Showing posts with label Land Concept. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Land Concept. Show all posts

Monday, July 9, 2018

WDW Parks Expansion Plans Recap and Wrap Up

Over the last half year, I posted here a series of expansion plans for the Walt Disney World Resort parks with my hypothetical takes at how I would grow and improve the parks. This was a big project for me with some really good results I think.

This post is a recap and wrap up, plus a closer look into a couple of my favorite lands. First, the look back at the posts.



We started with two plans for the Magic Kingdom back in October.

Magic Kingdom Plan A - This was my attempt at a realistic plan, incorporating the real additions coming soon and a couple of other small but impactful additions to the park, mostly in Tomorrowland and Adventureland. Of course, this was made before the Main Street Theater was cancelled, so it still remains in this park.

Magic Kingdom Plan B - This is the crazy ambitious dream plan that goes a little overboard with new additions to the park. Major additions come to Tomorrowland and Fantasyland, but every land sees something new and exciting, including expansions to Fantasyland and Frontierland in the northern undeveloped area of the park.



EPCOT was the focus in January with 3 versions of the park with 3 different goals.

EPCOT Plan A - This is another realistic plan, though it is on the ambitious side. The focus was to redefine the central spine of Future World, add new relevant characters to pavilions in both halves of the park, and add a new country to World Showcase. I defied expectations and instead of Brazil or Spain, I went with Saudi Arabia because I was interested in how some Middle Eastern representation would look in World Showcase. Plus, I followed the strong rumor and placed a new hotel outside the park gates.

EPCOT Plan B - This plan is the ambitious plan if the park were to go all in on characters and IP. It includes many of the additions from Plan A, plus new Future World pavilions for space featuring WALL-E, the seasons featuring Bambi, and a new take on Horizons at the center of the park. New World Showcase countries include Peru featuring the Emperors New Groove and Equatorial Africa featuring Tarzan, plus all other countries get a character based attraction.

EPCOT Plan C - This big plan is an alternate take on Plan B, where instead there are no characters anywhere in the park and actually assumes that some current additions didn;t actually happen. New Future World pavilions are created for Imagination, Weather, Health, and Computers plus Horizons from the last plan. New World Showcase countries featuring all original attractions are Ethiopia, India, South Africa, and Malaysia, plus Peru and Saudi Arabia from past plans.



Hollywood Studios had just one plan posted back in April, because I decided that so much was already happening to the park that a realistic plan was redundant.

Hollywood Studios Plan A - The goal of this big plan was to follow the lead of Toy Story Land and Galaxys Edge by creating more fully immersive single universe lands that represent the other studio brands of the Company. So that led to the creation of new lands for Marvel, Cars, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc, and Toontown, plus some additions to Sunset Boulevard to represent live action films.



Lastly, two plans for Animal Kingdom were posted early this summer.

Animal Kingdom Plan A - This is a step above a realistic plan, but with this being my favorite park, I got a little carried away. I added one all new land, North America, with attractions and an animal trail. I rethemed one land, changing Planet Watch to Zootopia with a new attraction. And I made major additions to Dinoland with a new coaster and a heavily reworked version of Mystic Manor. Plus a couple small additions to other lands.

Animal Kingdom Plan B - This might be the largest and craziest of my dream plans because it basically doubles the park in one move. There are new lands for Europe, North America, Australia, and South America, all with many attractions, both original and IP.



Some stats for these plans.

Across all the plans, there are approximately 20 new lands, approximately 30 new IPs represented, and approximately 80 new attractions. That's a lot.



To conclude this wrap up, I decided to share enlarged plans of my favorite land from each park. This was a bit of a difficult decision for some of the parks, but I was able to decide on just 4.


In the Magic Kingdom, I choose Tomorrowland from Plan B.

I took inspiration from the organic canopy of the future TRON attraction to create a new sweeping element that crosses the east side of the land, incorporating the entrance to Space Mountain, a new elevated table service restaurant, and a permanent outdoor stage. The other big move for the land is the redesign of the Autopia into a very organic and winding track that includes a flyover above the public walkway and around a large freestanding rocket. The concept of the land is that the setting is an intergalactic science showcase of the future. All the new attractions support this idea by showing various fantasy science/technology topics. Time travel, alien technology, robotics are featured in the additions.


For EPCOT, I decided on Future World Central from Plan C.

