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  • ZeekSlider
    EPCOT Citizen
    • Dec 2006
    • 2561

    The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

    Okay, so about two weeks ago, I went on a Study Abroad class to Barcelona (of Cheetah Girls 2 fame, for those that need a Disney link) and Venice. It's no secret that Venice is featured heavily in DisneySea.

    With that in mind, I give you pictures from the REAL Porto Paradiso! However, with these pictures, we sould play a minor game.

    Basically, the pictures I will show all feature something I've seen from the photos from trip reports or videos (or even the Sea of Dream shorts, as was the case with one location). What you guys have to do is supply a photo of the DisneySea location that closely resembles the photograph in one aspect or another.

    So, without further aduie, here are the photos that made it!






    (Had to put that Gondala shot in there...)









    That's most of the ones that I feel are related to DisneySea. The rest of the batch I'll put on my photo-blog later.
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  • TDR_Fan
    MiceChatter
    • Feb 2006
    • 4289

    #2
    Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

    Frankly, I think Tokyo DisneySea's Mediterranean Harbor looks much more elaborate and beautiful.

    Venice




    Porto Paradiso


    Arabian Coast at nighttime ~

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    • ZeekSlider
      EPCOT Citizen
      • Dec 2006
      • 2561

      #3
      Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

      Originally posted by TDR_Fan View Post
      Frankly, I think Tokyo DisneySea's Mediterranean Harbor looks much more elaborate and beautiful.
      That's because they have the luxury of only having to maintain an area probably equal to the length of the street leading to the beach on Lido. It's kind of difficult for the Italian government, let alone the city of Venice, to maintain the level of fresh paint and working lightbulbs as Tokyo's copy.

      Edit: By the way, you kind of didn't suppy any photos that resemble the ones I took so much as you supplied photos that just reinforce your point.
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      • TDR_Fan
        MiceChatter
        • Feb 2006
        • 4289

        #4
        Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

        Originally posted by ZeekSlider View Post
        Edit: By the way, you kind of didn't suppy any photos that resemble the ones I took so much as you supplied photos that just reinforce your point.
        Fine. I'll try to find more pictures of the Venice area.





















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        • ZeekSlider
          EPCOT Citizen
          • Dec 2006
          • 2561

          #5
          Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

          Originally posted by TDR_Fan View Post
          Fine. I'll try to find more pictures of the Venice area.
          Uhm, that's not quite what I meant either.

          Don't get wrong, I appreciate the pictures, but there are just general ambiance. The pictures I selected have elements noticed in some of the more specific areas other than general theming. I mean, there's two shots in there that are clearly the base for the Meet & Smile docking area in the set I posted. There's even one or two where you can see what the Imagineers used as inspiration for Hotel MiraCosta. There's a lot more to those photos than just buildings, waters, and gondalas.

          *sigh* I'm starting to think this was a bad idea to see if you guys noticed what I noticed.
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          • TDR_Fan
            MiceChatter
            • Feb 2006
            • 4289

            #6
            Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

            Originally posted by ZeekSlider View Post
            Uhm, that's not quite what I meant either.

            Don't get wrong, I appreciate the pictures, but there are just general ambiance. The pictures I selected have elements noticed in some of the more specific areas other than general theming. I mean, there's two shots in there that are clearly the base for the Meet & Smile docking area in the set I posted. There's even one or two where you can see what the Imagineers used as inspiration for Hotel MiraCosta. There's a lot more to those photos than just buildings, waters, and gondalas.

            *sigh* I'm starting to think this was a bad idea to see if you guys noticed what I noticed.
            Sorry for getting a bit carried away there. I really do appreciate what you're trying to point out, but I'm having a hard time finding pictures that closely resemble those you posted.
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            • seenoevil
              Minion
              • Apr 2005
              • 1539

              #7
              Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

              I get the game, I just don't have any pics. YET! Oddly, those are two places I really, really, really want to go...TDS and Venice.
              I want my cake back!
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              • chrisaaron
                Hillary scares me.
                • Apr 2007
                • 244

                #8
                Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                Poor Barcelona! To be be forever known by Americans as being of Cheetah Girls 2 fame!

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                • Speedway
                  Former Epcot CM
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 4865

                  #9
                  Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                  Originally posted by chrisaaron View Post
                  Poor Barcelona! To be be forever known by Americans as being of Cheetah Girls 2 fame!
                  That's exactly what I thought, Madonna-hater!
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                  • pussnboots
                    is satisfactual.
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 2135

                    #10
                    Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                    Originally posted by TDR_Fan View Post
                    Frankly, I think Tokyo DisneySea's Mediterranean Harbor looks much more elaborate and beautiful.
                    Sometimes, Disney people freak me out a little.

