Originally Posted By trekkeruss From Wikipedia: "The pavement at EPCOT was engineered by Disney and Kodak photography to be painted a specific custom color of pink that makes the grass look greener and pictures look brighter. In addition, the colored sidewalks give an overall cleaner look to the park."
Originally Posted By trekkeruss What happens to the roof of the old Millenium Village pavilion before every fireworks show?
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Maybe water gets a-sprayed upon it to prevent a fire... Tho a retractable roof would be really coool.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss You got it! Since the roof of the pavilion is a tent-like material, there is a irrigation system that wets down the whole roof.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring I hope that was done due to careful planning rather than learn-by-example! Epcot's Hotel du Canada is patterned after this Canadian landmark.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring That is correct! How cool would it be if the Epcot version had guest rooms!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss So... in what significant way is the Hotel du Canada different from the American Adventure pavilion building?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The AA building uses forced perspective to make it look shorter (the bricks and windows get bigger farther up), and the Hotel du Canada uses it to look bigger (details shrink on the way up)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss That is correct! The AA pavilion is actually five stories high, but made to look only three, and the Hotel du Canada is actually three stories high but made to look like six.
