Imagineer Competition Semi-Finale Project

[DisneyParksFan]

Hello and welcome to the Semi-Finale Project of the ?So, you want to be an Imagineer?? Competition here on the wonderful site of Visions Fantastic! This type of project should be looked at as an aid for the final project because the amount of points you earn from this project will be added on to your score from the final project.
Before we get underway, we wish the remaining contestants good luck as we ask that daring question?


?So, you want to be an Imagineer?? Applause, Applause!



Your mission for the Semi-Finale Project:
This project will require a great amount of your imagination because we are asking for you to not only improve certain areas of the park but as well as to create new concepts and designs. Take a deep breathe because this project is actually composed of two different, yet similar, projects.


Project A:
Your goal for Project A is to create a new theme and atmosphere for any land at any Disney Theme Park Worldwide! That?s right?you can to choose a land that you wish the refurbish. You must refurbish a current land, you cannot create a brand new land. Though, you are welcome to give the land a new name, but the general/original concept of the land must stay in tact. For example, you cannot decide to change Tomorrowland?s theme to a town from the 1700?s.
Here are your requirements for Project A:

*A New Logo for the land
*A New Slogan for the land (Example: WDW?s Tomorrowland: ?The world of tomorrow that never was?is finally here)
*At least one new dining facility?cannot replace a current restaurant
*At least one new attraction?no higher than a D-ticket (no E-tickets!)
*All new entertainment venue
*Refurbishment of at least one current dining facility
- anything that would improve the facility?new name, new layout, new menu?etc.
*Refurbishment of at least one current attraction
-title must remain similar to current name, new effects, new type of vehicle?etc.
*An all-new interactive idea?whether is includes televisions, buttons, controls?it must fit into the land?s new theme. You have been asked to incorporate more fun interactive activities for the park guests
*Overhead map including new additions to the land (not required for HKDL park)

*Please keep in mind?these are only the requirements! There is so much more you can do to refurbish any land of your choice. Don?t rule anything out. Most importantly, keep your mind open and don?t forget about the details that would be and wont be seen?


Grading Scale:
Location 10/10 (if the new additions fit)
Theming: 30/30
Creativity: 30/30
New Dining Facility: 15/15
New Attraction: 20/20
New Entertainment Venue: 10/10
New Interactive Area: 10/10
New Logo/Slogan: 10/10
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 15/15
Refurbishment of Attraction: 15/15
Detail in Presentation: 10/10

Total: 190/190


?.look at all those points! It?s almost 200!



Project B:
Your goal for Project B is not quite as big as that of Project A. But, it is still a mini-project that should get your full attention as well as the full resource of your imagination.
Project B requires you to renovate any form of transportation at the Walt Disney World Resort. You can choose to re-develop anything from the Friendship boats to the Walt Disney World Monorail Line.
*This project is not required?all points gained from Project B will be ?extra credit?.


Grading Scale:
Description of refurbishment: 15/15
Description of how it improves the method of transportation: 5/5
Description of new on-board speech: 5/5
Concept Art: 5/5

Total: 30/30


It?s a pretty simple project, but remember to think of the details and to always keep the guest in mind?how does in benefit them?


:mickey: DUE DATE: Friday, August 31, 2007 :mickey:


Since you have 20 days to complete the project?we are expecting detail and more detail!
Why is the due date so far away?
Because this is the time of year when everybody is going back to school or starting that new chapter in their lives. Since we encourage everybody to continue on with their lives, as well as the competition, we are giving everybody enough time to complete this project. Plan it out if you need to. Start with a brainstorm?then continue from there. Don?t be afraid to push the limit!


***Please post your project on the due date in this thread. If you are looking to turn in the project before the due date, please pm it to DisneyParksFan. If it is posted before the due date, it will be deleted and it will be your responsibility to turn it in again on the due date***


If the project is turned in late by?
1 Day??.-5 points
2 Days?..-10 points
3 Days?..-15 points
4 Days?..-100 points


If you have any questions?please feel free to ask via a post on this site or pm.


~DisneyParksFan
~tiki
~jagfkb
~lighttech1

:castle:
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Thank you to tiki, jagfkb, and lighttech1 for volunteering to be a judge.

Thank you to mousetimes.com for the inspiration that helped us to create this competition here on Visions Fantastic.

Visions Fantastic staff does not run or operate this competition. This competition is run by DisneyParksFan with the support of its contestants, second judge, guest judges, and the voting public here on VisionsFantastic.com

This competition is no way connected to, supported by or operated by The Walt Disney Company or any of its affiliates.

[candystandman]

and let the battle begin....!!!!

[disneyfreak59]

my jaw just dropped. this is going to be fun!

ok well i neeed to go to work now but while im there i'll be thinking.

[CostaFreak]

Thank God I already know what I'm gonna do.

[disneyfreak59]

well i know what i want to do and what land, but im afraid everyone else will do the same land so i'll have to have 2 backup plans...

[CostaFreak]

^ Don't tell me...TL right?

[Big Disney Fan]

I've got three possibilities myself! One for DL and two for MK at WDW!

Hey, by the way, is it possible to like remove Pooh's Playful Spot at WDW's MK if you wanted to do a refurb of that park's Fantasyland. I think it was kind of a hasty addition and not really much of an attraction.

[disneyfreak59]

^ Don't tell me...TL right?

yep, TL but im not going to do it, its too cliche for me. i'm better off doing something else

[candystandman]

tommorowland is definetly the one i would have chosen....
but try and be special....
tommorowland would be the easiest to change....
if i was a judge.... i wouldnt be impressed....

[disneyfreak59]

^exactly my point of view bud. waaaaaay to cliche.

[Big Disney Fan]

I'm not even gonna bother with Tomorrowland. Instead, I'm gravitating more toward something else...

[basketbuddy101]

I may have lost but I'll be sticking around for this progect. It's too bad I can't do one myself. Man, I still feel I should be the one still in this competition . Sorry, I just can't get over this loss.

[disneyfreak59]

I'm not even gonna bother with Tomorrowland. Instead, I'm gravitating more toward something else...

hahaha "gravitating" "tomorrowland" haha get it? ok nevermind im gonna go start.

[Big Disney Fan]

hahaha "gravitating" "tomorrowland" haha get it? ok nevermind im gonna go start.

I think I'll do Toontown. I know, I've got it on the brain. But I haven't made up my mind which one to do (DL or WDW). Maybe I'll do both and have one of them for backup. Okay, I'm off to get started. Be back soon. Peace!

[candystandman]

i got a question....
what if you make a classic feel of tommorowland????
like yesterland...
and make it about the technology of the early disneyland rides....
that would be cooll....
if i was a person that was ging to disneyland... thats the thing i would be most interested.... partly because im such a nostalgia freek....

[jagfkb]

^Who on this boards isn't?

[disneyfreak59]

i got a question....
what if you make a classic feel of tommorowland????
like yesterland...
and make it about the technology of the early disneyland rides....
that would be cooll....
if i was a person that was ging to disneyland... thats the thing i would be most interested.... partly because im such a nostalgia freek....

exactly what i was going to do, but im not going to do tomorrowland.

[candystandman]

well good luck with whatever you guys do...

[Big Disney Fan]

hahaha "gravitating" "tomorrowland" haha get it? ok nevermind im gonna go start.

Heh-heh, I guess I made a funny, didn't I? Anywho, my project will be centered in both stateside parks' respective Toontowns. I think I will focus mostly on one park's Toontown and have the other park's for backup. I think I'll do mainly Disneyland's Toontown.

BTW, I was told to steer clear of adding E-ticket rides for this particular project. Would that abandoned runaway Toontown bus/trolley simulator attraction Disney considered for the Disney-MGM Studios way back when be considered an E-ticket? I'm thinking of doing something like for my project, but not as a crown jewel of the expanded Toontown. But in this case, instead of Roger, I'm thinking of Donald Duck as the main character, not just to avoid legal issues, but also because Roger already has a ride of his own.

[candystandman]

so who's still in this thing???

[Big Disney Fan]

so who's still in this thing???