The big change here is a complete rethinking of the spine through the center of the park in geometry and logic. The goal was to open up the center of the park, make it greener and more organic, and add new attractions that make sense in the core of the park. The two new attractions are new versions of Imagination and Horizons which along with Spaceship Earth form the thesis statement of the park. These are three attractions about the bigger picture of human progress and the topics of the rest of Future World support them. The center of the land is redeveloped with a new high tech fountain, a permanent stage and viewing area, and a new counter service restaurant that serves healthy Earth based food and features a 360 degree outdoor view of Future World. Also visible in this plan are a pair of new outdoor attractions for Future World East and West with the intention of adding kinetics to the area. A trackless water based teacups style ride sits in the west side and a jetpack spinner is placed in the east side.



In the Hollywood Studios Plan, I picked Toontown.


This is an urban take on Toontown, set in the downtown of the city featured in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The entrance it through a pair of tunnels from Sunset Boulevard and lead to a cartoony and exagerated city street. First is the downtown area, which includes a Ducktales suspended dark ride in the McDuck Bank, a large spinning dark ride taxi tour of the city, an apartment themed meet and greet location, and many very themed retail locations. The other end of the land is Toontown Gardens Park, which includes a carousel of animated animals and the Toontown Amphitheater, playing Fantasmic. The highlight attraction is a boat ride through the Sorcerers Workshop, where magic lets us travel right into the animated classics.


And for Animal Kingdom, I choose Europe from Plan B.


This land takes over more than half of Dinoland and serves as the mythological animal land in my version of this park. It is set in a Greek village adjacent to a mountain and the ruins of an ancient temple. The town square includes a restaurant and a new version of Mystic Manor that focuses just on mythological animals from history. The mountain, which is topped by a giant ruined statue head, holds a flume dark ride based on Hercules and focusing on his trials that feature animals of mythology. The rest of the land holds an outdoor spinning coaster around and through the ruins and an adjacent spring that is guarded by a dragon.



And that's the conclusion to this huge project, for now at least. At least a couple of attractions from this project are likely to be future posts.

But I also want to be able to move on to other original projects. In fact, I have tentatively decided to retire from doing these expansion plans for existing parks and really just do original projects from now on. That means new parks with new themes, and new attractions for both existing parks and new parks. That's way more fun and more challenging for me, so that's what I want to do from now on.

So there will be another post this month, an analysis essay project that I have been wanting to do for a long time about theme park layout form. And then likely an attraction the month after that.


Sunday, June 11, 2017

Beastly Kingdom

Every time I have asked for suggestions on what to work on for future posts, I inevitably get the suggestion from multiple readers for Beastly Kingdom.

I always have said that I am putting it on the list, and I'll get to it when some inspiration comes to me. The truth is that I wasn't all that sure if I would ever really get to it because I was hesitant to make an attempt at something so iconic and frankly I wasn't sure how to do it and not seem like I was just copying the original design. I didn't have the mental strategy for how to design my own Beastly Kingdom instead of just redesigning the unbuilt plans. That was always a much less interesting challenge for me, so I wasn't sure how or if I would ever get to it.

But recently, I decided that this would be a good time for it now that Pandora is open, so I sat down to really think about what I wanted out of this land to see if I could make progress.

And, as you can see by this post, I figured something out. The key for me was when I thought about the hypothetical lands relationship to the core values of Animal Kingdom.

Animal Kingdom may be essentially a park about animals, but the deeper message is one of conservation by way of animals. This is emphasized in all the original lands and even more in Pandora, where they could have gone in a completely different direction but doubled down on what makes Animal Kingdom. That was something I knew I needed to do here as well.

So now I faced the question of how to make mythical creatures fit the idea of conservation. Its not a clear solution at first, but when looking at lists of mythical creatures, I realized there was a path by what animals I included. I decided to exclusively focus on mythical animals that were thought to be real but were actually based on misunderstandings of real animals. That way, the land can tie into how we understand and mythologize the animals we have, and how the animals we fail to protect become a part of legend.

That list of legendary creatures helped me figure out a design strategy that made sense to me, and the land quickly came together. Ironically, its still a little similar to the original design, but I reached that point by way of my own process, so I see that as ok, and maybe a sign that the original would have followed a similar concept.



The land developed into two halves, though not the light vs dark concept of the original, but a geographic split between Medieval Europe and Ancient Greece, two of the common mythical settings.

