Originally Posted By mstaft You know, I am so excited about all the work coming to DCA. Buena Vista Street and Carsland in particular. Now that the Farm is boxed off, do you think Disney will built a new queue entrance for ITTBAB closer to the rides in Flik's? Would make sense. Otherwise, the current entrance will seem way out of place. Plus, with Carthay going in, the maps make it look like the current queue would go to the back of the theater. What do you think? Mark www.InsightsandSounds.blogspot.com
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I think the entrance to the attraction is very clever. I'd hate it if it changed too much. With the vineyard right across the way, the area could still have an agricultural twist to it. I'm assuming that architectural details and landscaping at the Carsland entrance will transition between those Bug's, the Winery, and the Wharf smoothly.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt There's an exterior portion that is a scaled down version of the little patch of grass and the tree from the film as you wind into the "underground" portion. Most people zip past on their way to the theater and don't really see the detail, but the entrance is really nicely done.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I love the entrance to It's Tough to be a bug as well and am a bit worried about the Carthay Circle theater imposing on the look. They may be able to hid it well but we will have to wait and see.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 It would seem to make since to push this into the Flicks Fun Fair area, since the farm and seemingly half of "Bugsland" outside Flicks will be demolished. It should be interesting to see what they plan to do here.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 It might make most sense to confine Bugsland specifically to Flicks Fun Fair and utilize the Farmish area for other purposes, but again we'll have to wait and see.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Honestly, I think the Farm should be recreated in a smaller form along the long path between the Bugs Land arch and the FFF entrance. There is a lot of open space that could hold the cowlifornia displays, farm produce truck, a farmers market shop / food stand, etc. Nothing large or expensive. Just some nice visuals to help flesh out the area.
Originally Posted By mstaft ^^ I agree- the Farm wasn't a bad idea, there was just nothing really special about it in its execution.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if some nods to farming are kept as transitional elements. We already know that the Expo building will be used as part of Mater's, and there's still some references to agriculture adjacent.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I think it might be good to reconfigure and rework the queue to ITTBAB. Moving the entrance east a bit could help, but making more of an emphasis of the tree island in the queue would help a lot. Remember, ITTBAB opened in '01 with Fastpass and a big Fastpass distribution area near the entrance. The queue was built for a Fastpass lane and a long, winding Standby line. The queue visuals and logistics were all designed on that assumption, which is why it doesn't work as well as it should since they dumped Fastpass from the location by late '01. They need to go back to the drawing board, realize they haven't issued a Fastpass ticket for ITTBAB in nearly a decade, and rework the queue and pre-show visuals to play to the audience eyeballs walking quickly into a high capacity theater.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I agree- the Farm wasn't a bad idea, there was just nothing really special about it in its execution.<<< If you are local. On our trip in 2002, for my English wife, it was one of the high points in the whole of DL resort. She saw crops she had only every seen as import items in the grocery store. We were both disppointed on our last trip, there was hardly anything there to show our English kids save for some stupid toon statues.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 I just dont see how the queue is gonna get in the way of the theater...if the fountain is being torn down, then im sure theres enough space, plus the building is probably closer to the entrance. Dont think the entrance is RIGHT where the fountain is...
Originally Posted By jmuboy If you look at the link below you will see there is a good chunk of land between the fountain and ITTBAB queue area. <a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=33.809649~-117.919511&style=a&lvl=16&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=6773065&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1" target="_blank">http://www.bing.com/maps/defau...ncType=1</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm not expecting the Cathay Circle Theater building to be very big.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 Ya, i dont think ITTBAB will be in the way at all...although they might have to cover up the Carthay Theater with more trees or something...
Originally Posted By mstaft It seems to me that an entrance in Flik's would bee a good idea, they go together the film and the carny rides. Plus it would give the land some "weight" with a real attraction.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance ^^^ Are you trying to say that Heimlichs CHoo CHoo Train isn't a real attraction???!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug No need to guess where the Carthay Circle will be placed. Here's a blueprint, as displayed in the Blue Sky Cellar: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Showpic.asp?filename=http://s231432788.onlinehome.us/lotion/pics/SS20100615-BlueSky/big/P07-0001.jpg&caption=Blueprint+details+route+of+Red+Cars" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/S...Red+Cars</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug So, I went ahead and did a little cropping and labeling on that blueprint image. Hopefully this will make it clear where the Carthay Circle will be built... <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=DCABluePrint.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...rint.jpg</a>
