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| [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc | |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 31/8/2009, 17:37 | |
| A quick look in the California Adventure map shows that the park's parade route has been cut in half, as more and more construction walls line the previous route, cutting back on guest viewing space. Also cut from the map - the Orange Stinger, which has been completely removed as it undergoes its transformation into the Silly Symphony Swings. The Silly Symphony Swings are now listed as a "coming soon" attraction. We'll check in on California Adventure construction later in today's update. First, let's head into Disneyland park. WORLD OF COLOR & PARADISE PARK VIEWING AREA
Work seems to be moving slow at the new 9,000-guest Paradise Park viewing area, but in reality, things are changing in the area constantly, as construction teams turn the space into a multi-leveled Victorian-styled seaside park. Work continues on the massive World of Color show platform The new wooden railing alongside the California Screamin' launch has been painted and weathered. THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURE & CARS LANDIt doesn't seem like there's enough space for a big new Little Mermaid E-Ticket dark ride, but the Imagineers sure think so. Work continues on the acreage that will become Cars Land over the next couple years. SILLY SYMPHONY SWINGS & MICKEY'S FUN WHEELWork continues on the old Orange Stinger, as it becomes the Silly Symphony Swings by Spring 2010. Mirrors continue to be removed around Mickey's Fun Wheel. http://micechat.com/forums/blogs/dateline-disneyland/1218-fantasyland-construction-refurbishments-disneyland-hotel-remodel-dca-work-more.html |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 10/9/2009, 21:35 | |
| | Golden Dreams A Cinematic California Adventure Starring Whoopi Goldberg | Golden Dreams is in the San Francisco section. | Yester-Paradise Bay isn’t just a place for thrill rides such as the Sun Wheel and the Orange Stinger. There’s also a movie theater on the bay, with 350 comfortable seats, 70 mm projection, and state-of-the art sound. The theater shows Golden Dreams, a 22-minute mini-epic about people who came to California—their dreams, their challenges, and their triumphs.
| A large mural covers the theater’s exterior. | Before you head to the theater’s queue, take a few minutes to admire the mural that covers the otherwise plain building. The biggest figure on the mural is Queen Califia. The state of California is said to be named after her. And that’s not something the filmmakers made up. | Mythical Queen Califia with the extinct California Grizzly Bear at her side | Way back in the 15th century (the 1400s), a Spanish author named Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo wrote a fantasy romance adventure called Las sergas de Esplandián (The Exploits of Esplandian). In this final (and least respected) volume of a five-part series, a queen named Califia rules over an island called California, populated by black amazons. Queen Califia is large, strong, courageous and beautiful. In 1536, Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés and his crew landed on what is now called Baja California. Approached from the south, Baja California appeared to be an island. Had they found the mythical island of California? Well, not really. But the name stuck anyway. | The mural celebrates the diversity of California. | The mural provides a preview of some of the people you’ll see on the movie screen. | The queue is outdoors. | Walk through the majestic rotunda to the not-so-majestic outdoor queue. Are you expecting a pre-show as you wait for the movie? Go back and take another look at the mural. That’s as close as you’ll get to a pre-show here. Don’t worry about crowds. You’re best off getting in line about a minute before the doors open. | The movie screen is behind a traditional red curtain. | As you enter the auditorium, you’ll see that it’s a simple space—except for huge ornamental statues of Queen Califia on either side of the red curtain that covers the projection screen. | Queen Califia comes to life. | The lights dim. The Califia statue at each side of the screen comes to life with the face and voice of Whoopi Goldberg. The movie starts with the Native American Chumash tribe, who settled in California over 13,000 years ago. The Spanish missionaries arrive—and promptly experience an earthquake. A gold prospector during the California Gold Rush is unsuccessful until he get a little help. Two of the 15,000 Chinese laborers who risked their lives to build the railroad—a father and his son—appear to be victims