Some thoughts about the attraction mix before I start. Because of the huge variety of subjects I could use, I wanted to do multiple attractions for each area. I also wanted to include an animal trail to complement the existing ones in other lands. I don't know if they would still build new animal trails now, but I like them and wanted to try to make them work. And I also wanted to try to include an IP in the same way as Lion King in Africa: in theme and with realistic detail on the outside, and true to the IP on the inside. And most of all, I wanted to make sure I didn't just do exactly what the original plan had.





The land begins with the bridge crossing the river, the existing dragon rocks to the right, foreshadowing whats coming. Through the trees, we can see a medieval castle straight ahead, up on a rocky base. We walk along a raised stone pathway through the forest, and if we look down, there is a moat of crocodiles below to the left. As we come closer to the castle though, we notice that is it not intact. Sections are crumbling and burnt away and constantly smoking, and most startlingly, there is an occasional small blast of flame and smoke coming out of an upper cave opening below the castle. The stone castle walls continue beyond, built up into the mountain side, which grows to be a small range in the distance. This is the central icon of the land and the main element of the medieval area, which has the bulk of the attractions.

First, just after crossing the main bridge, on the right is the entrance to the animal trail. The path slopes down and runs along the river, down to a lower level below the main path. The idea for the animals in this trail is to focus on animals that were either once thought to be a myth, animals that were the inspiration for mythical creatures, or animals that are just bizarre. Each exhibit includes educational information about the history of the animal and its mythical relationship plus conservation information. First is a Reptile house, themed as a stone lodge in the forest, which has a collection of odd snakes and reptiles. Next is a small habitat for the Platypus, which was thought to be a myth for many years. Following that is a large pool for a small group of Manatees, the original mermaids, which spills over into the river beyond. The adjacent stone building is used for animal care for the Manatees. The path then leads under the main walkway of the land and finds the pool of Crocodiles, a possible dragon inspiration. Next is a small grove of Okapi, another once mythical real animal. Finally, there is a habitat for Komodo Dragons along the rocky cliff side by the castle. The path leads out at the base of the castle after passing through the dragons cave.

The entrance to the main ride of the land is also just next to this, and enters into the north side of the castle mountain. The queue leads through the dungeons and caves of the destroyed castle and leads to a castle dock where we board large boats for a trip through the forest and caves. This is the same system as Pirates in Shanghai. The large and long ride takes us through a dark and mysterious but magical forest, passing unicorns (inspired by rhinoceros horns), centaurs (based on horses), and griffins (inspired by dinosaur bones), and eventually leading back into the castle caves where we meet the huge dragon who has destroyed and then taken over the castle. This would be a large figure that would shoot flames at us for daring to approach it, sending us back over a waterfall drop and the conclusion of the ride.

The ride exits on the south side of the castle, where there is also an entrance to an interior counter service restaurant, set in the burnt away great hall of the castle. Logically, this should serve grilled and roasted meats, right?

Next to the castle is a second walking trail attraction, but without real animals. This would be pretty similar to the unicorn trail from the original plan, just not as a maze. The idea is a exploration area where guests can learn about and find some real mythical creatures. The path includes a look into the show building forest, a close up encounter with a unicorn that you can greet and touch, a herd of centaurs in a clearing, and a finale exploration of the cave of a pair of griffins.

The next area and attraction is a bit of a transition between the two stylistic areas. From the path by the castle and the bridge over the lagoon, guests attention is drawn to a focal waterfall along he opposite side of the water. In front of this waterfall is an occasional eruption of splashes and bubbles, as if something large is swimming just underneath. The entrance to the attraction is just by the castle, by a small boathouse, and leads down to the waters edge and behind the waterfall. The attraction inside is a dry for wet suspended dark ride through the world of the sea, just like the attraction at Tokyo Disney Sea. Guests board primitive submersible vehicles, made of wood and leather, and journey underwater, passing mermaids (based on manatees), a fleet of hippocampuses (literally seahorses), many other exotic plants and fish, and finally the kraken (based on the giant squid). The ride exits on the Greek side of the lagoon.

The Ancient Greece area is smaller and has two attractions. Standing at the base of the castle and looking west, the most visible thing is two large stone feet, ruins of a an even larger statue that has fallen away. Behind is a low range of rock, water flowing down to a small pool that feeds into the main lagoon and river. But more iconically, right behind is the huge head of the statue, crashed into the stone. This is the home of Philoctetes, the trainer of Hercules, and the entrance to a Hercules dark ride. Like I said, the exterior and queue is fully real and in theme to this mythic world while the actual attraction has the more lighthearted cartoon style. This would be a classic dark ride through the trials of the hero, narrated by the Muses, and focusing on his interactions with mythical creatures, such as Pegasus, Phil, and the Hydra.

