iOmYTLZl_lxZIRnr6yNo/s400/photo+1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061891268393609922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is the part two of the exclusive interview ofTom MORRIS, executive creative show producer for the park. Tom , senior show producer at Walt Disney Imagineering was previously the show producer for Disneyland paris Fantasyland. He was also the show producer for the gorgeous sleeping beauty castle at DLP. And this time he tell us more about hong kong disneyland’s main street.<br /><br /><br />ALAIN LITTAYE: Main street and the castle looks like an almost perfect “copy” - in the good meaning of the word - of the one in Disneyland in Anaheim...<br /><br />TOM MORRIS: I think it was just a kind of hommage to the original castle , the original main street and train station that was personnally supervised by walt disney. So we wanted something here that actually have some of the “DNA” of walt’s vision...and we thought main street would be the appropriate place to do that, a tribute to his chidhood and his nostalgia...<br />and also there is a little bit more of the feeling of the disneyland version...put it in a kind of cinema terms main street feels more like “the music man” and the one at walt disney world is more like “hello dolly”.<br />We wanted something a little more intimate, in fact the smaller scale works very much in favor of main street , i believe. There is more wood, there is a heavier use of wood molding than the facades of the disneyland version of main street...it’s less stone-based and more wood-based. And that is unique, very unique for hong kong, because you do not see wood anywhere.<br />The victorian colonial architecture in hong kong is all about stone buildings, and here this kind of combination of queen anne architecture you know, with all the gingerbread on it, it’s something that’s very unique...For all the people of this region , i really think it’s a completely different and new look , so we wanted to have something that was for them , i guess “exotic”.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ejFglb4p8-noY3TDnhJpt1ip03rL-_eliuwMJg3AWvq3v9wP0tmXH3LpbDTc__RqDlbdOiglB59brmoOK0nNK9VVixb-s6zBImc_A2ppRmFWZeZ3Mg412-2MO9QWf1vDYqnoQNhwF1U/s1600-h/concept_mainstreet003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ejFglb4p8-noY3TDnhJpt1ip03rL-_eliuwMJg3AWvq3v9wP0tmXH3LpbDTc__RqDlbdOiglB59brmoOK0nNK9VVixb-s6zBImc_A2ppRmFWZeZ3Mg412-2MO9QWf1vDYqnoQNhwF1U/s400/concept_mainstreet003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061891083710016178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGESUsCpmv0UACQ518TIjz0Ga623y4Z62YwqtQKREqMvvh89GBFoAtYz0X0xGRf9StP6NS8EdNv0IL7egUGg40AhSULDonlXTFAAwtHFCiUJK6dwvi7nFbLvH1TtWiF4M4ywEA1N7usds/s1600-h/photo+2"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGESUsCpmv0UACQ518TIjz0Ga623y4Z62YwqtQKREqMvvh89GBFoAtYz0X0xGRf9StP6NS8EdNv0IL7egUGg40AhSULDonlXTFAAwtHFCiUJK6dwvi7nFbLvH1TtWiF4M4ywEA1N7usds/s400/photo+2" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061890714342828706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUpa4yBFODEfZwrA-bTj7-Xu7uKJ1mvfA_ipbF7gXWG9HcP5nflwfVaOCPj2uyGTrLsRRfM0Uah1L4NhOqXRpcWthSgaw47oPLVy_Z5r95p5avBV94z8k4eiyMEpsKJMvhg0A12V5P4o/s1600-h/photo+3"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUpa4yBFODEfZwrA-bTj7-Xu7uKJ1mvfA_ipbF7gXWG9HcP5nflwfVaOCPj2uyGTrLsRRfM0Uah1L4NhOqXRpcWthSgaw47oPLVy_Z5r95p5avBV94z8k4eiyMEpsKJMvhg0A12V5P4o/s400/photo+3" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061890551134071442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH99lFVyFtDIMxQLrLC12EjSOCGLizOM1OPlmlcpSs_okjJIx2bK3HpUmnHYjTVwE34MQ3d9ppyAoNlxGFk7pzSRtMK88lcuMkLIubK14y85iRS9tLfJVADT2poL1VEvqBz_Fxui6_Hc/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH99lFVyFtDIMxQLrLC12EjSOCGLizOM1OPlmlcpSs_okjJIx2bK3HpUmnHYjTVwE34MQ3d9ppyAoNlxGFk7pzSRtMK88lcuMkLIubK14y85iRS9tLfJVADT2poL1VEvqBz_Fxui6_Hc/s400/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061890383630346882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gCtyhsGg47ZhJVwpLBrgnZ3NFhrMWqC7JeWQTra5gUjptkYZlQqzKZITBd3FFF7_UaB-QXLr3VDPaocxZrGcpbUb8AqALxWLuPonZQBukWHywTgVqvxoomT38bkLAJeaN7E_-K9Z4zE/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gCtyhsGg47ZhJVwpLBrgnZ3NFhrMWqC7JeWQTra5gUjptkYZlQqzKZITBd3FFF7_UaB-QXLr3VDPaocxZrGcpbUb8AqALxWLuPonZQBukWHywTgVqvxoomT38bkLAJeaN7E_-K9Z4zE/s400/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061890211831655026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kV6WLOX10SRgYzJjQYSjQn7dmqbFrSKwajusWaBqcIWC7DSkIsC20Lb7bKZq5wzt0GlJy9hMM89_ZMnERowpcghV6kFfO7zx1xAmwnM-LQoXiSBJU3ukEiZLqxQLQ9mcoLcPlxBJRNw/s1600-h/photo+6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kV6WLOX10SRgYzJjQYSjQn7dmqbFrSKwajusWaBqcIWC7DSkIsC20Lb7bKZq5wzt0GlJy9hMM89_ZMnERowpcghV6kFfO7zx1xAmwnM-LQoXiSBJU3ukEiZLqxQLQ9mcoLcPlxBJRNw/s400/photo+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061890044327930466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Do the interiors of the main street buildings have the same quality of details that they have in disneyland?<br /><br />T.M: Oh, yes. And may be more. Because we brought back some of our best interiors designers to work on those shops on main street, some who worked on disneyland paris . the shops have very distinct personnalities, we wanted to make sure that the shops really feel like they have their own individual business owners and entrepreuniors...so that was a very important piece of it, each shop having its own kind of color scheme or design image system associated with a different lighting , different woodwork, a different way of presenting the story . We have a beautiful jewelry store on the street, we have a bakery, a fantastic candy store, we have what’s called the corner café, of course the “emporium”,and they’re all very developped like they’re owned by different people, and that was very important . we’ve also integrated a little bit of an “emigrant” story into the street, too. So that, if you look carefully at the props and photographs, you’ll begin to discover that some of the owners are immigrative from austria, or from china, or from russia...so we wanted to have that slight overland--story telling as well...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX8dZDgEAo2bbWeRUR6Pd6UMPE1Lij5JcZIl4lZVDVuacFidcyXguYv0IgjPAN3W1Dkciys0TWTO4-HSaTe2wnu200VRxy2PA7jhXsSqie7wKmggsXe359R2T_rAI00YMLU3cKz2qkAQ/s1600-h/photo+9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZX8dZDgEAo2bbWeRUR6Pd6UMPE1Lij5JcZIl4lZVDVuacFidcyXguYv0IgjPAN3W1Dkciys0TWTO4-HSaTe2wnu200VRxy2PA7jhXsSqie7wKmggsXe359R2T_rAI00YMLU3cKz2qkAQ/s400/photo+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061889851054402130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzjQcLSSRnvKlMk8NhwPFLpm82y-kYLXxqy_AxbhboKfGgWfs4o_gKCly5yD_YL3_z6UxAoLQ-dpEnT-sCBE6KOXPVsBecxF-8xEHnN6NQtZWOGqyFcYBYiO-wWFgOBtsdqp_COyeGMw/s1600-h/photo+12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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It’s the Plaza Inn, and it borrows some architecture from disneyland’s main street on the outside. And on the inside, you step across another world. You’re in China at the turn of the century, about that time period where both america and china shared a mutual fascination and appreciation with one another. So you will see a lot of western influence and , too, chinese furnishings...it really is what we called a “east meet west” material...and we have murals that are reproduction from the pre -production artwork for “Mulan” done by the production designer of disney feature animation...They’re at the back of the restaurant, forming these beautiful landscapes and we have chinese lanterns that changed colours...it’s a very magical place, and at the end of the day it’s a very “disney” experience...you know, it’s a fusion of western and eastern experience, but then at the end of the day , it’s “disney”, because of the colours and the lighting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtO0Xr55TxS1E3f-vafIljW6i8tCMtthiAlpKJXkkjhYa8C4OohY-d2NJ6tS-nLLDGi9LpURgPQts00Xer2h1bEfD1_uicyCZV1oQSMok3bC1APZLY7EwstECDTaKejU4HGyQxrh5YhQ0/s1600-h/photo+22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuql4cP0Z9PI-_SaAuOKIF2j8FPiuot_fvLR3JBPLFLrS9tEeePCB-myHXEle3OSOGYaKe1uCJJFv1cuvKUs9gMP636aHB7U6E0jNigLNYRZmEM1czhhDwVCJy6AP8J4ESNzTZfmeaFA/s400/photo+23-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061884306251622706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Don’t miss the third part of Tom Morris interview where he will tell us more about hong kong fantasyland! Below is a youtube video by Feona 88 showing all the HKD fireworks over the castle.<br /><br />Photos and Art-work: copyright Disney<br /><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PyqatkaHJWo"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PyqatkaHJWo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-11685214757848792722009-07-10T13:49:00.000-07:002009-07-10T13:50:40.575-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Part Three with interview of Show-Producer Imagineer Tom Morris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqU8OmoPgN_4zcVoGVQySMGrVb_e0Bvf_H8k3Eg3iGS8QZ3NgGT9RU7miFg6lbCR-wnPxhjoHNiZiJerRhnaHx9nr2oAPEyS1cyGL30jtRgV2BbWDgpZlV8fBAp2L2LNl147HBrAFuCL1/s1600-h/photo+1"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqU8OmoPgN_4zcVoGVQySMGrVb_e0Bvf_H8k3Eg3iGS8QZ3NgGT9RU7miFg6lbCR-wnPxhjoHNiZiJerRhnaHx9nr2oAPEyS1cyGL30jtRgV2BbWDgpZlV8fBAp2L2LNl147HBrAFuCL1/s400/photo+1" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079775423002571954" /></a><br /><br />Here is the part three of the exclusive interview of Tom MORRIS, executive creative show producer for the park. Tom , senior show producer at Walt Disney Imagineering was previously the show producer for Disneyland paris Fantasyland. He was also the show producer for the gorgeous sleeping beauty castle at DLP. 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Is it because the Asian people are not aware about the old animated features ?<br /><br />TOM MORRIS: It was partly that. We wanted to introduce a dark ride with the character which we thought will be the most popular out here, which is winnie the pooh. Winnie is really close in popularity with mickey mouse. Everyone knows winnie the pooh out here. So we wanted to test the dark ride notion first with that attraction. 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My question is: why this choice,, and is it also a kind of tribute to the tivoli gardens in europe which were inspirationnal for walt disney for disneyland in anaheim?