Disney's California Adventure Project Tracker VIII

[TrevorD]

Originally Posted by Ckelef1

Because we're all still hoping that if they redo the hotel, they could make it more Victorian like. maybe like the grand Floridian.

I know, it was a joke and a quick copy paste from another thread.

Originally Posted by WDITrent

Alright- you called me out on trellis, so I'm gonna call you out on similar.

By the way, nice idea. Though I still think retheming the hotel would look nicer, probably.

Yea, that idea wasn't to block the hotel, it was to block the rest of the area. Like i said, my terrible sarcasm. As for spelling, I am the worst at spelling on the forum, so you should have an easy time with picking off my mistakes. :P I just laughed at trellis because of how your thread focused on debating it. :P Sorry, I'm a bad person.

Originally Posted by UncleTom

I seem to recall a dragon over at Disneyland that was used for nothing else but...dragoning.

What MyCroft Said. WoC is being designed to be adaptive where as F! has a strict narrative to follow. That is why I too belive that it will be repurposed over the years.

[flynnibus]

Originally Posted by Lost Boy

I notice that most Disney blogs archive on a weekly basis just to prevent this from happening. I do close all windows that are open when finished and with his blog it doesn't help.

Then you have something else keeping your browser open. There is zero reason for the computer to bog down from a website AFTER the process is closed. Check your task manager afterwards and look for any firefox.exe processes... if they are there.. your browser has never closed down.

Originally Posted by Lost Boy

Too much stuff to deal with at one time, and it would make it easier to find his videos or pictures of particlular things if they were archieved more often. It was just a suggestion.

You could just visit his smugmug site directly if you want control over what you see or not... mintcrocodile.smugmug.com

But if you read sites via an RSS reader to start... you could visit his blog and view only one post at a time, rather then trying to view all the active posts on the default page. One post = less photos to load and it will be more responsive.

More then likely it's the old posts with the raw 1600x1200 images on it that are being loaded when you view the page and that's bogging your computer down. I never have a problem with his site anymore - but in part because I only read one post at time... via links provided by my RSS reader.

If you don't use an RSS aggregator already.. I highly suggest it. You can keep tabs on all your favorite blogs,etc (including those at Micechat) and know when they are updated and go right to them.. rather then browsing around and checking for updates.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by mark

It's not the hotels that make DLP or TDS awesome. The parks themselves are incredible. Haven't seen TDS yet, but DLP is stunning- the most beautiful Magic Kingdom style park of all. Search for DLP on my blog and you'll find tons of photos and a couple of trip reports.

i don't think he meant to say that the hotels made the park awesome or that the parks were not highly themed. I believe he was syaing that just because there are hotels visible within the park it does not mean that it destroys the intimicy/experience of the park itsels. the key is whether or not the hotel is made to at least somehow fit the area and environment that it looms over.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by DragonFire FURY

True dat.
And the unbelievable thing (to me, anyway) is that they have gone and further muddled the north side of Paradise Pier with the GCH expansion. It's bad enough with the PPH, but having two hotels prominent and visible in very clashing styles from a land themed to neither of them seems idiotic to me.

Actually notice the facade theming of the GCH hotel that faces the Pier. WDI went ahead and altered it so that it fits the timeline and architecture to what they hope to eventually accomplish with Paradise Pier when it is compeltely done in the future. The facade has a slight new England style archiecture that should fit nicely with the mermaid facade and eventually the northern area of the pier as it gets built out. The problem at the moment is the Paradise Pier hotel.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by Imagineer Scott

DCA should take a look at WDW's Boardwalk resort and possibly make the hotel extend IN DCA like MiraCosta extends into TDS.

Here's some pics:

I agree, when i first heard of the ideas for the northern area and the eventual facade changes for the GCH addition my first reaction was for them to take it one step further.

I really thought that the GCH extention should had continued over the Mullholland madness area, Burger invasion pad and eating area next to mullholland I think that they could have designed it to look like the boardwalk in WDW. The big change i would have considered is to allow the land to be shared by both the hotel and park. The first and seocnd floor left empty so that they could install a darkride. To keep height of the structure at an apropriate size the main portion of the darkride built slightly below groundThe Pizza oom mow mow building rethemed to match and left as a restuarant and the reamining land including the rustworthy and uselss themed road that lead to burger invasion turned into a lush garden/seating area.

At the point the jumping jellyfish relocated to an area between the mermaid attraction and souvenir 66 store. The area occupied by the jumping jelly fish and back of rustworthy, which is gone now, as well as the sand pit in front of it heavily landscaped to serve as a place to relax sit down and enjoy the views.

Imagine the nice Berm that the hotel could have created in that northern corner and the plot of land would have been used for both park and hotel.

They could have even built a restuarant at one of the upper levels and could have become a primed viewing area for the show.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by kaliwolf

Please god, no more Del Coronado ripoff hotels.

I agree, there are so many other designs that could be used. Not only has the coronado look for the hotels been done already but the Midway Mania facade has some features that are similar.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by Imagineer Scott

Well, I do know that most WDI wants to tear it down completely and rebuild from scratch and other WDI want to not tear it down, but gut it and redo.

