New Attractions and Entertainment for the Disney Parks, Open Brainstorming

[TsWade2]

Originally Posted by AraBrokenDreamer

18!!! 18 Units!!! HOLY --

Uh, i'm good, I swear, but WOW. Think how long that parade would be! I mean you can't have them going that fast with characters walking in front of and behind every float, and even if most of them are small... uh, not all of them are, and this is by far the longest parade I've ever seen outside the Fair Parade in F-burg! Don't get me wrong, it's a swell idea, but... they'd be there all night. It's like a movie you witness in living color.

-Ara

You know, Ara was right. It is a bit too long. You should edit a little bit.

[MANEATINGWREATH]

Ok then I edit out:

The Princess Unit
The Fantasia Unit
Goofy's Candy Co. Unit
The Monsters, Inc. Unit
Gaston's Tavern Unit
Sandy Claws Unit

Which leaves us with:

Jack Skellington Unit
Pumpkin Soldier Brigade
Headstone Unit
Dr. Finklestein's Lab Unit
Toy Unit
Jolly Roger Unit
Parade of the Cards Unit
Hades Unit
Ursula Unit
Jungle Unit
Maleficent Unit
Halloween Party Unit

That means Gaston and LeFou will be added to the entourage of villains seen before the Hades float. That also means that Goofy, Chip Dale, Donald's nephews, and Daisy will be added to the Halloween Party Unit which now serves as the closing unit. That leaves us with twelve units. Here is how I will shorten them down as well:

Jack Skellington Unit- No changes made.
Pumpkin Soldier Brigade- Same amount of soldiers as there are in the Christmas Fantasy Parade.
Headstone Unit- Same size and length as Christmas Fantasy's opening unit which is a Teddy Bear and a ballerina dancing by a mirror or something like that on a pile of books. Pretty stumpy float that's just the right size.
Dr. Finklestein's Lab- No changes made.
Toy Unit- No changes made.
Jolly Roger Unit- No changes made.
Parade of the Cards- Shortened down to eight cards and the Queen of Hearts.
Hades Unit- No changes made.
Ursula Unit- No changes made.
Jungle Unit- Shortened down to the size of a unit from the Celebrate Street Parade.
Maleficent Unit- No changes made.
Halloween Party Unit- No changes made.

That should do it. Now here are some additions I want to add:

1. Dancing toys will now play around the sides of the toy factory. These toys include a clown doll, a ballerina, a female teddy bear, a nutcracker, a Ragedy Anne and Andy, Eeyore, and Bo Peep who has been moved to the street from the back of the float. This also means her sheep will no longer be available to our sight range. All of the walk around toys have trick or treat buckets like Pooh and Tigger, and are frightened by their fellow villainous toys. For example, Anne and Andy often hug each other shaking when they come face to face with another toy. You probably get what I mean...Eeyore is also dressed up like a mummy while Bo Peep is dressed as a fairy godmother with a trick or treat bucket hanging from the top of her crook. The unit size remains the same.

2. These are the villains seen in front of the Hades unit: Brer Bear, Brer Fox, the Big Bad Wolf, and one Heffalump and a Woozle.

3. The head hunters are now before the jungle unit, while Pink Elephants and hyenas surround the float.

4. Maleficent Unit- These villains front, side, and back the unit. Lady Tremaine, the Ugly Stepsisters, Oogie Boogie, Governor Ratcliffe, Frollo, the Evil Queen from Snow White in hag form, Shan Yu, Falicier, Gaston, LeFou, Cruella Da Ville, Jafar with Iago on shoulder, Stromboli, and Ratigan. Chernabog now backs Malfie's tower by climbing it and smiling down at her, while the Fantasia dinosaur sits at the front of the float in a small puppet form, roaring, growling, hissing, snarling, and looking at the audience. The dinosaur is a Tyrannosaurus Rex like said before.

3. Daisy in a witch costume, Hewey, Dewey, and Louie dressed as skeletons, Chip and Dale as Jack Skellington, and Goofy dressed like Frankenstein's monster now join Mickey and the others for their climatic Halloween party at the Haunted Mansion. Mickey is dressed as a vampire, Minnie is dressed as a gypsy, and Pluto is dressed up as Mickey. Several other Disney characters now join the party on the street, alongside all the ghosts and skeletons already present which have lowered their numbers to three ghosts and two roller skating skeletons that perform fancy tricks off ramps near the Haunted Mansion float. Hercules, Meg, Phil, Belle, the Beast, King Louie, Baloo, Timon, Genie, Aladdin, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Aurora, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, and Eric join the party by dancing around and greeting guests alongside the street.

