Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara No, I don't think Disney's California Adventure sucks, but I do think that Walt Disney Studios Paris sucks, and the Cars kiddie ride, the Crush coaster, and the Tower of Terror won't help it one bit.
Originally Posted By paulyahoo << the Cars kiddie ride, the Crush coaster, and the Tower of Terror won't help it one bit. >> Maybe we should wait and see first? Unlike pathetic HKDL they bring two e-tickets to WDSP and a kids zone (right now most attractions are child unfriendly.) What's wrong with that?
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Hong Kong Disneyland is a wonderland compared to Walt Disney Studios Paris. Hong Kong Disneyland is, at least, a Magic Kingdom, with enough attractions for a good start (though it certainly needs more, and more quickly than they have planned). It has Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, Mickey's Philharmagic, two big shows, a good parade, and fireworks. Walt Disney Studios Paris has nothing to compare. Walt Disney Studios is the worst-designed theme park Disney has ever built. Most of its few attractions are poor (with the notable exceptions of Cinemagic and Animagic and, for thrill fans, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster). Building one E-ticket, one D-ticket (or two E-tickets if you're generous) and one C-ticket still isn't going to help in Paris--it's still poorly laid out, totally without charm, and just plain ugly with big lumpy buildings. Building a Tower of Terror in California Adventure did not help its numbers at all, and DCA is a far far better park to begin with than Walt Disney Studios Paris.
Originally Posted By paulyahoo WDSP has DLP next door. HKDL doesn't have such luxury, that's why in your own words: << The Hong Kong Disney theme park is also nice, but you can easily do everything in a day. The park was, incidentally, empty when I was there, as was the hotel. It was spooky--like the movie the Omega Man when Charleton Heston is driving around LA and it's deserted. >> Even Chinese people are smart enough to not buy the little half-baked park.
Originally Posted By paulyahoo And highly doubt the three just announced attractions will change situation in HKDL in any way. It's too little, though not yet too late.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara "Even Chinese people are smart enough to not buy the little half-baked park." Nice sentiment! I didn't realize that the Chinese are less intelligent than other people--or am I misreading your statement? It's irrelevant what's next door to Walt Disney Studios Paris--it's just a bad park from top to bottom and it's sucking money away from Disneyland Park, which desperately needs new rides and maintainance.
Originally Posted By leemac <<just plain ugly with big lumpy buildings.>> To be fair WDI are trying to correct that now with new color schemes on the buildings and a new entrance and place-making in the Animation Courtyard. I just got an image this week from WDI of Valerie Edwards sculpting the Mickey for the new entrance and he is very cute indeed. Small changes but it should make the place a little warmer. It still needs shelter though.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara I've seen the repainting. It's a hopeless effort, like dying a pig. The concept of having large hulking buildings as the core of a theme park is awful. The only thing I can imagine helping is to build complex themed facades over all of them so they look like something other than just big boxes. It's not impossible, but would require more money and imagination than they have at the moment.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< The concept of having large hulking buildings as the core of a theme park is awful. >>> I can still hear the echos from when this decision was made: "That's the way real movie studios are - it will make people feel immersed!"
Originally Posted By Malin I agree with Mara when it comes to the Studios.However i realise changes are in the process of being made and Im willing to give it another go once all the place making and attractions are built.Im not expecting to instantly fall in love with the park but I am hoping to see a decent improvement over the last visit in 2003.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara One thing that the Tower of Terror will do at the Studios is fill in the enormous space which was in the center of the park. This will eliminate the problem of being able to see the entire park at glance and help to actually create some reason to walk around. The addition of the three new rides will get the park up to half-day status (it took about three hours to see everything the first time I went). One thing that continues to amaze me is why Disney would build an open air theater for the Lights, Motors, Action stunt show, with metal benches, when they KNOW the weather in the Paris area is dreadful during the winter--cold, damp, rainy, much like London. Who wants to sit outside for 45 minutes in those conditions? And the show isn't even that good--mercifully it's shorter in Orlando, but the Jet skis (removed from the Paris show) are in the Orlando show but don't do any stunts! You've really got to wonder what was on the Imagineers minds when they concocted the whole thing.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>To be fair WDI are trying to correct that now with new color schemes on the buildings and a new entrance and place-making in the Animation Courtyard.<< To be fair... Nothing has been done to alter TDS' look since the park is that perfect as opposed to DCA.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara TDLFAN, the comment was about Walt Disney Studios Paris, not DCA. And, if Tokyo DisneySea were perfect, the Sinbad ride wouldn't be shut down for 6 months for a thorough rejiggering.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN BTW... too bad you are not around Kowloon tonight. I am going to HKDL tomorrow.. you know.. that little park that can?
