Originally Posted By HokieSkipper My dark Disney obsession is foliage. I can't get enough of Adventureland and DAK. Honestly...WDW needs more trees. Especially in the MK.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I'm not a fan of ickyplantz that inhabit some areas of Future World and World Showcase.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^The only place that's kinda bad is near UoE. Other than that I don't see any problems.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I like trimmed foliage. Oh, so many double entendres. << It's no coincidence that after my study of restrooms, my next photo series will be "Foliage at WDW". My name is Leo Bloom, I'm the Restroom/Foliage connoisseur, TDO apologist, and D23 member.
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<The only place that's kinda bad is near UoE. Other than that I don't see any problems.>>> They've made big improvements with cleaning up Innoventions plaza but near Guest Relations, the West corridor, etc.. is still a mess. And UoE is one of the worst offenders. That whole side of the park was designed with some impressive geometric landscaping to counter the more natural feel of FW West. There is clay a few feet down though, and that killed many of the taller hedges and trees after they began to really establish roots. They need to essentially relandscape that entire half of the park - with a real plan, and clay resistant roots.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>^^^The only place that's kinda bad is near UoE. Other than that I don't see any problems.<< Have you seen Innoventions Plaza this side of the decade? Terrible.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>My name is Leo Bloom, I'm the Restroom/Foliage connoisseur, TDO apologist, and D23 member.<< I fold. You win! Hah.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >> And UoE is one of the worst offenders. That whole side of the park was designed with some impressive geometric landscaping to counter the more natural feel of FW West. There is clay a few feet down though, and that killed many of the taller hedges and trees after they began to really establish roots. They need to essentially relandscape that entire half of the park - with a real plan, and clay resistant roots.<< Agreed. Meanwhile, FW West is usually pretty spot on. So is WS. I don't understand that...Do they just forget about FW East and pile on the palms and grass over there?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<They've made big improvements with cleaning up Innoventions plaza but near Guest Relations, the West corridor, etc.. is still a mess. >> I probably never notice because I don't go through the West Corridor. I get off SSE, head east, and then head into WS, hitting West at night. <<Have you seen Innoventions Plaza this side of the decade? Terrible.>> No. I only worked in the park for 2 months.:fork:
Originally Posted By mousermerf Grr.. here;s the best photo I can find. <a href="http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/epcot/50043.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/epc...0043.jpg</a> But there's a really nice postcard or publicity photo that shows most of Future World East from an aerial shot, it normally has a graphic of Mickey in a spaceship superimposed on it. I can't find it
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Recently, though? It's really bad. Those "Gear" planters and just the planters in general near the south end of the plaza are horribly overgrown, drab, and just really ugly. Compare it to pictures of the plaza in 93, or even in 2000, and it's terrible. Hate it. Such an easy problem to fix, and they totally ignore it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer MY last post was directed and Hokie, Merf jumped in there, sorry. Good pic, Merf, I know the image you are referring to.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper EE, by South, do you mean closest to SSE? Because that would be North.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Well here's a crappy low quality version of it: <a href="http://stamp-search.com/images/ant86d-68-69epcot.jpg" target="_blank">http://stamp-search.com/images...pcot.jpg</a> But you can even make out the Future World East restroom building without ickeyplantz all around it.
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Originally Posted By mousermerf I'd also like them to peel the crap off the Communicore buildings and let the windows do what windows are intended to do - let in light.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Ah, EE, I never go back that way on the plaza. Literally never. I'm always on the sides of Epcot, I never go up the middle.
