Toon Studio placemaking

Kristof · April 25, 2006, 10:39:54 PM

They had a "meet 'n greet" street at Disney-MGM Studios. They had a few trailers on each side of the road ligned up next to each other. When the characters were out (mostly Disney Channel characters), they played loud Disney Channel music. Nothing impressive. :lol:

Anthony · April 25, 2006, 10:45:29 PM

Quote from: "raptor1982"They had a "meet 'n greet" street at Disney-MGM Studios. They had a few trailers on each side of the road ligned up next to each other. When the characters were out (mostly Disney Channel characters), they played loud Disney Channel music. Nothing impressive. :lol:

Haha, you've really made me fall in love with the idea now! :lol:

Kristof · April 25, 2006, 10:59:42 PM

Yeah, but I heard they plan real meet 'n greet locations, instead of blend trailers as compared to MGM.

Anthony · April 25, 2006, 11:09:42 PM

That's good. I'd love our Animation Courtyard to be turned into something like Fantasyland at Hong Kong Disneyland, with lots of meet n greets spread through gardens and streams and so on. Just because it's a movie studio doesn't mean it can't be whimsical, imo.

I guess the meet n greets at Camp Minnie-Mickey (AK) are a bit of an inspiration too. Since ours will be supported by 2 (or 3 incl. the carpets) proper attractions, they should be a great addition to the park.

The original Toon Studios layout plans showed two trailers the same as Mickey's current one along with what looked like one extra meet 'n' greet, though...

Kristof · April 25, 2006, 11:11:53 PM

Oh I also forgot to mention that the plans showed the existing Studio Cathering Co. chart with the ice cream cone on, would be moved to that "greenery department" and would be expanded with a small seating area between the greenery.

Anthony · April 25, 2006, 11:21:22 PM

Any kind of greenery gets a thumbs up from me! It's not good that that Studio Catering Co. van will probably be the only "restaurant" in the whole of the area though. I've been wondering for a long time if the facade of the Cars garage will feature some kind of small stall or catering facility...

Something else just popped into my head too - I wonder what they'll do with the Nemo photo location next to Art of Disney? I presume that area will be redeveloped slightly when Tower of Terror opens, but hopefully it'll be given something more than just a bit of extra grass.

Anthony · April 26, 2006, 12:36:36 PM

The latest photos of Crush's Turtle Twister from yesterday can be found here: http://www.jourifromparis.nl/index.php? ... ticleid=34

The lift hill has almost reached its full height and I'd say well over half of the track is now installed, two thirds perhaps. You can also see very clearly the foundations for the station and first lift hill of the ride.

Kristof · April 26, 2006, 07:56:34 PM

Photos by Grandmath on Disney Central Plaza:

Anthony · April 26, 2006, 09:13:36 PM

It's great how clearly you can see the ride layout in that front section already. Has anyone got any idea why the bottom of the conrete wall in the first photo seems to have been painted black? The future soil level?

I'm really looking forward to seeing track go in for the dark ride section. You can see what the coaster section is like from other parks with the same model, so it'll be nice to see something totally new.

When will they test the ride system? I'd take a guess it'll be once it's 99% complete (ie. roof, themeing, everything in place), but maybe someone with more coaster knowledge could semi-confirm this? I don't remember them running RNRC before it was enclosed, so I guess it'll be the same here.

I just REHEEALY want to see how they've managed to make a Maurer Söhne spinner car look like Crush! :lol:

Btw, here's an interesting link: http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/sh ... p?t=518098 Looks like someone is already having a go at a RCT3 version of the ride!

Dlrpfan · April 27, 2006, 09:03:28 AM

seeing the pics a month ago and the ones now is soooo amazing!

The Butlin Boy · April 28, 2006, 08:20:17 AM

Does anyone know when construction on cars is going to begin?

Anthony · April 29, 2006, 01:50:45 PM

Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Does anyone know when construction on cars is going to begin?

It's a very simple ride, the only thing adding time will be the themeing. I'd take a rough guess at maybe August/September for construction to begin. Toon Studios is rumoured to open in May (or April) next year, so that'd still give just under 8 months. And if Cars was a major major flop, then they could still have time to put in something else... but I'd say the chances of that happening or them being able to do that would be 0%.

At Crush's Turtle Twister, apparently they installed the Immelman Turn (or the "Fer à Cheval" - horseshoe - as it seems to be known in France). That's this bit:

http://www.wimmerl.com/Coaster/Bilder/A ... 05609.html

It doesn't go that vertical in the Toon Studios version though (about 50 degrees I think), and the "edges" of the turn are more banked.

The Butlin Boy · April 29, 2006, 04:51:13 PM

Quote from: "Baloo"At Crush's Turtle Twister, apparently they installed the Immelman Turn

Yes, they have:

They have also started to make the dark ride section:

http://www.dlrp.fr/actularge.php?id=581

Dlrpfan · April 29, 2006, 05:15:22 PM

reminds me a bit of primevil wherl

Kristof · April 29, 2006, 07:29:07 PM

Oh no, it's completely different, doesn't even look like it! Thank god, 'cause Primeavel Whirl was horrible!!!