Home

[Scissorsboi]

I did, but now it's ALL Cars characters and not in anyway non-Pixar. Plus they can't say there was a lack of characters in the whole redevelopment, Ariel went in, WOC is all character based, and Paradise Pier got all character facelifts. Even the new Buena Vista Street is getting unused character names for the stores! I just would like him to put in something on the Everest scale, original story, original ride, no toons needed and yet it is still the main pull of Animal Kingdom! However with his ego, I think it's more likely that we'll see Expedition where we meet Wall-E, not Yet-i!

I have no issue with a few characters popping up now and again, but as it's such a Pixar overload right now, I'd love to see that stop and Lasseter remember that Walt made movies too! Ah well, hopefully he'll use the bigger Pixar rides to plus TSPL!

[CafeFantasia]

Did you see this? Bing Maps has been updated with new imagery of Disneyland Paris. You can see Toy Story Playland, The World of Disney and Earl of Sandwich now. Right click this photo and select Open Image In New Tab to view at fullsize:

[Columbiad]

Wow, thats really good. Fantastic as well that its only at a certain height - means you can zoom in and out and note the changes. I see the new images also include the Central Plaza Stage. Thanks, Alan!

[peter]

when i go on bing maps, it still shows a map from pre- crush, any help?

[CafeFantasia]

@peter Zoom out a bit :-)

[peter]

bing is a nightmare, if only google updated more often. i mean, my house is from 2004!


finally got it!!!!!  :thumbs:

wow this image is really good quality, and it helps give an idea of the size ratatouille will be!

[Josh]

I'm glad they updated it on Bing. It's so much better than Google Maps.

[CafeFantasia]

Looking at the aerial photo again, I think Disney should demolish the north side of Disney Village, extend Lake Disney into it, and add a boat transportation system, similar to the water taxis at Universal Orlando.

It's not as cool as a monorail system, but it would look beautiful and make the walk from the resort hub back to the Hotel Cheyenne much easier.

[davewasbaloo]

in 1992, there were water taxis on the lake - the waiting area can still be seen at the NBC and sequoia Lodge.

[peter]

alan, a bit extreme, however, it would be fairly easy to link all the hotels up if you expand the waterways, its an interesting idea.

[peter]

just noticed something, they haven't finished photographing all of dlp, there are still some areas blank, so could we expect a more zoomed in image in the future?

also, what work is going on right next to the stunt show? it can't be part of the water cleaning works.

[CafeFantasia]

I hadn't seen this before. Toy Story Playland at Hong Kong Disneyland is looking quite finished:

[davewasbaloo]

Man, it is a sad state of affairs when it doesn't look much better than Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Nicholodean land, where at least their characters will ride the attractions with you.

[samuelvictor]

I'm slightly confused by the animosity towards Toy Story Playground.

Yes, I entirely agree that essentially modded touring fairground rides aren't "real" Disney rides. Of course a dark ride or cool coaster would have been better. But it's not like there aren't simple fairground rides in Disney Parks, like Orbitron, Flying Carpets, Dumbo, Teacups etc, and these all remain very popular from what I saw.

Personally, I felt that the three simple rides in TSPL and the simple Cars ride nearby were themed really nicely & made the areas really fun for younger kids who wouldn't want to go on ToT, RnRC etc. (our kids could get on all three rides, I wasn't aware of height restrictions)

Grouping them together and heavily theming the areas made it all make sense to me. Little touches such as the wooden railway benches, knex fences, the bucket of monkeys etc made it really cool, especially if you're a kid who can imagine being shrunk down to the right scale. We got some great family phots with Rex, the Buzz statue, the pixar ball etc. Yes, the ques were fairly long, but the queing areas for RC & Slinky were really nicely designed, & surely more rides round he park reduces ques for other attractions?

The only problems I felt with the land were that there should have been a bigger, kid friendly dark ride accompanying the three Toy Story & 1 Cars ride, (perhaps linked to another Pixar property, to make that corner make sense, preferably with a shop & restaurant attached in a themed area), and that the "exit" didn't appear to lead anywhere, creating a loop. These were conclusions my wife & I reached when walking round the park. It was only upon discovering  this & other websites that we see that's exactly what they're planning with the Ratatouille area. To me, considering the budgetary restraints, it makes a heck of a lot of sense to have expanded that corner of the park like that, ready to expand further.

Now, once this expansion is finished, I only hope they'll add some more water and landscaping to another area of the park, & make attractions based on traditionally animated properties. My votes would be a Beauty & the Beast or Little Mermaid dark ride (the planned one on the DVD looked amazing, I genuinely hope it's made one day). Or for one that would be clearly only viable in the Paris park, perhaps a magic based Black Cauldron ride. Seems highly unlikely, but they do have the Welsh festival after all, and the Prydain books are quite successful around western Europe.

[peter]

Your fourth paragraph sounds like ratatouille. Cannot wait for it, extra toilets, a restaurant, an exclusive ride, what looks like amazing theming, plus I think from the plans it looks like there will be parade doors so room for expansion. Yyaayyyy!