Just a Dream Away- The Imagineering Thread*Are you curious, imaginative, dedicated?

[marypops!]

Either way, i'm excited for it.

Rumour over on the TPAS board is that Miyuki (the candy art lady) isn't allowed to give the candy to people anymore...

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Yeah I heard that, but the reasons seem BS.

 

[marypops!]

Very. I also found out you guys don't have Kinder Surprise eggs! How can that be so?!?

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Very. I also found out you guys don't have Kinder Surprise eggs! How can that be so?!?

xD

Had to google that.

No, George, we do not have all of the wonderous food items of the UK

 

[marypops!]

It's sold almost everywhere else except the USA because the toys inside could be a choking hazard You're missing out. It's the taste of Kinder chocolate, but egg shaped!

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

yeah I don't even know what Kinder chocolate is, George

 

[marypops!]

:-O You're missing out even more! You have to get some from the Germany Pavillion in Epcot when you go!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/KinderSchokolade.jpg

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

:-O You're missing out even more! You have to get some from the Germany Pavillion in Epcot when you go!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/KinderSchokolade.jpg

will do


I just remembered I went to Toontown the year it opened. I wasn't born yet (same year), but I was there.

(we have pictures of my mom heavily pregnant there xD)

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Miceage has a good article about WDW today:
"Fantasyland Cleaning

In the past few weeks, Mrs. Potts Cupboard (an ice-cream stand) in Fantasyland has received a facelift. Normally this would not be cause for too much attention. Such rehabs occur all the time, after all. But this particular event is associated with the massive Fantasyland expansion and retrofitting, part of which calls for a re-theming of the Pooh attraction façade. If Pooh is to change, then it stands to reason that Mrs. Potts would have to change also.

But if you look at the scale of the change—removing a tower window and replacing the slate roof with a thatched roof—then it's easy to start asking questions. It's not a dramatic change; in fact, it's a pretty insignificant change. And that, paradoxically, gives me fresh hope that the Fantasyland makeover will not be a hatchet job. In my opinion, if they are willing to expend significant resources to make a minor theming change, then this will be an expansion/makeover that pays attention to DETAILS, not only major capital improvements (i.e., new buildings). They could have easily left Mrs. Potts alone, and I'm not sure anyone would have noticed. That they didn't is an extremely positive development. "

 

[marypops!]

I saw pictures of that. It looked interesting. It's supposed to blend in with the Winnie the Pooh area, or does it blend with whatever mini-land is opposite it (I think it's Sleeping Beauty's area?)

 

[marypops!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmLyN-I_Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIJpMi9Uv-c

Testing for World of Colour. The first has synced audio. The second is just spectacular

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

The second one.. oh my god! Looks amazing!

 

[marypops!]

I can't wait to see the finished form. It should be incredible.

 

[marypops!]

http://www.dreamcandles.com/

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Okay.. so the new D23 Calendar:

includes a ton of unrealized parks ideas, in addition to movies, shows, etc.

The very first idea is "Edison Square" which quite frankly is very cool.
The next is "The Pirate Museum" which we all know eventually became "POTC"
The next is "Mickey's Madhouse", developed in the 70's for Disneyland for "Dumbo's Circusland". It was going to be a wild mouse coaster set in the early world of black and white Mickey Mouse Cartoons. Ward Kimball was the genius behind it.
There's "Tokyo Sci-Fi City" a redesign for Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland. There wa going to be a new ride that featured a Rocketbike ride through an otherworldy strange landscape. A test track was even developed at Disney's Golden Oak Ranch, and part of the track is still there.
The "Lewis and Clark Adventrue" was being developed for "The St. Louis Project", which was essentially an indoor Disneyland "an entire city block filled with four stories of attractions and restaurants".
The "Garden of the Gods" was developed in the 70's by Marc Daviswho wanted a full scale view of the Greek Underworld, Hades, with the river Styx and Cerberus. The Topiaries for the garden were grown and ended up in front of "it's a small world".
"Rock Candy Mountain" is discussed in depth in The Disney Mountains book, but was going to be for Casey Jr. and Storybook canal.
There's a gorgeous picture of "Discovery Bay" set in the Victorian Age of Invention for Disneyland.. Very Steam Punk, and eventually the proprieter of "Professor Marvel's Gallery of Illusions" became Dreamfinder at Journey Into Imagination!
"Herbie the Love Bug Ride" was developed in the 70's to be able to do wheelies, split into two, and run tilted up on one side.
Western River Expedition, planned for WDW to be like POTC, Marc Davis' brain child, Tony Baxter developed BTMRR from it.
Museum of the Weird, precursor to The Haunted Mansion, developed by Rolly Crump, and I think we all know the back stories to this...
The Switzerland Pavilion was planned for EPCOT to hold a souped-up version of the Matterhorn, the finale would have featured a spinning avalanche tunnel of ice, giving the illusion the sleds were riding upside down.

