Originally Posted By pitapan16 <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/7158648_JMoTY#459396917_rRvsP" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga...17_rRvsP</a> On Darkbeers photo update. Paradise Piers Mickey Mouse logo is leaving! I wonder if they'll take the whole head down or maybe leave just the circular face portion and add Paradise Pier signage above near the top of the hill like in BlueSkyCellar. Gosh, I wonder If they'll leave CaliScreamin untouched after the Mickey head is complete removed. It's popular enough right now, but it'll be a sore thumb in Paradise Pier if continued to be left a six flags quality themed queue without being in a lavish themed queue that stagges the excitement of boarding. hopefully, they'll enclose it. Any word on CaliScreamin upgrades anyone, BEAN?
Originally Posted By jmuboy From what I have heard, the "head" section will be turned into a sunburst design with lighting effects for night. Also, rumors seem to say that the queue and station will not change (except for maybe paint) under current plans.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I'm really curious to know how the Mickey is being dismantled. There's no crane in the pictures and the ride appears to be operating as usual.
Originally Posted By disneysnout A crane shows up at 9pm after closing to take it down. This is what happend last night if i am not mistaken.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Cherry Pickers parked in front of the TSMM buildings also did a lot of the work.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck For someone that only gets to the parks every couple of years this makes me sad. One of those things I should've taken more pictures of.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Me too, but at the same time this is the kind of thing that makes me look forward to future visits. Growth and change were once just as big a part of the DL experience as anything else. I'm not particularly thrilled with what's planned, but I'm sure that much of what people disliked about PP will be improved.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones It's like Mickey and the sun are just switching places between the ferris wheel and the roller coaster.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>...I'm sure that much of what people disliked about PP will be improved.<<< Well, maybe years and years from now. But by all accounts, regarding things like the deletion of the new queue at the ferris wheel and the admission that a new queue for Screamin' isn't coming anytime soon, I think that PP will look like a hybrid of ugly ver. 1.0 and Disney quality lovely version 2.0 for years to come. Only AFTER they fix up every single square inch of PP 1.0 will it be acceptable.
Originally Posted By markymouse "It's like Mickey and the sun are just switching places between the ferris wheel and the roller coaster." Yes! There is a lot I like about DCA. And a lot I'd love to see improved. But I have never, ever, thought - what this park needs is having a Mickey on the ferris wheel instead of on the roller coaster.
Originally Posted By Britain I think we'll just have to accept that Paradise Pier is going to be a work in progress for a long time. Remember old Fantasyland? Pretty ugly until finally, by Disneyland's 30th birthday, it was a high-quality, immersive land. And I think Paradise Pier will be looking great long before DCA's 30th birthday!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You must remember - the Mickey is moving to be part of the new Color water show.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Yeah, markymouse, it's not a bad or good thing, just a confusing thing.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 I think we'll just have to accept that Paradise Pier is going to be a work in progress for a long time. Remember old Fantasyland? Pretty ugly until finally, by Disneyland's 30th birthday, it was a high-quality, immersive land. And I think Paradise Pier will be looking great long before DCA's 30th birthday!" -Agreed, agreed, and agreed. I guess I was still hoping for a whole re-work of everything wrong in PP after the DCA re-do announcement was made year ago. PP's real jewel over this entire PP makeover may just be Midway Mania, possibly after the Little Mermaid.
Originally Posted By jmuboy My real problem with this area still is the ugly Screamin' station and queue and the views from the backside of the station. At a minimum, some walls to enclose the station would be nice.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Only AFTER they fix up every single square inch of PP 1.0 will it be acceptable." You're a hard person to please, aren't you?
Originally Posted By disneysnout its going to be a long time untill PP looks right. In todays update from Darkbeer he stated they would not upgrade the shops anytime soon..another cut...
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt The shops at DCA are the one thing that don't need to be upgraded.
Originally Posted By dshyates They were going to redo the shops of PP to match the new victorian look of TSMM and the new facadeson the games. But now they are going to leave them as they are. That way you have a more shocking juxtiposition between high quality and original DCA. This will give a real nice "half-assed" look.
Originally Posted By jmuboy The exterior of the Pier shops is what was supposed to be upgraded. This was happening to make them match the games and the TSMM facade. I guess now the area will look like a true pier. With a bunch of unmatched buildings from different time periods.
