Tokyo Disney Sea: Tower Of Terror...**{drools}** - Page 3

wendybeth · 02-28-2006, 03:50 PM

The Tokyo version looks very Byzantine- sort of West meets East.

Not Afraid · 02-28-2006, 04:08 PM

I found it interesting that the interiors of both DCA and WDW's towers are strikingly similar in decor and design, while the exterior architecture is VERY different. I wonder how similar the next 2 will be to their elders?

Isaac · 02-28-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I wonder how DLP's tower will look?

Same as ours pretty much. Some of the concept art from their TOT was on display in DCA before our version opened because the artwork was identical.
It's not going into Disneyland Park though. It's going to Walt Disney Studios Park.

Here's a recent pic from Parc Walt Disney Studios:

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-28-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

A comparison with WDW's tower is probably more appropriate

Being that I've never been on Florida's tower, and it was built over a decade ago, I have to admit that it doesn't really concern me that much how it compares. But here it is anyway, with DCA thrown in:

Ok, to my eyes, this shows that they spent far more money on the exterior of the TDS one and far less on WDW and DCA's. In fact, DCA's and WDW's look very similar.

TDS has set a very high standard for theming. I am of the highly subjective opinion that with Disney's ridiculous gobs of cash they should make everything as perfect as the current technology allows. Apparently that's what TDS is doing, and we deserve the same.

Not Afraid · 02-28-2006, 04:39 PM

Well, TDS has money to spend and we don't. All hail OLC.

But, I believe the architecture difference have more to do with the placement of the attraction than the money spent.

Take the Haunted Mansion in the various parks for example:

New Orleans, antebellum style mansion in New Orleans Square

WDW in Liberty Square with a North-eastern style mansion.

Phantom Manor in Frountierland with Victorian architecture popular in the west during the gold rush.

And Tokyo's which is in Fantasyland and is a replica of WDW's version. (TY MP)

innerSpaceman · 02-28-2006, 05:02 PM

Heheh, an arugment which goes out the window when Tokyo puts the Hudson River architecture Mansion in Fantasyland, where the design makes zero sense.

Also, and more appropriate to this discussion, both American Towers of Terror feature 1920's California architecture. One's simply more boring, less creepy. Both are accurate, but one is more interesting and more appropriately frightening. The exterior of the original looks to have cost a few palty hundred thousand dollars more than the DCA sequel.

Perhaps it's not really the "fault" of the imagineers, but rather the curse of DCA that has resulted in the most boring-looking Tower of Terror being chosen for California. If so, it's hardly surprising that the only Disney park worse than DCA, the Walt Disney Studio Park in France, would select the boring model as their ToT.

Not Afraid · 02-28-2006, 05:07 PM

Yeah, I agree the Fantasyland architecture is not a direct hit, but at least it looks like Toad Hall which is actually in Fantasyland. Sort-of.

I think the Tokyo TOT facad works with the Eastern Seaboard theme of that area of TDS. It is sort of like some Hudson Valley or Newport RI mansio which fits in with the rest of the area. A Spanish Revival building just wouldn't fit in as it does at DCA and WDS.

Cadaverous Pallor · 02-28-2006, 05:12 PM

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Well, TDS has money to spend and we don't. All hail OLC.

This branches into the whole "we don't have money because it's been wasted on purchasing ABC" discussion. I won't bore everyone with that again

Bottom line - OLC rocks, Disney can suck my dick until they come out with an E-ticket-made-from-scratch-not-a-copy-newest-tech-ultimate-facade-complete-repeatability-actual-ride-in-Disneyland. Hell, add in "not-based-on-a-movie-or-tv-show" and I just might die of shock.

innerSpaceman · 02-28-2006, 05:28 PM

Hmmm, let's see. The last one that I can recall is Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in 1978. Nothing since then fits the excellent Cadaverous criteria. (And, to my knowlege, Big Thunder remains the only post-Walt attraction to meet that criteria. In other words, don't hold your breath.)

Isaac · 02-28-2006, 05:39 PM

Cosmic Waves - 1998

BTW: BTMRR opened in 1979

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I found it interesting that the interiors of both DCA and WDW's towers are strikingly similar in decor and design, while the exterior architecture is VERY different. I wonder how similar the next 2 will be to their elders?
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Well, TDS has money to spend and we don't. All hail OLC. But, I believe the architecture difference have more to do with the placement of the attraction than the money spent. Take the Haunted Mansion in the various parks for example: New Orleans, antebellum style mansion in New Orleans Square WDW in Liberty Square with a North-eastern style mansion. Phantom Manor in Frountierland with Victorian architecture popular in the west during the gold rush. And Tokyo's which is in Fantasyland and is a replica of WDW's version. (TY MP) Last edited by Not Afraid : 02-28-2006 at 04:49 PM.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh, an arugment which goes out the window when Tokyo puts the Hudson River architecture Mansion in Fantasyland, where the design makes zero sense. Also, and more appropriate to this discussion, both American Towers of Terror feature 1920's California architecture. One's simply more boring, less creepy. Both are accurate, but one is more interesting and more appropriately frightening. The exterior of the original looks to have cost a few palty hundred thousand dollars more than the DCA sequel. Perhaps it's not really the "fault" of the imagineers, but rather the curse of DCA that has resulted in the most boring-looking Tower of Terror being chosen for California. If so, it's hardly surprising that the only Disney park worse than DCA, the Walt Disney Studio Park in France, would select the boring model as their ToT.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Yeah, I agree the Fantasyland architecture is not a direct hit, but at least it looks like Toad Hall which is actually in Fantasyland. Sort-of. I think the Tokyo TOT facad works with the Eastern Seaboard theme of that area of TDS. It is sort of like some Hudson Valley or Newport RI mansio which fits in with the rest of the area. A Spanish Revival building just wouldn't fit in as it does at DCA and WDS.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hmmm, let's see. The last one that I can recall is Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in 1978. Nothing since then fits the excellent Cadaverous criteria. (And, to my knowlege, Big Thunder remains the only post-Walt attraction to meet that criteria. In other words, don't hold your breath.)
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Isaac the one n only Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Anaheim Posts: 1,236	Cosmic Waves - 1998 BTW: BTMRR opened in 1979 __________________
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