Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Expanding Dalmatians!!!<<< LOL >>>dagobert, you should treat yourself and watch a few Ghibli movies. They are some of the best movies I've ever seen.<<< I guess I should give them a try. Any recommendations? >>>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!!!<<< That would be a fantstic Studios Park. However Indy should stay in Adventureland. There they should add the IJA from Anameim and create a mini-land.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>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.<< In preparation for an upcoming trip to Japan, I've been watching a lot of them, and most of them are a lot of fun, but I completely agree that they're not widely known outside of certain fan circles. Even the films that I liked the most still felt disconnected for me, like there was something that was lost in translation. I don't know if there are just certain cultural things that would fill in the blanks, or if I just didn't fully understand everything, but it always seemed like there were a couple plot points that didn't lead anywhere, or seemed to come out of nowhere. I don't typically watch a lot of foreign films, so it could be a common thing, but it seemed odd to me I also never realized that Disney's Atlantis was so obviously based on Castle in the Sky. I really like both films, but there are a shocking number of similarities between them
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I guess I should give them a try. Any recommendations?" Spirited Away.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Spirited Away is the one that gets all the hype, but I thought it was just too strange to follow. I kept hoping that there would be some moment where everything clicked, but it never quite happened for me (same for Totoro, which also gets generally good reviews) I think my favorite of the ~10 I've seen is Kiki's Delivery Service. I also thought that The Secret World of Arrietty was quite good, but I was also familiar with The Borrowers which helped frame the story for me
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Kiki's a good starting point too. Spirited Away is by far my favorite. Avoid the latest one.
Originally Posted By u k fan Hmmmm, this tough because I love quite a few of them. Totoro is good as is Arrietty (which might be my favourite. Laputa: Castle in the Sky is good also and has soooo many similarities to Atlantis. Only Yesterday is a good pick for something less fantasy based. I loved Whisper of The Heart and it's spin off The Cat Returns. Castle of Cagliostro is another pick and feels like a POTC movie. Finally, I have to mention Grave of The Fireflies for sheer amazingness. Have a look here for more indepth chat. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-126762-P-1.asp">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a> I could talk about Ghibli all day!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert What comes after the Rat? Here's an article by a Dutch Disney fansite about DLP's future. You have to scroll down to get to the English text. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.d-log.nl/nieuws/99/157271/disneyland-na-de-rat#english">http://www.d-log.nl/nieuws/99/...#english</a> I wouldn't take it too serious, because they are just talking about rumours and can't even get the facts straight - HKDL doesn't feature a TSM ride.
Originally Posted By u k fan Nothing too startling there. Mostly educated guesses and a sprinkle of wishful thinking I think!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Nothing too startling there. Mostly educated guesses and a sprinkle of wishful thinking I think!!!<<< So true. Only Star Tours II sounds reasonable and possible. However it was confirmed that Animagique will close. In my opinion a bad decision, because I liked the show, but it has to be replaced. The won't close a high capacity attraction without a replace. They were even reluctant to close Armageddon, because they want add more attractions instead of removing them. As soon as Animagique is gone, there is only the Aladdin spinner left and that one could easily be changed to Pixar. That would give WDI the opportunity to give the Toon Studio a Pixar makeover. Then the whole area would be Pixar Studio with TSPL and Rat.
Originally Posted By u k fan Presumably, the Animation Tour will become part of the old Hollywood style area. It's not an ideal fit, but can work. I thought Animagique was well done, but I won't miss it. It used the same songs from the same movies as nearly every other Disney show in history!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I came across some interesting tweets about the future of DLP. >>>@d_logEN @CafeFantasia Construction on TSM won't start before Fiscal Year 2017 <<< >>>@d_logEN @CafeFantasia ST2 maybe, Ride updates Yes, New themed areas in WDS... not yet.<<< >>>@d_logEN @CafeFantasia We won't reveil the list of experiences yet. But there will be 10 updates for DLP and 2 for WDS over the next 3 years<<< <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/InsideDLParis/status/493807916797792258">http://twitter.com/InsideDLPar...97792258</a>
Originally Posted By u k fan Interesting.... I hope we get something new for DLP's 25th inside DL Park itself. Even just ST2 would be a start!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I hope we get something new for DLP's 25th inside DL Park itself. Even just ST2 would be a start!!!<<< ST2 would be perfect. In my opinion DL has enough rides, so they should use the money to refurb the park. It still needs some attention. However ST2 would be a new ride without building a new attraction. And it'S Star Wars. With the new movies, that would be perfect to advertise.
