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| HongKongDisneyLand
Mon 6/29/2009 11:52p | Grizzly Trail
http://pic20.picturetrail.com:...6086.jpg
Mystic Point
http://pic20.picturetrail.com:...6089.jpg
Toy Story Landhttp://pic20.picturetrail.com:...6088.jpg
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 12:18a | So Grizzly point has Big Thunder and Grizzly River Rapids. GRR needs animatronics, but I am not holding my breath that they will add them to the ride in HKDL.
Mystic point has Haunted Mansion and that other building on the right has me puzzled.
Toy Story Land is a bunch of off the shelf rides, and I am guessing TSMM. Too bad, the park already has Buzz. Those two rides should be kept to different parks.
I can't tell what the building next to TSMM is. Both of the buildings have the dogs on them, so I am assuming one is for TSMM.
- Anatole |
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 12:22a | I like the look of the first two lands. Seems like they are really using the space well, but still creating themed environments with the small amount of area they have.
I think calling Frontierland Grizzly Falls is a good idea. You get the wild west without directly referencing the American west.
Toy Story land just looks cheap and not very immersive. I think they dropped the ball on this one. Should have just stuck with the Toontown theme, at least that has an evocative look to it that immediately suggests a feeling and texture.
I honestly can't tell where Toy Story Land is supposed to exist. It doesn't bring out any immediate emotions from first glance.
- Anatole |
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 12:42a | I read up on the three lands. Looks like Grizzly Trail is a Journey to the Center of the Earth/Big Thunder/Everest hybrid. It gives the park a Mountain.
Mystic point will have a trackless Haunted Mansion. This should be interesting, though I am wondering what kind of capacity it will have.
Toy Story Land doesn't have TSMM, thank godness, but it also doesn't have much of anything else either.
So three lands and two e-tickets.
It should help the park bring in more people, but I will be shocked if it does more than bring in a few more heads.
Two e-tickets is just not enough to turn this park around, IMO.
- Anatole |
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| HongKongDisneyLand
Tue 6/30/2009 1:03a | there's still enough space for future development probably reserved for at least another "LAND". I wonder what this future new land would be.
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 1:04a | Pros: they are taking classic attractions and putting a new spin on them. This gives the park a couple of new attractions that are both old and new at the same time, making it a little different from the other parks.
They seem to be using the space well as far as theming the areas, making them evocative yet also leaving enough room for the attractions.
Cons: Toy Story Land just looks cheap and pedestrian and really does not create a story for me at all.
- Anatole |
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 1:31a | Also on the bright side, I don't see much in the way of tooning, Toy Story Land aside. The other two areas look like they are free of any toons, and the attractions look like the are relying on their own original story's.
- Anatole |
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| u k fan
Tue 6/30/2009 1:36a | Toy Story Land looks very similar to what's being built at WDSP at the moment so there'll be very little unique about that area. Basically, it's some dressed up carvival rides!!! |
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| Anatole69
Tue 6/30/2009 1:55a | Yeah the concept of Toy Story Land blows.
Forgot to add that the report I read has Mystic point getting and Adventurers Club restaurant. It doesn't mention if it will include the cabaret/cast member interaction of the one in WDW, or if it will just be a themed restaurant.
If it is cabaret style, then that pushes the expansion plan over the tipping point for me.
If it doesn't, then I am slightly underwhelmed.
- Anatole |
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| LindsayC
Tue 6/30/2009 4:29a | http://www.disneyandmore.blogspot.com/
Disneyandmore have decent renderings of the new lands and their placement at the park. |
