Sunday, April 27, 2008

Wonderland Section

While still working on the Mad Tea Party attraction [I don't get the textures right :-( ] I was thinking about the other Wonderland elements. Once again I took a blank sheet and my pencils to capture my ideas.

I was inspired by the rendering below. It's a conceptual sketch of the Quest for the Unicorn attraction for Disney's shelved Beastly Kingdom. I like the idea of a labyrinth which surrounds everything else. As you can see I also seized the idea of the two bridges as the entrances. Instead of the tree you'll find the Mad Tea Party in the middle of the maze.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Fantasyland's Ocean Section

Fantasyland will be divided into many themed areas like the Alice in Wonderland section. Each of these realms will have a central theme which connects all attractions, restaurants and shops with each other.
Today I've designed a new section based upon the ocean. It'll be located between Discovery Bay at Fantasyland's left boarder and the Storybook Land Canal Boats. The Ocean Section will feature two great main attractions, one restaurants and many fanciful details.

The Little Mermaid

This ride will be not the ride that was originally planned for the Disneyland Resort Paris nor a replica of the California Adventure attraction. The Little Mermaid will take guests on an undersea musical voyage that will feature many delightful scenes and songs from the three Ariel movies and the television series. All songs and dialogues will be performed by the original voice cast. The exterior of the attraction will be very similar to the Tokyo DisneySEA castle of Mermaid Lagoon. You have to cross one of the bridges to enter King Triton's kingdom.

Inside the show building you'll travel through many musical segments like Kiss the Girl, Under the Sea or In Harmony.

Crush's Coaster

This coaster will be an extended and enhanced version of the Paris attraction. Guests will visit all the characters and places from Finding Nemo before entering the churning waters of the East Australian Current.The queue will feature Nemo and all of his friends including Crush and his son Squirt.
The attraction exterior will be decorated with artificial rocks, corals and seaweed to create the illusion of entering a real cliff.

Ariel's Grotto

I'll recreate Ariel's grotto from The Little Mermaid movie. Surrounded by her collection of human stuff guests will have the opportunity to meet and greet their favorite mermaid.Beautiful Briny Ballroom

Inspired by the animated sequence from the Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks I'll build a shipwreck that will host a seafood restaurant: the Beautiful Briny Ballroom.Inside the restaurant everything will be decorated with fishes, seaweed and sea shells. The interior will be in some way similar to the Sebastian's Calypso Kitchen at Tokyo DisneySEA.Audio-Animatronic fishs and other marine creatures like the Briny Boys will perform and entertain the guests.

Plussing

Everything in the ocean section will try to recreate to beauty of the underwater world. Sculptures, Audio-Animatronics, fences, bridges, flowers - just everything.Everywhere you can find Disney characters from the seven seas like Ariel or King Triton.I really hope that someday the banks of the Lake Discovery will look pretty much like the picture above. I'll do my level best.

Dedication Plaque

Every Disney theme park has an official dedication plaque. Now it's up to Disneyland Canada to present its own plaque to the world. It will be located somewhere infront of the famous Mickey Mouse flower bed near the Magic Tunnels.
As you can see the main design was very much inspired by Disneyland's 40th Anniversary Time Castle plaque in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle in the Central Plaza Hub.
All I had to do was to mix it up with the Disneyland Canada Logo and my signature. The decication plaque design also features Tinker Bell and the starlet from the Disneyland Paris Hotel logo as a kind of Disney icing on the cake.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Eat Me/Drink Me Refreshments

Today while watching my Alice in Wonderland DVD a new idea for the Alice in Wonderland section came into my mind. I was inspired by the sequence in which Alice meets the Doorknob. Next to the entrance to the Wonderland there'll be a snack bar named Eat Me/Drink Me Refreshments. The exterior will be a replica of the biscuit tin and the bottle with Alice's shrinkage potion.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Early Adventureland Layout

While still working on the Mad Tea Party attraction I was thinking about some design ideas for the other theme lands. Here's a very rough sketch of what Disneyland Canada's Adventureland could look like. I'll take famous classic rides and attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean or The Enchanted Tiki Room and will enhance them with new scenes, new effects, and new technology to guarantee you some extra Disney magic. On the other hand I've got my inspiration from movies like Aladdin and TV series like TaleSpin. I hope that you like some of my ideas.

Attractions:

  1. The Enchanted Tiki Room (will feature birds from Disney movies like Iago, Zazu or the Flamingo from Fantasia 2000 and the most famous hawaiian alien Stitch)
  2. Dinosaur (in some way similar to the Walt Disney World attraction)
  3. It's Tough to be a Bug (this attraction can be found under the Tree House)
  4. The Jungle Cruise (will also feature places like King Louie's temple)
  5. Swiss Family Tree House
  6. The Cave of Wonders (a spectacular rollercoaster)
  7. Flying Carpets to Fantasyland (a modern version of the extinct Skyway attraction)
  8. Aladdin's Arabian Adventures (similar to the Sindbad’s Storybook Voyage ride)
  9. Pirates of the Caribbean (will feature classic elements from the existing versions, but it will be more Pirates of the Caribbean movie-orientated)
  10. Treasure Island (similar to the Disneyland Paris section, but it will also feature some elements from the Muppets adaptation)
  11. Saludos Amigos! (a It's a Small World-like ride based on the classic South America movies)

Restaurants:

  1. Louis' (based on the Restaurant from the TaleSpin television series)
  2. Singapore Restaurant (instead of building another Blue Lagoon or Blue Bayou Restaurant Disneyland Canada's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction will feature a place inspired by the third movie installment)
  3. Jolly Roger (very much similar to the Disneyland Paris version)
  4. Mudka's Meat Mug (inspired by The Emperor's New Groove restaurant)

Hotel:

  1. Agrabah Palace (will be a replica of the palace from the Aladdin movies)

Adventureland will of course also feature a lot of shops and boutiques. Most of them will be located in the Aladdin themed section called Agrabah Bazaar. And for the little ones there'll be a playground like in almost every Disneyland Canada realm.