Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/article/2013/09/10/walls-come-down-around-princess-fairytale-hall/" target="_blank"><b>9/10/13: Walls Come Down Around Princess Fairytale Hall</b></a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: That's because you don't have crystal balls--either one of you...
Originally Posted By Disney Joy Well don't be teasing folks ... where are the pics ....... I'm calling Mickey.
Originally Posted By phruby The link in the thread doesn't work but the link on the main page does. Interesting looking princess hug zone. Disneyland's is way more detailed from the outside. I like the shields with symbols representing each princess. Bell and Ariel have shields even though they won't meet there. However, Pocohontas and Mulan are NOT princesses. They were not born into a royal family and did not marry anyone royal. Princess Eilonwy is a real princess but is completely ignored! I wonder what her shield would be?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's the link from the front page. They really managed to hide it well, despite being a new story! <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2013/09/10/walls-come-down-around-princess-fairytale-hall/">http://www.laughingplace.com/w...le-hall/</a> Overall, it looks pretty decent for keeping the general tent look of Fantasyland proper. I can't help but think that the shields would have looked a lot better if they had been sculpted to look like they were made of bronze, rather than cheap print-outs of cartoony logos. I guess they fit with the surroundings, but I hoped they'd aim higher. I'm also not a fan of the gold columns in the queue. Like the tops of the WOC projection boxes in Paradise Bay, and the scrollwork on the Fairytale Hall marquee, there's just something about the color of them that make them look like they're plastic (which I'm sure they are). Real columns aren't covered in gold (even in castles), so it seems odd that they would choose that when there were more suitable materials available. And having them so close to the crown light fixtures with 'real' gold just makes them look that much worse, IMO As for who is a princess, I would say that Mulan isn't (though she was offered a position by the emperor), but Pocahontas essentially is. Still, I think they should set up meet and greets with Eilonwy, Leia, and Tiger Lily, all of whom are *actual* princess in their respective films. Giselle should be on the list too, but she never actually married the prince, so she's still a commoner
Originally Posted By TDLFAN ^^^Exactly. This one is for the kiddies. I personally am NOT impressed. They could have easily gutter this entire circus tent facade and build a nicer village-like facade as the one built at Disneyland. But NO. They had to do this cheap. After all, it's for the kiddies. What do they know? But Cheap has always been the middle name of WDW. And what's with the ceiling fans? I have better and classier stuff in my home!! Then again, why try harder? This is just a photo parlor and NOT an attraction in my book. Any thing that generates profits pass what we pay at the ticket booth is not an attraction but a shop. So there. WDW guests don't deserve as good as California or Japan guests do.. or that's what management is telling us in a subtle way. How Rizzo of them.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "However, Pocohontas and Mulan are NOT princesses. They were not born into a royal family and did not marry anyone royal." It's true that Pocohantas was not a princess, however her father was the chief of the Powhatan tribe and she was presented to the English public as a princess.
Originally Posted By phruby But she is NOT a princess. American Indians do not have a concept of king. Their chief are more like elected officials not royalty. Just because a crappy direct to video sequel calls her a princess does not make her one in reality.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "But she is NOT a princess." I know. That's what I said. "Their chief are more like elected officials not royalty. Just because a crappy direct to video sequel calls her a princess does not make her one in reality." That doesn't change the fact that the English considered her a princess and treated her as such. Given that we're talking about a fantasy fairy tale meet & greet for kids at Disney World the trivial details of whether Pocahontas was technically a princess or not are unimportant.
Originally Posted By dshyates Well I guess the great theming of NFL was a fluke. Back to TDO's "it's good enough for the rubes" mentality.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: In Peter Pan the Indian Chief's daughter in that was called Princess Tiger Lilly. So I guess it's just a matter of samantics. But nothing to get upset about. I can think of a LOT of more important issues to argue about--like the shortage of Kripsy Kreme donuts that's been plaguing the land...
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub ...Sorry I am with TDLFan ...How many meetngreeets does a MK need anyway? plus all the character buffets...gagging... Anyway it all looks pretty cheesy even for a mouse!
Originally Posted By oc_dean ^^^ They're cheap! People want them ... they got'm! The wanted Disney to make that bed, now they can lay in it.
Originally Posted By kennect it's called a sad excuse in the overall Disney park empire. all though ton's of people seem to be buying it.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Who needs brand new, innovative ride experiences? All we need are rubberheaded characters ... who wave their hands, smile, say only a few selected lines carefully chosen for them, and give autographs. I almost described an AA, without signing autographs. lol
Originally Posted By oc_dean Funny - A "1 dimensional" AA comes to life to be more "3 dimensional" .... "3 Dimensional" human beings, put a costume on, put on a fake plastic smile, and are told by their superiors to utter only certain lines - which in turn make them more "1 dimensional". BRILLIANT! Just the reverse. It's that special pixie dust magic ... to make your day!
