Toy Story Playland (General discussion)

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davewasbaloo

#1440
March 27, 2010, 11:14:11 AM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Quote from: "dagobert"Is Tom Fitzgerald responsible for both TSPL? Did he already design something for DLRP? Does someone know what he has already created for WDI?

In my limited experience, Tom is a nice guy, but most of his work has been film based and the results of how well they have been received has been mixed. He was VP for Story, Script and Media for a while. Some examples of his work have included:

Golden Dreams (He was the writer, and I loved it, but I am in a minority - now history)
Seasons of the Vina (again, I thought this was a delightful attraction, now also history)
Soarin' over California (Ok, a real treasure)
It's Tough to be a Bug (really fun 3D film, perhaps Disney's best)
Ellen's Energy Adventure (so so)
HISTA (ok, not great)
Star Tours (I love this one - he wrote and produced with Tony Baxter)

But you will notice a theme.
since 2001 (many before that)

dagobert

#1441
March 27, 2010, 11:25:05 AM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Thanks for the answer, davewasbaloo. So I would say Soarin is his masterpiece, one of Disney's best attractions.

davewasbaloo

#1442
March 27, 2010, 11:41:28 AM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
O definately, and also Star Tours is up there too (though a lot of that is Tony Baxter too)
since 2001 (many before that)

Anthony

#1443
March 27, 2010, 03:22:00 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
The walkway is open again: http://www.dlrptoday.com/2010/03/27/and ... -playland/



C'est magique.

Tom Fitzgerald is currently 'Executive Vice President, Senior Creative Executive', so Toy Story Playland probably isn't his "baby", he was there in an executive role to make the presentation. I think Kristof met him (as he meets everyone) sometime during the opening of Crush/Cars, so at least here's a senior WDI interested in the Studios.

And again, can we keep the throwing toys out of prams (and heroin references??!) somewhere else, please.
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Remco K.

#1444
March 27, 2010, 08:59:39 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
As posted by coasterbob on Themepark.nl:

CafeFantasia

#1445
March 27, 2010, 10:07:01 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Great find Remco. I wonder where that photo was taken from? Was it taken from the Tower of Terror? Is it an official photo taken by Disney, or one taken by a regular park guest?

bigrossco

#1446
March 27, 2010, 10:11:00 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
doubt it iwll be from tower of terror as wrong angle unless someone on the roof facing that way!

Seems intresting anyway how it would of been taken
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Anthony

#1447
March 27, 2010, 11:45:16 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
It is from the roof of Tower of Terror - remember this earlier picture?

Shows how much its come along since November!
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Remco K.

#1448
March 28, 2010, 12:44:13 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Quote from: "Alan"Great find Remco. I wonder where that photo was taken from? Was it taken from the Tower of Terror? Is it an official photo taken by Disney, or one taken by a regular park guest?
From what I've read on the Themepark.nl forums, I understand that coasterbob is/has been a CM at The Tower of Terror. From pictures I've seen it seems the CMs have access to the side balconies during the start up of the attraction. So my guess is that the picture has been taken from there.

I'm still not impressed by the rides chosen for Toy Story Playland, but I must at least admit that the theming looks pretty nice. It's still a shame they didn't go for a more unique attraction.

dagobert

#1449
March 28, 2010, 02:07:20 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Quote from: "Remco K."I'm still not impressed by the rides chosen for Toy Story Playland, but I must at least admit that the theming looks pretty nice. It's still a shame they didn't go for a more unique attraction.

I'm with you on this. I also have to admit that the theming around the rides looks a lot better than expected. It will definately look better than Chester and Hester's Dinorama at WDW. I think that TSPL will pull in a lot of people and so it will be easier to ride Crush's Coaster. I'm not interested in riding any of the TSPL rides and so I will take advantage of the, hopefully, shorter lines of Crush.

Looking on the construction pics it seems that the construction is moving along. Hopefully we will see more pictures taken from ToT.

dagobert

#1450
March 30, 2010, 09:19:29 AM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Disney and More has posted an article with pictures about TSPL. Alain talks about the visual intrusion of the rides and he is right that the rides should really not be seen from the ToT. I hope that the imagineers will find a good way to hide them. The visual intrusion and the ride capacity are the biggest problems for me. I think the theming will be better than expected, hopefully.

You can find the article here:
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2010/ ... e-and.html

Disneydavid

#1451
March 30, 2010, 08:18:11 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Looking good! I am looking forward to this!

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lil-shawn

#1452
March 31, 2010, 10:34:44 AM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
The first bamboo arrives at TSPL...
photo found on the facebook site of DLRP times!!

tubbsy

#1453
March 31, 2010, 06:26:26 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
that just took me about 30 seconds to spot! ....."oh yeah!" Lol!

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March 31, 2010, 07:50:41 PM Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 AM by Guest
Quote from: "tubbsy"that just took me about 30 seconds to spot! ....."oh yeah!" Lol!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one  :lol:
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