Originally Posted By Ohana ive seen some of the new pics of the swings structure going up, really not impressed. (although i knew i wouldnt be)
Originally Posted By WorldofDisney I agree with ni_teach. It looks a lot better than than the orange. I'm sure the Mickey topper will look nice too.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Mickey Mouse topper is up. Go to D23's official FaceBook page. Pics just posted today.
Originally Posted By WorldofDisney Tahnks for the note jm. It's looks pretty good with Mickey on it. I bet the attraction will look great once the structure is completed.
Originally Posted By tonyanton It is a regular swing ride, but the elevated setting right on the lake sets it apart. I'm sure it will look great lit up at night. I hope maliboomer goes away at some point though, it's beginning to stand out even more with all of the more Victorian touches being added to the area.
Originally Posted By mousermerf But but.. it's a "jewel" !!! Didn't you hear that crazy lady imagineer call it that? It's a jewel! It must be awesome!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm still not sure I can get excited abou this. Yah, it will be better to have it without the giant orange, but it just looks a lot more generic now. The Mickey topper is kind of neat, but it seems like it will be very hard to see from the ground. The paintings on the sides of the tower look just like the concept art, which was less than impressive. I do like how they seem to have worked the panels around the top into a flipbook of sorts, and I think it will look really neat when it's in motion. And is anybody else surprised that they have put this much of the ride up already, when there's still major construction to be done around it? I know that it just sat there idly for a long time, but it's strange that there's now a mix of construction site and finished ride. And why can't they come up with better name/theme combinations? The Band Concert was a Mickey Mouse short, not a Silly Symphony. There are numerous SS's that would work just as well for the swings, but they had to just take the name and put Mickey all over it. Not to mention that he's all over the ferris wheel too. Market saturation, much?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's kind of amazing at the additional work they're having to do on DCA. Imagine if they'd made some of these decisions back in 1999, before breaking ground on the place. The extra money involved, to not just plus the park, but re-do it, is crazy.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Didn't you hear that crazy lady imagineer call it that? It's a jewel! It must be awesome!" LOL!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "What I mean by jewel is that it's going to be a jewel..." Well, thanks for clearing that up! She's just a little too spacey to be allowed to talk on camera, IMO.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Even gilt on a turd, it is still a turd. This now looks like just about every wave swinger in Europe with Mickey touches (which some of the carnivals here have). At least the Orange was different and very Californian. THis is just plugging the shallow brand. Yuck.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Darn it ... you all beat me to the punch with crazy imagineer lady! It will be a jewel of a ride! IT WILL BE A JEWEL OF A RIDE! What I meant by a jewel is that I MEANT IT WILL BE A JEWEL OF A RIDE! >
Originally Posted By oc_dean WE'RE CREATING SUCH A WONDERFUL JEWEL .. ITS BETTER THAN 20 WESTERN RIVER EXPEDITIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By oc_dean For anyone who missed it ... more here: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-110682-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a> That is ...... if you can keep from vomiting!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo WEll, thanks for reminding me that 50% of the expansion is of interest. See you in 2013.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The new attraction does look better than the old one, even if it does add more cartoons to the mix. I do question the scale of the new version since the orange did fit perfectly with the coaster, Sunwheel, and Maliboomer when viewed from the opposite shore of Paradise Lagoon.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I feel like the color is wrong.. either it's wrong or they're going to repaint the pier area.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I looked it over - the color does not match the concept art. It's closer to the computer models.. but those were created to look good against a faux evening sky with lighting. Essentially in reality everything in the pier has a warm sort of amber glow.. and in the concept art the "jewel" matches this, it's not red, it's red-orange striped in the concept art. Even a bit pastel. Then in the computer animation they had what must be LED's since they're very blue-white lights.. and a purple-toned sky.. very cool, which looks good with the red and white they chose for the animation. But in real life the cool/sweet red and white with more lavender tones then amber sticks out in the "warm"/salty pier.