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                    • TDR_Fan
                      MiceChatter
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 4289

                      #11
                      Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                      Originally posted by pussnboots View Post
                      Sometimes, Disney people freak me out a little.
                      Don't get me wrong. The real thing is very impressive and all, but I think Tokyo DisneySea's recreation looks better.
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                      • pussnboots
                        is satisfactual.
                        • Jan 2005
                        • 2135

                        #12
                        Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                        Originally posted by TDR_Fan View Post
                        Don't get me wrong. The real thing is very impressive and all, but I think Tokyo DisneySea's recreation looks better.
                        Well, sure, and I'm sure Keira Knightley makes a prettier pirate than reality ever saw, but it's not really fair to compare a recreation that was set up in a month by engineers who had the luxuries of planning sightlines, existing cities to copy after and 21st century construction methods to a city that grew organically in centuries filled with culture and innovation, its architecture an afterthought of the history it contains. Of course none of that really applies to Keira...

                        I've never really been able to see the point of all those surly "Disneyfication" critics, but in cases like this there's reality and then there's Disney.
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                        • Speedway
                          Former Epcot CM
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 4865

                          #13
                          Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                          Originally posted by pussnboots View Post
                          Well, sure, and I'm sure Keira Knightley makes a prettier pirate than reality ever saw, but it's not really fair to compare a recreation that was set up in a month by engineers who had the luxuries of planning sightlines, existing cities to copy after and 21st century construction methods to a city that grew organically in centuries filled with culture and innovation, its architecture an afterthought of the history it contains. Of course none of that really applies to Keira...

                          I've never really been able to see the point of all those surly "Disneyfication" critics, but in cases like this there's reality and then there's Disney.
                          You are the voice of reason in a sea of crazy kids.
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                          • TDR_Fan
                            MiceChatter
                            • Feb 2006
                            • 4289

                            #14
                            Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                            Originally posted by pussnboots View Post
                            Well, sure, and I'm sure Keira Knightley makes a prettier pirate than reality ever saw, but it's not really fair to compare a recreation that was set up in a month by engineers who had the luxuries of planning sightlines, existing cities to copy after and 21st century construction methods to a city that grew organically in centuries filled culture and innovation, its architecture an afterthought of the history it contains. Of course none of that really applies to Keira...

                            I've never really been able to see the point of all those surly "Disneyfication" critics, but in cases like this there's reality and then there's Disney.
                            You make a good point. I never meant to criticize Italy, as it is a truly amazing place. And I know. I took a tour of Europe several years ago and got a taste of all the major countries.

                            I don't think you're giving Mediterranean Harbor enough credit . It took many years to design and build, and it was actually one of the most complex ports of call in Tokyo DisneySea because of the extraordinary detail- especially the Hotel MiraCosta's painstakingly executed trompe l'oeil exterior.
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                            • Malin
                              MiceChatter
                              • Jan 2005
                              • 4592

                              #15
                              Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                              Where's Kiera come into all of this!
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                              • ZeekSlider
                                EPCOT Citizen
                                • Dec 2006
                                • 2561

                                #16
                                Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                                Originally posted by chrisaaron View Post
                                Poor Barcelona! To be be forever known by Americans as being of Cheetah Girls 2 fame!
                                Originally posted by Speedway View Post
                                That's exactly what I thought, Madonna-hater!
                                It's either that or "That city they had the Olympics in."

                                I have a photo of La Ramblas that looks similar to a garden walkway in Meditarrean Harbor, but it got washed out thanks to a very bad light leak. I'm just glad the one photo I posted that looks like the Lido Meet & Smile area didn't suffer the same fate.
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                                • Maui Mike
                                  Junior Member
                                  • Sep 2005
                                  • 66

                                  #17
                                  Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                                  TDR Fan - GREAT pictures! Thanks.

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                                  • ZeekSlider
                                    EPCOT Citizen
                                    • Dec 2006
                                    • 2561

                                    #18
                                    Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                                    Originally posted by Maui Mike View Post
                                    TDR Fan - GREAT pictures! Thanks.
                                    HEY!! What about me?! I mean, this is my thread and all, and my pictures are of the REAL Meditarrean Harbor, and--

                                    Oh why do I even try?
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                                    • Malin
                                      MiceChatter
                                      • Jan 2005
                                      • 4592

                                      #19
                                      Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                                      What makes me laugh is that he's getting credit for the pics that he's hotlinked of another site that by sheer luck has the same name as him.
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                                      • TDR_Fan
                                        MiceChatter
                                        • Feb 2006
                                        • 4289

                                        #20
                                        Re: The REAL Meditarrean Harbor

                                        Originally posted by Malin View Post
                                        What makes me laugh is that he's getting credit for the pics that he's hotlinked of another site that by sheer luck has the same name as him.
                                        I never claimed they were my pictures, and I didn't hotlink. I used a photo hosting site to post these pictures. Not unlike what you do with DeepDisney pictures.
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