I am. I'm sure everyone is; they're just kinda working in secret.;)

[Big Disney Fan]

Project B:
Your goal for Project B is not quite as big as that of Project A. But, it is still a mini-project that should get your full attention as well as the full resource of your imagination.
Project B requires you to renovate any form of transportation at the Walt Disney World Resort. You can choose to re-develop anything from the Friendship boats to the Walt Disney World Monorail Line.
*This project is not required?all points gained from Project B will be ?extra credit?.

How about the WDW Railroad at the Magic Kingdom? Can you re-develop the WDW modes of transport by including new spiels for them? In terms of the Monorail, can it be re-developed by expanding it to virtually all corners of the resort?

[Darth_Boomer]

^ My guess would be: yes. I believe it is still renovating it, in the case of that monorail idea. But its not up to me. I just wanna be more involved with this thing and decided to give some input :D

[disneyfreak59]

back from WDW and got inspiration to refurb a certain land in a certain park! mwahahah!

[Big Disney Fan]

back from WDW and got inspiration to refurb a certain land in a certain park! mwahahah!

I know I really shouldn't be asking, but still, I have to know: "Which park are you thinking of?"

[disneyfreak59]

mmmmmm sorry not going to say. ;)

[CostaFreak]

You're doing MK's Fantasyland. I'm psychic, don't ask.

Me, I'm not saying what I'm doing, so I'm gonna take the mothership out of here until the time comes.

[disneyfreak59]

^nope.

[Big Disney Fan]

All I know is my improvement is NOT in WDW, it'll be elsewhere.

[disneyfreak59]

mine is one of the four parks on WDW. and im not going to say what i'm doing, but i will say it is my favorite park, and the only part i dont like about it is the one land.

[disneyfreak59]

can one of the judges define "new entertainment venue" please?

[DisneyParksFan]

^ Like a new stage show or something.

Sorry that I haven't been on here in a while, but my main computer will not load visionsfantastic.com

~DPF

[Lighttech1]

^ to go into more detail. A entertainment venue can be a small stage outdoors, a indoor theatre, or a structure that houses a show or entertainment of somekind, like the little show they use to hold under that structure in Big Thunder Ranch.

[Big Disney Fan]

^ to go into more detail. A entertainment venue can be a small stage outdoors, a indoor theatre, or a structure that houses a show or entertainment of somekind, like the little show they use to hold under that structure in Big Thunder Ranch.

In short, an entertainment venue means live entertainment.

[Lighttech1]

Not always live. movie theatres are entertainment venues.

[Big Disney Fan]

Not always live. movie theatres are entertainment venues.

You know what I mean.

[disneyfreak59]

alright thanks so much i have something in mind for this now. and its NOT ice sculpting hahaha

[Big Disney Fan]

Well, I'm just about finished with my particular project. But is it okay to post them here on the forums? I seem to recall some of the projects from the last project being displayed on the forums for all to see, as well as being sent to DPF. Is it okay to do the same here? Okay, I've asked and now I think I will tackle the other project, which is to update any mode of transportation of your choice at WDW. I thinking of doing the Monorail.

[disneyfreak59]

i just need to type loads and loads of stuff. BLAH. can i just make a video and explain things? that would make my life sooo much easier. lol

[Big Disney Fan]

i just need to type loads and loads of stuff. BLAH. can i just make a video and explain things? that would make my life sooo much easier. lol

Here's what I'd do if I were you...

What I did was, I typed it all down on Microsoft Word and saved it. Then when it's time to turn it all in, I simply copy and paste it in the private email to the host of this contest.

Anyway, is it okay to display your projects on the forum before you turn it in, kinda like what happened in the previous part of the contest, where I discovered that people had already displayed their particular E ticket projects before turning it in? Can we do anything like that for this particular part of the contest?

[disneyfreak59]

Here's what I'd do if I were you...

What I did was, I typed it all down on Microsoft Word and saved it. Then when it's time to turn it all in, I simply copy and paste it in the private email to the host of this contest.

Anyway, is it okay to display your projects on the forum before you turn it in, kinda like what happened in the previous part of the contest, where I discovered that people had already displayed their particular E ticket projects before turning it in? Can we do anything like that for this particular part of the contest?

...yes. i do the same thing too....

turn the projects in on here on the due date only.

[Big Disney Fan]

turn the projects in on here on the due date only.

Okay, but what I meant to ask was, do we have to only send our projects to the judges via pm? Or can we also display the projects on the forums for all to see?

[Lighttech1]

Please post your project on the due date in this thread. If you are looking to turn in the project before the due date, please pm it to DisneyParksFan. If it is posted before the due date, it will be deleted and it will be your responsibility to turn it in again on the due date

This is from the guideline post.

[Big Disney Fan]

Please post your project on the due date in this thread. If you are looking to turn in the project before the due date, please pm it to DisneyParksFan. If it is posted before the due date, it will be deleted and it will be your responsibility to turn it in again on the due date

This is from the guideline post.

Okay, thanks.

[DisneyParksFan]

Remember that Project A and Project B are both considered one huge project even though they are graded differently.
Here's what I'm saying:
Basically, you can only turn in your project once. I understand that sometimes not everything fits on one post...thats fine. Make multiple posts. BUT! You cannot create one post and then another one after somebody has already turned in their project.
Once another project has been turned in, you cannot add on to yours. It's fine though if you were in the process of turning in a longer project. You then have a few minutes to get the rest of your project in after another project had been posted.
*Judges will grade and determine offical ruling if such a situation occurs.

~DPF

[Big Disney Fan]

Can the B project be about the WDW Railroad? Although the only thing I can think of to improve this mode of transport is to add a new train to the line and/or a new station.

[disneyfreak59]

doing this and 50 math problems a night and 2 hours a reading is tough. college gives too much homework! :(

[Lighttech1]

Dont forget about my class :D

[disneyfreak59]

oh yeah sorry lol

and finding weenies and making one in lighttech's class is holding me back on this haha nah j/k

[Lighttech1]

OH dont blame me, i dont want to get in trouble

[disneyfreak59]

i wasnt blaming, i was acknowledging the fact that your class is contributing to my drawback. lol

[Lighttech1]

i was only joking. I understand

[disneyfreak59]

haha i knew you were
:)

[Lighttech1]

Just wanted to remind everyone that the projects are due on Fri Aug 31st.

[Darth_Boomer]

woo! 2 days left! :D
Can't wait to see what everyone's been working on! ^_^

[foxr06]

ME too. After the last round my hopes are High. Go costafreak!!
(He's in my team in the imaginearing class)

[Lighttech1]

And on a side note. DPF will not be able to take over the last project. Me and tiki have graciously offered to handle the last project. Plus me and tiki will be taking over this competition next season.

[disneyfreak59]

ha yay i still have more typing to do! :D

[CostaFreak]

In the middle of drawing here.

And yes...it's an actual drawing, not the crappy overviews I usually do.

[Darth_Boomer]

ME too. After the last round my hopes are High. Go costafreak!!
(He's in my team in the imaginearing class)

ha ha I'm rooting for DF59 :D

GOOOOOOO Disneyfreak!!! Applause, Applause!

[Big Disney Fan]

Can we post our projects here on the forum as well as to the judges via pm?

[disneyfreak59]

you have to post them on here because this is where it's due. idk if the judges want it pmed. ask them

[Big Disney Fan]

Hey, it's now technically August 31; can I put them up now?

[Lighttech1]

Hey, it's now technically August 31; can I put them up now?

No pms post in here

[Darth_Boomer]

woo!!! Todays the day! GOOOOOOOO DISNEYFREAK!!! Applause, Applause!

[Big Disney Fan]

No pms post in here

I wasn't talking about pms; I knew about not doing those some time ago. I just want to know if we can start posting them here, that's all.

[DisneyParksFan]

It is already passed the due due.
Remember you do lose points for turning projects in late.
The due date was clearly posted and we had said a few times that you were to post your project in this thread.

~DPF

[Big Disney Fan]

It is already passed the due due.
Remember you do lose points for turning projects in late.

But TODAY is August 31st, isn't it? The day has just barely begun here. I thought you said we could turn the project in anytime today up until 11:59 PM. You wrote clearly that the due date is today, not yesterday. If it were different, you would've said so some time ago.

[DisneyParksFan]

My bad.
Sorry, I thought the due date was on the 30th.