And finally, the "Enchanted Snow Palace" was concieved for WDW. Marc Davis thought of this cavernous, snow-peaked boat ride through ice as a perfect respite from the unrelenting Orlando sunlight and humidity. There's a picture of polar bears playing in a magical ice landscape, and a snowflake queen surrounded by snow owls. No pictures exist of the ride vehicles.


So there you have it.
The calendar in an Imagineering nutshell. enjoy

 

[marypops!]

Sounds awesome. Somebody's probably posted all the pictures by now.

Btw, the link I posted is about fake flame candles that'll be sold soon. They're the same used in the Haunted Mansion.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Sounds awesome. Somebody's probably posted all the pictures by now.

Btw, the link I posted is about fake flame candles that'll be sold soon. They're the same used in the Haunted Mansion.

Probably!
I would have scanned them but I was lazy

Yeah I saw that link on Micechat.. they are some really, really awesome LEDs.

 

[princesskelz]

Okay.. so the new D23 Calendar:

includes a ton of unrealized parks ideas, in addition to movies, shows, etc.

The very first idea is "Edison Square" which quite frankly is very cool.
The next is "The Pirate Museum" which we all know eventually became "POTC"
The next is "Mickey's Madhouse", developed in the 70's for Disneyland for "Dumbo's Circusland". It was going to be a wild mouse coaster set in the early world of black and white Mickey Mouse Cartoons. Ward Kimball was the genius behind it.
There's "Tokyo Sci-Fi City" a redesign for Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland. There wa going to be a new ride that featured a Rocketbike ride through an otherworldy strange landscape. A test track was even developed at Disney's Golden Oak Ranch, and part of the track is still there.
The "Lewis and Clark Adventrue" was being developed for "The St. Louis Project", which was essentially an indoor Disneyland "an entire city block filled with four stories of attractions and restaurants".
The "Garden of the Gods" was developed in the 70's by Marc Daviswho wanted a full scale view of the Greek Underworld, Hades, with the river Styx and Cerberus. The Topiaries for the garden were grown and ended up in front of "it's a small world".
"Rock Candy Mountain" is discussed in depth in The Disney Mountains book, but was going to be for Casey Jr. and Storybook canal.
There's a gorgeous picture of "Discovery Bay" set in the Victorian Age of Invention for Disneyland.. Very Steam Punk, and eventually the proprieter of "Professor Marvel's Gallery of Illusions" became Dreamfinder at Journey Into Imagination!
"Herbie the Love Bug Ride" was developed in the 70's to be able to do wheelies, split into two, and run tilted up on one side.
Western River Expedition, planned for WDW to be like POTC, Marc Davis' brain child, Tony Baxter developed BTMRR from it.
Museum of the Weird, precursor to The Haunted Mansion, developed by Rolly Crump, and I think we all know the back stories to this...
The Switzerland Pavilion was planned for EPCOT to hold a souped-up version of the Matterhorn, the finale would have featured a spinning avalanche tunnel of ice, giving the illusion the sleds were riding upside down.

And finally, the "Enchanted Snow Palace" was concieved for WDW. Marc Davis thought of this cavernous, snow-peaked boat ride through ice as a perfect respite from the unrelenting Orlando sunlight and humidity. There's a picture of polar bears playing in a magical ice landscape, and a snowflake queen surrounded by snow owls. No pictures exist of the ride vehicles.


So there you have it.
The calendar in an Imagineering nutshell. enjoy

did you get that with your mag? Cause mine has yet to come yet i would really enjoy that!

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

did you get that with your mag? Cause mine has yet to come yet i would really enjoy that!

Nah, it came a few days after I got my new card, but the magazine has yet to arrive.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

The track for Radiator Springs Racers is coming in.