| # | Author | Message |
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| bwanabob
Tue 2/26/2002 4:39p | Lee--Thanks for the report....I'm looking forward to reading the other installments...I think the park looks great. It will be some time before I can return to DLP, so I'm thankful to have LP here to provide me with a peak at the new park. |
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| dennis-in-ct
Tue 2/26/2002 5:09p | <Is anyone surprised by the two disparate views?>
LOL! no, I am not surprised. I favor this website because it is generally more upbeat and less "National Inquirer"-esque
How can you take a website seriously when they had a whole article on mis-aligned manhole covers ... : ) |
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| Britain
Tue 2/26/2002 5:15p | Okay, I really love the way this park looks. And I just can't figure out why DCA didn't turn out this good!
While I love seeing new rides being added to DCA, my biggest problem with it has just been that, in my opinion, it lacks atmosphere. Other than a few nooks in Grizzly Peak area, there aren't any areas in DCA that I'd like to sit and just savor the surroundings.
But, even if WDS has fewer rides... heck even if it were only a collection of shops and restaurants... it still has charm, and warmth. It seems like a friendly place, while DCA comes off just too "in your face".
Now, of course, I'll need to visit the place myself to have an actual informed opinion. But why is this "cheap" park so inviting while the other "cheap" park so awkward? |
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| jmuboy
Tue 2/26/2002 6:40p | I am looking forward to seeing this new Studios Park. I agree that it is small and done on a low budget, but the DL Paris resort just does not have the money to build a huge park. I look forward to several new attraction being announced and ground breaking taking place in the very near future. Disney intends for this second park to be break even and all the extra cash going to grow the park over the next few years. All this while DL Paris and the hotel bring in more money to pay off DL Paris' debt. The DL Paris resort is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with its debt and a lot of this will be thanks to the new Studios park. |
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| Santa Monica
Tue 2/26/2002 7:04p | Yes it certainly looks great and as Britain said, inviting. Very warm indeed.
I disagree with MP's article. And I wouldn't really call it an article. It's like 4 pictures with little jabs. Not at all a good read.
I want to see this park now also. And that indoor Main Street is such a great idea. Too bad DCA couldn't do something like that (or didn't). |
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| Louisgab
Tue 2/26/2002 10:14p | HI , i've been 2 times to the park and the part of '' front lot '' is very great . In the Studio 1 it's not so bad but small . When you Exit of the studio 1 you're on a small hub . At you're left you have a small place for eat and relaxe , called ''La Terrasse '' and when you up your head you can see a great logo ''HTH'' Hollywood Tower Hotel. The wall and trees are already set and you have a small sticker on the trees , and you can read '' WDI , DCA Project at the place were the tower of terror will be .
http://www.multimania.com/pier
ceb/wds/arbre02.jpg |
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| TDLFAN
Tue 2/26/2002 10:30p | >>And that indoor Main Street is such a great idea<<
Gee, where have i seen that before..??
:-)
I'll hold my judgement on WDSP until i experience it, but the pictures do look very nice i have to say. |
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| leemac
Wed 2/27/2002 12:16a | <<>>And that indoor Main Street is such a great idea<<
Gee, where have i seen that before..??>>
At least at WDSP, they went the whole hog and totally enclosed it. I wish they had stuck to the original concept for World Bazaar and totally enclosed it instead of just sticking over a roof. It still gets damn cold in there in the winter!! I've always been disappointed with World Bazaar as it is so short and lacks the atmposphere of the Main Street U.S.A. concept.
Anyone will an ounce of knowledge about DLRP has to realise the struggles the park had to build this park. I was disappointed to hear the area called "an outlet mall". I felt like I was in Burbank. It really has a campus studio feel . I had hoped that the "corporate line" of MP would not be followed this time, but I guess I'm not surprised by the tone. |
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| Loopyjohn
Wed 2/27/2002 1:50a | What's all the fuss about outlet malls?!
Anyone who's seen a real studio will tell you they do look kind of boring - rows of bland soundstage buildings - simple buildings with simple roofs much in the style of...well...the WDS! If anything, WDS adds warmth where you would not usually find it.
Compare WDS with Universal Florida - Universal Florida houses many of its attractions in a similar collection of bland grey buildings.
The only difference there is that they mixed some more realistic back lot set style areas in with the soundstage buildings (Beverly Hills, New York, Amity) to liven it up a bit, and of course that lake for a day/night time show.
MGM Florida is the only studios park that has tried to do something a bit different, recreating a 'Hollywood as it may have looked in its prime' type main street with Mann's Chinese Theatre (now beautifully obscured by an oversized hat) forming the centre piece before you progress to the soundstage area.
Given the budget (which they clearly did not have) then perhaps they may have gone for the MGM look or mixed a few backot sets in, Universal style. But it sounds like they did a grand job for the tiny budget they had. |
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| ScroogeMcDuck
Wed 2/27/2002 2:19a | Yay! I love you guys! Thanks for the positive feedback of the WDS y'all!!! :) |