Feel free to post it whenever you feel comfortable...as long as its before midnight :smile:

~DPF

[Big Disney Fan]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, presenting something that you won't want to miss and that I certainly hope the judges here will like. I give you... (drum roll plays) MY SEMI-FINALS DL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT!!!!! (cheering)

Now, bear in mind that this is a VERY long post here. In fact, it's so long that I'll have to break it up into two separate posts.

LAND TO BE REFURBED: Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland

NEW LAND LOGO: http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9194/newtoontownlogogx8.jpg

NEW LAND SLOGAN: "A wacky upside-down wonderland where Disney characters reign supreme."

NEW THEMING: The entire land will now be more like a regular city, albeit in a very cartoon-y way. It will kind of resemble a Toon version of Los Angeles or San Francisco or any other major city in California, complete with a newer and much bigger Toon Lake, which separates the old Toontown from the new, which is mostly a park-themed section, complete with a playground. To cross the lake, there will be a handful of bridges. At night, the lake and both the Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse fountains (both of which will be up and running again) will turn into a spectrum of colors.

NEW DINING FACILITY: House of Mouse. That's right, the supper club from the TV show of the same name comes to life as the biggest restaurant in Mickey's Toontown and maybe even one of the biggest in all of Disneyland. It's also THE best place in the entire park for character dining! It will look very much like the restaurant in the show. Every 45 minutes or so, a Mickey Mouse Revue-style show plays on the main stage for about ten minutes. Between those times, they play Disney cartoons on the big screen at the head of the place. And no, it won't be the custom-made cartoons made especially for the TV show, they will be the classic cartoons we know Disney for (think the old Fantasyland Theater). And every ten minutes or so, a different Disney character visits a different table for a minimum of two minutes and a maximum of five. The beauty part of this is that the restaurant is an excellent opportunity for character greetings and pictures. Plus, the characters are always random, so you never know who will visit. And as for the menu, well, think along the lines of the ones found at Planet Hollywood, only with the words rewritten to reflect the fact that you're in Toontown and the prices are a bit lower. Also, the menu will also feature additional menu items to suit picky eaters, children, vegetarians and even seniors. And yes, you'd need to get a reservation here.

NEW ATTRACTIONS: Since this is a DRASTIC update of Mickey's Toontown, one attraction just isn't enough. Many present-day Toontown offerings will be removed, partly the ones that have been seriously neutered due to lawsuits, lawsuit threats and people who refuse to believe that it's possible to be TOO safe. This is especially true for Donald's Boat and Goofy's house, which is why they are going to get the old heave-ho, as will the Jolly Trolley. And Gadget's Go Coaster will also be removed. And Chip 'n' Dale's Tree House will also be updated. But what will replace these attractions are definite worthwhile attractions the likes of will be designed not just for little kids, but for adults as well, with or without children. Presented below is a collection of the new attractions to grace this section of Disneyland:

Donald's Toontown Trolley: Remember that Toontown trolley ride idea that Disney dreamed up way back when? Well, that ride will finally see the light of day at last! Only instead of Roger Rabbit being the main character, that bit of billing will go to Donald Duck. This ride is a madcap adventure using flight simulators surrounded by animated screens that take guests on a wild trolley ride through the zany world of Toontown. What happens in this ride is that Donald is going to take you for a leisurely trip through Toontown in a more souped-up version of the Jolly Trolley. But like Roger Rabbit in Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, things do not go as planned. Prof. Ludwig Von Drake's latest invention had accidentally busted the Beagle Boys out of jail and now they're out to steal Scrooge McDuck's fortune. They've even kidnapped Daisy Duck! Now it's up to you and Donald, and also his three nephews, to save the day, as only in Toontown you can! The Fantasyland Theater is used only used mostly for the occasional event and has the problem that the train interferes with any stage show, effectively ruining the show. So I propose that this area be used as the under the berm part of this ride, much like how other favorites like IASW or Pirates or lots of others are created.
Goofy's Airport: Replacing the now-demolished Gadget's Go Coaster as the main roller coaster in Mickey's Toontown is this new family coaster. This coaster is one that grownups, as well as children, can ride, with or without children. The coaster cars will be a bit bigger than those of Gadget's Go Coaster were. The old Goofy's Bounce House will also be scrapped, crapped, but some of its scenery will be reused to house a similarly-themed house, used as the queue area, with the load area and ride taking place out in the waterfront backyard (AKA Toon Lake). The queue will feature a few interactive gags, like sound crates. The ride itself will feature airplanes that are red in color to resemble the glider in the Goofy cartoon, Goofy's Glider. The ride begins with a lift hill designed like a crude runway. Much of the ride will take place over a new Toon Lake where another attraction, Tugboat Donald, will take place, too. The peak of the hill provides a good view of Mickey's Toontown from up there. After you go down the hill, you zip around turns and up and down hills with the propellers of the plane cars spinning. Since your flying around above a lake, the ride will be sort of like Carowinds' Super Saturator in that there will be spots during the ride where a fountain may shoot at you or you may even get bombarded by a water bomb. At one point, the planes smash through the tallest tower of Goofy's new house, sort of like what happens in the Barnstormer attraction at WDW. As a nod to history, I will include the spitting frogs from GGC. And unlike GGC, which was only 45 seconds long (one of THE shortest attractions at Disneyland!), the new ride will be much longer, about two minutes long.
Goofy's KinderGarden: Now Toon Park won't be the only kiddie area of the land; another new kiddie playland area will be added, called Goofy's KinderGarden. It will have a McDonald's-like play area, albeit themed to Disney and it will feature all the traditions of a traditional children's playground: jungle gym, swings, slides, etc. Of course, the current Toon Park will also be retained.
Toontown Transit Authority: The Jolly Trolley will also get the heave-ho, mainly due to the fact that it's a bit of a liability, what with the crowds that sometimes overflow the area. The new replacement ride is like a Toontown equivalent of the PeopleMover called the Toontown Transit Authority. It will also be kind of Disney's answer to IOA's High In the Sky Seuss Trolley. It won't just be an elevated look at Toontown; there will be a few sights seen on this ride found ONLY in this ride. At one point, the trolleys travel through Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. At another, they travel through the House of Mouse restaurant.
Tugboat Donald: Another new attraction. It's called Tugboat Donald because the title is a play on the title of the actual Mickey cartoon, Tugboat Mickey. This is an attraction on Toon Lake, based on an abandoned ride concept dating back to the 1950s. In the book about Disneyland's 50th anniversary, there is a section all about abandoned ride ideas. One of them is a Donald Duck-themed bumper boat ride. A new 21st century version of that ride will finally come into being, not as a bumper boat ride, but as an Aquatopia-style ride. The queue will be Donald's new house, or should I say, houseboat. There will also be an upper level for extended queue, as I'm quite sure this ride will be very popular. Anyway, the ride is followed thus: the vehicles are small tugboats that take you on a wild ride. Your tugboat will twist, turn, backup, spin around in place, all while taking you on a seemingly random trip dodging jagged rocks, spinning whirlpools, and other tugboats. Also, there are interactive water elements with water blasters for guests people-watching to use. Also, Huey, Dewey and Louie are also waiting to nail you, as are the frogs at the end of Goofy's Airport. Speaking of which, some of the ride goes under the tracks of the new roller coaster. The direction your vehicle travels in is not random, of course, but controlled by unseen technology borrowed from Tokyo's Pooh's Hunny Hunt. The movements of the boats are likely to be a bit unpredictable, but the ride is fun for kids and adults alike.
Von Drake's House of Genius: A multimedia show hosted by Prof. Ludwig Von Drake, featuring Audio-Animatronics and special effects (ALA Epcot's Cranium Command). There are two theaters in which the show (lecture) is presented, each one with Von Drake as host and a specific character is used as his particular "guinea pig". Now, one of the two shows is about health, but it's actually unoriginal: a slightly revised version of the old Wonders of Life show, "Goofy About Health". It will be the exact same show as in Epcot, but with Von Drake narrating and him substituting for the unnamed doctor in the real show. The other show will be an original one about psychology, with Donald Duck. Here's the verbal tour of the psychology show...
Using a stubborn and averagely angry Donald as his guinea pig, Von Drake attempts to get to the root of Donald's signature short temper with his latest invention: the Mind Scanner, a machine that can display people's inner thoughts (in this case, Donald's) onto a series of screens, making them easier to observe and diagnose. Once the formalities are taken care of, the experiment gets underway. After reviewing episodes from Donald's childhood, relationship with his nephews and girlfriend Daisy and brushes with Pete, Pluto and Chip 'n' Dale (seen through clips of various Donald shorts displayed on the screens), they stumble onto the duck's thoughts about Mickey Mouse himself. Certain he is the better actor of the two, Donald imagines filling Mickey's big yellow shoes in such roles as Steamboat Willie, Fantasia, and The Mickey Mouse Club (complete with a disgruntled Mickey shouting his name over the "Donald Duck Club" theme song). Von Drake is pleased with the progress they're making, and begins to ask Donald what he thinks of his other friends. Unfortunately, he can't comprehend a word Donald is saying. When he makes this fact known, Donald throws a big fit, accidentally causing Von Drake's invention to blow a major fuse. Then it hits Von Drake: it's Donald's voice! The reason Donald loses his temper so much comes from a subconscious frustration of people not being able to understand him. Certain this advice has cured Donald, Von Drake begins to perform a series of tough aggravation tests (including one featuring a not-so subtle reference to "It's a Small World" ;)) with excellent results. It looks like Donald will be cured for sure... that is, until he gets his VERY expensive bill. As the curtain closes, Von Drake says with a chuckle, "Well, I guess you can't win 'em all."