<br /><br />T.M: Some of it might be tribute to tivoli gardens, but that’s really next door to the story book theater , as his architecture was inspired not only by tivoli gardens, but all of the big musical pavillions in music palaces that you would find in the european pleasure gardens, like tivoli gardens, or others in european cities. So story book theater really is a “hommage” to that. Fantasy gardens may be is a little bit tivoli gardens, too, but it’s really kind of a classic “english “ garden with different “folies” pavillion where guests will encounter the popular characters in a pleasant and relaxing environment<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEBpTS6Dl7lPn6CaDzLHyUVsk88p5KoLh60II-Ia_8UayJX4LykcK-IdToXpjNsFdCEdtAeE57iPodRUs5wDMvTHcmrn2vxO72_6YIDML4WESWpL9e5kKSkmaJ73oIBTzRTIroI7Y2pM9/s1600-h/photo+13"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEBpTS6Dl7lPn6CaDzLHyUVsk88p5KoLh60II-Ia_8UayJX4LykcK-IdToXpjNsFdCEdtAeE57iPodRUs5wDMvTHcmrn2vxO72_6YIDML4WESWpL9e5kKSkmaJ73oIBTzRTIroI7Y2pM9/s400/photo+13" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783098109130274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkEwzDzquRddZgq76I05jL8ujLUKXt6Zic4tA2PQIGO6wp2xckUm-JdLxBzkd0Iaqpym9wflKzo-1I1zNpnwDSM6LEt8w5rQxj2obO6i1HhfgDcEyEKWXZakjxjE82OS2ivevEtg3_DHs/s1600-h/photo+14"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkEwzDzquRddZgq76I05jL8ujLUKXt6Zic4tA2PQIGO6wp2xckUm-JdLxBzkd0Iaqpym9wflKzo-1I1zNpnwDSM6LEt8w5rQxj2obO6i1HhfgDcEyEKWXZakjxjE82OS2ivevEtg3_DHs/s400/photo+14" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783012209784338" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCtyK8-wwyYV8mB1-2UhUokJOSM6iSWpPxc-ljFqHGUeRti-QrV1pn_ZJbZj8VVHXcRgyH8T0QDrwzoekbZPR0JayNmlK3nh2cw-g1N8C23CqrYDmxIgbNebR4n4T6nUX5buYoT2B3Bx9/s1600-h/photo+6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCtyK8-wwyYV8mB1-2UhUokJOSM6iSWpPxc-ljFqHGUeRti-QrV1pn_ZJbZj8VVHXcRgyH8T0QDrwzoekbZPR0JayNmlK3nh2cw-g1N8C23CqrYDmxIgbNebR4n4T6nUX5buYoT2B3Bx9/s400/photo+6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079782273475409410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg5-kV6bJP2W5z5FzynuxRhFrOjFecE1ts9U8rMIZa5z5FmCZiGSFN5OZQvXvIP9Xz4cBsp4zWWAL_dwqKGgYJSGTjwa_29djP9BKAu7Ewo0yOrFD8w0ZCAbD-QKdJYU-zqwFwM0xgock/s1600-h/photo+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg5-kV6bJP2W5z5FzynuxRhFrOjFecE1ts9U8rMIZa5z5FmCZiGSFN5OZQvXvIP9Xz4cBsp4zWWAL_dwqKGgYJSGTjwa_29djP9BKAu7Ewo0yOrFD8w0ZCAbD-QKdJYU-zqwFwM0xgock/s400/photo+8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079782200460965362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtn-fhqd0J6AJC_1XPZ4XoS8znXFqoMUeKblPsSode2bK21DlHkY5Uo1gECdQ1TOmMeMZHu5Ubc7raDd3wANTPm30prubIpcUo6WKeUIz-oPvOGZFYdgJowRrSLZsZ_Yb9SRe86tM5nWsX/s1600-h/photo+7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtn-fhqd0J6AJC_1XPZ4XoS8znXFqoMUeKblPsSode2bK21DlHkY5Uo1gECdQ1TOmMeMZHu5Ubc7raDd3wANTPm30prubIpcUo6WKeUIz-oPvOGZFYdgJowRrSLZsZ_Yb9SRe86tM5nWsX/s400/photo+7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079782123151554018" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Talking about the story book theater, there is a show inside, the “golden mickeys”...<br /><br />T.M: Yes, a very good show. It’s a musical revue, a retrospective in some respects of some of the great musical numbers, of some most famous disney animated features, like beauty and the beast, little mermaid, mulan, etc....<br /><br />A.L: Does it looks like the “Encore” show at tokyo disney sea in the broadway theater?<br /><br />T.M: Well, it has some similarities to that, but it’s most closely to the show of the disney cruise ship. It’s really based on that, but we made some adaptations...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6LlUZxvN8a1QXG2gfHFOjx_u82X9u68jmBy3phvOa-30Y2cqnobH_6bsqp5FKgK8dOJo8OhfDHxiVj7FL7ceGG7Q_D7aJFaBktGyI6Q9tTyzT_ozP_rC5Nr9OQzFJiTzy-ofWcdlqWdE/s1600-h/photo+14.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6LlUZxvN8a1QXG2gfHFOjx_u82X9u68jmBy3phvOa-30Y2cqnobH_6bsqp5FKgK8dOJo8OhfDHxiVj7FL7ceGG7Q_D7aJFaBktGyI6Q9tTyzT_ozP_rC5Nr9OQzFJiTzy-ofWcdlqWdE/s400/photo+14.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783828253570658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeT-izCiU8-otP0jO3HodgurL3OHKqTbFtRv6_vKPPt1DBZZg0s4edyj8fMH0zyehUeDix3bhbivWvfCP-tweAOAXJclKPmPj7BEvhJB5IChzOXwaPBgjbZuqzgHLPI-AqvPBqxwL-Ubm/s1600-h/photo+15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeT-izCiU8-otP0jO3HodgurL3OHKqTbFtRv6_vKPPt1DBZZg0s4edyj8fMH0zyehUeDix3bhbivWvfCP-tweAOAXJclKPmPj7BEvhJB5IChzOXwaPBgjbZuqzgHLPI-AqvPBqxwL-Ubm/s400/photo+15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783742354224722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg1FuFFu4nTcEcszh_OC8IKGpy_4f0QOq6ysqIyRNlcu_yl04OF1WeS-PMxiQXLjZZvhlfW76CtoQdY8fORV_WjdqxM0S28eCb_v3oc15k707s3JVXSOtkOTePioPnyu-zWUMgyyUJfl-/s1600-h/photo+16+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHg1FuFFu4nTcEcszh_OC8IKGpy_4f0QOq6ysqIyRNlcu_yl04OF1WeS-PMxiQXLjZZvhlfW76CtoQdY8fORV_WjdqxM0S28eCb_v3oc15k707s3JVXSOtkOTePioPnyu-zWUMgyyUJfl-/s400/photo+16+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783643569976898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKx5j3NhvHKKMykkL98AlGHkmdx9aY38QGCfRUejo0nLaeLsdhnpTVWl87B-qWNUMQKNGZ0QZBVdbBGfgolrfWok1go-tX5859UPhik2Su9ztpapJ0mhpY6icWCAb6u4OUNfIcd3fQrbK/s1600-h/photo+17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKx5j3NhvHKKMykkL98AlGHkmdx9aY38QGCfRUejo0nLaeLsdhnpTVWl87B-qWNUMQKNGZ0QZBVdbBGfgolrfWok1go-tX5859UPhik2Su9ztpapJ0mhpY6icWCAb6u4OUNfIcd3fQrbK/s400/photo+17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079783514720958002" /></a><br /><br />A.L: What about the shops in fantasyland ?<br /><br />T.M: We have some really good shops, the “merlin’s “ shop is very whimsical, it’s quite different than the one in paris, it’s more literally themed to the film “the sword in the stone” , may be a little more colourful, more playful than the one who is inside the castle at DLP... The one here have a lot of merlin’s inventions inside, some interesting special effects and lighting things inside...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOjFsK6Tz3EOv_UiC_tjiMCyXZ19c7Ji2j_zC42zq9DwBGdGHd5aSqXm-muQ6vbz2F1AIC_0jUdgM1U9tuzlynsd9-duPHwECC-F9D-QWbmKFSF4MC7nlvJTF-evYt6JYirLmMV6rq3s_/s1600-h/photo+22"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOjFsK6Tz3EOv_UiC_tjiMCyXZ19c7Ji2j_zC42zq9DwBGdGHd5aSqXm-muQ6vbz2F1AIC_0jUdgM1U9tuzlynsd9-duPHwECC-F9D-QWbmKFSF4MC7nlvJTF-evYt6JYirLmMV6rq3s_/s400/photo+22" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079784751671539346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidAt5p3wbXCIjKWnMJc_yhK6mKWK6h_85heTx1DUhOFt4I4KB6G6V8-tAjbA4DGLSC1t5S0KqlJ9MfkykAmt7nWXS_JYLBclsXq_gBmctwlRKYkaE9IK7WZttkHeHQzLfigI9BWI8FBp1/s1600-h/photo+5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidAt5p3wbXCIjKWnMJc_yhK6mKWK6h_85heTx1DUhOFt4I4KB6G6V8-tAjbA4DGLSC1t5S0KqlJ9MfkykAmt7nWXS_JYLBclsXq_gBmctwlRKYkaE9IK7WZttkHeHQzLfigI9BWI8FBp1/s400/photo+5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079784244865398386" /></a><br /><br />T.M: I would say the most dramatically different space in fantasyland, from an interior stand point, is the “Banquet hall”. It’s a huge restaurant, i think it’s the biggest restaurant we’ve ever done in a fantasyland, and it is a kind of idea of “king stephen’s banquet hall”, but bigger, and a little more grand...Of course we couldn’t put king stephen’s banquet hall inside the disneyland castle, so we wanted that space for people really kind of feel that they’ve gone to a royal banquet or a royal feast...so, we’ve got tall ceilings, gothic architecture, and tapestries recreated from the “sleeping beauty”, glass windows, royal paintings, and sculptures. It really is a beautiful space and spectacular restaurant...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZhBP8x7U6AxQR2OV_a5KFMT7MTZSbO0lCyRkpnx7fXRW0NkDWvKaU2XSxey_tlOPSi-q-qTkxdhdJSVh8I-jio_57oc9T3UhwM6vAbfb5TKzuk2nldskB16XxH7zz6xK1TAnjtRuV_P9/s1600-h/photo+12"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZhBP8x7U6AxQR2OV_a5KFMT7MTZSbO0lCyRkpnx7fXRW0NkDWvKaU2XSxey_tlOPSi-q-qTkxdhdJSVh8I-jio_57oc9T3UhwM6vAbfb5TKzuk2nldskB16XxH7zz6xK1TAnjtRuV_P9/s400/photo+12" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079785572010292946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5myduGP96VqDNqKOqT_XFeX1tMosYC-aa9MTx_RkupuRMveEx1ruaAihwzb4jwwKb4a000LYIqIDcCxElMCWtqU_UQjqJeLRJ5x9RMnG3n2_nQcZarutl3MeqfvNPiEYgMn7BxyCFUVRD/s1600-h/photo+27"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5myduGP96VqDNqKOqT_XFeX1tMosYC-aa9MTx_RkupuRMveEx1ruaAihwzb4jwwKb4a000LYIqIDcCxElMCWtqU_UQjqJeLRJ5x9RMnG3n2_nQcZarutl3MeqfvNPiEYgMn7BxyCFUVRD/s400/photo+27" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079785464636110530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXpJq7GgaqpReJfEfsCs36fCJtUg5RjtwsUNMD8v39RTtsDRp7Io8vTW9z-yx6e1N8EFJKmc0j9Bi4p3jksSBDtEFZGdl547X4kUe5ClRQNCAbiLYs6XcGPLJ9vyO5Sz7_M8cibS1n_ec/s1600-h/photo+15"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXpJq7GgaqpReJfEfsCs36fCJtUg5RjtwsUNMD8v39RTtsDRp7Io8vTW9z-yx6e1N8EFJKmc0j9Bi4p3jksSBDtEFZGdl547X4kUe5ClRQNCAbiLYs6XcGPLJ9vyO5Sz7_M8cibS1n_ec/s400/photo+15" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079785322902189746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oeesdTQHwEydnHeCtwEfVx42li3htI6NOUr2H91wSm2DnIN3EkviClVlw6tq407PIMBD6ePUP1QWiTZHRG784_h4EQTz2h330Jx1nd3_FtlCUhyphenhyphenLF0p8lpG2kAuUATd6Ge3KSm-aDYjg/s1600-h/photo+31"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oeesdTQHwEydnHeCtwEfVx42li3htI6NOUr2H91wSm2DnIN3EkviClVlw6tq407PIMBD6ePUP1QWiTZHRG784_h4EQTz2h330Jx1nd3_FtlCUhyphenhyphenLF0p8lpG2kAuUATd6Ge3KSm-aDYjg/s400/photo+31" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079785224117941922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEV3dLpCSj7IPuu2paJJUZOHh196FuU6y4y08KyDpp1IOhvGytNk8naR0-xzm7CTEmLqqtzcTc9XfgINBw5tiAU_1yf4Lj1Prz-PSolFtqdhSrQRCWXDyhN60E5Ptux_-QADrIoJqfY_q/s1600-h/photo+18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEV3dLpCSj7IPuu2paJJUZOHh196FuU6y4y08KyDpp1IOhvGytNk8naR0-xzm7CTEmLqqtzcTc9XfgINBw5tiAU_1yf4Lj1Prz-PSolFtqdhSrQRCWXDyhN60E5Ptux_-QADrIoJqfY_q/s400/photo+18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079784579872847490" /></a><br /><br />We also have a new bit of architecture, with “mickey’s philarmagic”, which takes place in what we wanted to make very clearly look like the village concert hall. So, in fact, the building is called the “fantasyland concert hall” , and it’s another kind of iconic piece of architecture for the land...