Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I guess if you were really attacked by a giant bug like the one in the picture, you'd probably HAVE to go to a mental institution so since one of those ugly hotels already looks like one, you'd be in the right place.
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations >>>google the swan/dolphin and it has photos taken as a whole complex and it fits into the Epcot footprint. Photos must have been taken across the road for this perspective.<<< Footprint, sure, but look? Skyline? ruined.<<< I find it funny that Epcot had to move Effiel Tower because one of the Dolphins dwarfed it and ruined the forced perspective. So EE I have to give you the skyline arguement.
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations I love how 3d acts impressed by Graves' name when he's probably familiar with him from these hotels and the guy's Target brand of home items.<< Besides the Swan & Dolphin, Michael Graves designed (for Disney) Team Disney in Burbank (& maybe Orlando - not sure), a number of buildings in Celebration, the Hotel NY @ DLP. Also he has designed Hotels in Japan, Egypt, Rome, etc. Has designed office buildings, theaters, hotels & museums all across the country. I've been a fan of his style for some time. Oh, I also LOVE his Tar-jay line as well.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I find it funny that Epcot had to move Effiel Tower because one of the Dolphins dwarfed it and ruined the forced perspective. So EE I have to give you the skyline arguement.<<< I don't think they've ever moved the ET... might have changed the dressings to reflect a ornamentation that was blown away in the early day's of the Tower's construction.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The Earth Barge looks fine, the rest, I agree with you, though. Necessary evil, though.>> You would think that Disney imagineers could think of a way to come up with a platform that would be covered and made watertight so when not in use it could be lowered beneath the surface of the lagoon. Having those things on the lagoon starting around 3PM really detracts from it's appearance.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Unfortunately some of the underwater platforms for World of Color fail to submerge like they're supposed to and it's even more of an eye sore for DCA than Epcot's barges are for Epcot. That's what happens when short cuts are taken. Hopefully they will get those eye sores repaired.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They've gotten the WOC pletforms to work pretty consistently recently. They use one of them during the Disney Channel Rocks! show during the day (despite the fact that you really can't see the fountains from the viewing area, and can't hear the music anywhere else), so it's almost alway up, but the other two are down until early evening. DCR! is shown fairly early in the day (the last show is at 1:00), so they may even lower that platform after they're done with it, but I doubt that. Keep in mind that to build these platforms, the entire bay was drained for close to a year. While they may be able to drain parts of WS Lagoon to build stuff, it's a lot harder to do with a body of water so large, and so deep. Add in that it isn't filtered water (though there are debates about how much they've filtered Paradise Bay since the platforms were built), and there may be larger-scale currents, which could wreak havoc on any permanent infrastructure they try to build in there. And just to be safe, they didn't even attempt to lower the platforms for WOC's entire first summer, just in case they didn't come back up. That's just not something I'd like to see them have to do in World Showcase. Maybe they could find a way to make the process of moving the barges easier, so that they wouldn't have to do it as early. With a show that's been running for decades (and over a decade in its current configuration), it's kind of shocking how long it takes them to set it up. >>Having those things on the lagoon starting around 3PM really detracts from it's appearance.<< It's a particular bummer that they do it that early, since WS doesn't even open until 11. And the area looks so nice at sunset, but you just can't get a good picture across the lagoon with all that stuff there. Still, I think the show is worth that inconvenience (though I do wish they didn't start with it so early)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I don't think they've ever moved the ET...<< A few years ago (circa 2003-04ish), I recall seeing pictures from a couple days when they were repainting it. Instead of putting up scaffholding around it, they simply removed it from the top of the building put it backstage. I heard it was laid on its side, which made it easier to get to all the different parts of it. After 3-4 days, they returned it to its original location on the roofs. Given how shortly it was gone, the length of time after the Swan and Dolphin were added, and that it was replaced in its original location (at least the current location at the time), I doubt they ever moved it's onstage location.
