Originally Posted By mousermerf What? It's still the wrong in the daylight. It still looks bad in broad daylight.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Mousermerf- Look at you! I'm proud! You're slowly turning into a decent, normal human being! *glowing w/pride*
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance And Mousermerf, don't look now, but I just saw a picture of the Monster's Inc ride at DCA, and it was showing the door from Boo's closet. It was blatantly bright pink with flowers, but the door was white with flowers in the movie!!!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Now that this attraction is on the verge of opening it's obvious that base looks nothing like the concept art. To me the entire thing looks better than I had imagined it would. Does anyone know what the fixtures are that ring the second level platform? Lighting? Sound? Just curious. <a href="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/files/2010/05/Trip-Report-May-20-swings-2.jpg" target="_blank">http://ocresort.freedombloggin...gs-2.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<the entire thing looks better than I had imagined it would.>> IT'S A JEWEL!
Originally Posted By yamabuki Not entirely sure, but I think those boxers are for speakers and any additional lighting effects. Sound will play a big key in the new attraction, seeing as it's based on The Band Concert cartoon which relied on the orchestral music of Mickey's Band. Those new speakers will help provide a surround sound experience for riders. The initial plans called for lighting effects, and at one point I also heard they might include fog to recreate the cyclone from the cartoon. Not sure if those made it to the final product - guess we'll find out next week. And yes, the attraction looks even better than it did in the concept art. They've added a new courtyard directly outside the attraction, with new plants and trees.. and they're layering the details with new lighting fixtures featuring iron designs of classic Donald and musical notes. Pretty cool to see it all come together.
Originally Posted By yamabuki More pictures from MintCrocodile's recent update: <a href="http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/873584242_YoJVp-L.jpg" target="_blank">http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.c...Vp-L.jpg</a> <a href="http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.com/photos/873583338_dogxH-L.jpg" target="_blank">http://mintcrocodile.smugmug.c...xH-L.jpg</a> and the new light posts <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/dustysage/FridayVisions/2010/051710/P1016351.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/alb...6351.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss After hearing fans grumble so many times about how Disney doesn't go the extra mile anymore, it's nice to see that the company is really going the extra mile for DCA 2.0
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I always believed that the DCA had "good bones", meaning that they built a decent foundation on which to plus and grow for years to come. The critics were so quick to pounce without realizing that these parks are always works in progress. Though I'm not entirely thrilled with all of the choices they've made, I do agree with you Trekkeruss that the amount of care that is going into the upgrade and expansion is welcome.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Looking at the last crocmint link, I noticed Donald Duck with musical notes and it looks like it will light up at night? Are they using other characters also from the cartoon? ALso I never heard about fog effects just lightn'ing.
Originally Posted By yamabuki it does have a lamp attached, so it will probably light up at night. they still have about a week left to add in the finishing touches and final details, so we may see other characters pop up. they're currently installing all the popcorn lighting, and pretty soon I think we'll see the string lights put up. btw - if you want to see more pictures MintCrocodile has great weekly updates: <a href="http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2010/05/all-happenings-for-today.html" target="_blank">http://mintcrocodile.blogspot....day.html</a> and Dateline Disneyland has great pictures as well - <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/blogs/dateline-disneyland/1496-countdown-world-color-test-cars-star-tours-sets-closing-date-swings-more.html" target="_blank">http://micechat.com/forums/blo...ore.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Thanks for the links. String lights? Will those be strung between the speakers?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While I really like the look of the boardwalk (which honestly surprises me, since I thought it looked really silly the entire time they were building and painting it), it doesn't really match the swings themselves. The tower is brightly colored with very cartoony drawings, while the base is very Victorian with light colors. I'm hoping it looks different in person. I'm also a little sad that it looks like a lot of the fencing along the water in that area (over to the side where the SS Rustworthy used to be) is still the original, which looks very modern. The fence they have around the boardwalk and upper level of the swings looks very nices, so it's a shame that they aren't extending it out into the surrounding area. Any news if they will ever retheme the shops of the boardwalk to match the ever-increasing Victorian presence?
Originally Posted By believe I have a silly question. What's directly underneath the swings/tower? I wouldn't think that the ride infrastructure would take up so much space. It's seems like a lot of that's wasted by being covered up. Also a lot of site lines blocked It should be opened up like the Zepher.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think it's meant to be a shady area where people can relax and look at the lagoon during the day out of the sun.
Originally Posted By yamabuki ^ yep, it's a new covered boardwalk.. basically an observation deck for guests.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There is a lot of dead space inside there though. When they unpeeled the orange, it looked like the actual mechanical stuff was only in the footprint of where the orange touched the base. The rest of the space was used for diagonal bracing for the platform that guests walk on. Instead of taking the bracing out and completely rebuilding that platform without them to create a smaller footprint, they just covered the entire thing up. This meant that the part behind the walls down there is a lot bigger, and the boardwalk isn't directly under the platform, which makes the whole structure a lot bigger than the actual mechanical footprint of the attraction.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Thanks ferret I think I might need a diagram with that explanation or maybe I have a short attention span .