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hQlaNOO164yUtIwHXqzSqNQgNVcfyfw7bCoCrxnCj9NfUO0H2Th9vL93-kPaEjcOVb0hYFfZRJw2D7aDVODXCoK1Hs6LP0eHcrPmKJ8Ep5DzTf8gqgx5D9tRixiSGVYuVCn9hMKjK7Pn/s1600-h/photo+10"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hQlaNOO164yUtIwHXqzSqNQgNVcfyfw7bCoCrxnCj9NfUO0H2Th9vL93-kPaEjcOVb0hYFfZRJw2D7aDVODXCoK1Hs6LP0eHcrPmKJ8Ep5DzTf8gqgx5D9tRixiSGVYuVCn9hMKjK7Pn/s400/photo+10" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079787822573156146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5L97b5oRfXk5_PScANlij2tH0YouQaYGLKLm-VF8EsxKPwxINz1n0sDr2VXgdrVBwoFSR54NrO58iRZzft7zxIHzggq-b2M8mE2xpnONAg_57IINiqSqkqw9qZIhWXnNTvDQrL3mXjKG/s1600-h/photo+23"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5L97b5oRfXk5_PScANlij2tH0YouQaYGLKLm-VF8EsxKPwxINz1n0sDr2VXgdrVBwoFSR54NrO58iRZzft7zxIHzggq-b2M8mE2xpnONAg_57IINiqSqkqw9qZIhWXnNTvDQrL3mXjKG/s400/photo+23" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079787672249300770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZKjUlWNeqwhyHsyA2FZ9-KRBKTuN7J-Ww6c255pAbu07DZS1pOCtISrlBT35LUixKxZmKyhV7-pCqQmvNob02EgDtZjYpJ_zZkLxrgbltgPIl_bozGTsC2-vJ0CIAyk2tWwuO6gKQTIk/s1600-h/photo+25+b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZKjUlWNeqwhyHsyA2FZ9-KRBKTuN7J-Ww6c255pAbu07DZS1pOCtISrlBT35LUixKxZmKyhV7-pCqQmvNob02EgDtZjYpJ_zZkLxrgbltgPIl_bozGTsC2-vJ0CIAyk2tWwuO6gKQTIk/s400/photo+25+b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079787573465052946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQKQrCjG9u0SYN2Xk1nEvUJDdvdFwMkNfiU87h3vgva3l_vroEGEka3lp7kRuN88I9aRME5VeqZbuNW7tJ4g4-nFvC_gLOprX5HGy2IGXPNrWkxE7W51laP6fPZtqvRXs0DsmLpW6g20p/s1600-h/photo+24+b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQKQrCjG9u0SYN2Xk1nEvUJDdvdFwMkNfiU87h3vgva3l_vroEGEka3lp7kRuN88I9aRME5VeqZbuNW7tJ4g4-nFvC_gLOprX5HGy2IGXPNrWkxE7W51laP6fPZtqvRXs0DsmLpW6g20p/s400/photo+24+b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079786808960874242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7mZ_WmIZjDZrpzofJxHwc4ofFDv9mFsLBIwt2MaYdjw73qefTKnzlxeeFlqcJ1WwzgTGXAMShbfhciZgEJww9qMq_esqraoQj66UCUxpyK2ajNHwdvaM4amK50rNEakpm98pdMwgaa4u/s1600-h/photo+26+b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7mZ_WmIZjDZrpzofJxHwc4ofFDv9mFsLBIwt2MaYdjw73qefTKnzlxeeFlqcJ1WwzgTGXAMShbfhciZgEJww9qMq_esqraoQj66UCUxpyK2ajNHwdvaM4amK50rNEakpm98pdMwgaa4u/s400/photo+26+b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079786473953425122" /></a><br /><br />A.L: It’s a small world, one of Fantasyland’s famous attraction is not there, as pirates of carribean, haunted mansion or other e-ticket...Will they be added in the future?<br /><br />T.M: There is a lot of area set aside reserved both outside and inside the boundaries for additional favorite attractions, but we have not decided which one yet. We reserved spots, “places at the table” for many of those classic attractions, plus new ones...but i don’t think we’ll know until after we open which direction we’re gonna go for the next first big attraction...now, we’ve already decided on smaller attractions that will open up in 2006 and 2007, the only one who’s been announced so far is the “autopia” , the first “all-electric” autopia (Note: the interview was done at the opening of the park before Autopia opening) . In addition to the autopia there will be three or four smaller attractions in the next two years, that will bring to the park a variety of different guest needs, such as inter-activity and high-tech technology, and that sort of thing...But we have not decided yet which of the bigger attraction we are going to do for 2008, 2009 or 2010. But certainly some of the favorite one ( NDR: like it's a small world ) are the one who are the most discussed...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ386xUXgDFDVq1qdMOP9VR2WsuyM6xCZ8zBHJowVWRTaDDBc-8i6UImzj_GOmg61-3sMg5cQpkbgdYeudvy1HboUrvO-4-PJCmmcbiiWE-EFTN4oRqRg9KyKRil5lXnToEJWJ5OMr4ewT/s1600-h/photo+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ386xUXgDFDVq1qdMOP9VR2WsuyM6xCZ8zBHJowVWRTaDDBc-8i6UImzj_GOmg61-3sMg5cQpkbgdYeudvy1HboUrvO-4-PJCmmcbiiWE-EFTN4oRqRg9KyKRil5lXnToEJWJ5OMr4ewT/s400/photo+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079788539832694642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOqXgwo4GqQ4492Ahg8GPNeFZB-Rj6nGQ_2ZqAYEDaEHEm6zcSyLitlVuHHA0woBIA13xg9hOPJJFlWFNCX8zhyphenhyphenEEgJMnGYEsRlYpxrPYp28X3v1oqJbnfxctyua5Kt4WBFm0GJxpA0cp/s1600-h/photo+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOqXgwo4GqQ4492Ahg8GPNeFZB-Rj6nGQ_2ZqAYEDaEHEm6zcSyLitlVuHHA0woBIA13xg9hOPJJFlWFNCX8zhyphenhyphenEEgJMnGYEsRlYpxrPYp28X3v1oqJbnfxctyua5Kt4WBFm0GJxpA0cp/s400/photo+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079788471113217890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikACYLvvKfliON40kXLguBHHbfEeUVUhpDdvGrAY04DvfwLqeik54BLepaOYn0De4ypO_pidsZcbHOWSN6NqOvg2SUhGOIoJC0jZAtAysularhXQ3hkak4zLLYSM64J6Y3Bkz4oXE3fssV/s1600-h/photo+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikACYLvvKfliON40kXLguBHHbfEeUVUhpDdvGrAY04DvfwLqeik54BLepaOYn0De4ypO_pidsZcbHOWSN6NqOvg2SUhGOIoJC0jZAtAysularhXQ3hkak4zLLYSM64J6Y3Bkz4oXE3fssV/s400/photo+12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079788389508839250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GfbsiH0slSktxDo6zcSum1wWnteGVugq2MaL0xM881rioxX6Roh1r1p0g3_StcxI8MughCCd_qV3zSqhci6H3dgyge5WY9cPeZCLAQ2-sIrox6lnX1L28hS3VgW1YW2iE00YOSPXhlhm/s1600-h/photo+13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GfbsiH0slSktxDo6zcSum1wWnteGVugq2MaL0xM881rioxX6Roh1r1p0g3_StcxI8MughCCd_qV3zSqhci6H3dgyge5WY9cPeZCLAQ2-sIrox6lnX1L28hS3VgW1YW2iE00YOSPXhlhm/s400/photo+13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079788312199427906" /></a><br /><br />We will meet again Tom Morris on a upcoming article about HKD hotels, but don’t miss next article with an exclusive interview with Tim Delaney, the show producer of HKD Tomorrowland!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-86962780975046131462009-07-10T13:45:00.001-07:002009-07-10T13:47:53.680-07:00Hong Kong Disneyland Part Four with interview of Tomorrowland Show-Producer Imagineer Tim Delaney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0MGcM5cmFkDZIIJA1B_yVLqmbQ_sC1vhH9EXHpwccSgc_jspzK4k2mMzukq6DLgZvisaQmL107TN5AE08rd9jTfniNrBFZ_KfJwbLOCsE0slD_lRN-AMQbAFSHjpt9ePF6m0afF6yU8/s1600-h/photo0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0MGcM5cmFkDZIIJA1B_yVLqmbQ_sC1vhH9EXHpwccSgc_jspzK4k2mMzukq6DLgZvisaQmL107TN5AE08rd9jTfniNrBFZ_KfJwbLOCsE0slD_lRN-AMQbAFSHjpt9ePF6m0afF6yU8/s400/photo0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085729730077896914" /></a><br /><br />Today,here is the awaited fourth part of this Hong Kong Disneyland article with an interview of Tim Delaney, show producer of Tomorrowland. Tim was previously the show producer of Discoveryland, at Disneyland Paris, and, too, for California Adventure. Please note that this interview was done for the opening of the park, before the opening of Autopia and Stitch encounter. <br /><br />Alain Littaye: Tim, as we know, you were the show producer of Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. The theme, there, was that Discoveryland was supposed to be the land of visionaries, and here, in Hong Kong, the theme is probably different. So,what is the story line of Hong Kong’sTomorrowland ? <br /> <br />Tim Delaney: Well, we wanted to create here something totally different, our biggest challenge was how to create something that is not only tomorrow, but also something that is timeless. So, we took the theme in this particular case of a “spaceport”. All of our attractions relate to space travels: we have Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, the Orbitron - this last one with a totally different style. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37vEiGWuX9MM4WBCC4K1E9cVWj_YlrJSfbAhM77_pG1ETC5K1ZHHB5EEjTSqC1MXSfdna1HkgHEdgU8pKpApNO2zdRXfALDymmcql-93URRP3T2Kgt5FG1YNHWf9HyYrFaYveMYr2A8Wg/s1600-h/photo+20+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37vEiGWuX9MM4WBCC4K1E9cVWj_YlrJSfbAhM77_pG1ETC5K1ZHHB5EEjTSqC1MXSfdna1HkgHEdgU8pKpApNO2zdRXfALDymmcql-93URRP3T2Kgt5FG1YNHWf9HyYrFaYveMYr2A8Wg/s400/photo+20+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085713284648119842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph_s3HJhSzVKlDFYAqYBfb1X1gv6Fop5ilA9u2lZzcNTSFXW6dVB6aCNqfg1sngf3HZ33QlVe65YQHzeP-_kjyp02Yb0gw5WceO6EHLJ17qkNQTRb6LuKYuMEXEoRxCVU4wPzxM7L773t/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph_s3HJhSzVKlDFYAqYBfb1X1gv6Fop5ilA9u2lZzcNTSFXW6dVB6aCNqfg1sngf3HZ33QlVe65YQHzeP-_kjyp02Yb0gw5WceO6EHLJ17qkNQTRb6LuKYuMEXEoRxCVU4wPzxM7L773t/s400/photo+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085714152231513666" /></a><br /><br />( below, a previous sketch for a Tomorrowland concept, finally not chosen )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mGW4VwrLxMs7o5Ju6qziF-VrIfV5ez4Z1KLVixuMFmeGMiKpGYLwFsCHsDfwcvP4hJ8ZAH0Nqs_5eFiqMf_V3bHPKWij8FFnFapSXg33v-TL8tgtUf9Jx8Hu8J5q5krZ5CXmwVEreBv0/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mGW4VwrLxMs7o5Ju6qziF-VrIfV5ez4Z1KLVixuMFmeGMiKpGYLwFsCHsDfwcvP4hJ8ZAH0Nqs_5eFiqMf_V3bHPKWij8FFnFapSXg33v-TL8tgtUf9Jx8Hu8J5q5krZ5CXmwVEreBv0/s400/photo+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085713709849882162" /></a><br /><br />T.D : So we took the idea of a space port ,we have different style of architecture...it’s a kind of space encampment , a space port where you go when you journey to other planets. We have two very large restaurants, the big restaurant call “starliner diner” have a rocket ship in the front and it’s a place where you go before you go in outer space : there is big posters of space travels inside, we have rockets, etc...this is a place where you go to have lunch and food before you go up to your journey into space mountain and buzz light year...It’s also one of the largest restaurant we ever built in a Tomorrowland with an incredible design<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes0hVI9sFv8zcQjYyw9ODXngZ9zyGX26txYCBSYqE6lgZK-trEGAJo9M6M2i3ILwSbbC_w4O4cMrlttsgDxFMMPXHNeIdyDi9YaCQYs6FAfFc4G972f_q4OHLCaUkW2M3ZW9LsYm_lKbk/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes0hVI9sFv8zcQjYyw9ODXngZ9zyGX26txYCBSYqE6lgZK-trEGAJo9M6M2i3ILwSbbC_w4O4cMrlttsgDxFMMPXHNeIdyDi9YaCQYs6FAfFc4G972f_q4OHLCaUkW2M3ZW9LsYm_lKbk/s400/photo+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085716329779932834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqhtTNwBDQf7MlupRNvd5JIjt5crr69t4V-njS3Y3ci8ma5SHR8vdHRWdqHSDn6i6pk67PRLh1uAq9bKPmc03V36PHgknx7HC0x7yUEyRlPUe49Yo6OoF5OJU-ZYAcmHEAlapzwcwEb64/s1600-h/photo+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqhtTNwBDQf7MlupRNvd5JIjt5crr69t4V-njS3Y3ci8ma5SHR8vdHRWdqHSDn6i6pk67PRLh1uAq9bKPmc03V36PHgknx7HC0x7yUEyRlPUe49Yo6OoF5OJU-ZYAcmHEAlapzwcwEb64/s400/photo+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085716213815815826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZKfB2KP-5ES6lNyzaDJXBUr1jDjBdkdEKs85oZFrMAwyXtkkPKzV1IZZqr8YtGFcgqyIXBUSOgsxiPIjU4xsg_ATlttU7sfCmN_jNPtNPZEi52cZgd9RWEYVhNYjD6RHlAI4O-3CY05y/s1600-h/photo+34.