NEW ENTERTAINMENT VENUE: Well, for this, we should also have a bit of live entertainment as well. In this case, near the Toon Park section is a new stage for a new live show. It is something called "The Toontown Hour". This is a "live" TV show shot before "studio audiences" presented on Mickey's Toontown's local TV station, WACKY-TV Toontown. Here, Roger Rabbit and Donald Duck act as the co-newscasters and introduce the daily lives of Toontown residents in a way meant to be fun and entertaining... or so that's how it's scheduled. But between Roger's semi-ineptitude and Donald's short temper, one never really knows what might happen! The show is made even more exciting by the appearances of Mickey's Toontown's most popular characters: from the acorn-loving pair, Chip 'n' Dale, to sportscaster Goofy and food connoisseur Minnie Mouse, who'll be sharing her famous cheese dishes. Here is a shot of what the show should look like:
http://www.mickey-mouse.com/images/tdltoontownhour.jpg.

Part Two of my updates will be in my next post here.

[Big Disney Fan]

Here now is the second portion of my overhaul for Disneyland's Mickey's Toontown.

REFURBISHED DINING FACILITY: There is not really much in the way of dining at Toontown, so instead all three of the walk-up spots (Clarabelle's Frozen Yogurt, Daisy's Diner and Pluto's Dog House) will be merged into one and all of its menus merged as well. It will now be called "Goofy's Good Time Caf?". Also the menus will not only be merged, but it will also be updated mostly to satisfy vegetarians and picky eaters. The area surrounding this place will now have tables, with umbrellas for shade.

REFURBISHED ATTRACTIONS: At the same time, some attractions will also be refurbished as well:

Chip 'n' Dale's Treehouse: The old Chip 'n' Dale's Treehouse will be removed and replaced with a variation on it. It will now be a bit different in that it will be themed now to a small swing ride around the tree with acorns as the swings. It's basically a very heavily-themed swing ride. The two chipmunks themselves are in the top of the tree itself.
Mickey's House: The only thing revised here will be the addition of two more Mickey shorts, the sets on which you can meet Mickey in person, and which will be featured the humorous pre-show film that you watch before going to meet Mickey. The two cartoons are: The Brave Little Tailor and Mickey and the Beanstalk (the latter one from Fun and Fancy Free).
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin: The changes here will be significantly minor and not really noticeable. The queue features a slew of license plates whose jumbles of letters and numbers, when decoded, are actually references to various Disney characters and/or films (i.e., 2N TOWN, BB WOLF, ZPD2DA, 1D N PTR, 101 DALMN, L MERM8). Those same license plates also feature random years on them, before 1947, the unofficial year the Roger Rabbit ride is set in (just like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, on which, of course, the ride is inspired). Anyway, I was thinking of having three new additional license plates to be added to the queue, each complete with different years on them. One of them is DNLD DUK (no decode explanation necessary); its year on it is 1934 (a nod, of course, to the year when Donald came into being). Another license plate is MRY PPNS (again, no explanation necessary); its year is 1939. And the third license plate will read RSQRS. In case you don't know what Disney thing that decodes as, it's "The Rescuers", which of course is Disney's 23rd animated feature, from 1977. This license plate's year, however, is 1940. Finally, the license plate reading FANTC will now be replaced by one reading FANTZYA (which, of course, means "Fantasia"). Here are the rough images of the license plates to show what I mean (granted, it doesn't look EXACTLY like the real license plates in the queue do, but it was the best I could do):
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8674/dnlddukxu5.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1999/fantzyalt7.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/117/mryppnscw4.jpg
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/83/rsqrsml2.jpg
Now, in the Roger Rabbit ride itself, the sounds of tires screeching will be added here and there. There will be some new shattering sound effects as you enter and then exit the china shop scene. And there will be a crashing sound as you barrel through the doors of the Power House. In the Gag Warehouse scene, there be a new gag added: namely, out-of-control fireworks. And as you pass by the laughing clowns, a new laugh sound will be heard, sounding exactly like the hyena laughter from "Small World". Finally, as you approach the chief weasel in the dip cannon truck, the two magnets mounted on them will glow and electricity will crackle on them, as though the magnets have gotten a hold of your car and are bringing it closer to the cannon so that you are easy pickin's for the dip cannon the weasel is controlling. This will help further explain why your steering locks for the remainder of the ride. So the ride's updates will be a bit on the subtle side, but a bit significant.


INTERACTIVITIES: Mickey's Toontown already has a slew of interactive bits here and there, including sound effects crates, the Fireworks Factory detonator and the talking mailbox at the post office. But the new and improved Toontown will now feature a whole cavalcade of new interactivities located around the area. All around the downtown area will be a lot more sound crates, like water splashing, gunshots, car sounds (not unlike the train sounds crate), cream pies smashing and kicking boots. Many new interactivities will be found especially at the post-show area of Von Drake's House of Genius. This post-show area is called "Von Drake Laboratories". One of the interactivities here is called "What a Character!", a personality test game identical to one of the interactivities of the Sorcerer's Workshop in the Animation area of DCA. Here, Mickey and Donald will ask you a series of questions about yourself and use your answers to said questions to figure out which of the Fab Six (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto) you're most like. Another activity here is called "Sound Off!", where you can add sound effects to a Disney cartoon clip. Von Drake Laboratories can be accessed from the street as well as from after the House of Genius show. And in the queue area for Goofy's Airport are some more sound crates, which feature sounds like trumpets blaring, explosions from fireworks, parrots squawking, bells ringing and even yodeling. Also in the queue area is a rope to pull, causing Goofy to say something to you, similar to one in IJA (that rope is one a sign tells you not to pull, and when you do pull it, a British-sounding man is heard yelling at you for doing so). And along the sidewalks of Mickey Avenue (the new name for Mickey's Neighborhood) will be a host of Hollywood Walk Of Fame-style stars, each with the names of the Disney characters on them. Step on the stars to trigger some dialogue from them.

