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About LinkBacksThat's all that matters... to you. Yes, the park is being beautified, but some of us care about the details.Originally Posted by k_peek_2000
That's all that matters... to you. Yes, the park is being beautified, but some of us care about the details.
That is a bit one-dimensional. Everybody in this thread cares about the details. But caring, and trying to pick something, we know little about, apart are two completing different things. I am sure the wall will be great, whether its cliff (which would be more in theme to PP) or has a dynamic rockwork.
Last edited by k_peek_2000; 09-02-2011 at 12:22 PM.
What happened to the Roman NUmerals?
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Since topic seems to be concentrating on backside of rock work, I was curious what the guys in picture are doing. Are additional support being put in for the new rock work?
Also, does anyone else think they'll start more heavy construction/installation on the backside once Screamin goes down for refurb since parts of the coaster track are within close proximity
Last edited by SoCalFan; 09-02-2011 at 12:51 PM.
@bigwavedave: 'Standard' numbers just look better in the new logo. Also, I believe Master Gracey said that he never really planned on there being so many posts about DCA project tracking, and therefore a need for so many iterations of the tracker. He didn't want to end up with a DCA Project Tracker XXIIV.
Dead Mice Tell No Tails!
Thank you! You explained what I was trying to say much better. There definitely is a clear line between the blue and concrete, which is why I was bewildered. It would be great if they added tile! It would look great and would explain why that sidewalk is flush with the street(although it could just be for wheelchair access). Anymore guesses?I don't think so. This screen capture I made from the larger version of Mint's pic (which I blew up some more, in my browser) clearly shows a light-blue plane around the outside of the fountain, slightly above some regular, grey concrete.
To my relatively untrained eye, it almost looks like some kind of backer board that they could lay tile on. It definitely doesn't match the blue in the tiles inside the fountain. Anybody have any more informed ideas?
Poor unfortunate Souls.
I think there's a bit of bias on these boards that anything "flatesque" is necessarily bad and that only something looking identical to the front of the rock work is suitable. I don't know if that's necessarily the case. The backside of the mountain range is dealing with a very different surrounding environment than the front and perhaps some sort of cliff look is the best choice. Carsland style rock work may look funny from Paradise Pier, but a nicely designed cliff may look better.
I think the key is as long as they put the proper effort and detail into whichever option they chose, whether it's very 3D or more of a cliff.
Trying to figure out what was planned and what wasn't planned at least a year ago isn't a detail. Honestly, who cares what the original plan was? It's getting done one way or another.
Harry Potter at IOA is considered one of the greatest themed lands of all time--and yet, from anywhere in the park other than the land itself, you can see a huge white showbuilding sticking out of the 'castle'. At least this is getting something better than that
Cliffs can be very much three dimensional. Just look at the front side. There is really no need to make it an either/or issue - it can be both.
Obviously, a seaside cliff would make sense to the PP view, nobody is questioning that. I live in San Diego and we have one of the most perfect examples of seaside cliffs at Torrey Pines. There are a lot of cliffs but they have depth, they are not flat.
There is also the issue of (3D) perspective. Will it be like Torrey Pines or will they try to show hills behind the cliff, will it have depth?
Picking apart things we know nothing about is called speculation and we like to do a lot of that in this forum.You should have seen the speculation that surrounded the Pillar of Mystery.
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It isn't 'a' detail, it's many many details! What was planned, how did it evolve, why did they change it, how do they make the changes fit in with what has already been built, etc. - these things are very interesting to me. I get it, you and others don't care about that part it, but I and others do. We differ. So what's the big deal.
Last edited by Mojave; 09-02-2011 at 01:59 PM.
Obviously some people do care about this, or the debate wouldn't be happening. Often times the progression of a plan can be as interesting to some as the actual plan itself. Just because you don't see the reason for interest in something does not mean that the interest others have is invalid or less worth for discussion.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. mycroft16 on Twitter
I didn't say it was, but the 'debate' seems more like criticisms. Honestly, I think it is interesting to see how plans evolve and I love looking at concept art. But all that really matters is what's happening now and for people to get so heated about what is not happening just seems unnecessary. I'm sorry, however, if it came off as rude.
It's sometimes humorous to see some people in here worry about details that they have no control over. I mean... for goodness sake. Why worry about a fountain being a certain color or not? Just wait until the whole thing is finished.
Not rude... just replying to your opinion with mine.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. mycroft16 on Twitter
I only brought it up because people were discussing Lasseter and his influence, and I kind of wonder if the focus was so strong on the inside of Carsland that they totally forgot how those cliffs would look from PP. I still think it is a valid point of discussion.
Is Lasseter's influence strong enough such that other things are getting overlooked? In this case they are "fixing" it, but it still makes me a little worried about priorities.
*A Republic... If you can keep it*
If my interest in the evolution and details of the DCA projects seemed like criticism, it certainly wasn't meant to be. And, again for me, it has nothing to do with what is not happening, but in how and why it changed. I think maybe you are just misunderstanding me.
It's not worry at all. Who said they are worried about the fountain color? We're 'interested' in the fountain color. Big difference.
We're in this forum on project tracking because we want to track the project, not wait until the whole thing is finished.
It's ironic we're debating the merits of project tracking in a project tracker.
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