So what do you guys think? I'm judging it to be the same size as the current Christmas Fantasy Parade.

And one more thing, Tinkerbell sits in the crows nest on the Jolly Roger.

[TsWade2]

That's a little bit better. But don't delete Fantasia Unit. It's a good one too.

[MANEATINGWREATH]

For my next trick I will go onto the creation of Critter Country at Disneyland Paris. This is like my second or third time coming up with this land for Euro Dizney so I think I finally have what I really want for it in mind. First of all, here is a map of the current Frontierland.



Now picture this; everything in Frontierland past the number six will be transformed into a backwoods refuge for all the critters of America. You guessed it, this land will be called Critter Country. The Frontierland railroad station which is located in the current spot for Critter Country will be moved to Adventureland where it will become the Adventureland Train Depot which will be located right next door to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril. The structure of the Frontierland station will be placed alongside the Rivers of the Far West as an abandoned railroad junction, complete with broken down mine train with skeletal miners and railroad worker. Now let's go on to what will actually be in Critter Country.

First things first, this Critter Country will perhaps be the best out of all of them out there so far, which is only two; one at Disneyland in California, and one at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. Disneyland Paris' Critter Country will be the shadiest, with lots of dark colors, lush foliage, shady trees, and rustic buildings. Many of these buildings will even be based off of old buildings seen in the now extinct Bear Country land at Disneyland, including the Mile Long Bar, the Bath House, and of course the arcade, only of course their names and interiors will be changed to match the new settings around them.

The star of this land will of course be Splash Mountain which will stand exactly where the Critter Corral stands in Frontierland today. This version of Splash will be the most advanced of the bunch with all new scenes, new characters, a new storyline, and best of all the biggest drop ever made for a theme park water ride. That's right, this Splash Mountain will have a final drop that tops Perilous Plunge at Knott's Berry Farm. During the winter months the ride's water will go through all the special treatment it goes through at Tokyo Disneyland to keep from freezing while the splash effect will be turned down extremely low so no one gets completely soaked and is sent walking out into the thirty or negative six degree weather outside. Ponchos, blankets, and towels will be available in the exit queue, along with a massive blow dryer to warm guests up, a roaring fire in a nearby fireplace, and some hanging gas lamps emiting comfortable heat into the room.

The next star of the land will be a revised Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek from Tokyo Disneyland. Only it won't be themed to Monsters, Inc. it will be themed to the Three Little Pigs. This new attraction is called "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" Taking lanterns guests embark on a journey through the dangerous backwoods, bayous, and swamps of Critter Country in search of the villainous Big Bad Wolf whom has captured the first and second little pig, Piper and Fiddler. It's up to Practical Pig and you to save them before it's too late. There's a lot of savage critters in the bayou and not all of them like to be disturbed, so be extra careful!

And last but not least is the Country Bear Playhouse, featuring three different shows depending on what time of the year it is. From January to May is the Country Bear Jamboree, a French version of the original Country Bear Jamboree with some new songs and show elements. From June to October is the Country Bear Vacation Hoedown which is of course a vacation version of the jamboree which features many a new element not seen in the original show at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. And from November through December is the Christmas Bear Revue which would be an almost brand new holiday special for the playhouse.

Other than these three attractions Critter Country will basically be finished by a couple of shops and restaurants. The rest of the land is merely based on theming and atmosphere. To accomodate these new changes a lot of the attraction show buildings, mainly Splash Mountain and the Big Bad Wolf will have to stretch a bit beyond the park's berm due to the area's size for such a big piece of attraction. The Rivers of the Far West and the rest of Frontierland will also go under a refurbishment to keep up to date with their advanced neighbor. That means new sights and sounds will be added along the riverbank, all the attractions will get refurbishments, and everything will get a fresh coat of paint while the streets will be re-paved. The narration of the railroad will have to change to give information on Critter Country along with the new train station in Adventureland.

So I'll get busy whenever I have the chance with the school play starting up and all. Stay tuned...

[Big Disney Fan]

Fixing up Toontown at Disneyland big time would sit high on my list.

Also, at WDW's MK, we need new nighttime entertainment. One of them is a new fireworks show called "Walt Disney: The Legacy of a Wish". The other is a new nighttime parade to take the place of SpectroMagic. I haven't got a name for it yet, but it would be all about the Magic Kingdom and its lands and attractions. It would be like Remember Dreams Come True, except it's about a different park and it's done in a nighttime parade rather than in fireworks.

