Originally Posted By familyguy Does this clear up any fear about what's to come for the ROA?? https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/01/first-look-at-new-rivers-of-america-waterfront-and-disneyland-railroad-at-disneyland-park-in-california/ I personally LOVE the way it looks...
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's the link fixed. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/01/first-look-at-new-rivers-of-america-waterfront-and-disneyland-railroad-at-disneyland-park-in-california/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...ifornia/</a>
Originally Posted By ni_teach While I'm sad to see the old river go I'm sure that the update will look great.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I think the waterfalls and the trestle look beautiful. It's a good reminder that change can be a good thing and not to panic.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Thanks for fixing the ling Dagobert<<< You're welcome. You just have to delete the "S" in the HTTP before posting.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Lovely! I was happy to read in the comments that ALL of the water craft are planned to return.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, I like the waterfalls and trestle too. If they do indeed return all the watercraft (and slow down the large boats to make up for the shorter route), I'll be a happy camper.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Of course you all know that MiceAge will claim these changes are a result of their freak out party.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think this will make for a much nicer train route in this area! Beautiful!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Of course you all know that MiceAge will claim these changes are a result of their freak out party.<< Naturally.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I think this will make for a much nicer train route in this area! Beautiful!<< Totally agree. I enjoyed how that area gave the illusion of being way out in the wilderness, and these new changes will do the same but with more to see. I think the waterfalls will also help mute sounds from Star wars Land as well. It's almost like the Imagineers know what they're doing or something.
Originally Posted By monorailblue The trestle will likely have to have a 3' wide footpath on the train's right side and probably handrails as well, so it may not look quite so quaint and back-woodsy when it is done. :O)
Originally Posted By monorailblue This is my favorite comment from the Parks Blog post so far: {{This is a beautiful render, but I feel it is over-dramaticized and not very realistic. Unless the water will be changing from the murky green to the Submarine Lagoon Blue shown here, I would not expect the final result to appear this way.}} Since it appears the island will be truncated just past Fort Wilderness (as had been more or less assumed by many), it makes you wonder where Fantasmic! paraphernalia are going to go . . . .
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>This is a beautiful render, but I feel it is over-dramaticized and not very realistic.<< Every silver lining has a cloud. Artistic renderings of this sort are not meant to be photo realistic renderings. They are concept pieces, designed to give the overall energy and feel of the new area. (FWIW, renderings of everything from DCA's tortilla factory to any business park project use dramatic lighting, abstract elements and other embellishments to impart power, energy, life, etc.) So while it won't look exactly like this rendering when finished, I expect it will look quite beautiful and naturalistic when all is said and done. As the landscaping grows and changes through the years, it will look as if it has always been there. People will look back at photos that show "just trees" as it exists now and it'll look pretty lackluster.
Originally Posted By ecdc If the end result is anything like the concept art, I'll just spend half my day at Disneyland on the train and the other half on the Mark Twain What a beautiful concept. That trestle looks wonderful.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf I agree it looks nice, but where is the train going to go after passing over the trestle? Right across the entrance to SW Land? And then what? Due north then a sharp right after the Wonder-Bra Theater?
