Originally Posted By FerretAfros There have been rumors of DL getting a nighttime parade for several years (since right around the time World of Color opened), so it wouldn't surprise me too much. It makes sense that they'd want to develop the 2 parades together, but this is the first I've heard of that idea
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Please let be true. DL isn't the same without a nighttime parade.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Please let be true. DL isn't the same without a nighttime parade.<<< I thought that DL brought MSEP back a few years ago? I guess I was wrong.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: No you weren't wrong, duckling. But Disneyland shipped their Electrical parade off to Florida where it's currently running at the Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I thought that DL brought MSEP back a few years ago? I guess I was wrong." The last nighttime parade at Disneyland Park in Anaheim was Light Magic, which only lasted one season in 1997. The park does have the popular Fantasmic show, but in my opinion DL is waaaaaay overdue for a classic nighttime parade down Main Street.
Originally Posted By dagobert The new hotel will be named "Disney Explorer's Lodge". <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/05/hong-kong-disneyland-third-hotel-will.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....ill.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks like the lovechild of Aulani and the Kidani Village wing of DVC units from the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I'm sure it will be lovely, but it just doesn't seem new and exciting to me
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< it just doesn't seem new and exciting to me >>> I'll bet it does to mainland Chinese.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I'll bet it does to mainland Chinese.<< I'm sure it will be quite popular. But like the Wilderness Lodge and Grand Californian (and even the Sequoia Lodge), there seems to be a certain same-ness to them even if they are quite popular Side note: I've never stayed at any of those hotels, but I've wandered past/through them and would love to do it some time if I could afford it, so I'm not knocking them in any way
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< there seems to be a certain same-ness to them even if they are quite popular >>> I don't think there will be any sense of sameness for the Chinese guests. At the risk of being repetitive in this thread, I would guess that WDI's primary design criteria is how SDR will appear to Chinese guests, and they are probably not very concerned about providing global variety to fanboys on the internet, especially when many of which will probably never visit SDR one way or the other (and I don't mean you specifically).
Originally Posted By dagobert Disney and More has posted a pictorial update about HKDL. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/08/hong-kong-disneyland-update-part-one.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....one.html</a> What was WDI thinking with this ugly green structure on MS?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That new green structure really is bad; I'd even prefer the terrible WDW Main Street connection over that! There was originally a covered walkway across Center Street on that side (the remains of which appear to have been incorporated into the new structure) for the frequent storms, but it was much smaller and wasn't a merchandise space. The new building looks completely out of place and out of scale with the surroundings, like it was just dropped in there with little thought (which seems likely) It's also interesting that they're refurbishing the entire other side of Main Street at the same time. In a way, it makes sense to get it all over with at once, to impact as few guests as possible. It seems like the park just opened a couple years ago, but it will be turning 9 this year, so I guess it makes sense that they're doing major refurbishments and repainting, since things are starting to age (especially in the humid HK air)
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: While HKDL is growing at a snail's pace at least it's growing. As for the green building on Main Street, it really does protrude out into the street too much. As a guests walk down the sidewalk they are forced to make a sudden jog to the right in order to avoid running right into it. ORWEN: We didn't realize how much land was being used for the Iron Man Experience until we saw these pictures. Looks like it's an entire land and more than just an attraction. ORGOCH: got flight reservations on a broom stick yet?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>We didn't realize how much land was being used for the Iron Man Experience until we saw these pictures. Looks like it's an entire land and more than just an attraction.<< It does seem like it's a lot of space, but I was under the impression that it would be a fairly small footprint. I wonder if they're also doing some prep work for a future phase or some sort of unannounced addition
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Let us hope so, Ferret, because they really do need to plan for the future expansion of this little park right now!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert D&M has posted a great aerial video of HKDL. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/10/awesome-hkdl-aerial-video-reveal-land.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....and.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros So I guess those photos were taken with a drone? Is that legal in HK? It's not in the US (though a couple people have gotten videos of MK already), so I have to wonder Every time I see the expansion pads at HKDL, it makes me sad. The attractions in the park are spaced out like they are at MK, but the park is the size of DL. When you don't have a lot of space to begin with, you need to use it wisely; there's a lot of dead space within the park that would be very difficult use without huge realignments of certain areas. Other than the proposed Peter Pan ride in the Pooh/Festival of Foods building, are there any attractions pads inside the berm? I'll just be curious to see what HDKL looks like in 10-15 years when the train route goes through the middle of the park, rather than around the outside; it's particularly strange since they have the inward-facing passenger cars And the Iron Man site: is that whole thing for the attraction? It seems like the part where the crane is located is pretty far away from the in-park guest areas, and on the other side of a backstage access road. Maybe it's just for a backstage building?
