Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-78450.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: More New Fantasyland Concept Art</b></a> <p>The Official Disney Parks Blog has posted new New Fantasyland concept art originally shown at the D23 Expo.</p>
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn So there are children sucking down beers in the pub. Lovely. I assume these are WWoHP Butterbeer knockoffs?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Umm...rootbeer. I like the pictures. I'm also looking forward to it being finished.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting that both the concept art and the caption refer to the ride as Journey of the Little Mermaid, while the DCA version is The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure. I much prefer the shorter name, but I suspect (if they actually use it), it will cause more than a bit of confusion with the Voyage of the Little Mermaid show at the Studios. And while some of this concept art is new, I think some of it is actually quite old. The interior shot of Gaston's looks very familiar, but perhaps with a wider frame, so we can see the people on the left side. Still, great to get to see some new stuff!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 It seems tradition now that whenever a ride is cloned they have to change the name. TSMM became TSM. Blood annoying!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Two out of those 10 were new. That's it. Excitement level: dropping.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>TSMM became TSM.<< That was only for the marketing campaign and any subsequent advertisement. I believe that the actual name has "Midway" in it, in both locations. I wonder if they'll keep that for TDS, or if they'll give it a completely different title (a la MicroAdventure for HSITA)
Originally Posted By leobloom I didn't think many of these looked new. Thanks for confirming, EE. Your excitement level is dropping, mine's plummeting.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer The Gaston one is new, forgot about the other one, and I can't open the link, now. Eitherway, none of this is very captivating.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm glad I'm not going crazy. I looked at those pictures and thought "Isn't this all the same artwork they released back in '09?" Sadly, for the Disney Parks Blog at least, it was almost all rehashed artwork from '09. Over the last year I have cooked up an entire personality profile for these women (and they are almost all women) who push out these blog posts on the Disney Parks Blog. They all appear to be 30something, they all appear to be quite superficially perky yet corporately savvy in a conference room, they all appear to have hyphenated last names to simply prove they are married rather than anti-patriarchal, and they all appear to either think we are very stupid and won't know the details behind their latest blog post, or worse, they are actually the ones who are very stupid and don't know the details behind their latest blog post. Honestly, isn't there anyone in corporate Disney (mainly WDW's offices) who can acknowledge we as consumers are smart and savvy? We know when they are lying, we know when they are schmoozing, and we know when they are hyping something that doesn't deserve all the hype. Consumers aren't stupid, we know legit quality and info when we see it. The best companies already know that, but it's amazing how some companies still think they can pull the wool over our eyes with a cheesy blog.
Originally Posted By PotNoodle "We know when they are lying, we know when they are schmoozing, and we know when they are hyping something that doesn't deserve all the hype. Consumers aren't stupid, we know legit quality and info when we see it. The best companies already know that, but it's amazing how some companies still think they can pull the wool over our eyes with a cheesy blog." You don't read other Disney discussion boards, do you?