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZKfB2KP-5ES6lNyzaDJXBUr1jDjBdkdEKs85oZFrMAwyXtkkPKzV1IZZqr8YtGFcgqyIXBUSOgsxiPIjU4xsg_ATlttU7sfCmN_jNPtNPZEi52cZgd9RWEYVhNYjD6RHlAI4O-3CY05y/s400/photo+34.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085715908873137794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW_xdnC6RI05O__MlfL9FqDy8VVIK_Nrv2Y7cKmlyrq-2ALy-WSflq1HxaAIxFkudfB6ubASHq-7xZYv93AceSGlkutGF8sWl08zjIGRqssA0yLoJ4LER2OcpMuSym74OWHrkRVeghf2p/s1600-h/photo33.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW_xdnC6RI05O__MlfL9FqDy8VVIK_Nrv2Y7cKmlyrq-2ALy-WSflq1HxaAIxFkudfB6ubASHq-7xZYv93AceSGlkutGF8sWl08zjIGRqssA0yLoJ4LER2OcpMuSym74OWHrkRVeghf2p/s400/photo33.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085715535210983026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPU2dhVOzgjFw4ffiKPU4XZNIYE8KZl10yi-2vy63dJUUr90_Fzg7c2eTnt-tMFLEtcE9gD2EHYbN6UpqcOJKp94k_ZxYMoX9QFTRVpuYi0O2s-Hoqb3_9jPEORktKP-e0g29fIQn652o/s1600-h/photo+7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPU2dhVOzgjFw4ffiKPU4XZNIYE8KZl10yi-2vy63dJUUr90_Fzg7c2eTnt-tMFLEtcE9gD2EHYbN6UpqcOJKp94k_ZxYMoX9QFTRVpuYi0O2s-Hoqb3_9jPEORktKP-e0g29fIQn652o/s400/photo+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085715114304188002" /></a><br /><br />T.D: Throughout the land we’re using these motifs of these planets and an alien landscape to make you feel that you are in another world...You have to see the styling of the buildings to see how it looks like. It’s not mean to look like in the fifties, like disneyland was in 1955, it has much more of an organic field to it.....we are also using a lot of colours in the land, and the reason for that is that most of the time Hong Kong have grey skies and humid, so we want these colours to bring a kind of more of a familiar quality to our tomorrowland...Secondly, about landscaping, we have a lot of landscaping in covered areas, so we create a sense of the future and tomorrow with more human kind of space...<br /><br />A.L: I’m pretty sure the design with all these planets is probably beautiful at night...<br /><br />T.D: It’s magnificent, spectacular at night ! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhFNwDzFi6eVLmPKSmPVDb3PYUQCKSOM7QwKHjsyX-Xsllv09F61WvUrpOyqJtWvdQNqoyaEvNaTvYA8jZDBwH246XbDN43Ktg8lj9k2ZToYpCzYSxBWYYmSwv3RfC7xglsyZ8TCzzUYF/s1600-h/photo+19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhFNwDzFi6eVLmPKSmPVDb3PYUQCKSOM7QwKHjsyX-Xsllv09F61WvUrpOyqJtWvdQNqoyaEvNaTvYA8jZDBwH246XbDN43Ktg8lj9k2ZToYpCzYSxBWYYmSwv3RfC7xglsyZ8TCzzUYF/s400/photo+19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085717510895939266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7YjiCaRlvdvwUB_nwouGSKM6Lrg7uogwTwzJeWSTaV_Bah35kngUKKUp22VLKgAgsadeJPbLMZHGCPL1ZLXLhd4Wx5qls7W71oRS6cRVaCaERtFa-6cpo_0SEG1qBAqFhO-skvCxnrCT/s1600-h/photo+31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7YjiCaRlvdvwUB_nwouGSKM6Lrg7uogwTwzJeWSTaV_Bah35kngUKKUp22VLKgAgsadeJPbLMZHGCPL1ZLXLhd4Wx5qls7W71oRS6cRVaCaERtFa-6cpo_0SEG1qBAqFhO-skvCxnrCT/s400/photo+31.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085719211702988578" /></a><br /><br />A.L: The Orbitron have a totally different look than the one built in Paris or Anaheim , and you have flying saucers instead of rocket jets ...<br /><br />T.D: That’s right, we wanted to create an Orbitron in the center of the land that has more a kind of space-beacon look to it ...there is a very large 8 meter diameter globe at the bottom , it has a starfield with fiber optics in it and the flying saucers fly around, and we still have a kind of planet kynetics that are flying up above, and these flying saucers flying among all about ...it is a very visual thing , a very powerful looking thing...and the colours are all different here, we’ve kind of take a whole different colour scheme here because we wanted to make the colours much brighter , much cooler colours because it is so warming here most of the time. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLRVxqc0bDjQFPmVS9j-pehotougGOhWqUVKlhwSr5SWAKBh-iCb0Hxyk_iDYdnpbGNltgCbpdZrgqEyTXvGNG2iFtd8kD_11FXZY9MJQ0sGNoMdGq6e-cSLL0wvyOQT2YruPNtOGQ20K/s1600-h/photo+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-VI-eeJ4QB2_DPqVsZvwdI1PAOTgJEvbWt1daTPkOx_NtqWbN6QKP59XRNycehPL238SpaoPxVRJJndjLzbPyorsOJyD5ztO3fH-8xtWqYKa6f7cfVc4d2sPDDicIZvrHdcgxVNkVsXT/s400/photo+16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085718000522211026" /></a><br /><br />T.D:...By the way , the 8 meter diameter globe also rotate and due to the painting technique, the whole land reflects in it, and, with the fiber optics, it’s a map of the universe that’s what it is, in fact. The kind of painting used for the globe is call Chromaship, it’s a special painting and what happens is that when the globe rotate the colour goes from a warm blue to a purple blue... <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHOMo_hgXlbeLRIFsK5dmSNDbOrR6Q-CudQCyQ4v6n9bTqX3pz0N3N-cGcaW-QizkoYsqcQD3Rf4GAE93tMx2_dgbC040Unc7VQDeTkrQ0QaCqpVmKQ5wuskNW636SQepmswXBWKAQVbK/s1600-h/photo+19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHOMo_hgXlbeLRIFsK5dmSNDbOrR6Q-CudQCyQ4v6n9bTqX3pz0N3N-cGcaW-QizkoYsqcQD3Rf4GAE93tMx2_dgbC040Unc7VQDeTkrQ0QaCqpVmKQ5wuskNW636SQepmswXBWKAQVbK/s400/photo+19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085720848085528418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtE8zkq2EmVzGS9ISPDie3j_150WlpR5ZtUv2CX0Aa_ONB19FMw9cx40b6Pu8LmQyx3fiY71V80pGgjiXI0d5xAhwSQTIiXkHHOATOF9xb-_9rt9m9fVZ8d_ON_qIGHgHBDGgWJUtjsJDB/s1600-h/photo+17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtE8zkq2EmVzGS9ISPDie3j_150WlpR5ZtUv2CX0Aa_ONB19FMw9cx40b6Pu8LmQyx3fiY71V80pGgjiXI0d5xAhwSQTIiXkHHOATOF9xb-_9rt9m9fVZ8d_ON_qIGHgHBDGgWJUtjsJDB/s400/photo+17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085720757891215186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW4evbhdQobI2XmVbr84sRn3tGCL6BRKEzrYl7OYkP2GAyOEfVvVF6wc3rfpflqWaqXNjS14TcMD1c4yaNYikSFHm8r1OOTGqImI9Rp9jnnrKLeDZNvNRurLpH7qqQgcs-8u7p1Rccpf4/s1600-h/photo+18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW4evbhdQobI2XmVbr84sRn3tGCL6BRKEzrYl7OYkP2GAyOEfVvVF6wc3rfpflqWaqXNjS14TcMD1c4yaNYikSFHm8r1OOTGqImI9Rp9jnnrKLeDZNvNRurLpH7qqQgcs-8u7p1Rccpf4/s400/photo+18.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085720195250499394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTGCeEoYNEdzcencTTdMRwisAEeFImpQURtpyo07xPHrN_M1nmmbpbDZomUHmbFzFUI-P9qanzdW9VdxcLY53esN_uIgNJaChy67s6k9FLtAjE8iNriUbwWougtSWKT0VBxWeEIwBMtpz/s1600-h/PHOTO+20+BIS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTGCeEoYNEdzcencTTdMRwisAEeFImpQURtpyo07xPHrN_M1nmmbpbDZomUHmbFzFUI-P9qanzdW9VdxcLY53esN_uIgNJaChy67s6k9FLtAjE8iNriUbwWougtSWKT0VBxWeEIwBMtpz/s400/PHOTO+20+BIS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085719937552461618" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Talking about flying saucers, it reminds me the Eddie Sotto project for Tokyo Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. It was supposed to be called”Sci-fi City” , and one of the attraction was supposed to be small flying saucers flying around a huge flying saucer. <br />So, are the flying saucers in your Orbitron a reminiscence of this previous project?<br /><br />T.D: No, not really...i just start it all over again from scratch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1878Clpa-huEPmSM653v6B2k-B6X3hr5v4EMks-ZDO1eg5okqpxH8Ii5lW38IyJJqomVb1cjT3HRA_7fNH2m8Natx0bhXgdfibAtkRnLnQQUtekIlVenhsjL-a8mLI4Vvlp4Lc0wvoa4/s1600-h/photo+21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1878Clpa-huEPmSM653v6B2k-B6X3hr5v4EMks-ZDO1eg5okqpxH8Ii5lW38IyJJqomVb1cjT3HRA_7fNH2m8Natx0bhXgdfibAtkRnLnQQUtekIlVenhsjL-a8mLI4Vvlp4Lc0wvoa4/s400/photo+21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085721715668922274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gl6wn5nViY1m5Vugcbzuo55FuDmzpiiXWs80T3dy7PYzAYbNKg5ybSiS67rIFBkDKyV76MgO4OPYDz0AOIpqKzEJt_FssCoz71LvQXfLrwq4niOmQ7fiTiOWUCEwlaf4puQ0lpClapM/s1600-h/photo+22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gl6wn5nViY1m5Vugcbzuo55FuDmzpiiXWs80T3dy7PYzAYbNKg5ybSiS67rIFBkDKyV76MgO4OPYDz0AOIpqKzEJt_FssCoz71LvQXfLrwq4niOmQ7fiTiOWUCEwlaf4puQ0lpClapM/s400/photo+22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085721518100426642" /></a><br /><br />A.L: Anyway, it is a good idea to have change the usual rockets for these new flying saucers. About Space Mountain, does this new version have a particular storyline?<br /><br />T.D: Our Space Mountain continue the overall theme that is your amazing adventure in outer space. We have new effects, new images, the ride system is smooth and fast, and, as you know they’ve re-done space mountain in paris, they re-done the one at disneyland, too. And every time we do this we have new effects, new projectors, new imaging devises,etc...and, here in hong kong , we have the latest one, and they’re brilliant. We don’t really have an overall strong story, but we do have a very strong theme and it’s a really great effects show. And the reaction of the guests here is fantastic.<br />In fact, talking about effects, there is one effect that you have in paris, and that we have, here: it’s the explosion of a super-nova. But in a completely different format. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNow3tQK6Ujujxp7jrlkdxmbN3y0vQTCSAWxCwLoQLN8OLxWbssHqwgGC7M5oBBHplRJQswXRFeEyjyAjNbyJM3dgYMAdqStQsQTpdB_Gxsqu0i5FuV7Ml6_FGcGv6_kMP1H3TaphdKY/s1600-h/photo+24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNow3tQK6Ujujxp7jrlkdxmbN3y0vQTCSAWxCwLoQLN8OLxWbssHqwgGC7M5oBBHplRJQswXRFeEyjyAjNbyJM3dgYMAdqStQsQTpdB_Gxsqu0i5FuV7Ml6_FGcGv6_kMP1H3TaphdKY/s400/photo+24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085722578957348834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhJNdgRjFiwbJxJGjdUR8ujQgw270TfWAnEvftRQtwDXAthiQBTGKL9JXGjEHvk74yndJ8RgYCwIY1eeRsyuHGdbD9kCurBjLXDPiobsHWmoePD1QJ5HPRPi3oxNkrxB-Y3m12EadvRA/s1600-h/photo+23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhJNdgRjFiwbJxJGjdUR8ujQgw270TfWAnEvftRQtwDXAthiQBTGKL9JXGjEHvk74yndJ8RgYCwIY1eeRsyuHGdbD9kCurBjLXDPiobsHWmoePD1QJ5HPRPi3oxNkrxB-Y3m12EadvRA/s400/photo+23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085722475878133714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYrm9gdFN-2Xt-2U8CqbDysf4bpJLBSgCEfS2FZAsLf_IAudw9Yub8Ndx1X3lWypdWJckKz12nCVzbExLYjlkefMaIxcBtGITNjWEs6Tu3bLCKyeFV8iKyd-gexSz8YrBjYBe7pXyPMY/s1600-h/photo+26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYrm9gdFN-2Xt-2U8CqbDysf4bpJLBSgCEfS2FZAsLf_IAudw9Yub8Ndx1X3lWypdWJckKz12nCVzbExLYjlkefMaIxcBtGITNjWEs6Tu3bLCKyeFV8iKyd-gexSz8YrBjYBe7pXyPMY/s400/photo+26.