Originally Posted By jonvn Actually, the beer garden sounds great. Hope they sell some good food that goes with beer, like sausages...
Originally Posted By Nobody From post 30: "Do we know yet what kind of beer they will serve? Will Karl Strauss be the vendor? I personally hope they have a very wide variety of beers but if for business reasons they have to keep it to one supplier then Karl is a solid choice I guess." And from post 41: "Actually, the beer garden sounds great. Hope they sell some good food that goes with beer, like sausages..." I suppose in my near-perfect world, these guys would run the venue. <a href="http://www.yardhouse.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yardhouse.com/</a>
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Mullholand is still being considered temporary. << Not temporary enough for me. When you look at all the concept art of the fancy victorian theming for this new beer garden, and then realize that this ugly monstrosity looms and clatters directly above it - I just don't see how the two are at all compatible. I still boggle at the notion of re-theming the entire area to make it nicer, and them thinking that they can keep MM smack in the middle of it all. I hope they come to their senses, and quick.
Originally Posted By bean BigJim thats pretty accurate. except for a couple minor corrections and additions Pixar play parade and playhouse - March Toy story Midway Mania and hopefully the midway games and stores by memorial day. Mickey's fun wheel will not start changes till after summer and hopefully re-open in time for Holidays. ariels grotto, screamin and treasure in Paradise work hopefully to start fall of 2008 to finish in time for WOC. Viewing area sometime this year must be done by spring of 2009 The preview center should be something simple and hopefully be done by the Holidays or sooner. more placemaking thruought 2009 including more in pier area, hpb and golden state late 2009 start mermaid with lots of work 2010 opening 2011. entry in 2010 to open 2011. Carsland 2010 opening 2012. while all this is going on other major projects will be going on around the resort.
Originally Posted By bean "gottaluvdavillains Fri 1/4/2008 8:50p so a cm told me this yesterday that the mermaid ride is going in the golden dreams - it seems sad to see such a pretty building go... " the only thing that would be a shame to go will really be the mural. The rest of the building is basically a box. The dome will be staying. The new building will be amazing and have lots of detail. Onces its done no wil will remember what was there.
Originally Posted By bean "jonvn Sat 1/5/2008 10:27a Actually, the beer garden sounds great. Hope they sell some good food that goes with beer, like sausages... " I agree, the food will play an important part to the atmosphere. lets hope the foods department gets it right. The music and the lush landscape will really make it a perfect place to be for major Holiday occasion. DCA will be the place to be in 2009 and beyond for new years eve. Beer garden, lavish water show and pyros and plenty of music atmosphere
Originally Posted By bean "gadzuux Sat 1/5/2008 12:24p >> Mullholand is still being considered temporary. << Not temporary enough for me. When you look at all the concept art of the fancy victorian theming for this new beer garden, and then realize that this ugly monstrosity looms and clatters directly above it - I just don't see how the two are at all compatible. I still boggle at the notion of re-theming the entire area to make it nicer, and them thinking that they can keep MM smack in the middle of it all. " I agree, one good thing is that nothing has been started with that attraction. so things could change.
Originally Posted By Nemo88 If they can make the Screamin' queue taller,it would really help to block out some of the convention center sightlines from when you enter Paradise Pier from the Treasures side. Id like to see a huge 2-3 story structure,similar in looks to that of Midway Mania,that would be perfect,it would give SCreamin a nice indoor queue and it would help block out ugly Anaheim sightlines as well.
Originally Posted By BigJim89 bean said: <<ariels grotto, screamin and treasure in Paradise work hopefully to start fall of 2008 to finish in time for WOC.>> Wow, so Screamin' will get a long overdue refurb, I wasn't expecting that. Bean, will this be a general refurb/ mickey replacement or a more extensive villains themed funhouse overlay that Al Lutz mentioned? I hope at the very least the ride is repainted and the queue is reworked to better match TSMM.
Originally Posted By bartholomewneff From what I've heard, Screaming will get a modest makeover. This is supposed to involve a rethememed queue area, ala a Fun House, new paint job, removal of the silhouette mouse, the sunburst added to the side with the words Paradise Pier over it. There was a choice between a 3 million makeover(this one) and a 30-40 million makeover(villains). This was chosen so as to free up that extra money for other things. The villains theme could still make it into the second phase later in the decade though.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains We would like to see the music from screamin changed from a carnival type to more a rock type - we really enjoyed it when it was re-themed last year - we didn't like the space mountain changes during that time - but the red hot chili peppers music was perfect for screamin
Originally Posted By Britain On the contrary, I'd prefer they drop the annoying electric guitar and give us some genuine carnival music. And no sythesizers this time, WDI! Get off your butts and record an actual calliope this time!
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Thanks for all the information Bean and everyone. Keep this thread going. I love this stuff! Can't wait to actually see all the changes this park will have to offer. In reference to the beer garden, I love this idea and it should work well, especially if they do get the food right as others have said. Good quality basic offerings that go well with the setting. (None of the over priced high-brow stuff they sometimes come up with.) I'm thinking things like knockwurst and sauerkraut, beer battered fish and chips. No 'pan seared chicken breast with a demi-glaze served with watercress on a French baguette...for $18.95'.
Originally Posted By bean "BigJim89 Sat 1/5/2008 3:16p bean said: <<ariels grotto, screamin and treasure in Paradise work hopefully to start fall of 2008 to finish in time for WOC.>> Wow, so Screamin' will get a long overdue refurb, I wasn't expecting that. Bean, will this be a general refurb/ mickey replacement or a more extensive villains themed funhouse overlay that Al Lutz mentioned? I hope at the very least the ride is repainted and the queue is reworked to better match TSMM." I really can not get into to much detail. work is still being finalized. "doppio Sat 1/5/2008 3:43p What about Triton's? Looks horrible." I agree but sadly no plans for that yet
Originally Posted By Nemo88 They should at least paint Tritons Carousel white so it KIND of looks victorian.
Originally Posted By BigJim89 Thanks to bean and bartholomewneff for the info. It sounds like the area surrounding TSMM will get a lot of work AFTER the ride opens(Screamin', Mickey's Fun Wheel,etc.), I thought the plan was to finish that section of the pier by summer, that would have made more sense. Oh well, better late than never I suppose.
Originally Posted By Nemo88 Well you know TDA wants bulk of the work crammed into the last 2 years of this 5 year plan,they figure that way it will be less inconvienant for guests.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Thank you, bean, duckling! Us cauldron girls love reading what you have to say. But we were wondering if The Little Mermaid attraction will ever be added to Hong Kong Disneyland--as we once heard it was supposed to be for that park over there--if DCA wants to be the only park with an attraction based on Ariel? I mean, I'm hoping they'll make an exception for Hong Kong since they need all the rides they can get!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The Music and the lush landscape will really make it a perfect place to be for major Holiday occasion. > Any word on what type of music they're planning? It wouldn't make much sense to do the pier over as Victorian and then have rock bands. But an oompah-style beer garden band could get old real fast. Maybe more like the music they have at the Plaza Gardens? Swing is, of course, post-Victorian, but it works on Main Street somehow. Or do you think they'll really go whole hog on turn of the (20th) century music/Gay 90's, etc?