MISCELLANEOUS: And those improvements that you've seen are only the tip of the iceberg. There will be all kinds of other scenic touches here and there as well. First of all, the already long BGM music loop will be lengthened as well, to feature (the new tracks are in bold):

The Grasshopper and the Ants
The Barn Dance
Puppy Love
Three Little Pigs
The Simple Things
Casey At the Bat
Camping Out
The Wise Little Hen
Little Toot
Paul Bunyan
Donald Duck's Theme
The Pied Piper
Two Chips and a Miss
The Story of Anyburg, USA
Goofy's Theme
The Skeleton Dance
Minnie's Yoo-Hoo
Springtime
The Tortoise and the Hare
Pluto's Theme
Maroon Cartoons Theme
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
Thru the Mirror
Steamboat Willie
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Three Blind Mouseketeers
Pluto's Blue Note
The Army's Not the Army Anymore
Peculiar Penguins
Crazy Over Daisy
Figaro and Cleo

Now actually Donald's Theme already exists, but the reason I put it in there as a new track is to replace the present theme with the other theme for his shorts (you know, the one with the singing (i.e., "Who gets stuck with all the bad luck / No one... but Donald Duck"), the lyrics for which can be found here: http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics/dd.html. You can also listen to the actual theme song that will be used now right here: http://www.disneyshorts.org/sounds/donaldducktune-1.mp3. Of course, the music will be revised slightly and a new chorus will be used and Tony Anselmo will voice Donald. Also, to keep things from being TOO long, a handful of the music tracks, both the ones in the list and the ones already there, will play in the area at any one time of day.
At regular points throughout the updated land, there will be various signs pointing the ways to the various areas of interest in Mickey's Toontown. And the signs will actually resemble pointing fingers (done like Mickey's gloves, of course).
Another thing I will do is to relocate the bunker where they shoot the fireworks. When the fireworks are shown nights, they close down Toontown, which is right in the vicinity of where they're shot. So I've decided to move the firework bunker over near the northeastern-most end of the Rivers of America and maybe have some fireworks being shot from barges on the river, since it's closed off to the public after dark anyway. Also so as not to interfere with Fantasmic, I will have the fireworks show be shown a half hour or so after Fantasmic ends. But in any case, it should allow Toontown to remain open a bit longer, though the newer part may still have to be cut off during the fireworks, since it will extend into Big Thunder Trail, but at least part of Toontown, if not all, should remain open during the fireworks and until the park completely closes for the night.
Another thing to be added is plenty of trees, albeit twisted about in some crazy ways to contemplate the theme of Mickey's Toontown. The new spot linking Toontown to Big Thunder Trail will be the new location of Toon Park, where Goofy's KinderGarden will be. It will feature a lot of trees and segue into Big Thunder Ranch so that now there will be no more dead ends of Toontown; people can no enter in through one way or the other.
And Toontown's train station will now be switched from facing Fantasyland to actually facing Toontown itself, rather like how WDW's Toontown train station is set.
In the new Toon Park, there will be numerous spots where you can meet various Disney characters at random, much like the Toontown Hall of Fame at WDW.
In Toon Park, there will be all kinds of new trees, which should make it not only beautiful, but a welcome relief from the summer heat to boot.
There will be all kinds of misters in Mickey's Toontown, too, to further cool you off in the heat.

LOCATION: And where is all this going to go, you ask? Well, just take a look at the overhead shot of the actual park. The yellow part represents the existing Toontown of today, while the red part represents the expanded Toontown. Here is the shot:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1696/toontownplandh7.jpg

You may have noticed that I did not include interactive pieces on the map plan here. That's because they'll be so numerous in appearance that to include them on the map and basically make it more of a mess than it is already might be overkill. Anyway, that is my MAJOR update of Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland. Now there is something here for everyone to enjoy.

[disneyfreak59]

woo!!! Todays the day! GOOOOOOOO DISNEYFREAK!!! Applause, Applause!

thank you boomer :)

mine will be in later...as in....later. :)

[Lighttech1]

Why does everything got to be so long. But as a judge i must endure the pain and read them. Scores for me might not come until much later tomorrow.

[disneyfreak59]

^ aww haha mine has a lot of pictures though ^_^

[Big Disney Fan]

Why does everything got to be so long. But as a judge i must endure the pain and read them. Scores for me might not come until much later tomorrow.

Well, because everyone wants to do well, that's why. If they want to get good scores, they must put in as much as possible. At least I broke my section in half just to keep things at a reasonable level.

BTW, I have yet to finish my other project (on the improved mode of transportation in WDW), but I'm having difficulty trying to get the scripts and spiels up.

[CostaFreak]

Why does everything got to be so long. But as a judge i must endure the pain and read them. Scores for me might not come until much later tomorrow.

Don't worry, mine won't be too long. Hopefully I'll get enough details in by my concept art and just a few paragraphs.

[Big Disney Fan]

Say, where is everyone's projects? Don't they know they're due today?

[disneyfreak59]

^patience my friend ;)

[Lighttech1]

Patience is a vertue, as well as imagination.:castle:

[Big Disney Fan]

Patience is a vertue, as well as imagination.:castle:

Well, it's just that time is running out to turn the stuff in, that's all.

[Lighttech1]

You have until 11:59pm. Ands its only 5:20 over there. So you have plenty of time, just prioritize, layout what needs to be done first and then the details of the minor stuff last.

[SPCMT]

Im a little late but GOOOOOO DISNEYFREAK!!!!!

[disneyfreak59]

^thanks disneylover!

[SPCMT]

No problem buddy! We Imagineer us-ers need to stick together....even though it seems to be just u and me lol

[Darth_Boomer]

Yay! I started Disneyfreak's cheer section! Woo!!!

GOOOOOOOOOO DISNEYFREAK! Applause, Applause!

[SPCMT]

^ Good job for making the spirit squad Darth_Boomer!
looks like Disneyfreak has some sideline support lol

[jagfkb]

Sadly, my posts won't be in until tommorrow as well, due to the fact that I'm incredibly tired from watching the 7 hour long movie called The 10th Kingdom all day. Looks good, though I hope I'm not the only one to notice the addition of the House of Mouse and several ideas of mine which are in it. Don't think that i'm angry though, i'm actually flattered. I'll leave the angry part to the lawyers...

(just kidding)

[Lighttech1]

Where is everyone?

[disneyfreak59]

here. haha mine is well on its way, im fixing fonts on here and adding pics.

[disneyfreak59]

The Animal Kingdom- Dino-land U.S.A. Refurbishment

New Name: Primeval World


Let?s face it. The Dino-Land we have now is just too much of a carnival style for our taste. No one really wants to pay to go to a carnival in a Disney park, would you? Nah, didn?t think so. So, I have decided to give dino-land a new feel and meaning because this land really does need the justice it deserves. What is in this spectacular refurbishment you ask? Well, scroll down a little and you?ll find out.

Aerial Map for Primeval World:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/disneygeek59/dinolandaerial.jpg

As you can see, this is my aerial map for the new Primeval World. Here is a decription of what each box and color is.

The two red rectangles you see are both of the entrances to get into the land. The red line(s) is the trail throughout the land. I would like to mention that the whole carnival atmosphere will be GONE. Reading further below will explain why, and what is replacing it. The yellow box is the new entertainment venue, the blue box is the brand new restaurant. Th neon green box outlining primeval whirl is recognizing the fact that its still there, but refurbished. Pink box is the refurbed restaraunt.

Refurb-ed Cretaceous Trail/Entrance:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/disneygeek59/dinosaur2.jpg

*NOTE: Entrance to the land serves as the new cretaceous trail, but also leads to other attractions.?
Upon entering the new, and improved Dino-land, you will find yourself walking into a lush, topical, pre-historic forest. Everywhere you look is green. The ground below you will be cement, but with dinosaur footprints to give the feel your back in time with the dinosaurs. As you are walking throughout this newly developed land, you feel as if you were in a new world of exploration and adventures. You hear dinosaur sound effects, and different noises to add to the feel of the new ambiance. You see a pond with a waterfall to the right, and actually see AA in there. You hear it?s sounds effects, and see its actual movements. This is the start of the new cretaceous trail. What I?d like to do in this particular land, is make it like the rest of the park! In the rest of the park, there are certain areas for animals, and information about them. Here, in Dino-land, you will see certain areas of the land that have a fence and a viewing area. In those viewing areas are AA dinosaurs, and a little sign up front explaining what the dinosaur is, what it does, what it eats, etc. Nifty, huh? This will be apart of the new cretaceous trail/entrance. If you take a look at the overhead map, it has taken one whole trail, but at any time, you may leave the new cretaceous trail to go to another attraction by just following a different trail out, and reading the signs. But, remember, that the trail is one big cretaceous trail.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/disneygeek59/dinosaur1.jpg

Slogan:
Bringing the world of dinosaurs to you!

