Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Disneygeek has posted photos of the new color paint job on the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda that is now a part of Little Mermaid. Maybe it looks better in person, but I'm not crazy about it. What do you think? <a href="http://www.disneygeek.net/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=9&update_dir=2011_04_02" target="_blank">http://www.disneygeek.net/upda...11_04_02</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I prefer the original look, and I think they could have made it work in the context of the larger LM complex.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'd seen the color of the columns in other pictures with scaffholding, but I was planning to wait to judge it until I saw the final colors chosen for the whole thing. Ick. This just looks weird. It certainly doesn't look like any color combination that actually would have been used in Victorian times, and it's not even a particularly pleasant combination to contemporary tastes. It does look like it will blend well with the SF buildings across the way (which are way too over-the-top in the color department as well), but it just doesn't work for me. The background color is too plain, and the accent colors are too intense. It just doesn't seem to balance right. In the context of the whole Mermaid building, it does look a little better, but I'm still not really impressed with it. It also looks like the bright blue roof will be staying; I had been hoping that it was some sort of protective film that was covering up a special finish underneath during construction. There was a lot of potential, but I am just not a fan of the direction they decided to take. No wonder they waited so long to start repainting the dome; they knew what was coming.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 i saw it today in person and i thought the same thing...it just does not fit in at all with it's surroundings. bleehhhh.... what the heck, Disney?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I have a feeling that the overall color schematic for this building will undergo some changes in the next few years. The current color palate is too "matchy matchy" with the rest of Paradise Pier. Take a look: <a href="http://www.disneygeek.net/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2011_04_02&page_id=10&num_image=3" target="_blank">http://www.disneygeek.net/upda..._image=3</a> I would have preferred if they'd left the rotunda alone and designed the paint job on the new Mermaid building to match it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "i saw it today in person and i thought the same thing...it just does not fit in at all with it's surroundings. bleehhhh...." Actually I think the color scheme fits in too much. It was better before when it was more distinct. Oh well, it'll probably change eventually.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that I would have preferred the Mermaid building to match the old Rotunda colors, than the other way around. I thought that a huge part of the placemaking effort around the park was supposed to be removing all the 2001 'hip and edgy' stuff that just never quite worked. And honestly, nothing fits that bill more than the teal used all over Paradise Pier. I'm still shocked that they haven't touched the stores between the Maliboomer and ferris wheel, but the light poles that stretch the length of the area also need to be replaced before we can really take the effort seriously.
Originally Posted By disneywatcher >> Maybe it looks better in person, but I'm not crazy about it. << I don't understand why it doesn't match the look (the colors) of the Mermaid building? Even by itself, the rotunda doesn't have the greatest set of colors possible. Moreover, the very bright blue color of the LM building's rooftop doesn't seem right either. Is this the ghost of DCA 2001 still haunting aspects of the park? BTW, the statue of King Triton at the top of the new LM building looks a bit too small against the overall mass of the structure it sits on. That is strangely in marked contrast to the light fixtures -- which are like street lights cut off at the top -- sitting on top of the WOC seating area's gateway. The columns of those lights are too squat and bulky. I wanted to say there have been a variety of odd miscues over the past 10 years involving this Disney park compared with the other one built and completed in 2001. But with the catastrophic earthquake a few weeks ago affecting things like DisneySea -- and worrying what's in our future here in California -- such matters do have to be filtered through a different perspective.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Hmmm, it seems like it stands out from the main building too much. I don't like the brown color. The green is alright, but with the main building it kinda looks out of place.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I guess they do a good job matching it with the rest of PP. Everything kind of looks the same.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While not related to the Rotunda directly, am I the only one who thinks that the musical mermaids on the main building arch look an awful lot like the generic athletes on the sides of the ESPN Zone in DTD (you know, the ones with the creepy moving heads)? I get what they were going for, but it reminds me more of the fiberglass athletes in DTD more than any real sculpture anywhere else. So close, but so far.
Originally Posted By crapshoot The copper patina on the dome is just fine. However, copying it onto the columns in a non-random, cookie cutter fashion is a bit strange. And yes, the beige field is boring especially that it carries up to the curved moulding detail at the top. Remember, once the construction phase is done, then the park is turned over to WDI-Anaheim. Changes tend to happen as a natural course of building maintenance.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought that WDI-Anaheim was in charge of the construction now, and then once the attraction is open, it will be handled by DLR Operations & Maintenance. Either way, it's goot to know that there will be a change of hands coming up, so maybe they will be able to repaint it relatively soon. Though the original paint job did last 10+ years (including the time that it was complete before the park opened), so I'm not holding my breath on it happening too soon.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Just for the sake of comparison here is a link to an image of the actual Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Notice the elaborate relief detail on the rotunda. I'm sure that the Imagineers have their reasons for choosing the color scheme that they did, but they would have been wise to stick to the original color design not just for the rotunda but for the entire Mermaid building. <a href="http://www.aquamog.com/images/palace.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.aquamog.com/images/palace.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Saw it in the park today and found it a bit distracting. The colors are derived from the new building, but I think they went overboard "picking out" the detail.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Since the original structure was a re-creation of the Dome of the Palace of Fine Arts from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the need to repaint was I think, a given.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Right, but I think it would have looked better to give the entire structure the color palate of the original.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I agree the color scheme is a bit -- weird. But I also think that they don't want that rotunda to be associated with the Palace of Fine Arts building anymore. But they also didn't want to tear it all down either...
