Originally Posted By trekkeruss "I really have no idea who he is though." Not surprising, as Big Al is on-screen for like two seconds, and is not named.
Originally Posted By dagobert InsideTheMagic has posted an article about the Animation Panel (Disney & Pixar). <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/2015/08/d23-expo-2015-disney-animation-studios-and-pixar-wow-fans-with-epic-3-hour-presentation-of-upcoming-films/">http://www.insidethemagic.net/...g-films/</a> I think Moana and Gigantic look promising, especially Moana.
Originally Posted By dagobert As for Pixar, Coco looks promising and I know I'm in the minority, but I'm so looking forward to TS4. The first three movies are still among my favourites. I don't need Finding Dory, but I'm glad the Incredibles return.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I really have no idea who he is though.<< He's in the infield at the big race at the end of the original movie. There's a group of RVs that get shown a couple times, and he's the "main" one. The name Big Al seems vaguely familiar to me, but I didn't realize he had a last name. The Cars merchandise line has done a great job of creating die casts for nearly every character imaginable (there are literally thousands made), so it's fun to see one that's so recognizable-yet-minor. It would seem out of place for such a minor character to have merchandise from another film (villager #36 from Frozen?), but since Cars has already established that they so many different die casts, I think it works here
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The stuff from the presentation sounds promising. The more I head about most of these films the better they sound to me. I also think it's interesting that some of the films that were first announced at the Expo I went to 4 years ago still haven't been released yet I'm still not entirely sold on the concept of Zootopia (is there any storyline other than "animals doing human things?), I love the idea of the sloth-operated DMV. It sounds like there could be some great gags throughout the film I was also very surprised to read that the Day of the Dead film is still in production and has been named Coco. I thought they announced that it had been shelved about a year ago I'm also not quite sure what Lasseter means when he said that each Toy Story film was a different genre. They all follow the same basic storyline of "mis-adventures while trying to get back home" and seem like they'd all fit into the same genre to me. Sure, the emotions get fine tuned as the series progresses, but I think they're all quite similar on a general level
Originally Posted By perlster actual news: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/star-wars-themed-lands-coming-to-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-resorts/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...resorts/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm fairly surprised that they announced it at the Expo, and completely shocked that they announced it as part of the Studios presentation. It makes me wonder what they're saving for the Parks & Resorts presentation. Maybe some actual details, since this really doesn't say anything beyond the general size of the land (BIG!, 14 acres; I think Carsland is 11 acres) I'm also curious about how both versions of it are going to be 14 acres; surely there will be some differences between them due to site constraints (I would also hope content, but I know that's naive) so it will be interesting to see how and where these develop
Originally Posted By dagobert Since the P&R Panel is in the middle of the night over here, I have to wait until tomorrow, but I can't wait to read about all the stuff. So exciting.
Originally Posted By perlster Both the tweet and the blog post state that the expansion will be in "Disneyland park [sic]" PeePee13 to explain how the Simba lot will be connected to Disneyland Park in 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. Oh, and when will the Brave and Frozen rides be announced?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>PeePee13 to explain how the Simba lot will be connected to Disneyland Park in 3 .. 2 .. 1 ..<< With a pedestrian bridge over Disneyland Drive, obviously ; ) >>Oh, and when will the Brave and Frozen rides be announced?<< At the Parks & Resorts presentation that starts in 2 hours. Patience, young grasshopper....or something like that... : )
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just sort of thinking out loud, but the concept art definitely seems to be in line with the idea of a land that is mostly indoors. It seems like there is going to be a HUGE rockwork façade to hide the show building, with various buildings incorporated into it to make it seem less imposing That would make a lot of sense with the Toontown area of DL, since it could stay open during fireworks. Additionally, it would tend to indicate that it would take over some of the existing park space in WDW (rather than extend out into the parking lot), since they have started having fireworks there with increasing frequency as well. Although fireworks were a nightly event in the park's early years, the layout requires them to shut down the southern half of the park (including TSMM), so this would also be a helpful feature for that park
Originally Posted By TP2000 Agreed Ferret. The artwork shows massive show buildings flanked by cliffs and rockwork. So long Toontown! Plus a bunch of backstage space that can be easily replaced and moved off property, like to the 160,000 square foot office park at 1515 S. Manchester Ave. that Disney bought last year.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For everybody playing along at home, here's a live stream of the Parks & Resorts presentation: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.periscope.tv/w/aJ-umzIxOTQ4NDR8NjIxNjU5MTRPfV7ZiwJaqtuswfL_TRvQ6I_4W2gv6DEzHLoSI2HYXQ==">http://www.periscope.tv/w/aJ-u...I2HYXQ==</a> I missed the first ~20 minutes, but they announced a Toy Story land to WDW's Studios, including a Slinky Dog family coaster (not a copy of the HKDL/WDSP ride) and a Buzz Lightyear themed flying saucer ride (which may or may not be a copy of Luigi's) The Parks Blog is also doing live updates, with some of the concept art from the presentation: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Of course the stream would die right after I posted the link! It was from someone in the audience, so maybe their battery died or the cell signal petered out
Originally Posted By perlster Hyperspace Mountain - seaonal Star Tours (2.5?) Star Wars Launch Bay (presumably at Innoventions)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's an updated link to the live stream. It looks like Periscope saves the video after it ends, so you can go back and watch this later (and the earlier link showing the beginning of the presentation) <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.periscope.tv/w/aJ-2ODIxOTQ4NDR8NjIxOTI0MTFUn5ngz1xAhiUBxzeSLnUMCqOs_bCve5OBqvugQDfspg==">http://www.periscope.tv/w/aJ-2...QDfspg==</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They just did a "gotcha" to make people think that Robert Downey Jr was there. Other than that moment of excitement, the lack of excitement from the crowd for Iron Man is palpable...
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>and a Buzz Lightyear themed flying saucer ride (which may or may not be a copy of Luigi's)<< Yeah a copy of Luigi's would work. Third times the charm!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I'm fairly surprised that they announced it at the Expo, and completely shocked that they announced it as part of the Studios presentation." Me too. And from Iger's mouth at that. I'm floored.