New Dining Facility: Prehistoric Forest

?Dino-land,? is really weak in the dining department, no? It?s all run by Mc Donald?s! Not only is it just McDonald?s, but it?s really hectic just to get food! On a first hand experience, I stood in a long line to get my food, finally got my food with questionable service, and found no tables whatsoever to dine on. To me, there is nothing magical about that. I go to a Disney park to get lost in a world, have fun, and experience the magic. I apologize for my ranting, but for those of you who have dined in dino-land, you know exactly what I?m talking about. The solution to the madness? A new, adventurous, sit-down restaurant for families to enjoy on a hot, Florida day.

Picture, if you will, stepping into a cool, refreshing restaurant with green prehistoric plants, light mist dressed throughout certain areas, a few waterfalls, and AA of different, but friendly dinosaurs. How cool would it be to dine in a prehistoric forest with these ancient beasts? The exterior of this building will actually look like its just an outdoor restaurant when it really isn?t. The feel of the restaurant should feel outdoors even though it will be inside. In the far right of this restaurant there will be a larger waterfall than all the rest, and a mid sized body of water with trees and foliage surrounding it. There will be a water dinosaur AA maybe such as a long neck in there eating in leaves. Other dinosaurs such as pteryldactles are perched up on rocks, peering down upon the dining guests and others are possible drinking water or tending to their babies.. Tables will surround that area so that guests may have a view of the surrounding area. As you are seated at a regular table you may be seated by a lush, green area with a long-neck dinosaur feasting on the plants. Sound effects of the dinosaurs are throughout this peaceful but exciting restaurant. The floor is like a hard brown floor so that it gives the illusion of a dirt ground. The sponsor for this dining facility would be Landry?s Restaurants, and if that name doesn?t ring a bell, they are the owners of the Rainforest Caf?. So, it is the same concept, but in more of a primeval time with dinosaurs! The menu will be completely different from the one in Rainforest caf?. I want the concept on the interior to be the same, but I want a different menu, nicer, themed tables, chairs, etc, and above and beyond service.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/disneygeek59/dinosaur3.jpg

Refurbished Dining Facility: McDino?s

We all know that the food portion of dinoland is sponsored by McDonald?s, so let?s give it more justice. The new name for this self-serve dining area will be McDino?s. I want the atmosphere to still remain the same with minor tweaks. Since this seems like a dinosaur excavation project, in the middle of a certain dining room, I want there to be ?dinosaur bone remains? as if it has just been dug up. Tables will then be set around a fenced off area to where guests may look down at it. The menue will still remain the same, along with the self serve. Just the interior and name changed a little bit, but nothing too dramatic.

continued...

[disneyfreak59]

Logo

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/disneygeek59/dinologo.jpg

Meet The Dinosaurs- A brand new 3D attraction.

This was a tough decision to make, but will be well worth it in the long run. Meet the Dinosaurs, based off the new Disney movie, Meet the Robinson?s, will be a fun 3D attraction for everyone of all ages to experience fun thrills, and surprises. Let your host, Lewis, guide you through the primeval world! But be careful not to run into Tiny and his group of friends! The opening of the ride will be with Lewis and his new time machine. As you are finally back into time, you end up in the time of the dinosaurs! Guests will get to meet different dinosaurs from the era, and eventually run into tiny! As Lewis is off doing something else at the particular moment, Tiny notices you, and begins to bully you. Lewis then comes back from chatting with other dino?s , and sees you being bullied by Tiny! He stops Tiny and explains that they are just friends! Tiny softens up and his a little fun with everyone before having to go back to the regular time period. You say goodbye to your new dinosaur friends, and poof! You are back in the normal time period. Lewis thanks you for joining in on his new experiment, and hopes to see you again real soon! Some 3-d effects in this attraction may include mist, rumbling theater, loud sounds, and in the beginning and the end of the attraction, the futuristic look of the theater will change into a dinosaur themed theater, and vise versa. The 3D glasses will be green with a reptile skin like pattern on it.

Entertainment Venue:

The entertainment venue will be right next to the boneyard. The reason being is because im moving Dino-Sue to this area along with other dinosaur skeletons as a daily show. Its not a seating area, but just as before, guests can come by certain times of the day as a castmember talks about the dino skeletons presented. Nothing elaborate, but shirt, sweet and to the point.

Refurbed Attractions:

Primeval Whirl-Renamed: Dino Spin.

The new primeval whirl?s theme will change. It will now be an indoor roller coaster, same track mind you, with ?friendly dinosaurs? as before. Nothing dark and scary, but still fun, and leaves for more room for scenery ?forests? on the walls and fun effects. I decided to keep this attraction because it seems to be a favorite among other guests. I just want to change the atmosphere by making it indoors, and adding some special effects! So nothing to drastic.

DINOSAUR:

So I like the whole dinosaur attraction, but I do not like the story line of the attraction. So, one of the things that are being fixed is this is the story line! I would like the pre-show to tell guests that they will be touring the gentle time of the dinosaurs, so there?s no need to worry. Just enjoy, and have a safe, fun trip, and it will also give the safety spiel in there. While on board your vehicle right before you?re about to go back into time your rover makes a sudden stop and shakes violently. It will then say, ?Time Rover malfunction; Time travel: End of Cretaceous period, meteor shower amidst.? your rover will then move forward like the actual ride, and from there it will continue without the guys narration, just intense music to go along with the ride. But at the end of the ride a guys voice will come out saying, "hey how did you guys get here" and he leads your way back to the regular time period. The AA also need to be refurbished, and re-done, so that will be done to give a more realistic look to the ?dinosaur.? Also, new special effects and thrills will be added to the ride. The attraction?s name and logo will still remain the same.

Conclusion

In conclusion to the dinoland refurbishment, the whole atmosphere will be changed to a more adventurous type land, has imporved attractions and dining facilities, hase a learning experience for kids in the cretaceous trail, and hopefully the new name will draw the crowds to the newly designed land!

[tiki]

Awesome guys, I'll have the scores in early tomorrow :) Both of them seem great in concept, so I'm really expecting alot

[disneyfreak59]

oh no!!! i forgot to do the interactive idea! ah! oh well.

[Big Disney Fan]

Awesome guys, I'll have the scores in early tomorrow :) Both of them seem great in concept, so I'm really expecting alot

Which ones are you talking about here?

[tiki]

Yours and DF's

[basketbuddy101]

That's pretty cool Disneyfreak59. That 3d show sounds cool. I thought up of a Meet the Robinsons based attraction also but it is a new version of the Peoplemover and not a show. Good luck, the end of this contest will be interesting...

[Darth_Boomer]

ooooooo..... Applause, Applause!


GOOOOOOOOO DISNEYFREAK!!! :D

[disneyfreak59]

thank you basketbuddy and boomer :)

*edit*
where's costafreak's project?

[Darth_Boomer]

That's pretty cool Disneyfreak59. That 3d show sounds cool. I thought up of a Meet the Robinsons based attraction also but it is a new version of the Peoplemover and not a show. Good luck, the end of this contest will be interesting...

ha ha I saw that one! It was cool, but I was too lazy to post at the time :biggrin:

[CostaFreak]

Ok, my turn.

TOMORROWLAND 2155

The gateway to the ideas of Tomorrow has come.

Tomorrowland 2155, or as I like to call Bicentennial Tomorrowland, is the refurbishment Tomorrowland despretly needed, holding the ideas of the future in both a retro and todays view.

Architecture: The newly remastered facades of the buildings in Tomorrowland would be composed of a mixture between an H.G. Wells and Retro 50's futuristic architecture. The new chrome spires on the buildings and newer facades varying colors of chrome, blues, and purples. At night, the atmosphere changes with lights coloring the buildings in reds and blues, also feintly coloring the windows in aqua. Other items, such as futuristic plants and shrubs would increase the new atmosphere of Bicentennial Tomorrowland.

New Attractions: Yes, one atraction is not enough, three new attractions would make up part of Tomorrowland's line-up, yet sadly meaning the closing of two (don't worry, the attractions they're replacing weren't so hot in the first place).

First of all, before I mention my original attraction, I'm gonna start with a nessisary revival. Yes, (PMM, don't start jumping up and down for joy after I say this, but...) THE RETURN OF THE PEOPLEMOVER!

