The NEW Disney's California Adventure signature icon

[Anakin]

could very well be a remade Carthay Circle Theater (based on Al's article). Isn't that a bit anti-climactic?

I can just imagine merchandise celebrating the Disneyland Resort, where they butt up Sleeping Beauty Castle next to a phallus-shaped theatre.

I say, should the Imagineers stick with the California concept, the Bear Mountain should remain as its icon. I mean, look at the state flag...

I like the uniqueness of this icon, as much as Epcot's Spaceship Earth and Animal Kingdom's Tree of Life.

Stick to something ORIGINAL and Disney-originated.

*These are my genuine thoughts, not directed at any specific person.

[Steve DeGaetano]

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Art-deco movie palaces work for me.

[ni_teach]

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It's better than what we have now.

[NapoleonD]

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I agree with Anakin. I like most of what I've seen so far, but the idea of this movie palace being the yang to the Sleeping Beautys Castle's yin... I'm not yet convinced.

[jmuboy]

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I think just like MGM using the hat and the water tower and the Chinese Theater (for a time) we'll see both the Bear and the Carthay used for DCA.

[aashee]

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It doesn't "WOW" me but it doesn't "YUCK" me either like that sun there now. 10 times better than that gold tin foil mess there now.

[Dirton]

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I've always really liked Grizzly Peak, and I think it's an awesome winnie.

I think it fits even more so now with the new setup. If you look how the new entrance model utilizes the shapes of the plaza and directs you to the mountain

[mycroft16]

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I personally think it will work wonderfully. Especially with the link the theater has with Disney history. And it isn't a definite thing that it will become the icon either. The park icon is something that will be chosen more by the guests. It is the castle that people remember from DL. What the icon for DCA will end up being remains to be seen. That model photo really shows that the two, theater and mountain, are going to work together.

[DisneyIPresume]

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I think that is the best icon for the new park. Congratulations to Disney for recreating a Hollywood icon that introduced the world to some of the greatest films in movie history such as Snow White and Gone With The Wind.

The actual theatre is now long gone -- as long as I have been alive. Thanks in the highest regard for Disney to bring this back for us all to celebrate Walt Disney and the glory of Hollywood.

[hockeyguy3]

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Well if you look at what Al said in his article, and i quote

Bob and John Lasseter want to pursue the Walt Disney angle completely, especially at the front of the park.

A mountain that resembles a bear may not be what they are looking for to be the icon of the park.

I like the idea. In my opinion the theater would be perfect for the icon of the park.

[NapoleonD]

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It doesn't "WOW" me but it doesn't "YUCK" me either like that sun there now. 10 times better than that gold tin foil mess there now.

Exactly how I feel.

[PragmaticIdealist]

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Disney MGM Studios


The Original


Disney's California

[aashee]

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^^ Nice prag thanks. I love the old stop light. That's be a nice touch to the new creation.

[PragmaticIdealist]

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I hope Disney remembers to include drunk and half-naked midgets on the roof.

[Coheteboy]

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I hope Disney remembers to include drunk and half-naked midgets on the roof.

Awesome!

[Anakin]

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How convenient. Disney's recycling program doesn't just end in glass, plastic, and paper...

[aashee]

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I hope Disney remembers to include drunk and half-naked midgets on the roof.

Those are already depicted in Snow White's Scary adventure.

[PragmaticIdealist]

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How convenient. Disney's recycling program doesn't just end in glass, plastic, and paper...

The other concern is that Disney has already made a movie theatre the centerpiece of one of the company's parks when the Chinese Theatre opened at the Disney MGM Studios.

I also don't appreciate the fact that the Pan-Pacific Auditorium entrance at the Disney MGM Studios is apparently being duplicated at D.C.A.

Haven't people been complaining about D.C.A. lacking imagination over the past six years? Is copying the Florida park the answer to that criticism?

[fo'c's'le swab]

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Haven't people been complaining about D.C.A. lacking imagination over the past six years? Is copying the Florida park the answer to that criticism?

It would seem a cloned movie theater is an incredibly appropriate icon for DCA, which, of course, is the problem.

[Dirton]

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The other concern is that Disney has already made a movie theatre the centerpiece of one of the company's parks when the Chinese Theatre opened at the Disney MGM Studios.

I also don't appreciate the fact that the Pan-Pacific Auditorium entrance at the Disney MGM Studios is apparently being duplicated at D.C.A.

Haven't people been complaining about D.C.A. lacking imagination over the past six years? Is copying the Florida park the answer to that criticism?

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