| # | Author | Message |
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| disneywatcher
Mon 9/17/2007 9:00p | I remember looking at the ugly plain concrete pool surrounding King Triton back in early 2001 and wondering if DisCo's planners and executives even had the sense and eyesight to say, good God, this is junk!! What the heck is wrong with us?!
There were so many miscues similar to that scattered throughout Paradise Pier in particular that I really don't think such flaws were even noticed by some of the leading people at Disney at the time. When that amazingly ugly sound wall was built next to Mulholland Madness well after DCA premiered, that confirmed my suspicions.
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42
| oc_dean
Mon 9/17/2007 9:20p | With this talk of the Little Mermaid ride exiting through the former Golden Dreams entrance .... I wonder if that rotunda is wide enough to fit the carousel.
If they are going to keep the same (small) King Triton's carousel ... why not at least put next to the proposed Little Mermaid dark ride? As some else already pointed out to.
Have the Little Mermaid ride exit somewhere else. |
43
| bean
Mon 9/17/2007 10:09p | "This question is for Bean,
Bean,is there any chance King Tritons Carousel will receive a 'plussing/remodel' before TSM opens next summer? it looks so bad next to the new TSM buildings."
The whole pier is scheduled to get some changes including the buildings at the entrance of the area. Treasure in Paradise and Ariels Grotto.
Remember, there are possibilities of another attraction behind Screamin's queue inside the helix. |
44
| bean
Mon 9/17/2007 10:14p | "You know ... the carriages themselves are nice. I can see some sentiment for this carousel .. but come on! It is one of the most rinky-dinky smallest carousels ever built for a full scale theme park?!
Even the malls around So Cal have larger carousels!
And here's a REAL carousel incase anyone's interested .....
http://www.tokyodisneyresort.c
o.jp/tds/english/7port/arabian/atrc_caravan.html "
i agree the carousel lacks. not because of the actual attraction but its surrounding.
Interesting you linked to the "caravan carousel" i and others never really cared for it. The structure is way over the top but it fit the surrounding theme |
45
| TDR_Fan
Mon 9/17/2007 10:58p | <<Interesting you linked to the "caravan carousel" i and others never really cared for it. The structure is way over the top but it fit the surrounding theme>>
That's the beauty of it. Even a simple C-ticket attraction like a carousel is given an incredibly elaborate facade at Tokyo DisneySea. |
46
| jonvn
Tue 9/18/2007 7:53a | Has anyone ever heard of the word "garish?" Some folks need to look it up. At some point, you do too much, and it's NOT good. Sometimes less is more. Sometimes you can do too much and sometimes it turns out really ugly because of it.
Just adding more is not a good idea, just to add more. You have to add what is needed and not keep going until it makes people nauseous to look at something. |
47
| Nemo88
Tue 9/18/2007 8:53a | I have to agree with you Jonvn,I dont want my carousel looking like something Libarrachi designed lol |
48
| dshyates
Tue 9/18/2007 8:56a | I'll go with garish over the Walmart canvas canopy that is there now. |
49
| jonvn
Tue 9/18/2007 9:35a | I wouldn't go with garish. It's just as bad or worse.
You don't go overboard, you do things right. That's why just throwing money at things and adding and adding doesn't really mean a lot. You can spend too much as well as too little. |
50
| mstaft
Tue 9/18/2007 9:50a | ^^^ Totally agree. I just wish concerning DCA, there was a more even "middle ground" between so-lightly-themed-its-easy-to-overlook and the extremely well themed GRR area. |