Oh, and unless it has been announced already, WDW's Fantasyland (existing stuff after the remodel) would be completely overhauled, a la DL's Fantasyland in 1983. Rounding out the remodel would be the arrival of a brand-new Pinocchio ride. Thematically, it's the same as in Disneyland, but it features ride technology from the Pooh ride in Tokyo. That would probably help give the ride E-ticket fodder and maybe even have a Fastpass line.

[MANEATINGWREATH]

Sounds nice!

So I've decided to add some new walk around characters to Critter Country. Characters available for meet and greets or simple walk arounds will be Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, Brer Gator (New character from Splash), the Big Bad Wolf, Piper, Fiddler, Practical, Wendell, Terrence (Shaker), Big Al, and Liver Lips McGrowl. Lots of the characters will play pranks and cause innocent havoc; such as Brer Fox or the Big Bad Wolf chasing the younger and more helpless characters around, Brer Fox and the Wolf teaming up with Brer Bear to hunt the other characters, Brer Bear teaming up with the Country Bears to have little hoedowns outside the front porches of the buildings, Brer Rabbit and the Three Pigs fishing in the Rivers of the Far West, the Country Bears playing games like tag and hide and go seek, etc. One thing that is definite will be the teaming up of Brer Fox and the Big Bad Wolf. Brer Gator will tail behind them like the crocodile to Captain Hook and scare them as the tick tock croc did to the great Captain James Hook. I've also seen a video on YouTube where Brer Fox snatched a bag of sour patch candies from a guest and brought them up to the camera where he pretended to advertise them. Pretty cute, I'll have them do stuff like that. It may sound like a zoo and that's really the point, it will be a crazy carnival.

So here is a list of attractions and entertainment for the land:

1. Splash Mountain
2. Country Bear Playhouse
3. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
4. Beaver Bros. Explorer Canoes

Yes I've decided to revive the canoes that encircle the Rivers of the Far West. They may start at a different point than before but no matter, they will be just the same. Rather than Indians going to war the theme would be lumberjack twin beavers. Like Tokyo Splash Mountain would have the similar storyline of the Beaver Brothers' dam breaking and creating the massive waterfall on Chickapin Hill.

Anyhow here is what I have for the shops, restaurants, and other assorted eateries:

1. Crocodile Mercantile- A gift shop with a Marc Davis-esque crocodile for the mascot and theme. Think Pooh Corner without the overload on Pooh merchandise. Gifts sold here would relate to Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Song of the South, the Three Little Pigs, Bambi, Brother Bear, the Country Bears, the Fox and the Hound, and of course Critter Country in general. The interior would be themed to that of an old swamp shack of the Old South, kind of like Tia Dalma's houseboat in Pirates of the Caribbean 2, only the voodoo stuff would be replaced by fishing gear, hunting supplies, boats, weapons, and trophies from the swamp.

2. Hungry Bear Lodge- This riverside restaurant would become the Frontierland area's major barbecue restaurant. Rather than selling fast food like the Hungry Bear Restaurant in California and Tokyo, this updated version of the eatery would sell perfected barbecued food such as ribs, pulled pork and chicken, buffalo and barbecue wings, whole chicken dinners, and lots of salads and potato products. The inside portion of the restaurant would be based off the Mile Long Bar, complete with the mile long illusion, Max, Melvin, and Buff hanging and singing up above the entrance, and a really long counter. The outdoor portion of the restaurant would be the sit-down area of the restaurant which overlooks the Rivers of the Far West and plays country instrumentals of music from Critter Country's attractions, such as "How Do You Do" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" Characters will also make frequent appearances at the restaurant along with live musicians and performers.

3. Ursus H. Bear's Wilderness Outpost- The Country Bear's gift shop. A rather small Conestoga wagon transformed into a mobile gift shop. Only Country Bear merchandise is sold here.

4. Vulture Bros. Gift and Carion Shoppe (And Undertakers)- Splash Mountain's favorite vultures have opened up a shop in Critter Country dedicated especially to Song of the South merchandise, baked goods, candy, and Disney villain-related gifts. The little log cabin is located in a nook of Splash Mountain's many cliffes and caverns.

Other buildings include the "Baths 5 Cents" building which is a rustic bathroom area, "Mine Brokers" which is a cast member area, and several critter homes which remain un-accessible to the general public.

Well what do you think so far? Expect Splash Mountain when I get the chance to do it.