of an explosion. Irish immigrant William Mulholland brings water to “the little desert town of Los Angeles.” Thanks to the efforts of Scottish immigrant John Muir, Yosemite becomes a National Park. A picture bride arrives from Japan to discover that the man who sent for her is considerably older than his picture. As they leave the train station, they are pelted with garbage and taunted with cries of “Go home! We don’t want you here.” Now we’re at the MGM movie studio, with movie stars, Munchkins, and animals. Louis B. Mayer brags, “When I was 22 years old, I didn’t have the price of a sandwich. Today I oversee the most successful dream factory in Hollywood, with new picture starting every week.” In the years of World War II, women work in factories. In the 1950s, it’s television, tract homes, and hula hoops. In the 1960s, it’s the Summer of Love. Then Cesar Chavez leads the way toward rights for farm workers from Mexico. | Steve Jobs wants to sell a computer to everyone on the planet. | A young Steve Wozniak shows a primitive personal computer prototype to a young Steve Jobs. “We could sell like a dozen of these!” Wozniak claims. “Whadaya talkin’ about? We’re gonna sell one to everyone on the planet,” counters Jobs. Wozniak isn’t so sure. “Dream on, Steve,” he says. Throughout the movie, Whoopi/Califia shows up to offer encouragement, help, and words of wisdom. For example, she helps the gold prospector by pointing and asking, “What’s that shiny thing?” She tells the Japanese couple, “Be strong.” Reacting to Wozniak and Jobs, Califia/Whoopi advises, “Keep dreamin’. Trust me on this one.” She bites into an apple. Califia knew what would happen with Apple Inc., but even she didn’t know that Steve Jobs would one day be the largest shareholder of The Walt Disney Company, thanks to Disney’s acquisition of Pixar. | The theater looks better at night. | Accompanied by the song, “Just One Dream,” the movie ends with a montage of film snippets showing famous Californians, often in moments of great achievement. |
| Golden Dreams was an opening day attraction at Disney’s California Adventure on February 8, 2001. | The original Golden Dreams banner (2002 photo) | In some ways, Golden Dreams dealt with the California experience in a manner similar to how The American Adventure dealt with the American experience at Epcot: a series of historical vignettes, culminating with a montage accompanied by an inspiring song. But while the Epcot attraction was done on a grand scale with lifelike Audio-Animatronic figures in huge theatrical scenes, the California attraction was really just movie, despite the talking Whoopi Goldberg face on the Queen Califia statues. Rumors on the Internet suggested that the original plans for a California history attraction had been much more spectacular, but that the budget had been reigned in. Guests at California Adventure watched Golden Dreams—but usually only once. On return visits, they ran to the long lines at Soarin’ Over California, while Golden Dreams played primarily to empty seats. | The newer Golden Dreams banner, featuring Whoopi Goldberg (2007 photo) | Judged as a short movie, not as a major Disney theme park attraction, Golden Dreams was very good. Instead of presenting a dry history lesson, the storytellers at Disney used drama, emotion, and spectacular visuals to bring the past to life. They worked hard to portray historic periods and ethnic groups accurately. A Disney press release in 2001 quoted Tom Fitzgerald, the Disney Imagineering executive who wrote the movie script:
“We put together a group of California historians, sociologists and culturalists as our advisors on the film. There were nearly twenty people from around the state, including the official state historian appointed by the Governor, that represented every different culture from Native American to all of the variety of ethnic people who have immigrated to this part of the world.” The gimmick of having Califia interact directly with many of the characters in movie was a clever touch. Whoopi Goldberg, whose honors include an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony, brought warmth and humor to her role as Califia. | The Disney version of the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda | Do you recognize the rotunda? It’s based on a real structure in San Francisco. The Palace of Fine Arts is a remnant of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, a worlds fair held in San Francisco in 1915. The domed landmark was designed by prominent architect Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) in the Beaux-Arts style. | The real Palace of Fine Arts in real San Francisco. | Although originally built as a temporary