The rest of the area holds one final original attraction. This is a coaster on the scale of Big Thunder Mountain that explores a mountain inhabited by a cyclops group (which were inspired by dwarf elephant skulls). Very loosely based on the story of the Greek Hero Odysseus and his encounter with a cyclops, the coaster winds through the Greek hills before first encountering and then escaping from the huge creature. After an interior portion where this happens, the cars are launched straight out of the cave towards the river beyond and then wind their way back through the rockwork.

Beyond the attraction, along the river, is a large Greek boat, docked along the path. Also nearby is a Greek ruins shack that is a snack and drink location.

As for retail overall in the land, the main location is at the exit of the castle ride, plus a very small area in the caves of the underwater attraction and fully themed retail carts outside of the exits for Hercules and the Cyclops coaster.



The land would be able to transform a bit at night, focusing on the ruined castle. At night, by way of special lighting and other effects, it could be permanently ignited, glowing from the remaining embers of the fire created by the dragon inside. The water effects in the lagoon could also be joined by a variety of moving light sources under the water, showing creatures moving about.



This version of Beastly Kingdom is definitely different that what we know of the original, but I hope it has the same spirit and style plus a compatible tone with the rest of the park. After a year of not thinking I would be able to make something that I was happy with, this quite suddenly came to being and I think it is a success. 

That's not to say that what we got instead isn't also great for the park. Can't wait to see Pandora as it looks incredible and appears to fit in the park so well. So either way, I think Animal Kingdom is doing all right. 

So. Let me know your thoughts about Beastly Kingdom, this version and the original. What attractions from the original do you still wish I had included? Leave a comment and lets discuss what could have been great about the original, what you like about this concept, and even your thoughts about the land we got instead. 

Monday, May 15, 2017

Disneyland's Tomorrowland: A New Vision



Tomorrowland is my favorite land in the castle style parks. Actually, let me rephrase that and be more honest. Tomorrowland is my favorite by potential of the theme. In actual practice, it has some issues that keep it from being the top. The issue that stands out to me, present in every single Tomorrowland/Discoveryland, is that there is just too much contradiction present from years of IP additions and a lack of singular vision. It may be Tomorrowland, but it does not reflect Tomorrow. As has been said many times before, building the future is hard in comparison to lands that predominately look to the past, so it is to an extent understandable. But that doesn't mean there can't be another try at it. 

So this plan, which is elaborated from the expansion plans I proposed for Disneyland last year, is my attempt at completely starting over with the land and developing a new identity for Tomorrowland, just like has been attempted in real life a couple times before. 

Instead of aliens and sci-fi or looking to the past, I decided to follow the model of what I see as the most successful attempt at building the future: EPCOT, with a particular focus on space. I wanted to follow a realistic but optimistic guiding principle of building a better future, even as we travel to new frontiers. 

I really see this as the most clear fulfillment of the original purpose of the land. The core childhood fantasy that defined the world of tomorrow has always been the fantasy of becoming an astronaut and going to space. This is the land where we look to the future and to the stars, always optimistic for a better tomorrow. So that was my core philosophy and guiding principle for the following design.

As you continue reading this post, it might be valuable to have some background music. So here's a playlist with a couple of tracks I put together that fit the style I imagine for the land. 



Before getting to the actual design, I want to start with the varied sources of inspiration.

One of the biggest inspirations for the subject, the tone, and the style of the land comes from the above series of NASA posters which show our universe as a series of travel destinations. These are so well designed and optimistic, suggesting a time where the universe is accessible and a part of human society. I like that idea for Tomorrowland. Specifically, I am using The Grand Tour to suggest the setting of the land. This Tomorrowland is a space travel station on Earth that is celebrating the alignment of the planets for the Grand Tour and inviting us guests to learn about and ultimately travel to space.

The next primary inspiration, like I mentioned, is EPCOT from the early years. The inspiration is less of the style but absolutely the tone and specifically the Horizons attraction. The realistic hard science approach of EPCOT stands is opposition to the fantasy style of many of the existing Tomorrowlands, but I am confident it could work. Especially because of the success of so many space science movies over the last few years. If entertaining, real science doesn't drive people away. So EPCOT and its attractions are a big element here. More on that later.

