Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 Looks like Mintcrocodile has some new pictures, including the work on Alice. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/i-nCL399m/0/O/i-nCL399m-O.png">http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.c...9m-O.png</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com">http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com</a> Some temporary steel cable has been put up for the cement guys who will be pouring in relatively short order.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I really hope that they find a way to not have a permanent guardrail, though I imagine that it will be up the entire time. I also wonder what they're going to do to the underside of the newly-widened track, since the corrugated steel panels and steel support beams aren't exactly pretty It's amazing that how quickly the track and props surrounding the ride get dirty when they're not constantly being used and maintained. There's an actual puddle of grime on the giant mushroom, near the caterpillar's shoes; given how little it's rained, I hate to think where it came from
Originally Posted By phruby >>There's an actual puddle of grime on the giant mushroom, near the caterpillar's shoes; given how little it's rained, I hate to think where it came from Butterfly poo?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I kind of hate that big honking tree right in the middle. Maybe if it was pruned the track might look better.
Originally Posted By phruby I wonder if people actually get the reference of the caterpiller's shoes being left on the mushroom after it turned into a butterfly. For the longest time as a kid, I thought there was suppose to be a figure there but it was out for repairs and they just left the base where it plugs into.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yah, I agree that the butterfly thing is a little too obscure to make sense there, especially since there's nothing to indicate the caterpillar (who only had a cameo, half a dozen scenes ago) had any sort of storyline in the attraction. It's also just plopped out there where there's really nothing to see but the people walking by, so it feels very out of place. I think it's a fun addition, but it's probably a little too out there >>I kind of hate that big honking tree right in the middle. Maybe if it was pruned the track might look better.<< But then where would all the people jumping out of the Skyway go? That tree was the only spot with anything to break their fall! Though I guess without the Skyway, the tree is also obsolete
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Thanks so much for the MintCrocodile links, PeterPan. Superb pictures and some cute comments! The tree. Oh, I absolutely LOVE the tree. Pruning, okay, it needs it from time to time. But the tree just makes the whole area for me. Gorgeous, beautiful tree, how I love thee. Being raised by two daughters who worship Disney's cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland, seeing the shoes on the mushroom was one of their highlights of the attraction: Caterpillar: Recite. Alice: Oh. Yes sir. How doth the little bumblebee improve each... Caterpillar: Stop. That is not spoken correctically. It goes: How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail. And pour the waters of the Nile, on every golden scale. How cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws. And welcomes little fishes in, with gently smiling jaws. Alice: Well, I must say, I've never heard it that way before. Caterpillar: I know. I have improoooved it.
Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 >>The tree. Oh, I absolutely LOVE the tree. Pruning, okay, it needs it from time to time. But the tree just makes the whole area for me. Gorgeous, beautiful tree, how I love thee.<< Agree. The tee really adds to the outdoor queue, as do the tree over the tea cups. >>Being raised by two daughters who worship Disney's cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland, seeing the shoes on the mushroom was one of their highlights of the attraction<< If you've seen Alice a couple dozen times, the shoes are a nice touch. I really never thought much about what guests who weren't as familiar with the movie thought. >>Yah, I agree that the butterfly thing is a little too obscure to make sense there, especially since there's nothing to indicate the caterpillar << I always look for them, but I figured they were almost hidden, if guests don't know when/where to look. Anyway, Alice's outdoor queue has changed a lot over the decades, there used to be a lot more Alice sized foliage outside, <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bananaphone5000/media/Gorillllas4/1960-AliceCaterpillar.jpg.html">http://smg.photobucket.com/use...jpg.html</a>
Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 >>I really hope that they find a way to not have a permanent guardrail<< The steel cable isn't permanent, but the vertical steel posts are, so, yeah, there will railing.
Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 >>It's amazing that how quickly the track and props surrounding the ride get dirty when they're not constantly being used and maintained. There's an actual puddle of grime on the giant mushroom, near the caterpillar's shoes; given how little it's rained, I hate to think where it came from<< Amazingly, that same puddle was there decades ago, almost like the water collects there or something ;-) <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneybymark.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/AliceinWonderlandRideinFantasyland1.jpg">http://www.disneybymark.com/wp...and1.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Anyway, Alice's outdoor queue has changed a lot over the decades, there used to be a lot more Alice sized foliage outside," The landscaping seen in the vintage Alice pics is pretty cool and thematically appropriate. When did the tree move in and take over? I'm hoping it at least gets a trim before the ride reopens.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros From the aerial shot, I'm not sure that there are really that many more cartoon leaves than we have today. The ground-level image just appears to have a really good angle to get them all in one shot. Yes, there are probably a few more than what we have now (especially since they put the 'temporary' scaffolding up), but I don't think it's a huge difference When I did the half marathon last Labor Day, I saw a crate full of the Alice leaves on top of a shipping container behind Critter Country. It looked like they were saving them for when the outdoor track got fixed, so hopefully those will be reinstalled. With the new posts to support the track extension, they'll certainly need the extra help! >>The steel cable isn't permanent, but the vertical steel posts are, so, yeah, there will railing.<< It looks like what they have now is a temporary construction railing. The posts are simple steel bars tack welded into place, similar to what they use around the edge of each floor when building a tall building. I would hope that the permanent railing would at least have a more delicate design than those bare vertical posts
Originally Posted By phruby Maybe the rail will have some curve to it. That way it will look like the leaf is cupping the caterpillar vehicle.
Originally Posted By doombuggy the tree was put in during the Fantasyland remodeling. I've got pictures somewhere I took from the Skyway of it sitting there still in its pot.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance The long awaited railings have started going up on Alice! <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/">http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/</a> I know no one wanted these, but since they are being forced to put them in, I think it'll look nice when it's all done.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt We walked by this area on Saturday and my friend Eric didn't even know that there was a ride there.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Did you take a million pictures of the construction work and then post them on a blog, Hans?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance What the heck kind of friend is he anyway, Hans? I thought he was a former parade performer at WDW? Shouldn't he know his Disney stuff?!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 If the whole thing ends up looking like that one small section you can see on the link from #16, that will actually look much nicer than I was expecting.