Yes, the Peoplemover would return with an new name, Tomorrowland
Port Authority, plus with all new futuristic cars resembling the ones from The Incredibles. All new narraration voiced by James Earl Jones would also come too.

http://www.monorails.org/webpix%202/FilmIncredibles3.jpg

Another attraction, which would replace Honey I Shrunk The Audience would be a reincarnation of ExtraTerrorestrial Alien Encounter. The theater where HISTA is currently would be modified to accomidate the captured aliens of the XS company. There would be some differences to the original, such as updated effects.

Finally, an all new attraction replacing Innoventions would be a unique, Epcot style ride called X:The Final Frontier. The entire inside of the Innoventions building would be gutted to acommadate the new, unique theater. The theater itself would be themed as the inside of a giant space ship. On the sides, top, and bottom of the the theater are screens, or "windows" into space.

The ride's story would, in brief, be a mission to the planet X, said to be 5x bigger than earth and able to hold life, plus the reach of stars and other galaxies, objectives impossible in today's world (try to think of it as a modern day Mission to Mars attraction). The seats in the theater would be able to slightly tilt, but no extreme motion. It would only be a D-Ticket being that it's an Epcot style edu-show with IMAX projections.

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/space-vehicle-interior.jpg

Refurbishment: The refurbishment of the Astro Orbiter. How can a simple ride like this be refurbished you say? Well first of all, it would be moved on the platform on top of the Peoplemover. Second, it would take a whole new look to it to mix in with Tomorrowlands new environment.

http://www.synotrip.com/UploadFile/20060209023323342.jpg

New Restaurant:

The Top Fuel Grill would be and outdoor cafe right next to Autopia. The counter would be themed to a 1950's retro futuristic diner for people watching the races close by. The seats and tables would be chrome, and the umbrellas over them aqua. The tables would be arranged so the people eating are able to watch the drivers of Autopia next to and under them. Items on the menu would be more of a fastfood, quickbite type food, serving burgers, chicken strips, fries, hot dogs, pizza, soda, and milkshakes.

New Shop:

The XS Celestial Curios would be made inside the current HISTA building, between AE and the Starcade. The inside of the store would be eerie, glowing in green lights and looking like an experimental hangar (kind of like a Hangar 18 deal). Yellow glowing tubes are set in the corners which inside are alien lifeforms. The objects found in this store range from plush alien dolls, to more expensive items like "alien eggs" made of birthstone gems.

New Entertainment Venue:

You know that empty area in front of Space Mountain. That would pay homage to a new show for those waiting in line for SM, The Intergalactic Space Guitarists. This "show" would be a group of people playing surf guitars for guests while waiting in line, playing songs from the Beach Boys and Dick Dale to new age pieces. The show finale song would be the remixed Aquarium piece (made by Dick Dale originally for SM). The show would last 20 minutes, starting every hour from 12:00 to 6:00.

New Interactive Area:

This interactive area would be built under the oudoor Space Mountain queve area, and somewhat of a clone to it's Epcot counterpart. Project Tomorrow, sponsored by Siemens, would give guests interactive activities to guests while learing the ideas that will make up the wonders of the future.

http://albums.mouseplanet.com/WDWEpcotSpaceshipEarth/EP_SSE_ProjectTomorrow1_kropf.jpg

Ok, I'll have to edit some stuff in the morning. I got to sleep.

[Big Disney Fan]

I just went back and edited a small part of my submission; it was on account of a spelling blunder. Nothing serious, mind you, just a small slip-up. I just went back to correct what Strong Bad (of Homestar Runner fame) would call a "stnank".

[Lighttech1]

Im going to post CostaFreaks Scores now. I will get the others tomorrow. Right now i only had time to read the short one. Sorry guys :smile:

CostaFreak
Location 9/10
Theming: 23/30
Creativity: 20/30
New Dining Facility: 11/15
New Attraction: 14/20
New Entertainment Venue: 4/10
New Interactive Area: 8/10
New Logo/Slogan: 8/10
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 0/15
Refurbishment of Attraction: 8/15
Detail in Presentation: 6/10
Total: 111/190
Comments: This presentation didn’t present a “WOW” factor for me. First off I had to take points off the logo/slogan for not giving a logo. Secondly, I didn’t see a refurbishment of a dining facility. Now as for the refurbishment of an attraction, you didn’t specify any new special effects, a new vehicle type, etc. The new entertainment venue, to me, wasn’t that much of a venue, just a show put into an open space. If you would have specified a stage with lighting and other stuff, then maybe I would have considered this a venue. I really loved the new attractions you put in, I just wished there was more detail on them. You didn’t really give very many details for the new interactive area, just said similar to the one at Epcot. The word “similar” usually means there is something that’s different. You didn’t describe what was different. You also really didn’t give many details on what the updated effects would be in the replacement attraction for HISTA. All in all I liked what you did, but if you would have gave more detail I would have loved this even more.

[CostaFreak]

Sorry, but I had to type it a quick as I can. I'm also saying I'm dropping out, but that doesn't mean the end of my Imagineering days. Sure, I'll still make ideas from time to time and still post ideas on the boards, and I know I will regain my title. I will in the future make my ideas like I did originally at my pace. I'm still an Imagineer inside, but having a personal life and an online competition mixed in just isn't working. I'm sorry, end of the road.

Hey, I may come back in the future for a final bite.

[jagfkb]

So, with Costa Freak gone... is this the finale?

[disneyfreak59]

*gasp*!!!!

[Big Disney Fan]

I sure as heck hope not! I thought this was a SEMI-final, not a FINAL-final.

[disneyfreak59]

I sure as heck hope not! I thought this was a SEMI-final, not a FINAL-final.

i know, right!

[basketbuddy101]

It was only a matter of time Costafreak. Good luck next time though. I think we all know who really is going to win this thing.

[Big Disney Fan]

I think we all know who really is going to win this thing.

It probably isn't going to be me.

[Darth_Boomer]

Sorry, but I had to type it a quick as I can. I'm also saying I'm dropping out, but that doesn't mean the end of my Imagineering days. Sure, I'll still make ideas from time to time and still post ideas on the boards, and I know I will regain my title. I will in the future make my ideas like I did originally at my pace. I'm still an Imagineer inside, but having a personal life and an online competition mixed in just isn't working. I'm sorry, end of the road.

Hey, I may come back in the future for a final bite.

DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!

*shifty eyes*

[SPCMT]

Wow this feels like some sort of reality TV show or something All the drama boiled up into ONE LAST STAND!!!!! BIG_DISNEY_FAN VERSUS DISNEYFREAK59!!!!!!!! LETS GET READY TO RRRRUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLL EEEEEEEEEE (Que that dance music that always comes after this)

[Darth_Boomer]

(Que that dance music that always comes after this)

ok! Applause, Applause!

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo! Doo doo doo DOO DOO DOO DOO! :biggrin:

[SPCMT]

ohh nice improv there lol

[Lighttech1]

Oh Good Gravy. I hope he didnt drop out due to my scores. I graded his at 4:15am i hope he took those comments to heart.

[SPCMT]

He probably didnt I think its just mixing thi with personal stuff...but I guess youll never know lol

[tiki]

Here's my scores anyways, as I'm sure you guys will be interested

Big Disney Fan
Location 8/10-It all fits, but my major concern here is the new area seems to have a lot of dead space, judging by the map
Theming: 25/30-It all seems pretty good, but as I said the Toon Town Park, first off it's borrowed from WDW, seccond off it takes off way too much room where other things could of been presented
Creativity: 25/30-You seemed to borrow alot from both WDW and the current MTT
New Dining Facility: 12/15-I like the idea, my only problem was I felt the AA presentations are too far spread out. A family could get in right after an act is shown and get out right before, this is a problem
New Attraction: 20/20-I love it, haha, it made me laugh out loud, Von Drake rocks! As for the Goofy attraction, it's ok for a family coaster, by all means alot better then what they have now
New Entertainment Venue: 5/10-It was already at the park before, so it's not new
New Interactive Area: 6/10-You technically didn't make an interactive area, just expanded on the concept
New Logo/Slogan: 7/10-The slogan seems kind of long to fit on a sign, I like the logo
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 12/15-It wasn't really a refurb, just putting all of them into one
Refurbishment of Attraction: 13/15-I like the additions to Cartoon Spin, not too over the top, but enough to get the attraction's freshness up
Detail in Presentation: 9/10-A few things here and there were missing, but overall this is just nitpicking
Total: 142/190

Comments: I liked this project, in general, alot. I felt one of the biggest flaws was that you didn't really stick to the rules, and recycled alot of concepts instead of creating your own stuff, but overall I'm one of the few people who actually think Toon Town IS a good idea, if done the right way, and I felt this was the right way, so good job.