And finally, I have to mention the Tomorrowland movie. Though I don't reference it explicitly in the design of the land, again the style and philosophy are a big factor. Getting architecture specific, that means that the highly organic architecture of Santiago Calatrava is present in the inspiration imagery. Overall, the idea is clean and white, organic and sweeping, dense but open, and monumentally impressive. 



Now to the overall concept of the design.

Like mentioned, this is a futuristic space travel station on Earth where the optimistic ideals of space travel are idealized. There is no overly complicated story or definite setting besides the general theme of the future.

The land is divided into three districts. Future Tech at the entrance to the land, Future Life to the north of the land, and Future Frontiers to the south of the land. At the center, forming the thematic core of the land is a new Horizons attraction, which ties the ideas of the three districts together into a single concept.

The significant element of the renovation that needs to be mentioned first is the addition of a second level to the land in the form of an organic sweeping walkway that connects many of the existing buildings. There's a couple reasons for this addition. Logistically, existing Tomorrowland is tight and when it is crowded, it's not fun. The second level, and the decision to place some of the attraction entrances on the second level, is an attempt to spread some of the crowds. But aesthetically, I think there is something interesting about the visual density and kinetic value of two levels of pathways. There is density, but organized density, and the visual of guests walking above or below you suggests there is more to be seen. The upper level has a staircase and elevator tower on either end for access.





Future Tech is focused on how technology creates a better future and includes both real life and slightly fantastical examples of the cutting edge of science and technology.

This district starts at The Hub. The Astro Orbiter is removed from the front of the land and moved back to the central tower. So to replace it is a new fountain, called the Fountain of the Worlds, sitting at the same spot as the original Clock of the World. Behind, the Peoplemover track is adjusted. The central run is removed to allow for better crowd flow and the second level addition, but the track is adjusted to cut straight across the path from building to building, so it is still able to be a kinetically dynamic entrance element to the land. Ahead, the second level and the exterior glass elevator tower is visible. There are staircase access points in both the buildings on the left and right, where new occupiable second levels are constructed.

The Future Tech district has four attractions. To the left is a replacement for Buzz Lightyear, which does not fit in the theme. To the right is a replacement for Star Tours, which also does not fit theme. And above on the second level is the entrance to the new Peoplemover and the relocated Astro Orbiter.

Replacing Buzz is a dark ride based on Big Hero 6, which I believe has the same positive science and technology philosophy as my idea for the land. Like I have said before, I am not opposed to IPs if used properly. in my opinion, Big Hero 6 fits the setting and tone of the land, so it's perfectly ok here. The dark ride uses the same track and similar omnimover vehicles for a tour through the Big Hero group technology workshop, set up like the lab scene in the film. We tour through a series of labs, guided by Baymax, where each of the team members demonstrates some kind of futuristic technology they are working on, created with practical interactive effects. Things like electromagnetic levitation, high tech robotics, laser technology, and of course microbots are demonstrated in a fun and entertaining way. The main lab scene is open to both the accessible second level above, where the staircase comes down to the ground level of the lab, and a large curtain wall looking out to the main pathway. I want the crazy technology lab setting, filled with movie robots and lasers and experiments to be highly visible.

Across the main path is the replacement for Star Tours. Ideally, it should close as soon as Star Wars Land opens and the new attraction will retain the simulator system. To reflect the Future Tech concept, the new attraction shows the future of transportation in the form of an ultra high speed public transport train that gives a tour of the future world of tomorrow. The exterior is redressed as a transit station, with locations and times tickering by on update boards. The glass curtain wall looks into the waiting room queue with an exposed upper level mezzanine.


The trip take us through first the immediate area of Tomorrowland, expanding the scope of the land, and then high speed jumps across the country and world, showing us what could be the world of Tomorrow, like a version of London where a rocket dwarfs Big Ben. This is a little inspired by the dynamic train trip in the Tomorrowland movie and therefore passes some similar visions before expanding around the world. It could be possible to have multiple different itineraries just like the current version.

The upper level to the waiting room is the queue for the Peoplemover, reinforcing the transit theme of the building. The Peoplemover follows the same track, minus the central section that I already mentioned. It goes counterclockwise around the land, looking into many of the attractions and explaining the Districts organization and overall theme of the land.

The Astro Orbiter is now up on the upper level in its original position, and its queue is on the middle level below it. There is a new elevator tower built adjacent as well.



