Disney's California Adventure Project Tracker V

[ICe101]

Disney has been using those cameras alot lately. With TSMM, Nemo, and American Idol.

[Mojave]

Originally Posted by ICe101

Disney has been using those cameras alot lately. With TSMM, Nemo, and American Idol.

Cool! The PP transformation should be a nice timelapse.

[FutureImagineer183]

Yea it's def a time lapse camera, it takes a pic once every few hours. They used it for Nemo TSMM, and of course they'll use it here, more than likely they will put it up in the BSC after construction is all finished.

[Smontalvo1489]

So i know its been discussed as the horrible teal color (I hate it too). But if and when this color scheme is finally removed, what would you micechatters out there like to see as the color scheme. I understand that Screamin' is a steel coaster, but designed to look like a Wooden Coster. Id like to see the "rails" painted a deeper red. Kind of like the Giant Dippers" out there.

http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com...g/dipper05.jpg

Even if they made the Scream tubes black i think they would look better. And i personally think they should follow the colors of TMM and MFW..and ditch the Teal. If they arent going to be able to complete all of PP in phase one, they aught to give it a little face life.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK????

[KAN]

Originally Posted by thermo648

Darkbeer : photos : Disneyland Resort - 6/3/09

Disneyland Resort June 2nd, 2009 - MouseTimes Discussion Boards

Ok, that should be it. The mousetimes picture is about 3/4 of the way down. The darkbeer photo has the blue apparatus, which I assume would help lower the tanks down.

Thank you kind sir! (or ma'am for that matter )




--KAN

[disneyfann121]

Originally Posted by k_peek_2000

I was at the parks today again (3rd day in a row)

The Little Mermaid wall now extends past Souvenir 66 and Corn Dog Castle. Here's some pix I snapped with phone.



I seriously thought I took this pic WAY better, but you can see Corn Dog Castle in the background.

Is there an opening date on the poster?

[k_peek_2000]

Originally Posted by disneyfann121

is there an opening date on the poster?

2011

[Nautilus]

New rockwork is going in! Woot!

(Photos: Darkbeer)

[Brer Stefan]

^^^Thank You^^^ YES!

[themur]

The time lapse loop will be very fun to watch when it is done given how much work has been done in and around the lake!

[The Disneylander]

Anyone have an idea of where they'll go? Beside the launch perhaps?

[FutureImagineer183]

This was already discussed like two pages ago. they are not going on the launch, they are to conceal the black concrete boxes in the southern edge of the bay.

[bigwavedave]

Originally Posted by Nautilus

New rockwork is going in! Woot!

(Photos: Darkbeer)

Dude were do you get this stuff?

[MasterGracey]

I'm surprised nobody has posted these images before, but the new Disney twenty-three magazine has three new pieces of art that we've never seen before. The magazine has a nine-page spread on the future of DCA, including a big section dedicated to the upcoming World of Color show.

Here's the section of the article that talks about World of Color -- it has some fun facts about the show, including the description of a couple show scenes, a running-time, and the number of fountains being built in the lagoon.

I've included big scans of the art work underneath the article excerpt. The following text and art is copyright Disney / Disney twenty-three magazine.

The images are BIG scans -- the MiceChat board will automatically resize the images to fit on the boards, but feel free to click on them to see the big full-size versions. They're great pieces. I've also uploaded smaller versions of these images to the Paradise Pier concept art gallery (linked in the original post) for future reference, but the MC compression and size restrictions do a big disservice to the art.

For the complete article, pick up a copy of Disney twenty-three in the parks, your local bookstore, or online at DisneyStore.com

Anyway... here's the article excerpt and scans...

California Dreamin':
Imagineering the Future of Disney's California Adventure
Disney twenty-three magazine | Summer 2009 | Pages 28 - 36

[ . . . ] What better way to honor Walt's vision and the Disney legacy than with a show celebrating the magic of Disney's timeless stories and beloved animated characters? World of Color will be DCA's new signature nighttime spectacular. and will make a huge splash.. uh... we're serious.

[ . . . ] Developed by Steven Davison, the man responsible for Remember... Dreams Come True fireworks and Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, World of Color is expected to debut Spring 2010.

"This new show is 99.9 percent water," Steven says. "It's about the magic of water." And, of course, the magic of some of Disney's most amazing characters and moments.

The title of the 25-minute show pays homage to the television show Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. "It's really cool," he continues, "We're going to put that Disney nostalgia into it." But once the show kicks off, it becomes a whirlwind of all things animation, from classic to contemporary. "And it goes from mono to mega-stereo!" Steven exclaims... so listen up!

Show highlights include a scene that starts with the Spring Sprite from Fantasia/2000 bringing new life to the earth. From there, Pocahontas comes out to revel in the "colors of the wind." Steven has enjoyed mixing up characters from different films by giving them a new palette to play on. "Putting together the Spring Sprite and Pocahontas, as diverse as they may be, from two different worlds, makes sense," he points out. "One character creates this magical world, and the other can live within it."

There will be a cavalcade of characters living together in this liquid paradise, including Ariel, Crush, Dory, WALL-E, Scar, Alice, Buzz, Woody, and Tinker Bell, but the experience is elevated by brand-new technologies being employed to bring the show - and its characters - to life in ways that audiences are sure to enjoy.

"When you see Pocahontas, she's in the forest, but it's inspired by [Sleeping Beauty] artist and color stylist Eyvind Earle." Steve reveals. "It's like going into the world of production design using new textures and color stylings to create these animated worlds of color. We want your imagination to fill in the blanks. Projection and water live together seamlessly in this aquatic world." And that's the tip of the technology iceberg. Twelve hundred individual fountains, able to create a million unique colors, are being installed in the lagoon.

Of course, as with any artistic project, not everything makes the final cut. Several of the original sketches released for World of Color are, in fact, no longer in the show. "The show won't lock until we soft open," says Sayre Wiseman, director, Show Production, Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment. [ . . . ] And since guest satisfaction is so important, some of the ideas presented here will change, and many more exciting ones will make the final cut. This is a process of tweaking and perfecting the show until it is truly - dare we say it? - magical.

"From the original drawings, about 50 percent are still part of the show," Sayre continues. "There are some where we just said, 'It's not working.'" "Or you didn't need it," Steven adds. "The first batch of work was to say, 'Okay, what can water do? And what do we think water can do?' And we were trying to connect it with a seamless story. Cars was in it at one point. We were going to do a whole car chase in water, but we tabled it to use in a future version of the show."

[MasterGracey1969]

The Alice art looks amazing!