New Concept Art for DCA redo

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

That one drawing in the lower left looks like something a visitor to Luna Park would have seen back in the day.

Not THAT was a pier worthy of the 'Paradise' monicker.

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

I was thinking the same thing, Jim.

 

Originally Posted By ceot3k

That sepia toned facade in the Little Mermaid artwork IS from Luna Park. I think it's just shown as a historical reference that obviously inspired their design.

 

Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt

Well there you go.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

Wow... see how smart I am?

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Well ... darn!

That's a spectacular looking building .. with plenty of charm! I thought it would have blended so nicely with the redesign of the nearby Sunshine Plaza. It dimensions look like a good fit for Soarin's building facade.

 

Originally Posted By kari12177

When is this stuff supposed to begin and end-years wise?

 

Originally Posted By bean

the mermaid building has evolved from several designs.

Carsland is pretty much the same as the original model. it stillincludes the attractions announced.

the parade will still not travel down from the Carthay. There is no room behind the Carthay building to put a gate and run floats thru that.
what you see is the name of the pathway which will run from the main plaza down to the end of the pier

 

Originally Posted By pitapan16

Be-A-Utiful!

Looking forward to seeing the construction in the "very" near future. I still have'nt seen the beautiful Midway Mania finished and open in person yet, and am jittery about that!

 

Originally Posted By ni_teach

It's nice to see things coming together with the plans. I hope that they go ahead with the plans and not get cold feet and slow down or stop.

 

Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt

"I still have'nt seen the beautiful Midway Mania finished and open in person yet, and am jittery about that!"

It's very nicely done, and it fits into the area seamlessly. I have no doubts that the changes, if the proceed as planned, will make DCA a very beautiful park.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

>>That sepia toned facade in the Little Mermaid artwork IS from Luna Park.<<

What in Luna Park?
I've been looking all over the place for this building, and what it was. Closest I could find to the likeness of this building is this..

<a href="http://history.amusement-parks.com/Luna/Rides/dragonsgorge.jpg" target="_blank">http://history.amusement-parks...orge.jpg</a>

 

Originally Posted By 2001DLFan

<<FerretAfros: Another thing that appears to have changed is the parade route will be longer than we thought. It looks like the parades will now begin just behind the Carthay Circle, approximately where they currently leave the Sunshine Plaza and enter the Golden State. That way, there is still plenty of space to view the parade, and it doesn't require blocking the main path to the Cars area. I've always thought that the Sunshine Plaza was one of the worst places to watch a parade (depending on your spot, you see the floats about 7 minutes before they pass by), so I'm really happy with the compromise they've come up with.>>


I'm fairly certain that what you are referring to is NOT the parade route. There probably won't be ANY way for parades to travel through the area around the Carthay Circle as the Red Car trolly will have catenary throughout it's route from the entrance plaza to the Tower of Terror.

It actually appears to be that they are showing that portion as "El Camino Real".

 

Originally Posted By ArchtMig

The safest thing to deduce from these latest pictures is that they are making us all wringing our hands together with even more impatience as we wait for that preview center to finally open its doors.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

You know .. it is just a preview center .. and they do have a little thing called "soft openings". (Open something up without announcing it). And still have their "MEDIA BLITZ" Bologna come October 20th!

 

Originally Posted By kaliwolf

The "artwork" that is in question is actually a colorized photo of the Fraser Dance Pavilion, that was located at Fraser's Million Dollar Pier - Ocean Park, Venice, CA

<a href="http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/mapsdocs/fp-map9.htm" target="_blank">http://www.westland.net/venice...map9.htm</a>

The more finalized Mermaid design seems to be a mix of the Dance Pavilion, the Dragon's Gorge, the Palace of Fine Arts, and Balboa Park.

 

Originally Posted By ArchtMig

>>>The "artwork" that is in question is actually a colorized photo of the Fraser Dance Pavilion, that was located at Fraser's Million Dollar Pier - Ocean Park, Venice, CA<<<

Ah, excellent detective work, thank you!

And to think that the building in question actually stood here in the LA area in a bygone era. I always thought the whole concept of Paradise Pier at DCA was bogus because I always thought that "seaside amusement park" was really more of an east coast thing than a California thing. But here then is something that makes me rethink.

It boggles the mind that the original designers / budgeteers of DCA would even stoop so low to debut in a DISNEY theme park the utter CRAP that was the original Paradise Pier. If they only put as much honest care and effort to create a total immersive atmosphere typified by things like this from day one, I'm sure the disgust with Paradise Pier and DCA in general would have been dramatically less.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

Now, I'm finally getting around to the fact there was more than one "Luna" park.
(New York, Venice, .. and in Australia).

 

Originally Posted By irishfan

Two in Australia, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne, both still standing.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

^^Yeah, when I originally read JIM comment about Luna park, my first thought was, 'Wow I never knew JIM even been to Sydney before .

And yep, still standing, in fact they are advertising the park a little more on TV now and special discounts as summer approaches for it .