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085722325554278338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-23j8JyoHw4Sp7cRcLOXln2KibW5iU8pUAzpSSHzGFA47ygveEB9kck_zMYKW0SuRi-Hspzjbxe4Mc7putdVz0PKl5MuJ8TOwTrdeNczW58o3bYhujRUS-WXYEIdbtFPsCglLEhC4mk/s1600-h/photo+25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-23j8JyoHw4Sp7cRcLOXln2KibW5iU8pUAzpSSHzGFA47ygveEB9kck_zMYKW0SuRi-Hspzjbxe4Mc7putdVz0PKl5MuJ8TOwTrdeNczW58o3bYhujRUS-WXYEIdbtFPsCglLEhC4mk/s400/photo+25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085722140870684594" /></a><br /><br />A.L: What about Buzz Lightyear? I supposed it’s the same ride that we can find in Anaheim or WDW?<br /><br />T.D: It’s very similar to the one in Disneyland. But we have a totally different entrance for the attraction: we have a 12 foot monumental, kind of “heroic” Buzz Lightyear standing up in the front, and it’s a great photo location, and the ride is as great as in the u.s, of course. It’s amazing how people love this ride, really. And i heard they’re gonna add some internet competition...so people on internet can compete with people on the ride..<br />but .i don’t know how it’s gonna work, i just know they’re talking about doing that...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQ8Juk6mGOniMzpM0uu0dbSvNPEX52EzFo2g68lcqQc9i0w0aTNCQPvIKdFA0CKdEoRBNhMoRE1E7gO2YETreGRyCunHMF_SBGUTu0KMeQhIWuzLyJsKEC2SWlkm5JKoMGgIjYvYO3Gk/s1600-h/photo+27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQ8Juk6mGOniMzpM0uu0dbSvNPEX52EzFo2g68lcqQc9i0w0aTNCQPvIKdFA0CKdEoRBNhMoRE1E7gO2YETreGRyCunHMF_SBGUTu0KMeQhIWuzLyJsKEC2SWlkm5JKoMGgIjYvYO3Gk/s400/photo+27.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085723184547737618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtXSTqgIf8QnHIXI39z4A7eGg3hUD69UNjU5FwIWSjbOsMQTJEyAQbk9a4fR27xhAZYO7ugf_-R0FYsPMjw46eTX8QwGkQ7a8PeHpLuDtUIGk7KCC59NJ_5YIkWYTFBaTg5BIYoIpBT0/s1600-h/photo+28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtXSTqgIf8QnHIXI39z4A7eGg3hUD69UNjU5FwIWSjbOsMQTJEyAQbk9a4fR27xhAZYO7ugf_-R0FYsPMjw46eTX8QwGkQ7a8PeHpLuDtUIGk7KCC59NJ_5YIkWYTFBaTg5BIYoIpBT0/s400/photo+28.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085723047108784130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXT5i9FehlqG8ziTFZhhcfK6Uzbq9eZ7vrTAoKZMSYa3s20yEGRd14C-m4yQSdKuTvwbUldIILNU7wptl2xRnPKb0jtvrz_59HOmHECpMOe16xbd5X1JA4HMUD-WjxJy7nVuviqgdruA/s1600-h/photo+29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXT5i9FehlqG8ziTFZhhcfK6Uzbq9eZ7vrTAoKZMSYa3s20yEGRd14C-m4yQSdKuTvwbUldIILNU7wptl2xRnPKb0jtvrz_59HOmHECpMOe16xbd5X1JA4HMUD-WjxJy7nVuviqgdruA/s400/photo+29.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085722913964797938" /></a><br /><br /><br />A.L: Do you have a kind of big theater like we have in Paris with “videopolis”?<br /><br />T.D: We have two large theater in the park, one in adventureland, and one in fantasyland, but not in tomorrowland this time!<br /><br />A.L: Are you going to add more attractions in the “phase two” of the park?<br /><br />T.D: We are currently designing and actually we are under construction for one more major attraction and two more minor attractions that will open in july of next year. We’ll have a totally unique and different Autopia than the one you have in Paris. We’ll have electric cars, with lighting effects on the cars, and a different kind of unique on-board audio-system, and the landscape that you’re gonna go through is much more of an alien landscape , another planet kind of landscape...it will really be a fun drive...and actually we’ll also have one of the roadways who comes into the land , because most of the Autopia will be beyond the railroad, so part of the road will come into the land on an elevated highway and returns back down to the location of the attraction, so it really showcases the ride to the people in the land. 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Today, thanks to a D&M exclusive interview Tim talks about the design of Hong Kong Disneyland's Tomorrowland as Tim was the show producer of the land. As we know, Tim Delaney was previously the show producer of Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris and for Paradise Pier at California Adventure. Please note that this interview was done for the opening of HKDL in 2005, before the opening of Autopia, UFO Zone and Stitch encounter.<br />
<br />Alain Littaye: Tim, as we know, you were Disneyland Paris Discoveryland show producer. At DLP the theme of Discoveryland was supposed to be the land of visionaries, and here in Hong Kong the theme is probably different. So, what is the story line of Hong Kong Disneyland’s Tomorrowland ?<br />
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Tim Delaney: Well, we wanted to create here something totally different, our biggest challenge was how to create something that is not only tomorrow, but also something that is timeless. So, we took the theme in this particular case of a “spaceport”. All of our attractions relate to space travels: we have Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, the Orbitron - this last one with a totally different style than the one at DLP. <br />
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T.D : So we took the idea of a space port ,we have different style of architecture...it’s a kind of space encampment, a space port where you go when you journey to other planets. We have two very large restaurants, and the big restaurant called “Starliner Diner” have a rocket ship in the front and it’s a place where you go before you go in outer space: there is big posters of space travel inside, we have rockets, etc...this is a place where you go to have lunch and food before you go up to your journey into Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear... It’s also one of the largest restaurant we ever built in a Tomorrowland with an incredible design<br />
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T.D: The other restaurant of Tomorrowland is the Comet Cafe, and is also located close to the Orbitron.<br />
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T.D: Throughout the land we’re using these motifs of these planets and an alien landscape to make you feel that you are in another world...You have to see the style of the buildings to see how it looks like. It’s not mean to look like in the fifties, like disneyland was in 1955, it has much more of an organic field to it. We are also using a lot of colours in the land, and the reason for that is that most of the time Hong Kong have grey skies and humid, so we wanted these colours to bring a kind of more of a familiar quality to our Tomorrowland. Secondly, about landscaping, we have a lot of landscaping in covered areas, so we create a sense of the future and tomorrow with more human kind of space.<br />
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A.L: I’m pretty sure the design with all these planets is probably beautiful at night...<br />
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T.D: It is magnificent, spectacular at night !<br />
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A.L: The Orbitron has a totally different look than the one built in Paris or Anaheim , and you have flying saucers instead of rocket jets ...<br />
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T.D: That’s right, we wanted to create an Orbitron in the center of the land that has more a kind of space-beacon look to it ...there is a very large eight meter diameter globe at the bottom, it has a starfield with fiber optics in it and the flying saucers fly around, and we still have a kind of planet kynetics, which are flying up above, and these flying saucers flying among all about. It is a very visual thing, a very powerful looking thing, and the colours are all different here. We took a whole different colour scheme because we wanted to make the colours much brighter, much "cooler" colours because it is so warming here most of the time. <br />
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T.D:...By the way , the 8 meter diameter globe also rotate and due to the painting technique, the whole land reflects in it and, with the fiber optics, it’s a map of the universe! That’s what it is, in fact. The kind of painting used for the globe is call Chromaship, it’s a special painting and what happens is that when the globe rotate the colour goes from a warm blue to a purple blue... <br />
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A.L: Talking about flying saucers, it reminds me the Eddie Sotto project for Tokyo Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. It was supposed to be called ”Sci-fi City” , and one of the attraction was supposed to be small flying saucers flying around a huge flying saucer. <br />
So, are the flying saucers in your Orbitron a reminiscence of this previous project?<br />
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T.D: No, not really...i just start it all over again from scratch.<br />
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A.L: Anyway, it is a good idea to have change the usual rockets for these new flying saucers. About Space Mountain, does this new version have a particular storyline?<br />
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T.D: Our Space Mountain continue the overall theme that is your amazing adventure in outer space. We have new effects, new images, the ride system is smooth and fast, and, as you know they’ve re-done space mountain in paris and the one at disneyland, too. And every time we do this we have new effects, new projectors, new imaging devices,etc... And, here in hong kong, we have the latest one, and they’re brilliant. We don’t really have an overall strong story, but we do have a very strong theme and it’s a really great effects show. And the reaction of the guests here is fantastic. In fact, talking about effects, there is one effect that you have in paris, and that we have, here: it’s the explosion of a super-nova. But in a completely different format.<br />