Disneyfreak59

Location 8/10 (if the new additions fit)-It all seems like it would fit, my concern is that the whole land being a trail leads to the serious potential for guests to get lost
Theming: 28/30-Ah, I just love the idea of the trail though, brings me back to the old days of Marine World. I've always thought the Dino area itself was a missed opprotunity, and this gets its potential back up
Creativity: 24/30-There were some things I just found lacking here
New Dining Facility: 12/15-Um, can somebody say T-Rex, the new dinosaur themed restarant coming to DTD soon?
New Attraction: 15/2-I found this very lacking. To me 3D shows just aren't appealing, and the fact that it's Meet the Robinsons style cartoonish dinosaurs, I just couldn't connect to it
New Entertainment Venue: 5/10-This just isn't something I want to rush off and see
New Interactive Area: 0/10-Nothing presented
New Logo/Slogan: 10/10-Nothing wrong with this at all
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 15/15-Nor this
Refurbishment of Attraction: 13/15-I like what you did with Primeval Whirl, except I hate that name change, I think the old one was better. As for Dinosaur, I like the twist on it, I always thought with the queue it just didn't get you excited, it almost made you dread going back in time
Detail in Presentation: 7/10-This, sad to say, is probably your least detailed yet.
Total: 137/190

Comments: Sorry to say but I just found this to be dissapointing. I know you have school and everything, so that's part of the problem, but still this was one of your weaker projects. I still think you have serious potential to win the game, and as of now it's basically a horse race, so I can't wait to see the amazing projects you guys are sure to whip out.

Coastafreak
Location 8/10 (if the new additions fit)-It fits, but I was very confused as to WHAT Tomorrowland was being refurbed, it wasn't until I read about HISTA that I realized it was the DLR one
Theming: 20/30-Just ok for me, I didn't get at all what you were really trying to do
Creativity: 20/30-Clones, clones, and more clones. Sorry, this just isn't that original at all
New Dining Facility: 10/15-Actually, I kind of like the idea of a small outdoor restaraunt near Autopia, however it just lacks the wow factor for me
New Attraction: 15/20-I love the idea, but there was very little detail so I didn't get at all what this really was
New Entertainment Venue: 7/10-I like the idea, but it's not really a new venue, just a show
New Interactive Area: 6/10-Once agian, the idea could work, but I need DETAIL, like under Space Mountain is HISTA, so where exactly would it go?
New Logo/Slogan: 5/10-The slogan was acceptable, but there was no logo
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 0/15-Nothing presented
Refurbishment of Attraction: 10/15-Nothing too drastic, but I did like what you did to the Orbiter
Detail in Presentation: 3/10-NEEDS more
Score: 104/190

Comments: Well it's apparent to me that this was a last minute thing, even though we gave you a huge ammount of time. In general I didn't like alot of what you did, and I feel it was probably one of your weakest yet. I liked a few ideas, but the ideas I liked didn't have nearly enough detail.

[Lighttech1]

Well disneyfreak, here are you scores.

BDF yours will come soon.



Location 10/10
Theming: 26/30
Creativity: 30/30
New Dining Facility: 15/15
New Attraction: 16/20
New Entertainment Venue: 7/10
New Interactive Area: 0/10
New Logo/Slogan: 10/10
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 15/15
Refurbishment of Attraction: 15/15
Detail in Presentation: 7/10
Total: 151/190

Comments: Wowsers!! I really liked this. A few things though. The word venue means a structure housing a stage with a show being presented on said stage. I saw no interactive area. The new attraction was …ok, there is already a 3D/4D show in AK already; I think two would be over board. I liked the idea of the show though; just wish it would have been a little more detailed. I so want to visit this place.

[jagfkb]

Look, i'm really sorry guys, but I won't be able to judge the rest of the competition. I just found out today that I had to read two books over summer vacation and the letter which was suppoed to be sent to me to inform me of this in June was sent to the wrong address. So, since this seems to be the finale, I won't be able to judge this final round due to the fact that school starts on Monday. If I had to judge, I would say that my scores would fall between Lighttech1 and tiki. I just want to say how honored I was to be a judge and all of these projects were very well done. I can't even choose a winner between these final two projects and I hope all of those involved with the competition will continue to create wonderful things.

Sincerely,
jagfkb

[Darth_Boomer]

^I KNEW There would be a twist! There's always a twist in a show like this ha ha!

DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!

[Big Disney Fan]

For some reason, I think these Imagineering contests are sort of a cross between "The Amazing Race" and those dessert-making contests they show on Food Network. I love both shows, by the way.

[Lighttech1]

OH BDF yours are coming tomorrow. I have no time right now. Im preparing a plot and channel hookup for a show with 650 lights, due by this coming wed. Sorry for the delay.

[Lighttech1]

Your scores are on the way, just doing them now.

[Lighttech1]

Here they are:

Location 7/10
Theming: 20/30
Creativity: 15/30
New Dining Facility: 15/15
New Attraction: 15/20
New Entertainment Venue: 8/10
New Interactive Area: 4/10
New Logo/Slogan: 8/10
Refurbishment of Dining Facility: 13/15
Refurbishment of Attraction: 13/15
Detail in Presentation: 7/10
Total: 125/190

Comments: Your logo seems a bit meh to me, but I do like your new slogan. I?m still a bit confused on when you said ?a real looking city but in a cartoony way?, but I get the angle your going for. I really see this as being a top notch restaurant that will be a hoot to visit. Now onto the attractions, I like how you brought back the old Roger Rabbit simulator ride and themed it around Donald. Though for this I don?t think there is any room, and the show building in the Fantasyland Theatre I don?t like because I think it could be better utilized for Fantasyland as for a new attraction for FL or a great new show. Don?t really like Goofy?s Airport, in that it?s basically just a themed queue but still in essence a clone of the Barnstormers, so why close one mini-coaster to build another? The Toontown Transit Authority, sounds cool, but with the size that TT is there is really no reason to build it and would be a waste in my opinion. I like the idea of bringing in some Tokyo technology for Tugboat Donald so kudos on that. Von Drake?s seems interesting but it didn?t seem to wow me, maybe you should have gone into a bit more detail. Now for the show ?The Toontown Hour? seems cool, I really like to see the jokes between Roger and Donald. I like the layout of the land, but where you want to expand, into Big Thunder Ranch it seems weird, where Toon Lake is practically is where the train goes through it. Just a few technical issues I have that bug me, but in all a very modest change nothing hugely original, but still good. I don?t see some of this fitting or working in that area. You have to remember such things as access to the ride, shop, or restaurant, which means extra space between and behind things for backstage road access. Plus you have to remember there is a backstage tunnel that goes from Fantasyland Theatre to Big Thunder Ranch that?s right behind the theatre , and another tunnel that goes from the side of the theatre to main backstage behind toontown. These two are very important roads. From the look of your toon lake area its going to interfere with the road going to main backstage behind the park. But I know im the only one that would have noticed this, but I still had to give me thoughts on it.

[Big Disney Fan]

Well, part of the reason why I expanded Toontown was not just to make use of space gone unused, but also to expand a land that is also semi-underused. I think that's one of the reasons why Toontown isn't doing so hot. Toontown was meant to no longer cause Fantasyland to be a dead-end, but Toontown was a dead end in itself. So I wanted to expand and create another entrance/exit. Using the overhead shot, I had thought I would be able to stay clear of any obstacles. I guess I was mistaken, though.

[tiki]

You still got in to the finals, and for the reccord I disagree with alot of what he said ;)

[basketbuddy101]

Wait, BFD is in the finals? I had no idea of this. Now I have to work even harder? How many twists does this contest have exactly?

[Disneylover 4 ever]

Lol this is from the other season of the competition.

[basketbuddy101]

Lol this is from the other season of the competition.

Ah, uh...oh...eh my bad. Lol.