Originally Posted By HMButler79 Why is WDI (even in the new Chris Beatty video) NOT saying anything that these are unused Euro Disney concepts instead of saying "We're bringing our new stories to life"?? Are they ashamed to say that this huge expansion was inspired by DLPs never built concepts? I truly wonder why no Imagineer has admitted that this New Fantasyland (and StoryBook Circus) are unused WDI concepts....
Originally Posted By HMButler79 To honor the history behind the concepts and acknowledge where they sprung from. Not just saying "Oh, we've never done the 2nd generation films, so now we're doing them"
Originally Posted By DlandDug Where to start, where to start... Many ideas that end up in the parks started somewhere else, or in some other form. If the idea is good, it will find a place. There's nothing to "admit." It's just the way things have been done for a long, long time at WDI/WED. Do you like those charming topiary animals that adorn the entrance to DL's small world? According to the premise in the OP, you really shouldn't. That's because they were originally intended to be part of a Fantasia inspired boat ride. I doubt there is any value in explaining (or "admitting") to anyone that these are really just artifacts of a never-built concept. (Oh, and parenthetically, any source for the idea that the FLE is "just" a bunch of unused concepts originally intended for DLP?)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well to be fair, when DLP opened, and we got liberty arcade, the old mill ferris wheel, and the hyperion went into discoveryland, there were lots of quotes stating how wdi used previous concepts and no good idea at wdi is truly wasted. So this is a little surprising that they did not admit they were inspired by concepts conceived for DLP.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Could you provide a link of the video or where to find it? And apart from those of us who are into this stuff, most guests really won't know or care where it came from.