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A.L: Do you have a kind of big theater like we have in Paris with “Videopolis”?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-36054123929795754392009-07-10T13:35:00.000-07:002009-07-10T13:36:07.257-07:00Farewell to Tokyo Disneyland Mickey Mouse Revue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0D_nyVWH5dpcutLE1TFoHdaM6Xzq3cBK5GQMymaRxAkDA3jXx1m7M3CWfLQPiW5kMeDzm6bdFLJA0Zbdc5lLvUYENMysNuH7UV_HIumoadO_kKhTWNUT7UvDswLOFfAHwqVqaU1Q9VN1/s1600-h/tdl+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0D_nyVWH5dpcutLE1TFoHdaM6Xzq3cBK5GQMymaRxAkDA3jXx1m7M3CWfLQPiW5kMeDzm6bdFLJA0Zbdc5lLvUYENMysNuH7UV_HIumoadO_kKhTWNUT7UvDswLOFfAHwqVqaU1Q9VN1/s400/tdl+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296845547637381090" /></a><br /><br />I am doing today a tribute to The Mickey Mouse Revue. As you know, Mickey's Philarmagic will open in 2011 at Tokyo Disneyland, and it will open in the theatre where the Mickey Mouse Revue previously was. UPDATE: The Mickey Mouse Revue is still open at TDL until May 25, 2009! So, if you go at TDL before, don't miss it, it's your last chance to see it!<br /><br />For me, the Mickey Mouse Revue is probably the most underestimated WDI Audio-Animatronic attraction. When was the last time you saw somebody regretting the Mickey Mouse Revue? Or simply talked about it? Never! Nobody speaks about it! And frankly it's a pity, as it was a totally charming attraction. One of the last attraction from the end of the 60's WED Enterprises era. Sure we still have POTC, HM, Jungle Cruise and others, but The Mickey Mouse Revue was the one and only attraction dedicated to Disney Animation characters - the one from the very first Disney classics. Now that it's gone, it's a whole era which is leaving with it. I had the luck to see it both at WDW in 1972 and at TDL, and it's true that the attraction was getting old, but it was "charmingly old" (i know, the word "charmingly" don't exist in english!).<br /><br />So, for those who never saw this lovely attraction - after all it left WDW for TDL 29 years ago and some of you were probably not even born yet, here is more about it, and, yes, videos below of both the original WDW and the TDL versions!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEVPzp5zZxyUzJw-0V5ntfI5MiPyWMErCbdaGcvQqRJGW_WdorxEYxkm3WiZBwvwSBmaVXHTzLVuQuXbZUXs46AZ2uYH10SvOKXODYqtsR2Nhe9YNoGakRnTo4oUhUobsqF-QOIflLZM8/s1600-h/tdl+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEVPzp5zZxyUzJw-0V5ntfI5MiPyWMErCbdaGcvQqRJGW_WdorxEYxkm3WiZBwvwSBmaVXHTzLVuQuXbZUXs46AZ2uYH10SvOKXODYqtsR2Nhe9YNoGakRnTo4oUhUobsqF-QOIflLZM8/s400/tdl+9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296845818057422418" /></a><br /><br />The first time the Mickey Mouse Revue was more or less mentioned was in a 1962 interview when Walt Disney talked about his new audio-animatronic technology in The Enchanted Tiki Room and untitled haunted house attraction. He said that he had similar plans for "all the Disney characters". In October 1, 1971, the Mickey Mouse Revue show opened as an "E" ticket attraction in Fantasyland, in WDW's Magic Kingdom where the show ran until it was closed on September 14, 1980. The building that housed it was renamed the Fantasyland Theater and the Mickey Mouse Revue found a new home at Tokyo Disneyland since then.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRYLvkREeuDIuBDMtD3wbWR8uS1PM2a4bbanaTS3xEtkvaRtoC3z1Hp89ylUCvjtx3xLH12b0ls5io0ga4xz4cUvcVf2JePDlOsvFVCAH1X8bJx-xAFHM2iVp8ajqUgD6KX8-FutJZsvt/s1600-h/tdl+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRYLvkREeuDIuBDMtD3wbWR8uS1PM2a4bbanaTS3xEtkvaRtoC3z1Hp89ylUCvjtx3xLH12b0ls5io0ga4xz4cUvcVf2JePDlOsvFVCAH1X8bJx-xAFHM2iVp8ajqUgD6KX8-FutJZsvt/s400/tdl+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296846082444839074" /></a><br /><br />The show resembles a concert orchestra with Mickey Mouse as the conductor, and various Disney cartoon characters playing musical instruments, including Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Baloo, Kaa, King Louie, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Dumbo, Timothy Mouse, Gus-Gus, Jaq, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Dormouse, Abner the Country Mouse and Monty the City Mouse, all Audio-Animatronics. Parts of famous songs from Disney films are performed by Snow White, the Three Little Pigs, the Fairy Godmother, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and the Three Caballeros. 73 characters are represented. Songs include "Heigh Ho," "Whistle While You Work," "When You Wish Upon A Star," "Hi Diddle Dee Dee," "Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf," "I'm Wishing," "The Silly Song," "All In The Golden Afternoon," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," "So This Is Love," "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," and "Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater." Among Disney Imagineers who contribute to the attraction were John Hench, Bill Justice, and Wathel Rogers.<br /><br />And now, on with the show, the original 1971 WDW show, and hope you will enjoy it as much as i did!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zj2e0k4Lvr0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zj2e0k4Lvr0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And now, thanks to ParkHopper here is the video of the Tokyo Disneyland version in good filming quality. The Mickey Mouse Revue had a pre-show and you can see the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jo2DMnjmA&feature=related">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtMkF4PfA5g&hl=fr&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtMkF4PfA5g&hl=fr&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Many Thanks to LoreneFaith for the Youtube video of the 1971 WDW version and to Park Hopper for the video of the TDL version!<br /><br />Picture and Artwork: copyright DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1342772014621266901.post-62785566263604269152009-07-10T13:32:00.001-07:002009-07-10T13:34:11.208-07:00Tokyo Disneyland " Monsters Inc Ride and Go Seek " Attraction - by Lee MacDonald<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87YMRXvpE7boxx8Sa448guDHQxrNVzdKH3R3rSE57akfUZvbGF0D-08Nq4geeJ9ZMrFVfbvB_dL2IkknZqoxoMeH2YEIAwQ8hKCl5sujwBEcUuPc97et2pW4596GApxaJsz6kOpiZzJRL/s1600-h/236.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87YMRXvpE7boxx8Sa448guDHQxrNVzdKH3R3rSE57akfUZvbGF0D-08Nq4geeJ9ZMrFVfbvB_dL2IkknZqoxoMeH2YEIAwQ8hKCl5sujwBEcUuPc97et2pW4596GApxaJsz6kOpiZzJRL/s400/236.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276496671967797858" /></a><br /><br />Here is the awaited article about Tokyo Disneyland upcoming attraction Monsters Inc, Ride and Go Seek. First, i was supposed to write myself the article, but when i read Lee MacDonald's article in issue 10 of the "Tales from the Laughing Place" magazine, i knew Lee's article was so good that it was impossible to beat! So, i asked Lee who is a good friend the authorisation to publish it on Disney and more, and here it is, with renderings and new pictures of the TDL Monsters Inc building and attraction posters.<br /><br />Those of you who love Audio-Animatronics should await particularly this new WDI attraction as "Monsters Inc" will have the biggest number of Audio-Animatronics - more than 70 - built by WDI for an attraction since DLP Pirates of Caribbean or TDS Sindbad Golden Voyages. The official cost of this new wonder is 10 Billion YEN - 107 Million $ - and the attraction is scheduled to open officially April 15, 2009, but i think we can expect some soft opening before that date.<br /><br />I want to add for those of you who don't know the "<a href="http://www.talesfromthelaughingplace.com/Home.html">Tales of the Laughing Place</a>" magazine that it is simply and undeniably the best magazine about Disney theme parks, full of great interviews with WDI Imagineers or reports like the one you will read below . I will tell you more about this gorgeous magazine later this week, but in the meantime, you can discover more about it <a href="http://www.talesfromthelaughingplace.com/Home.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that i introduce Lee MacDonald who will open the door for you on the secrets of Monsters Inc Ride and Go Seek!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXjWKMsHDgKD07_IB-UCGNIPqvqAelYf-oMHUX5tdPndepX9u9lGGtPyMRnfpm6sjYNKtSgcNTyPhJul9AfgOLQWPIpt4w4xpJjjcYMYhkTx6pY3PhqKRu4ATFNYLD7U5IS4qA91irtFD/s1600-h/monsters+inc+13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXjWKMsHDgKD07_IB-UCGNIPqvqAelYf-oMHUX5tdPndepX9u9lGGtPyMRnfpm6sjYNKtSgcNTyPhJul9AfgOLQWPIpt4w4xpJjjcYMYhkTx6pY3PhqKRu4ATFNYLD7U5IS4qA91irtFD/s400/monsters+inc+13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276476692142152178" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“Meet the (Monster) World” by Lee Mac Donald</span><br /><br />Earlier this summer I had the pleasure of interviewing Imagineering Ambassador Marty Sklar about the development and construction of EPCOT Center as part of our special EPCOT at 25 series that will be the centerpiece of our fall ’07 issue. EPCOT Center remains the largest engineering project ever undertaken by the Walt Disney Company and I remarked that I was astounded that the Company could execute both EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland concurrently (the first international park opened little more than six months after the second park at Walt Disney World). Marty countered that Tokyo Disneyland (“TDL”) was a cakewalk compared to EPCOT Center as it was little more than a Magic Kingdom clone. <br /><br />In short that is precisely what the park on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay was at the outset. TDL designers cherry-picked the most popular attractions from Florida’s first Disney theme park for the licensed park in Japan. In addition the park’s owner and operator Oriental Land Company (“OLC”) wanted a venue to house an attraction that was being developed for the Japan pavilion at EPCOT Center. Ultimately the attraction was dropped from the lineup of World Showcase but it did materialize on a neutral pad of land between TDL’s World Bazaar and Tomorrowland. Meet the World was a 19-minute multi-media show that traced the history of Japan from its volcanic origin to the present day. Our hosts were two young children (in the form of Audio-Animatronics) and an animated magical crane (a pertinent choice as Japanese society reveres the bird as a symbol of good health and long life) in a theater similar to that used in Carrousel of Progress (although at TDL the audience was seated in a rotating inner core that afforded a larger stage but less seats than its US counterparts). The attraction opened with the rest of the park (that included the truly original film presentation of Eternal Seas that also dealt with Nippon) and offered complimentary admission when TDL operated the ticket book system.<br /><br />Ultimately Meet the World shuttered on June 30, 2002. Space is at a premium within TDL and OLC decided it could no longer support an attraction that was underutilized by guests whilst still occupying valuable real estate on one of the main spurs from World Bazaar. The race was on for Walt Disney Imagineering to find a suitable replacement for the Kingdom of Dreams and Magic.