Originally Posted By wildghostz I read the newspaper in HK it said Disneyland and the government has confirmed TWO new attractions will be added in Tomorrowland, construction is estimated to be completed in summer 2006. We already know one of the new attraction will be the Autopia, and the other one will be called "UFO COOL ZONE", which is similar to/the same as the Star Tours attraction. Please correct me if i am wrong
Originally Posted By gardabble Here's my question, where will they be putting the UFO cool zone?? Only place I can think they could do that is remove the WDI tent building behind Space Mountain.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Hey now, an ORIGINAL attraction going in afterall. This gives me hope . Maybe I should postpone my trip and just go next year . Hopefully that simulater ride is true. I don't even care what it is lol, just another attraction and not a completely cloned one like everything is good enough for me. As for the Autopia, it actually gives me a little hope as its the first all-electric cars being built. Certainly sounds different and a little exciting, but its still just an autopia. I won't be complaining if its GOOD though.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I think the Cool zone will be a Play area with fountains and such. Don't think much of it.. That's what I got from it at the exhibit on Main Street.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Wait a minute, Wildghostz said it will be similar to the Star Tours attraction!! How could two rumored ideas could be SOOO different from one another? My guess with this park and I'm sorry to say this is you're probably right TDLFAN and we are getting the stupid fountains. But, I'm hoping to be proven wrong obviously (but rarely am lol) and it really is a REAL attraction with seats, a story, stuff moving and etc. If you look around the park, they have about 5-6 of these kinds of things, right? ;D
Originally Posted By RandySavage This "Cool Zone" (like the Cool Zone's at every other park) will be a water feature for little kids to run in... certainly not a "star tours"-type major motion simulator ride.
Originally Posted By barryb Ufo Cool Zone is a water fountain kids thingy! It sit's on the park side of the train tracks here where I'm standing (You can see the circular paving in place): <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com/hongkongdisneyland/Hong" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com/ho ngkongdisneyland/Hong</a>%20Kong%20Disneyland%20-%20Tomorrowland/target57.html (You might have to copy and paste) Here's the artwork which I took at the Opera House during my visit: <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com/hongkongdisneyland/Hong" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com/ho ngkongdisneyland/Hong</a>%20Kong%20Disneyland%20-%20Tomorrowland/target0.html Also here's the artwork for Autopia: <a href="http://www.barrybedford.com/hongkongdisneyland/Hong" target="_blank">http://www.barrybedford.com/ho ngkongdisneyland/Hong</a>%20Kong%20Disneyland%20-%20Tomorrowland/target1.html Enjoy! BarryB.
Originally Posted By gardabble This UFO Cool Zone looks like another Liki Tikis that HKDL has in Adventureland.
Originally Posted By iacoccaoohlala Interesting article...makes me wonder if the new "electric" Autopia in Hong Kong will have some sort of collision avoidance system like the revered one at TDL to appease the Disney lawyers. Also how will an electric car work? How can you steer the car when it is on a rail and picking up power like other darkrides or Midgetopia? Does anyone know if Disneyland get an electric Autopia when the Chevorn contract runs out?
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney Does anyone think Walt Disney would have considered water play fountains to be attractions? (that's even leaving out the whole sanitary issues that inevitably crop up) This is what counts as 21st century attractions from Disney?
Originally Posted By SuperDry Well, it probably will have more guest appeal than another attraction on the roster: City Hall.
Originally Posted By HongKongDisneyLand but according to www.miceage.com there will be one major and two minor attractions by next summer.
Originally Posted By wildghostz Hey i think this is gonna be a REAL attraction! According to the media, they describled the game is going to be "interactive with water". People can experience an exciting emergency landing simulation in a Spaceship, which will fly through fountains and water.
Originally Posted By wildghostz But, if that "attraction" is going to be the stupid fountain, i would be quite upset that Disney cheat HK people again!! Before the HKDL was completed, HK people was never given any information about the park size and number of attractions, they only mention we will enjoy the cheapest admission fee compared to the world disneys. Now, they confirmed the new rides are coming, but they never mentioned the official info about the UFO cool zone, disney is misleading the media to tell us the ride is about water and spaceship. I feel kinda ripped off if its gonna be a fountain!!!!
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<Does anyone think Walt Disney would have considered water play fountains to be attractions? (that's even leaving out the whole sanitary issues that inevitably crop up)>> ...yeah, welcome to HKDL where they have come up with some of the most creative 'attractions' I've seen in a long time. Adding stuff like City Hall and Snow White's grotto is nothing close to an attraction. Look, if this stuff doesn't have a queue And/OR at least some kind of story componet to me, then its not an attraction in my book. Its sad that this ultra cheap park have to stoop sooo low to build these tiny attractions and basically 'trick' people to think they are more than what they are.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<Before the HKDL was completed, HK people was never given any information about the park size and number of attractions, they only mention we will enjoy the cheapest admission fee compared to the world disneys.>> Yeah, just chalk that up to great media spin, downplay the negatives, play up the positives . Wildghostz, personal question, I take it you are a HK resident right? Have you been to the park and what do you think of it personally? I have my bias with this park (i.e. I think it sucks ), but in all fairness, I haven't been yet although I know pretty much everything to know its a disappointing park IMO, but what did you think of it? What is the word-of-mouth over there? Do people like the park? Is it exciting to have a Disney park and etc?
Originally Posted By HongKongDisneyLand >>>>Hey i think this is gonna be a REAL attraction! According to the media, they describled the game is going to be "interactive with water". People can experience an exciting emergency landing simulation in a Spaceship, which will fly through fountains and water.<<<< which newspapers are u referring to? i read one newspaper, they quote it from LP (LaughingPlace.com) but to my surprise, their tranlation into chinese was incorrect or misleading.
Originally Posted By wildghostz <<<<Before the HKDL was completed, HK people was never given any information about the park size and number of attractions, they only mention we will enjoy the cheapest admission fee compared to the world disneys.>> Yeah, just chalk that up to great media spin, downplay the negatives, play up the positives . Wildghostz, personal question, I take it you are a HK resident right? Have you been to the park and what do you think of it personally? I have my bias with this park (i.e. I think it sucks ), but in all fairness, I haven't been yet although I know pretty much everything to know its a disappointing park IMO, but what did you think of it? What is the word-of-mouth over there? Do people like the park? Is it exciting to have a Disney park and etc?>> yes i grew up in HK for years... um... most of the tourists (mainly from China) said the park is lovely, and they said they would come back for a second visit. But i bet most of the mainland Chinese have never been to oversea disneyland, if they did they would not give such too positive comments on HKDL. Since HKDL is small, lack of attractions, it gave me a feeling that Im totally not proud of having a DL in Hong kong....
