Originally Posted By irishfan >>From the image of the rapids ride, the layout looks *very* similar to Grizzly River Run at DCA. Although it's a perfectly nice ride, I've never thought it was great enough that the layout needed to be duplicated elsewhere<< I believe the biggest complaint about GRR was always the lack of animatronics. Looks like Shanghai is going to have a very big one. I'm also guessing from the artwork released of the animatronic, the show scene will be indoors, although GRR has a few tunnels, an indoor section of rapids could really add to the thrill. I found this especially at the Jurassic Park raft ride at Singapore.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yeah, I hadn't even considered the big creature scene inside the mountain.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've read some reports that say the AA might be bigger than the Yeti on Everest. If that's true, it will certainly add a lot of excitement!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>If that's true, it will certainly add a lot of excitement!<<< Assuming it's working.
Originally Posted By dagobert Inside The Magic has posted some new pictures in the following article. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/2015/08/additional-details-revealed-about-shanghai-disneyland-tangled-restaurant-jack-sparrow-stunt-show-tim-burton-alice-in-wonderland-maze/">http://www.insidethemagic.net/...nd-maze/</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's a new picture of the SDL model. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/302042929839518/photos/a.408006435909833.89949.302042929839518/930142573696214/?type=1&theater">http://www.facebook.com/302042...&theater</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree. Even though that area of the park seems like it has a pretty good attraction count, it looks like there's still space to squeeze some things in there in the future. Even if this park doesn't have everything on opening day, it seems like it's designed well to expand as needed
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>It looks so spacious. <<< I think WDi took the same approach like they did with TDL. That park also has a very spacious hub. If I'm not mistaken, they did that to have a contrast to the huge city of Tokyo.
Originally Posted By dagobert I've already posted the news in another thread, but they fit better here. So I'm going to repost them. First images of SDL meerchandise. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneycentralplaza....#2679874">http://www.disneycentralplaza....#2679874</a> Nice video from the SDL presentation, especially the first minutes. It doesn't start from the begining so you have restart it by your own. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneycentralplaza....#2658675">http://www.disneycentralplaza....#2658675</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert D&M did a new article about SDL. It contains new aerial and model pictures. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/08/new-aerial-and-model-pictures-of.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....-of.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "If I'm not mistaken, they did that to have a contrast to the huge city of Tokyo." TDL's enormous hub was the result of having to have to set Cinderella Castle back far enough to visually "fit" beneath the roof of World Bazaar when viewed from inside the park's entrance.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>TDL's enormous hub was the result of having to have to set Cinderella Castle back far enough to visually "fit" beneath the roof of World Bazaar when viewed from inside the park's entrance. <<< I didn't know that. By the way is TDL's castle a copy of WDW's? I know the colour scheme is different, but are there any other differences. To me they look identical.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yep. Pretty much everything in the park was a copy of an existing feature in DL or the MK when it opened back in the 80s. It was sort of a "greatest hits" compilation of sorts.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I didn't realize that the hub size was a result of the World Bazaar roof; it does line up perfectly for photos though. I'd always heard the open space/city thing, though both reasons make a lot of sense Although the layout was a little different, nearly everything in TDL was copied from MK or DL. The only truly-original attractions were Meet the World (originally intended for Epcot's Japan pavilion) and The Eternal Sea (a film that was quickly replaced by Magic Journeys and then Captain EO). At the moment, DLP is the only park with a unique castle, but Shanghai will also have a new design; DL and HKDL share a castle as well
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>DL and HKDL share a castle as well<<< I was thinking about being identical in size and height and stuff. According to Wikipedia WDW's and TDL's castles are carbon copies.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros HKDL's castle is also a carbon copy of DL's. It was built out of concrete instead of wood and plaster due to the HK building code, and the bridge over the moat in front looks different, but they're identical beyond that. They even left the space inside available for a walkthrough like DL's
Originally Posted By dagobert I always assumed that TDL's castle was scaled back so that WDW could still have the biggest castle. I think I've read that somewhere, but that must have been wrong.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In person and in photos, it certainly seems to be the exact same design, though it wouldn't entirely surprise me if they had wanted to let WDW's castle remain the tallest. If that's true, I suspect that it's only taller by a very small amount, likely using a shorter antenna-thing on the top of the highest tower. Everything else seems to be identical And with the new non-character-specific castle for Shanghai being taller than any of the other ones, I guess the bragging rights don't make much of a difference any more
