Originally Posted By dagobert >>>The article is badly mistaken. This park is still missing most of the financing. It is no closer to being approved.<<< Why am I not surprised? Recently Alain Littaye has problems in getting his facts straight. His articles about DLP are getting worse too. Nevertheless I wanted to post the article because of the renderings.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>"Paseo Paramount" and "Adventure City"<< I swear I thought I was looking at Americana@Brand in Glendale. Same designs. Very similar layout. I'm already bored with this part of the park. The other stuff? Looks good! Especially the future part!
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>>>Is it me or do both "Paseo Paramount" and "Adventure City" look like Southern California shopping malls?<< I definitely agree. My first thought when I saw some of those images was that they looked just like The Grove<< Yep! The same "Grove" which Al Lutz described as being "More Disney Than Disney" in this archived article from mouseplanet.com, posted almost 12 years ago: http://www.mouseplanet.com/beyond/bd020425.htm The "hotlink" feature doesn't seem to be working, but the article is kind of old. I tried copying and pasting the link, and it worked. The Grove to me does feel like a well designed Disney park, or one of the classier themed hotels in Vegas. This means the entrance to the Paramount park in Spain will evoke a part of Los Angeles, making it sort of like DCA 2.0 or DHS. It won't be the most exciting, thrilling thing ever built into a theme park, but neither is Main St. USA. Now if you want to see a park with an entryway that REALLY looks like a tacky mall, look for pictures of DCA 1.0.
Originally Posted By dagobert I would say the park is moving along, otherwise StarTrek.com wouldn't mention it on their website. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-star-trek-in-paramount-park-murcia">http://www.startrek.com/articl...k-murcia</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That seems to be a rehash of what was in the previous article. It also says that "Star Trek *could be* beaming into Spain by the end of 2015".
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>That seems to be a rehash of what was in the previous article. It also says that "Star Trek *could be* beaming into Spain by the end of 2015". <<< I read the article, but I'm surprised that the official Star Trek website posts informations about that park, when it is possible that it will never turn into reality.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Since it was an official press release (I assume) they probably felt it was newsworthy.
Originally Posted By dagobert It seems that park is really happening. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparx.com/paramount-park-spain/">http://www.themeparx.com/param...k-spain/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I hope it's successful. Seems like an extremely risky development though.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yikes! I hope them the best, but I'm skeptical of how it will turn out, especially if they're still using those same plans. How many people care about a Rango-themed area these days?
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm also skeptical about that park. I'm still not convinced that this park will turn into reality. The only area I was excited about was the Star Trek land.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Me too Dagobert. The Star Trek area looked impressive and not particularly fond of Star Trek.
Originally Posted By dagobert So how many Paramount Parks are we getting in Europe? Besides Spain, there might also be one built in London. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-artwork-for-london-paramount-park.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....ark.html</a> They want to rival DLP, but let's wait and see.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know anything about the site other than what's shown in the photo, but it looks like there's a major highway tunnel portal and high-voltage electric lines running across it. It could make for some interesting design challenges (though not project stopping)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <I don't know anything about the site other than what's shown in the photo, but it looks like there's a major highway tunnel portal and high-voltage electric lines running across it. It could make for some interesting design challenges (though not project stopping)> Hey, it didn't stop Disney's California Adventure from being built. (Runs for cover)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I assume that the electric lines will be rerouted, like they were at DCA. However it will be much more difficult to work around that tunnel portal; I'm not sure there's anything they can do to reroute that (and I suspect they'd have trouble putting large structures on top of the tunnel near the surface). I can't get a good sense of scale from the photo, but it seems like the site isn't big enough to have the park only on one side of the road
Originally Posted By leemac <<I don't know anything about the site other than what's shown in the photo, but it looks like there's a major highway tunnel portal and high-voltage electric lines running across it. It could make for some interesting design challenges (though not project stopping)>> The site requires a lot of work - there are major environmental concerns. The park will live and die on the public transport issue - the links into London aren't good enough. The three major parks around London (Legoland, Thorpe Park and Chessington) are all on the west side of London for transport links to the rest of the country. East of London is a far harder sell.
Originally Posted By leemac <<So how many Paramount Parks are we getting in Europe? Besides Spain, there might also be one built in London.>> As long as there are egotistical developers there will be Paramount handing out theme park licensing agreements. Paramount have a poor history of finding partners who can fund their projects and execute.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>As long as there are egotistical developers there will be Paramount handing out theme park licensing agreements. Paramount have a poor history of finding partners who can fund their projects and execute.<<< I'm still not convinced that both parks, London and Spain, are really going to happen.
