Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 It's the cookie cutter Disney way, these days. E ticket, spinner and restaurant/shops. Sprinkle in some meet and greets and voila........new land!!!
Originally Posted By Doobie Sounds like what Harry Potter did (though they didn't even get a new spinner). The execution is what matters.
Originally Posted By leemac <<The same was spoken about of John in 2004/2005 and we've seen his reach amount to costuming and lighting schemes for a load area. Let's hope both John and James will exert more control in the future (-ducks and hides from Lee-)>> Haha. Cameron is an ego - a monumental ego. Rohde can match him in that department. There will be fireworks. <i>[Post Edited by Admin]</i> And John's influence in the parks is largely limited to CarsLand now - especially the $400m fiasco that is Radiator Springs Racers. I've not seen him involved in any other major project recently.
Originally Posted By CDF2 Well, given the past history of Lucas' involvement which resulted in Star Tours, Indy and Alien Encounter, one can at least expect something interesting to result from Jim Cameron having a crack at a theme park attraction. Certainly the first two attractions have been well received and while the third had some problems with figuring out who the intended audience should be, you have to admire the execution of the attraction from the preshow segments through the actual encounter. Won't the restriction of using the robot arm technology be lifted by the time this project would be ready? Are there other technologies that might be used? Cameron's Pandora certainly has a wide variety of possibilities in terms of how one or more attractions could be presented.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 If you wanna make some fast money, I'd say go and buy shares in ANY paint company specilaizing in black light paint. Something tells me, thanks to them having to deck out a massive shed with the stuff, within a few years those shares are going to be worth a mint!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Haha. Cameron is an ego - a monumental ego. Rohde can match him in that department. There will be fireworks. [Post Edited by Admin] << Makes you wonder what Lee could've said that needed to be Admin'd. It's no wonder people in the know rarely post around here these days.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Makes you wonder what Lee could've said that needed to be Admin'd. It's no wonder people in the know rarely post around here these days.>> Well as it was Admin'ed you won't ever find out! Anyhow I understand why it was Admin'ed and have no issue with the removal of that paragraph - it was the right decision.
Originally Posted By Manfried <<And John's influence in the parks is largely limited to CarsLand now - especially the $400m fiasco that is Radiator Springs Racers. I've not seen him involved in any other major project recently.>> The first and third parts may be true, but the $400m fiasco? Let the WDI fine art of backstabbing begin...
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I think it should be a four-sided building with a flat roof (and lightening rods in the corners). Inside the building will be purple and green inflatable slides and bouncy-houses. Italian ice stand outside.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>> "And with their record - What are the chances Disney will cut corners .. and make it subpar?" I hear you Dean, but surely you've been following the developments of Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, both of which are hardly sub par in terms of execution. <<<< You're right Hans. The DLR seems to have an executive team with a lot clout, and seriously backing it up with Quality! But way over in Florida .. we keep hearing one too many stories ... that it's a completely different "world" for WDW. I'm not snorting any pixie dust to think that a ho-hum remodel of Fantasyland .. and nothing else for the rest of the entire resort is convincing me TDO executives have the best intentions. Radiator Springs Racers a FIASCO? I'd love to know what is going on .. to be called "a fiasco". The project apparently is having no construction/construction timeline "hiccups". So .. it must be internal politics amongst WDI employees. Wouldn't surprise me, if true. Creative environments can produce enough divas to rival any reality TV show! LOL
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad anybody got a link for what cars land entails. I have a hard time visualizing what it would be.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The land will be a replica of Radiator Springs from the film Cars. Here's the concept art: <a href="http://tapbanana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Cars-Land-cropped2.png" target="_blank">http://tapbanana.com/wp-conten...ped2.png</a> This link shows construction progress: <a href="http://disneygeek.com/progress/dca_carsland/index.php?page_id=1&image_count=0" target="_blank">http://disneygeek.com/progress..._count=0</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 So wait a second, we didn't like that Disney wasn't doing anything to challenge Potter. And now that they have we still don't like it? Look Avatar wouldn't have been my first choice either, I would have prefered a Star Wars land over at DHS or something involving LOTR if it would have been possible. Another question is Joe Rhode still an Imagineer?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "So wait a second, we didn't like that Disney wasn't doing anything to challenge Potter. And now that they have we still don't like it?" Yes. That's right. Welcome to the wonderful topsy turvy World of Disney Park Fandom.
Originally Posted By Doobie Just because they're now doing something to challenge Potter doesn't mean we have to think what they're doing is a good idea. I don't think that logic's too hard too follow, is it? I don't think people wanted them to do ANYTHING to challenge Potter, I think they wanted t hem to do something good to challenge them. A lot of people don't think this is a good idea. Just speaking generally here, I personally am not very negative on the idea and think the results will be great. Doobie.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "A lot of people don't think this is a good idea." And that's OK. What happens though, and tell me if I'm wrong, is that a few folks get fired up by these announcements and like to fuel the fire of online competitiveness between the two resorts. It's one thing to not like the project based on your personal tastes, or to question Disney's decision making but to constantly make disparaging remarks while comparing it to WWoHP is something different Doobie.
Originally Posted By 2001DLFan <<So wait a second, we didn't like that Disney wasn't doing anything to challenge Potter. And now that they have we still don't like it? Look Avatar wouldn't have been my first choice either, I would have prefered a Star Wars land over at DHS or something involving LOTR if it would have been possible. >> Well, you pretty much answered your own question, since Avatar won’t be “doing anything to challenge Potter”. <<Another question is Joe Rhode still an Imagineer?>> Think so. As long as they have Animal Kingdom, I think they will be keeping him.
Originally Posted By Manfried <<As long as they have Animal Kingdom, I think they will be keeping him.>> And if you truly believe that can I sell you my 1 million shares in the Brooklyn Bridge?