structure of “staff” (plaster and cloth fiber) over a wood frame, the Palace of Fine Arts is still there today. The effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts began while the Exposition was still open in 1915. It took a while. The aging monument slowly deteriorated until the 1960s when it was finally rebuilt in concrete. The main rotunda and columns were completed in 1967. The colonnades which had originally flanked the monument were added in 1975. If you compare the Disney version to the original, you’ll notice that the original has an elaborately decorated frieze, but the smaller Disney version does not. | The theater is gone. (August 2009 photo) | The final day for Golden Dreams was Sunday, September 7, 2008. At least that was the final day it shown to the public. The banners came down, but the movie was still shown on a limited basis to school children as part of the Disney Youth Education Series (Y.E.S.) program. The Golden Dreams theater was demolished in July 2009 to make way for The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, an elaborate new ride. The rotunda will be part of the exterior. Disney is spending over a billion dollars to improve Disney’s California Adventure. Even with that kind budget, it’s smart to save and reuse infrastructure and many of the better elements of the park. | The rotunda remains. (August 2009 photo) http://www.yesterland.com/golden.html
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 11/9/2009, 08:00 | |
| Les premières photos arrivent de l'expo D23 sur Micechat.com... et on y trouve plein de concepts et maquettes, comme Carsland par exemple: Vous avez vu la taille de ce truc? (regardez les petites figurines en bas) WDW : 2001, 2003 x 5, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 DLR : 2003 x 2, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 TDR : 2007, 2014 x 2, 2018 | HKDL : 2014, 2017 | SDL : 2017 DCL : 2005, 2009 | Aulani : 2015 Suivez-moi sur Instagram Mon blog sur les hôtels | Mes vidéos perso |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 11/9/2009, 22:00 | |
| Oui, ça va enfin boucher la vue sur le Anaheim convention center. C'est l'un des plus gros défauts de DCA, le parc n'est pasx isolé du monde extérieur, contrairement au parc Disneyland. Du coup, on n'a pas cette sensation d'immersion. C'est d'ailleurs le reproche que je ferais à la refonte de Paradise Pier, d'où on voir toujours les hôtels juste derrière. Avec cars land, le fond sera enfin "bouché" par un vrai décor Disney (les plus hauts rochers feraient 35 mètres). Ce truc a l'air en tout cas effectivement géant ! |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 12/9/2009, 07:42 | |
| En même temps derrière Paradise Pier, ce sont des hôtels Disney, qui plus est un tantinet dans le thème (plus ou moins). La nouvelle zone du Grand Californian qui fait face à Muholand Madness a d'ailleurs été travaillée en conséquence, et le Paradise Pier Hôtel qui collait bien avec l'ancien Paradise Pier, pourrait être rethêmé d'ici quelques temps pour mieux coller avec l'ambiance victorienne de la baie. WDW : 2001, 2003 x 5, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 DLR : 2003 x 2, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 TDR : 2007, 2014 x 2, 2018 | HKDL : 2014, 2017 | SDL : 2017 DCL : 2005, 2009 | Aulani : 2015 Suivez-moi sur Instagram Mon blog sur les hôtels | Mes vidéos perso |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 12/9/2009, 18:39 | |
| Honnêtement, lors de mes visites à DCA, c'est cette absence d'immersion, en raison des intrusions visuelles extérieures, qui m'ont le plus dérangé. Hotel Disney ou pas (d'ailleurs;, faux hotel Disney, puisqu'il existait bien avant que Disney le rachète), on voit juste à l'extérieur du parc et, surtout, c'est très plat. On n'a pas un beau décor en toile de fond. Mais Cars land va boucher toute une partie de l'extérieur, ce qui est très bon... |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 12/9/2009, 22:29 | |
| - Louis59 a écrit:
- Je pense que pour sa bouche c'est une projection. (c'est mon avis)
Pour l'attraction de Carsland (désolé j'ai oublié le nom) , elle m'a l'air vraiment géniale. C est également mon avis , ce qui rend le rendu encor plus impressionnant. |
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| Sujet: Re: [Disney California Adventure] Placemaking et futur du Parc 13/9/2009, 09:34 | |
| Envie de voir la maquette de Cars Land sous toutes les coutures? C'est par ici: http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-pictures-of-cars-land-and-radiator.html
Dernière édition par J. Thaddeus TOAD le 14/9/2009, 17:49, édité 1 fois |
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