Theme of that new hotel is something I do not know though, sorry. :/

The hotel should really be tirned down so that the land could be better used. Right now the hotel seems distant from the rest of the resort. the small road between it and the Disneyland hotel property along with the parking lot behind it makes it even worse.

Once the other hotels finally get built they really need to start getting srious and tear it down. A new hotel then built with gardens and a proper underground parking area. At the same time they need to keep in mind future expansion into the parking lot whether it is for the near future or many years in the future.

[TrevorD]

[sarcasm] Wrapping around that flume ride would hide the hotel expansion too [/sarcasm] In all honesty, I think that the new hotel will look just fine but only serve to make MM/GSS seem even more out of place.

[Baloo]

Originally Posted by UncleTom

I think you are lying to yourself if you think your computer is top of the line. Or you aren't using a real browser like Firefox. And if that's the case and it turns out you are using Internet Explorer, Stop!

thats interesting because i use firefox and it has lots of problems with Mints site. i tried internet explorer and the site loads nice and fast with no issues.

[DragonFire FURY]

Originally Posted by Baloo

I agree, when i first heard of the ideas for the northern area and the eventual facade changes for the GCH addition my first reaction was for them to take it one step further.

I really thought that the GCH extention should had continued over the Mullholland madness area, Burger invasion pad and eating area next to mullholland I think that they could have designed it to look like the boardwalk in WDW. The big change i would have considered is to allow the land to be shared by both the hotel and park. The first and seocnd floor left empty so that they could install a darkride. To keep height of the structure at an apropriate size the main portion of the darkride built slightly below groundThe Pizza oom mow mow building rethemed to match and left as a restuarant and the reamining land including the rustworthy and uselss themed road that lead to burger invasion turned into a lush garden/seating area.

At the point the jumping jellyfish relocated to an area between the mermaid attraction and souvenir 66 store. The area occupied by the jumping jelly fish and back of rustworthy, which is gone now, as well as the sand pit in front of it heavily landscaped to serve as a place to relax sit down and enjoy the views.

Imagine the nice Berm that the hotel could have created in that northern corner and the plot of land would have been used for both park and hotel.

They could have even built a restuarant at one of the upper levels and could have become a primed viewing area for the show.

Great idea.
And the suits would love it because it includes hotels and restaurants.

[AaronInCal]

Last I have heard about the Electrical Parade is it will still be following the same route as the Pixar Parade now. It will likely be starting at the gates next to the Tortilla Factory and exit the Sunshine Plaza as always. They are even supposed to start rehearsals for this very soon. Also, there were no plans to have any parade go through Paradise Pier area at all through 2010. Even if the viewing area is done, there is still construction for the Little Mermaid and Silly Symphony Swings. Also, work should start on Pizza Om Mow Mow and that area for its retheme. So still lots to do over there and having a parade go through would be more headaches.

Naturally, this could change, but I have not heard any other info to say it has so far..

[MarkTwain]

Originally Posted by AaronInCal

Last I have heard about the Electrical Parade is it will still be following the same route as the Pixar Parade now. It will likely be starting at the gates next to the Tortilla Factory and exit the Sunshine Plaza as always. They are even supposed to start rehearsals for this very soon. Also, there were no plans to have any parade go through Paradise Pier area at all through 2010. Even if the viewing area is done, there is still construction for the Little Mermaid and Silly Symphony Swings. Also, work should start on Pizza Om Mow Mow and that area for its retheme. So still lots to do over there and having a parade go through would be more headaches.

Naturally, this could change, but I have not heard any other info to say it has so far..

So does this mean the DEP won't be returning to Disneyland for its 55th?

[ICe101]

Originally Posted by MarkTwain

So does this mean the DEP won't be returning to Disneyland for its 55th?

He's talking about Christmas time....

[bfdf55]

Originally Posted by Lost Boy

I have the latest Dell computer with 4 gb of internal storage, fast response and fast everything. It's an $1,100 custom built computer. I have no problem with huge downloads on any other site and download videos all day. I do use Firefox. And one of my friends who is having the same problem has a high end MAC and never has any problems with other blogs or sites.

I notice that most Disney blogs archive on a weekly basis just to prevent this from happening. I do close all windows that are open when finished and with his blog it doesn't help. The computer jerks and stops constantly only after visiting his blog and I have to shut down and start over again. There is so much stuff on his blog now that even getting the entire page to download takes forever. Too much stuff to deal with at one time, and it would make it easier to find his videos or pictures of particlular things if they were archieved more often. It was just a suggestion.

I have no idea what other site he would be found on, I only visit Mice Chat or Mice Age.

Maybe your IP is limiting your download access. I have the Magic Eye website (and a few others) open on both Safari and Firefox (as I type this response) with no perceptible slowing. Now, I'm running a new iMac Quad Core which may have some effect. But, your Dell shouldn't be having that much of a problem unless maybe your graphics card isn't up to speed or, as I suggested, your IP is slowing your download speed.

[TrevorD]

If on a laptop are you plugged into the wall or using wireless internet? Dell's wireless cards in that pricerange may not be the best if running off the battery. I have had that problem.