Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Anyway, that's pretty much all I heard about TDL back in the 80's. I'd be curious to hear more about what you saw and heard about the place back then, Dave. Perhaps there was more talk about it where you lived (west coast, near Disneyland)?" I learned about TDL from Disney itself. They used to list information & some pictures of it in the back of the Disneyland souvenir guidebooks. So, I found out about it pretty early on.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< ***I hated the look of World Bazaar*** Know what I hate the most? It's not the roof, or even the shops or the vibe of the place... It's the disauthenticity that kills me. Show me a sidewalk anywhere in the world (even a "fake" sidewalk...THAT'S my point) where you can sit on a bench and hang your feet over the side onto the street. >>> Ok, that's it. The park benches overhang the curb? The place is now totally ruined for me.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Late to the thread but reading it with lots of interest ... some thoughts ... everyone I've ever spoken with from WDI and/or the OLC has told me that TDL was built as a 'best of' park and that OLC basically went to Glendale and picked and chose what it wanted from BOTH the MK and DL. I have never, ever heard of any concepts for a mini-NOS for the MK. Never. Sure it could have been brought up, but I sincerely doubt it ever was a serious consideration. Obviously, there's nothing in the MK that remotely harkens back to NOS. And, as was pointed out, things like Small World's facade were clearly lifted from Anaheim. As to EPCOT being a nightmare ... well, I've heard people call it a challenge but I'd love to know who used that term. That park represented the very best of what Disney could do design-wise. I'd love to know how that was a nightmare what you'd call DSP or even DCA. The placement of the AA was only briefly considered to be basically in between the two shops where FW and WS meet. It was very quickly decided to place it across the water as a 'weenie' to draw people around ... it was also felt that placing it at the entrance to WS was akin to saying 'USA! USA! We're No. 1! etc ...' so that was quickly tossed aside. Finally, I have heard rumblings that the HKDL castle (what I term simply a facade) also has space inside that could be used for something ... but whether or not this is true or whether or not anything happens is another question entirely. The castle having no substance whatsoever really put an exclamation point on the statement Disney was making when it tried to put one over on HK with a giant facade of a DL with nice landscaping and detailed shops. But you can read (shameless plug) more about that on my Spirited HK thread!
Originally Posted By Malin *** Finally, I have heard rumblings that the HKDL castle (what I term simply a facade) also has space inside that could be used for something ... but whether or not this is true or whether or not anything happens is another question entirely. *** That is correct and I'm not sure where the information came from but it was confirmed by either a a Imagineer or another exec, could of been for Tales from the LaughingPlace or another online publication, but space is certainly available inside the castle, but sadly not been used as of writing.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Thanks, Malin. That's what I thought. I've also heard or been told that both the Pooh show building and the PhilharMagic building have room for an additional attraction. Now, that's never been confirmed by Disney and I've not been backstage at HKDL, but one would think that would make sense as well.
Originally Posted By Malin I have just been reading Issue 4 of Tales from the LaughingPlace Magazine and it features an article on Fantasyland with the lands Executive Producer Lori Coltrin. A couple of bits of information that I found of interest and relates to what we are discussing here is that the Pooh building shares its home also with Festival of Foods. And that Lori Coltrin mentions that Fantasyland still has plenty of pads (Space to expand) both inside and outside the train tracks.
