Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I fear these tree-huggers would be for saving Ickeyplantz. <<<< That's my qualm, too. I'm an anti tree huger when in comes to getting the Disney parks to look right. If they need to rip out trees/plants/overgrowth, I'm all for it in most cases. That said, it would be nice to see them find a nice balance between trees and no trees, especially when they have areas that are painfully bare.
Originally Posted By -em >>That said, it would be nice to see them find a nice balance between trees and no trees, especially when they have areas that are painfully bare.<< Agreed. I do think that some trees grow out of usefulness but I do like trees better than all concrete... -em
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ Exactly. That's why removing the Hub Trees wasn't such a big deal for me....You needed them gone to see Wishes, and the Castle. They could have left planters, however, like they have in Tokyo DL. Probably the best (and biggest) Hub design. <a href="http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/The%20Hub.jpg" target="_blank">http://land.allears.net/blogs/...0Hub.jpg</a> <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3447283166_0a3d6071e3.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com...71e3.jpg</a> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Tokyo_Disneyland_CindrellaCastle.jpg/800px-Tokyo_Disneyland_CindrellaCastle.jpg" target="_blank">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...stle.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper << Exactly. That's why removing the Hub Trees wasn't such a big deal for me....You needed them gone to see Wishes, and the Castle. >> No. They didn't need to go. The hub is now one of the ugliest areas in the MK now, and the castle looks very, very wrong with absolutely nothing around it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Again, opinion, I find nothing wrong with it. Looks more imposing, and has more "shock" value for me. Besides, that's how it looked in 1971... <a href="http://www.dwtickets.com/v/blog/uploaded_images/wdw-6-712436.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.dwtickets.com/v/blo...2436.jpg</a> Today: <a href="http://www.kaleidoscopetravel.ca/wp-content/photos/P1010106.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.kaleidoscopetravel....0106.JPG</a> I only see two trees "missing". Those could have stayed, if they were kept the right size, I guess.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 it finally is acknowledged for what it has been all along- a decoration - not an attraction.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> If they need to rip out trees/plants/overgrowth, I'm all for it in most cases. << I see Spirit needs to work on you some more at the Doom, and Gloom meetings.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> I still miss the topiary Mickey they ripped out to put in Partners.<<< Heh. They should have saved it for Towm Square. Or something.
Originally Posted By -em >>it finally is acknowledged for what it has been all along- a decoration - not an attraction.<< Agreed!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 << Exactly. That's why removing the Hub Trees wasn't such a big deal for me....You needed them gone to see Wishes, and the Castle. >> <<No. They didn't need to go. The hub is now one of the ugliest areas in the MK now, and the castle looks very, very wrong with absolutely nothing around it.>> Skip, it all comes down to opinion. You have the 'correct' one, while Young Explorer probably never met a tree he wouldn't like to take a chainsaw to. A great many fans have come to expect Cindy's Castle as some hulking giant plaything at the end of Main Street, instead of the slow, dramatic reveal that was the case in the 80s and 90s. Of course, since there isn't much worth seeing or doing on Main Street you might say Phil Holmes and crew are just trying to deflect your attention away ... of course that doesn't 'splain the giant World of Disney SuperStore along one side of MSUSA, but ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> If they need to rip out trees/plants/overgrowth, I'm all for it in most cases. << <<I see Spirit needs to work on you some more at the Doom, and Gloom meetings.>> I'm thinking it might be fun to play pin the LE EPCOT pins on EE (not on a lanyard, but use him like a fanboi pincushion) on our next meet!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Agreed!>> What did you agree to? I'm going to disagree just to keep things interesting.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>You have the 'correct' one, while Young Explorer probably never met a tree he wouldn't like to take a chainsaw to.<<< I love how you all take me seriously. Yeah,yeah, slow and dramatic is the way to go for the castle. ....and other things. It's a problem, I recognize that, but, MK has a lot more problems that how her shrubs are trimmed.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I'm thinking it might be fun to play pin the LE EPCOT pins on EE (not on a lanyard, but use him like a fanboi pincushion) on our next meet!<<< I specifically remember asking for the EPCOT Logos. The pins were for our Northern friend.
Originally Posted By figment1986 I have a great reason why this happened and not saving the old hub trees... Today it's a "Green" thing to reuse and recycle things... By paying to move this decoration the 150 feet, they recycled it (and probably got a good deal on it...) When they removed the hub trees, it wasn't "green" to relocate the trees... so they turned the mature trees into mulch instead.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Yeah, all this complaining about sparse landscaping - where do you think mulch comes from? It doesn't grow on trees.. well, not directly.. moreso it is trees, but that's not the point. You gotta break some eggs to make a delicious omelet. And since when is omelet spelled that way? Darn you spell check - screwing with my words!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> It's a problem, I recognize that, but, MK has a lot more problems that how her shrubs are trimmed. << That's what the people of North Western Africa said about the Sahara Forest.