Next, the Future Life District is actually just existing attractions and locations in a new grouping. The concept of the district is the future of life on Earth, showing a high tech civilization that better lives on and with the natural world.

First, Nemo is removed from the Subs. The new attraction retains the subs and infrastructure, but now is dressed as high tech research vessels that explores life underwater while on a trip to SeaBase Pacific, an underwater futuristic community. The trip includes exotic fish, encounters with a whale and a giant squid, and ultimately a trip through the futuristic world of civilization underwater, passing by other high tech water crafts and divers. It utilizes the same screen technology as the existing version, plus more sets and limited real figures in SeaBase Pacific. Back outside, there is also a bridge built over the corner of the lagoon to resolve another bottleneck and allow for cool visual connections into the lagoon.

The Autopia is slightly shortened and there is an additional indoor scene built, but it is essentially the same. The Monorail is also rerouted slightly to stay out of Fantasyland. Both of these moves were done to open up an expansion plot for Fantasyland. The Train is also in this area, and also gets a bit of change. Maybe controversially, I propose the complete removal of the Grand Canyon Scene, to be replaced with a scene that shows a diorama of a vista over an expansive and active Tomorrowland. Showing a large and busy city, the view would include ships and Monorails and cars flying by, both physically and projected. The style would be clean, bright, and optimistic, like the rest of the land. The transition between this scene and the next has the train pass through a series of strobing laser fields, to suggest some kind of teleportation into the past of the next scene. The Primeval World show scene would get a thorough refurbishment to update the figures and effects to act as a fitting and thrilling finale to the Grand Tour.

Last for this area, the Tomorrowland Terrace is renamed and the covered area is expanded into a new organic based restaurant. Reflecting foods grown on earth, the new menu would be an attempt at something healthier and more diverse. Just to the south, by the Astro Orbiter, is an outdoor garden area, showing many of these Earth grown foods.



The final district, Future Frontiers, is all about space travel, and is centered on the existing Space Mountain.

The 3D theater at the base of Space Mountain is removed and replaced with a better entrance way to Space Mountain, a new attraction, and a new post show area for the two attractions. Anchored by a giant modern 45' rocket (reminiscent of the original one from Tomorrowland), guests enter a new space flight concourse, where they can turn left to enter the existing queue system of Space Mountain, or go straight to enter the new attraction, Mission: Mars. The right leads to the post show from both attractions, which expands into the Starcade.

Mission: Mars is new iteration of the space flight simulator attraction, combing elements of Mission: Space and the original Mission to Mars. The attraction is based in a theater in the round underneath a spherical projection dome, but the theater is not stationary. The attraction uses a custom motion base system and has two identical theaters. The round theater seating platform is on a full motion base and can rotate and slightly pitch in both directions under the seamless projection dome.The entire base can also rotate along one horizontal axis 30° forward and 15° backward. The seats also recline to about 10 degrees so that you have a great view looking up into the dome. The diagrams below explain this a bit better.





This motion would allow for some slightly realistic show action to coordinate with the rocket flight and trip through space. Guests launch from the Tomorrowland Spaceport, stop off at a massive Space Station, showing life in space, and then rocket on to Mars and land at a station right above the Red Planet. The spinning motion of the theater during launch would simulate minor g forces of launch and flight, and the pitch would be able to simulate some interesting floating through space, disorienting your true gravity. Here's a video showing how the theater could move.



The post show from both attractions would be set in a Space Station and feature astronaut games and panoramas looking out to the alien world.

Rocket Rods Pizza Port next door is renamed and redressed to fit in with the Space Port look and theme.



Finally, the attraction at the center between the three districts is a new version of Horizons that ties themes from all three areas together into one vision of the future. Occupying the entirety of the former carousel building, it can be a pretty large attraction. The entrance is on the upper level, and on the lower level, there is a small home of the future style walk through, where you get to actually step into one of the sets along the ride path.



That describes the complete attraction vision for the land. But text doesn't really convey the visual style that I have in mind. So I decided to built it. The whole land. That's why this post took extra long. Enjoy the design below, ending with a pretty exciting flythrough of the land.












So that is my Tomorrowland. I am really happy with it and hope you do too. 

Let me know what you think! And I would really appreciate any kind of sharing! 



Tomorrowland Architecture Image Credits
1. The Octopian
2. All Ears
3. Disney by Mark
4. and 5. Google Maps

Tomorrow World Transit Image Credits
1. Daily Mail
2. Londontopia
3. Futuristic News