<br /><br />“We considered a couple of different concepts for the replacement for Meet the World but the successful release of Monsters, Inc. in the fall of ’01 sparked our imagination about the possibility of bringing the world of Monstropolis to Tokyo Disneyland,” xxxx told Tales. “We really did go around the block though on how to present the story and characters to guests. We really liked the idea of interactivity but our partners, OLC, didn’t want the play element to be like Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters [which debuted at the park on April 15, 2004] so we went off in another direction. By the spring of ’05 we had hit upon the idea of flashlight tag which solved the puzzle for both us and OLC.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bOqsQWdKVsM8X4aCuKkg_pDhuCmO-23OvSWXsInuwYPjv_BjV3-9v3Wnd3ZNx4mt-ymqRZl8_QW59detTHreEc2rFIWzofJrWl2Smi9j2qPzMzyX-H3X8fQ7qtBklaHJ901nEhVNR5a9/s1600-h/monsters+tdl+title.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bOqsQWdKVsM8X4aCuKkg_pDhuCmO-23OvSWXsInuwYPjv_BjV3-9v3Wnd3ZNx4mt-ymqRZl8_QW59detTHreEc2rFIWzofJrWl2Smi9j2qPzMzyX-H3X8fQ7qtBklaHJ901nEhVNR5a9/s400/monsters+tdl+title.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276473356618466162" /></a><br /><br />Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek is the latest generation of dark rides that is currently under construction on that plot that originally hosted Meet the World. In early ’09 guests will join Boo and Sulley on a trip through the Monsters, Inc. factory and the streets of Monstropolis as they play hide and seek with flashlights. Along the way we will meet a host of familiar and new monsters who are equally keen to play with us but will only reveal themselves if tagged in a predominantly white-light environment.<br /><br />“We built an early interior model that proofed out our concepts and the storyboards that had been worked up. That model allowed us to justified our specifications to OLC and help us understand their criteria. OLC have a great understanding of Japanese culture and what their guests expect from the attractions at Tokyo Disney Resort. OLC wanted an attraction that was highly repeatable as the average guest tends to visit the park often,” Mark explains. “Buzz is a fun attraction but we didn’t need another ion blaster game at the park. Also we didn’t want guests to focus on getting the highest score which can become a fixation for some in that particular ride. The design challenge was to combine the playability of Astro Blasters without overselling the scoring aspect. We hit upon the flashlight tag concept early in the design phase and it works as so many people will have played the game as a kid ensuring that the gameplay is intuitive and doesn’t require a complex initial set-up. The whole reaction and counter-reaction to the tag is the center of the gags we have written and the characters lend themselves to cute gags. Instead of needing to tally up a score and look for a totals board we hope guests will exit the attraction saying “I got Claws!” or “I tagged Milton!” That differentiation was critical to the attraction being green-lighted.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd9rXzoRWWT4FHRfE2EfjURNowIDQLm8Lr_UA4sv-R7B0IV5h0Zp32KV3zSX6CeODkU-qfGdjnh2rw4BG3kqHaCIf1c1oig49dsNMVVV7KdyLvp-BSG1U083xNTjbeIxojogMpfljfiY9/s1600-h/monsters+inc+15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd9rXzoRWWT4FHRfE2EfjURNowIDQLm8Lr_UA4sv-R7B0IV5h0Zp32KV3zSX6CeODkU-qfGdjnh2rw4BG3kqHaCIf1c1oig49dsNMVVV7KdyLvp-BSG1U083xNTjbeIxojogMpfljfiY9/s400/monsters+inc+15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276495024364395714" /></a><br /><br />“However the interactivity quality cannot dominate the storytelling. Ultimately we need to meld the two together. We really looked at the more recent dark ride like Astro Blaster, Pooh’s Hunny Hunt and Roger Rabbit Cartoon Spin to see what works best and transfer those elements into the monster space,” Mark continues. “However I think the overall look of the interiors is hyper-real as opposed to the cartoony look of something Pooh or Roger Rabbit. Our desire was that Ride and Go Seek! would be a great experience with rich storytelling for anyone that opts not to take part in the gameplay.”<br /><br />Courtesy of a fully realized 1:50 scale painted model imagineers have recreated the exterior of the Monsters, Inc. factory as envisaged by the movie’s co-production designer Harley Jessup. As the model on the previous page demonstrates the giant signature M-shaped vault has been recreated in physical form for the attraction. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4c_elz1wX46fNcShbk_aoPi6eP5bJ9CRxUXK99XxNbJUc7DH7Wxes4k0TFNsN6msGrcJ3sHudni0HbIlda7sKYYyBdhLHinryKcAd9iSYuE67Rd3dD_ci0wIDNVgSpdYei4OKkvTPGup/s1600-h/monsters+inc+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4c_elz1wX46fNcShbk_aoPi6eP5bJ9CRxUXK99XxNbJUc7DH7Wxes4k0TFNsN6msGrcJ3sHudni0HbIlda7sKYYyBdhLHinryKcAd9iSYuE67Rd3dD_ci0wIDNVgSpdYei4OKkvTPGup/s400/monsters+inc+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276468568450937218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNRw1g9CO4eikz8PDF_WiFronpuUSSMx0tq0TnND96OFVtTSgxuwg8xktp7XUTcEMyOf-muQ_AQe6Lp5SvsQlV4LPJ1IFPQzdLUdJHigTCI7gPcOPXTbcxt44FXfHRh6L9ViamLwDJpUy/s1600-h/P1030351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNRw1g9CO4eikz8PDF_WiFronpuUSSMx0tq0TnND96OFVtTSgxuwg8xktp7XUTcEMyOf-muQ_AQe6Lp5SvsQlV4LPJ1IFPQzdLUdJHigTCI7gPcOPXTbcxt44FXfHRh6L9ViamLwDJpUy/s400/P1030351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276468438647892642" /></a><br /><br />Guests will enter the building through the same doors as the monsters as Walt Disney Imagineering have been exacting in the replication of the Pixar designs. The first room is the circular lobby where guests will see Celia’s desk and even the murals within the domed structure to be as true to director Pete Docter’s original intent as possible.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfJnkzRBHTsfQE8qM0rI6jeSmPBlok7brQzYZBi553LMh4FelgLTbeJidZ5pm927Mwdg7rXDZXajBvq9ExN40fAxFNzv1RIYsKo7r7oo7AQkk4SAGIb61aBrGiivpnsDuIAzBUXPEzZFk/s1600-h/monsters+inc+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfJnkzRBHTsfQE8qM0rI6jeSmPBlok7brQzYZBi553LMh4FelgLTbeJidZ5pm927Mwdg7rXDZXajBvq9ExN40fAxFNzv1RIYsKo7r7oo7AQkk4SAGIb61aBrGiivpnsDuIAzBUXPEzZFk/s400/monsters+inc+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276467385396729954" /></a><br /><br />The conceit is an extension of the movie’s conclusion where Mike and Sulley discover that laughter is a more powerful source of energy than screams and Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek! leads off from that point. “The front of the building will have “It is Laughter We Are After” rather than “We Scare Because We Care!” to set-up the storyline as early as possible,” Mark says. “We have been invited back to the Monsters, Inc. factory and Monstropolis along with Boo to play flashlight tag with the monsters. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBr5k3cwIx1sY7lFB2uvgFtUuse4CrAmR7bKr-5ETz0mQEXhgxYFekOH7X3CNhteaUPXKT1FHWDEIFMtkLcyIX3SnDTh2Uq4-2qEkV9lA8tphG0f__KtJ5Q2Lk3RphXYgcsTwlwfB010R/s1600-h/P1030368.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBr5k3cwIx1sY7lFB2uvgFtUuse4CrAmR7bKr-5ETz0mQEXhgxYFekOH7X3CNhteaUPXKT1FHWDEIFMtkLcyIX3SnDTh2Uq4-2qEkV9lA8tphG0f__KtJ5Q2Lk3RphXYgcsTwlwfB010R/s400/P1030368.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276469213104355394" /></a><br /><br />After the load/unload area we meet Boo and Sulley in the simulation room. We see that Boo is anxious to get started but Sulley cautions that we aren’t quite ready to play as it is still daytime. However in the next scene we see Mike at the main power switch for the entire city. We discover it is now time to play and with a flick of the switch both the factory and the city turn to darkness. One of our secondary monsters is hiding in a toolbox and as the city powers down he zaps Mike in the eyeball as the first tag.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rJfp5DSL02sqnw9MxhP4DM-wIrkPMDCufm06Jcr_gWVCKi0jC1ls_SaT8yaKO4djJKcplGveSnRpaC6l-a-4qa7Y4Ijw6r-u83oVtr1Em5MtxKbAp3sMCBca5mBnpCsKAdgw2rLI2xnl/s1600-h/affiche+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rJfp5DSL02sqnw9MxhP4DM-wIrkPMDCufm06Jcr_gWVCKi0jC1ls_SaT8yaKO4djJKcplGveSnRpaC6l-a-4qa7Y4Ijw6r-u83oVtr1Em5MtxKbAp3sMCBca5mBnpCsKAdgw2rLI2xnl/s400/affiche+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276471553206864050" /></a><br /><br />“Our first big scene is the locker room and our flashlights are engaged as we enter the room. Lockers are on both side of the room and we can hear monsters rattling behind the locker doors saying things like “We can’t catch me!” Guests will be able to engage the monsters by pointing their flashlights on the activated lockers which will cause the doors to open and reveal the monster to tag,” Mark explains. “One of the neat things about this attraction is the ride vehicle. Guests will board maintenance vehicles as we are visiting the factory after-hours. Each train of vehicles features three cars that each seat two passengers. We can independently rotate each car which gives us total control over the view of each guest. The train can also be programmed to proceed at different speeds throughout the show building. I believe it is also the first time we have ever built a dark ride with a canopy over the vehicles which will prevent guests from focusing on the ceiling or grid work inside the space.