Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the July 31st article on Alice in Wonderland at Tokyo Disneyland. This article is at: <a href="News-ID503130.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID503130.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoy Thanks for the heads up on avoiding that little surprise! I HATE being embarassed like that in public and will DEFINTELY be WAY back in the crowd when I am at TDL in October!!! Btw, kodpeace-I see what you mean, EVERYTHING is EXTREMELY colorful and themed to the gills there. Love it!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Marc says "guests go about their business as if they were at Denny's". Hardly! Unlike that particular establishment, the Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall provides total immersion in the curious world of Alice in Wonderland, as well as TDL's legendary CM courtesy and service. IMO, this is the most whimsical and elaborate restaurant ever built at any Disney park. I do not find this restaurant to be weird in the least. Au contraire, it's colorful, rich in details and simple eye-popping. A true wonderland of a place, with a great menu to go with it. A for the Tea Party attraction, i agree with Marc, they are fancier than the MK and DL (heck! everything at TDL is fancier than the MK at WDW), but not as classy-looking as the DLP version. I'll be looking forward to the Mad Hatters the next time i visit as i have never seen thier show. In the meantime, doesn't the floor in the Mad Hatters' pictures look polished and clean?? Cleanliness is another area where TDL excells beyond the other Disney parks worldwide.
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoy There seems to be a pattern forming here TDLfan ; ) I expect NOTHING but the BESt then when I am there in October!
Originally Posted By Marc -DL Traveler TDL fan, if you were upset by my "Denny" line, you missed my point. Marc
Originally Posted By Marc -DL Traveler I was on my way out when I made my previous short post. It seems I should clarify it. I really like Queen of Hearts and I just wanted to make sure that other people didn't think that my Dennys comment was meant in a negative way. I was pointing out my feeling that it just adds to the strangeness to see people going about an activity as mundane as eating lunch while they sit in such a bizarre environment. Marc
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Marc, i was not upset about the "Denny's" comment at all! I thought it was funny because what you say is very true. I guess the japanese audience is so used to the high quality of the show at TDL, and as such, mundane activies in such fantastic setting seems odd. Keep up your great reports.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Couldn't Disneyland's Alice Attractions use some sprucing up? Don't get me wrong, I love them. But they were done a generation ago, and think how they could be augmented and improved using what imagineers have done at the other parks. A Queen of Hearts Restaurant would be so awesome!!! It would fit great over at the former site of the Motor Boat cruise (if it wasn;t for that pestky monorail beam). A couple dimensional additions such as the sculptures and figures surrounding the TDL tea party and restaurant and we in CA could have a whole Wonderland suburb of Fantasyland. I know everyone reading this is rolling their eyes, but honestly wouldn't it be cool? Not to lose what we have, but to have that much more of something done even better. Alice has such a huge popularity here too....
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoy Not rolling eyes at all, however I feel that this is symptomatic of exactly what Disney DOESN'T WANT to do! The current mindset of the company seems to be geared away from animated mythos theming and towards hip and edgy touches-witness Rock 'n' Rollercoaster and the whole of DCA. To make matters worse, we know of Pressler's decree that nothing be added to the U.S. parks that pre-dates Ariel. The current mindset is that today's children do not know about Alice, Peter and Aurora. The strange irony is that these characters continue to be pumped out in "classic/platinum/etc... edition" video re-releases by the millions.
Originally Posted By jonvn "To make matters worse, we know of Pressler's decree that nothing be added to the U.S. parks that pre-dates Ariel." Which is, I suppose, why they are rumored to be putting in something about Winnie The Pooh in Disneyland, and did this exact same thing 2 years ago in Florida...
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoy Well, I was thinking more of the classic animated features that have NOT been revived in some other way(Saturday morning cartoon series or new feature film)or another. *SHEESH*
Originally Posted By jonvn You mean like in the sequels, like Lady and the Tramp 2? Actually, I don't disagree with this anyway. There are a ton of more modern characters that kids really like and are simply not represented in the theme park rides.
Originally Posted By OrlandoBoy I think we could both agree that messes like LatT II would be better off NOT seeing the light of day.
Originally Posted By jonvn Well, it's like this: There are already a lot of rides based on decades old films. There is a lot of material that can be used in new films that would make interesting rides. I think they should use it. I think replacing Peter Pan's pirate ship with a flying carpet and having you go over arabian cities would be a nice update or addition, for example. Each of the films could have its own ride, very easily, and they'd likely be very popular, as they are of very recent origin.
