Originally Posted By FerretAfros Perhaps this is crazy, but if they're completely redoing the Studios park, what if they get rid of the tram tour? That would clear up some of the Old Hollywood/Production Central mess, and it would also allow for much more expansion space. As it is now, the tram route forms the back boundary to the park, but there's no reason it couldn't be pushed back further. Additionally, removing the large sets at either end of the route would give them room to add more attractions near existing walkways I'm just thinking outloud, but if they're investing over $1billion in the park, there's no real reason that the tram tour would need to stay. It's not like there's all that much to see or that any of it's actually been used in production ever
Originally Posted By dagobert I wouldn't mind if the STT would be removed. WDSP isn't a working studio and so there is nothing to see except for Catastrophe Canyon. And with all the CGI today, these practical effects aren't that interesting anymore. However I have to admit, that I would be a little bit sad if CC is gone, because of nostalgia. It would be fantastic if DLP could invest 1 billion Euros, but without the backing of TWDC that's never going to happen. Since TWDC own ILM now, it would be wonderful to bring a behind the scenes attraction/walk through of ILM to the Studios parks.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How is the tram tour? When I was there the wait was so long I decided to skip it.
Originally Posted By dagobert One word: boring! There is really nothing to see except for CC. There are some props of a Disney dinosaur TV show, which I have never seen. Then there are some cars from Disney/Touchstone films and a movie set of The Reign of Fire. Before Ratatouille you could look into the costuming building.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Ha! I thought so. Being from California the thought of waiting an our to tour a fake studio backlog seemed pointless.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros WDW's tram tour is a shadow of its former self, but even that is better than the one in Paris. Catastrophe Canyon is cool, and the Reign of Fire set is impressive, but that's about it. There are some props and the Dinotopia set along the way, but those seem more like afterthoughts, attempting to put anything of interest between the two anchors at either end. For most of the distance, it seemed like we were just traveling past emtpy space without anything of interest to look at; it doesn't help that the entire thing is an out-and-back so you pass by everything twice
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt At DHS my favorite part of the tour was always the part after the tram ride. Is the Golden Girls' house still there?
Originally Posted By u k fan I think the Golden Girls house was demolished for Motors Action, but I could be wrong. I'd happily lose the Tram Tour. The original plan was to tunnel under it and build out the area behind with new lands, but the tour was a bust from the start!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan I wonder if there are Marvel properties that would work for retheming CC and Reign of Fire? That could work as the entrance to a Marvel land!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I think the Golden Girls house was demolished for Motors Action, but I could be wrong.<< Yes, Residential Street and some of the other 'backlot' areas were removed for the car show. The only backlot area left is Streets of America (formerly New York Street), though the end of it was altered for the tram turn-around and a huge restroom complex. The tram tour also takes you past the scenic shop, costuming building, Catastrophe Canyon, and a couple props and vehicles. All in all, the pre-show with the water tank is probably better than the tour itself
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I had no idea that the residential street was gone. It's probably been 20 years since I last set foot in DHS.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://idealbuildout.blogspot.com/2014/04/2nd-gate-paris.html">http://idealbuildout.blogspot....ris.html</a> As anyone seen this site before? He's not affiliated with Disney or anything, just a guy with good computer skills and imagination doing blue sky park ideas. He did an expansion of WDSP recently.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://idealbuildout.blogspot.com/2014/04/2nd-gate-paris.html">http://idealbuildout.blogspot....ris.html</a> As anyone seen this site before? He's not affiliated with Disney or anything, just a guy with good computer skills and imagination doing blue sky park ideas. He did an expansion of WDSP recently.
Originally Posted By u k fan There are some good ideas there. I think the amount of non-Disney elements makes most of this nothing more than wishful thinking, but there's nothing wrong with that. I don't know if the entire back catalogue of Studio Ghibli is known enough in Europe, but I'd love to see some of that come to the park. As I said before I'd prefer more general lands, but that seems unlikely at this stage. One other thing from that plan, it would make a nice transition between lands to put Spiderman near the giant peach since they're both in NY. DLP does a wonderful job in transitioning from land to land so I'd like that to continue at WDSP!!!
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Where do people find the time to whip up this stuff?" Right? That's a lot of effort and detail for something that's not earning him any money and will never ever happen.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I don't know if the entire back catalogue of Studio Ghibli is known enough in Europe, but I'd love to see some of that come to the park.<<< Does Disney ditribute Studio Ghibli movies in Europe as well? And I guess you are right, Europeans wouldn't know a lot about Ghibli.
Originally Posted By u k fan No, I don't think they do. I love Studio Ghibli and have seen all the movies except the new one, but outside of Spirited Away and Totoro I bet most people wouldn't have a clue and I'm not even sure about those two outside of film or animation fans. It's fun for a bit of make believe, but would never happen. Something like Carsland would be much more likely on that spot!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I haven't seen any of their movies, but I know that critics love them. Honestly, I would be very happy with Carsland. From the pictures I have seen, it looks fantastic.
Originally Posted By u k fan dagobert, you should treat yourself and watch a few Ghibli movies. They are some of the best movies I've ever seen. A park with lands based on Star Wars, Marvel, Avatar and Indiana Jones would be a huge draw. Add in Pixar and Disney animation and you have some of the biggest hitters in cinema history. You could almost imagine a time when attendance would beat that of Disneyland Park!!!