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgcXph1BWrXbJv4OKIc2Rdkm2A_aIUOaLAGIUE-upQIzIYq1DFUMcD9U4Fc4Pmm2g2k9wYbHHCmd_H-ovDjsRpjPylTjkZXENEs38qILiFkvqTWPNTsoUmk4iEGPeyoH48Jm7jitvSsWG/s1600-h/affiche+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgcXph1BWrXbJv4OKIc2Rdkm2A_aIUOaLAGIUE-upQIzIYq1DFUMcD9U4Fc4Pmm2g2k9wYbHHCmd_H-ovDjsRpjPylTjkZXENEs38qILiFkvqTWPNTsoUmk4iEGPeyoH48Jm7jitvSsWG/s400/affiche+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276471343552580530" /></a><br /><br />“Guests will be able to feel the warmth of Boo and Sulley playing hide and seek and feel that they are able to participate themselves. Before we leave that first play scene we will see that Randall is watching the events unfolding that hints that he will want to disrupt proceedings at some point,” Mark continues. “Our next scene will be Roz at her booth and her shutter will snap closed if we try to zap her. She will tell us that she’s “not playing so move along!” <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6jAS1HoFvciR4tQAiu6gEnKiEj32wDPNeRX0wuYgrd7Dux0Kz9ufsjaa6ysAI-aJoWZPaG0pU1uWTZI1MetXO91knHdJ3oUlIzGc_oJj7Adr_LqalstGSRAPDHJQg648OrbJnkKQRY9U/s1600-h/monsters+inc+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6jAS1HoFvciR4tQAiu6gEnKiEj32wDPNeRX0wuYgrd7Dux0Kz9ufsjaa6ysAI-aJoWZPaG0pU1uWTZI1MetXO91knHdJ3oUlIzGc_oJj7Adr_LqalstGSRAPDHJQg648OrbJnkKQRY9U/s400/monsters+inc+12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276469658415041618" /></a><br /><br />As Mark took me through the storyboards I noticed that one monster in a hard-hat had a recurring theme throughout the attraction. “That is a good catch as we have added a tertiary character that is the hard-hat monster from the movie,” Mark exclaims. “We have called this little friend Rocky and he appears five times throughout the attraction and has been entirely designed for the hard-core repeat guests who will hopefully try to find as many Rockys as possible! I’m not going to tell you where he appears but like all the monsters he will vibrate or wiggle when he can be tagged and revealed. For our purposes there is no such thing as a magic flashlight. If you shine your light on a door it won’t necessarily do anything. The reveals are only possible when the indicator is present. This could be a wiggling hat or socks sticking out of a door. Just some hint that you might want to try and trigger that object. There are no “Z” targets in this attraction [referring to the top-scoring hidden targets in Astro Blasters] and guests will need to pay more attention. The cues are obvious enough that you will see what to do and with five other people in the scene at any one time you will be able to play of off each other.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_rek6jGIT1xm7nEOw_UKpiQGyK7Li9MvaO2dCLqpHaD1gW7YOKppuEVbIvpPOJBmfZX-NjogOTS-753vHa_RHyiqfy3J-BXphs2eJ1Zc062sHgEZi1c6a3CuYt4t8Ay2DrRndNCVCuRd/s1600-h/monsters_inc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_rek6jGIT1xm7nEOw_UKpiQGyK7Li9MvaO2dCLqpHaD1gW7YOKppuEVbIvpPOJBmfZX-NjogOTS-753vHa_RHyiqfy3J-BXphs2eJ1Zc062sHgEZi1c6a3CuYt4t8Ay2DrRndNCVCuRd/s400/monsters_inc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276471884819246562" /></a><br /><br />All of the main characters that are integral to the storytelling will be recognizable to guests as being lifted from the movie itself. All of the secondary characters, most of which are involved in playing tag with us, have been developed by WDI for the attraction. Mark was quick to stress that Pete Docter and his team at Pixar were involved in the design process to ensure that all of the new characters were on-model and in-character whilst being unique to the attraction. All of the original Japanese voice talent from the movie has been assembled for the character voices and the background music is based on Randy Newman’s score that has been specially orchestrated for the attraction.<br /><br />Next the ride vehicles enter the Laugh Floor. Co-production designer Bob Pauley came up with the concept of the former Scare Floor being akin to a bowling alley as he saw the function as being similar in a row of monsters all doing the same thing in a line. The concept is evident in the final design for the movie and has been replicated by WDI for the TDL attraction. Mike will be in a pickle as he is being stretched between two moving doors with Smitty and Needleman trying to help out. Again Randall will be attempting to interfere with the harmless game but Sulley is there is protect his playmate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBEr7-_77ApigBpGjnodS2R_gVsGQn63GOgKGX-XRT3GJ6fZLXDslw0DBDTVIR9TtqmGbAVkwJht5jD_POiEi4noMCDreIaqyRZvtNrAn9MdJ-1y5kBRfC9KjFJqceNVRFSju7IL4pscr/s1600-h/monsters+inc+tdl+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBEr7-_77ApigBpGjnodS2R_gVsGQn63GOgKGX-XRT3GJ6fZLXDslw0DBDTVIR9TtqmGbAVkwJht5jD_POiEi4noMCDreIaqyRZvtNrAn9MdJ-1y5kBRfC9KjFJqceNVRFSju7IL4pscr/s400/monsters+inc+tdl+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276470236129188786" /></a><br /><br />“Following the Laugh Floor the vehicles transport guests on to the streets of the city. This is our biggest scene and it is contained within the giant M-shaped vault that is visible from the outside,” Mark reveals. “The facades are as tall as the building of Disneyland’s Main Street and are all fully dimensional and rendered. We were fortunate enough to be able to mock up a full-sized version in our North Hollywood facility. That enabled us to work out the pacing and monster locations but it also allowed us to deal with the sound issues that were troubling our engineers. They were worried that the combination of the ride vehicles, background music and monster voiceovers would lead to a cacophony of sound with little detail reaching the participants. We ended up creating facades that absorbed sound. In short the dummy set answered a lot of questions that was a useful learning tool for the entire design team.”<br /><br />Much like the attraction at Disney’s California Adventure (“DCA”) park imagineers have recreated the Harryhausen’s restaurant where guests will see the sushi chef playing with Boo (using Chinese food boxes) and catch Mike trying to find the precocious tyke by lifting up a bench that dumps his date Celia in water. Upon exiting the scene the train of cars will take guests back through the cityscape on the opposite side of the road which increased the interactivity as guests will be able to see another train playing the game as they had done just moments before themselves. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpPh4CL6wjBOR3qpUJlAoc465XsZK6dL74TehqK2eRre_oWdYlPivLwTtSJQ3PLp3BSJvMYeALjQm7LG4LFCejX58yoRPKBLA82MSl2JTH5UroUuUJ_di3t3ae5RQev8SuOqg4P9a3VaJ/s1600-h/monsters+wdi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpPh4CL6wjBOR3qpUJlAoc465XsZK6dL74TehqK2eRre_oWdYlPivLwTtSJQ3PLp3BSJvMYeALjQm7LG4LFCejX58yoRPKBLA82MSl2JTH5UroUuUJ_di3t3ae5RQev8SuOqg4P9a3VaJ/s400/monsters+wdi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276479447947121202" /></a><br /><br />“Up until now Sulley has always known where Boo was but as we arrive in the basement of Monsters, Inc. he loses her and you will see the sense of panic that overcomes him,” Mark explains. “However we will know that Boo is still playing hide and seek but she doesn’t realize that Randall is directly behind her. Mike will pop up and zap her with his flashlight exclaiming “Got you! Game over!” and he accidentally pushes Randall down the garbage chute. The flashlights are switched off but we need to complete the storytelling. We will see a live-action Randall getting trashed, thrashed and crunched in the compactor and we have the funny gag of a cube of Randall garbage popping off the end.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tQfTHTfHoQ9M-Vcx5RTegKvbICarc3NjTSal_kx3VNgDLMbYU8TpZYM-EINOXRprIyMAWoFztWzCfGnowoPueeD5-TwMfbHLgLVJohK7hw01h_aZ9MK3kxUtGpM_JuMlhVB93djvN1LJ/s1600-h/monsters+inc+14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4tQfTHTfHoQ9M-Vcx5RTegKvbICarc3NjTSal_kx3VNgDLMbYU8TpZYM-EINOXRprIyMAWoFztWzCfGnowoPueeD5-TwMfbHLgLVJohK7hw01h_aZ9MK3kxUtGpM_JuMlhVB93djvN1LJ/s400/monsters+inc+14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276491447349036514" /></a><br /><br />“Finally we find ourselves back in the simulation room but Boo isn’t ready for bed and escapes,” Mark reveals. “She says “Goodnight” to our hard-hat monster that pops up and says “Goodbye” in this funny deep voice. The ultimate scene is where guests can interact with Roz. We have actually lengthened the scene by three times from that at DCA to encourage more communication from Roz to the riders and back. We hope to get some banter going which should be fun.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEpGEc5cg8U4Fd1YpAYJF9FdWPT8t0-6Tu8GQvXLQOYTCrRrkeqwlPAi3SkqkmEL405NsfCyTo93FagqrckuKcfX6hvVhLhjrtkUZUyM-s_g062XgnoL7-ZgKi8oXmQzV9VyzTmxB6PCy/s1600-h/P1040039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEpGEc5cg8U4Fd1YpAYJF9FdWPT8t0-6Tu8GQvXLQOYTCrRrkeqwlPAi3SkqkmEL405NsfCyTo93FagqrckuKcfX6hvVhLhjrtkUZUyM-s_g062XgnoL7-ZgKi8oXmQzV9VyzTmxB6PCy/s400/P1040039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276472392521547922" /></a><br /><br />Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek! is approximately four minutes in length but due to the richness and sheer volume of visual eye candy in each scene I can imagine it will feel like a longer experience. All of the monsters are rendered three-dimensionally in Audio-Animatronic form and in total there are over seventy figures and props of this kind. “This attraction is what OLC felt they needed in this park – a high-end interactive dark ride experience,” Mark concludes. “OLC get the marketability of a new attraction and guests will discover something new each time they go back. We hope that guests will find it as great on the first visit as the thirty-first. All of us at WDI are very excited about this project due to the warmth of the characters, the compellent storytelling and the concept of flashlight tag.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oelNwcRkrE5Gt5yLIGByX5jDMc4s3R8YskK9SCbODFQhUurHxTRjPk8l-6TqWK0C2Qm635gyKJ8h4N8fa8hvvE3CG4Y8mM5sJYeax74YEq9amp3MbpsBRyQyvvzmtxkUc_UEIXw45JwD/s1600-h/P1040035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oelNwcRkrE5Gt5yLIGByX5jDMc4s3R8YskK9SCbODFQhUurHxTRjPk8l-6TqWK0C2Qm635gyKJ8h4N8fa8hvvE3CG4Y8mM5sJYeax74YEq9amp3MbpsBRyQyvvzmtxkUc_UEIXw45JwD/s400/P1040035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276472653666353682" /></a><br /><br />Interactivity appears to have become the plat du jour for WDI of late with recent unveilings under the Living Character Program like Muppet Mobile Lab and Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor at Magic Kingdom and the parallel construction of the 3D CGI-based Toy Story Mania! at DCA and Disney-MGM Studios. Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek! also continue the Pixar domination of WDI product of late that has many people frothing at the mouth. However the overriding commitment by WDI is to irresistible stories and appealing characters. Sadly Walt Disney Feature Animation has failed to produce either in recent years. Personally I would take an attraction about the enduring friendship between an adorable bundle of energy and her gentle giant of a scarer. Monsters, Inc. is a tale we can all relate to and the opportunity to join Boo in Monstropolis is both alluring and overwhelming. There is little doubt in my mind that the chance to play with Boo and Sulley will be infinitely more popular than an aged Disney-skewed history lesson. <br /><br />Text: copyright Tales of a Laughing Place - Lee MacDonald<br />My biggest thanks to Lee!<br /><br />Photos: copyright Disney and Paul Hsu<br /><br />Artwork: copyright Walt Disney enterprises and PixarUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0