Originally Posted By gaston lives If you look at rides like Splash Mountain, they have some plants and grass growing on the attraction base. My qeustion is this: How do they take care of that type of thing? Do they let it just grow wildly, or do they have to maintain, upkeep, and replace?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN How do they take care of that type of thing? Do they let it just grow wildly, or do they have to maintain, upkeep, and replace? At WDW? Yes. In Tokyo? No.
Originally Posted By RHODISNEY I once bought a book in a Tomorroland gift shop on a trip to WDW in 1990 called Gardens of WDW. I think I paid $40 for it. got it home, read it and promptly lost the book somehow. I haven't seen it since. Does anyone know if this is still in publication, or where I could get a copy. I am sure it explored this very question of how the plants are chosen for each site and then maintained.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think most of the gardens that look like they are hard to get to have backstage access points. Some, like on DL's Matterhorn simply have fake plants in them (the plastic trees are used to help the forced perspective). At least in DL, it looks like Splash Mountain pretty much grows on its own. For a while in teh late 90's/early 00's, the area that the logs came out of at the top of the mountain was covered in ivy. The grass always seems to be long, so it makes sense that it would be 'wild' and does a good job of making it look more realistic.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Some, like on DL's Matterhorn simply have fake plants in them (the plastic trees are used to help the forced perspective).< I'm not sure which ones you're referring to. But Disney lore has made a big deal out of the fact that the small trees about halfway up the mountain are indeed live trees, found in a grove in California growing in a clay-like substance that stunted their growth. Perhaps some are fake and some are real?
Originally Posted By tonyanton RHODISNEY...I have that book as well. It is out-of-print. I got a copy on ebay, though I can't remember how much I spent. I don't usually overpay on ebay for things, so I don't think it was very high as compared to the original published price.
Originally Posted By Labuda RHO - is this the book you're looking for? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9999662803/103-6379823-8475811?v=glance&n=283155" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ ct/9999662803/103-6379823-8475811?v=glance&n=283155</a>
