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↩ replying to wdwmagicSo much better! This website seems to have the same colour scheme as the one they’re painting over 🤣, maybe an update to celebrate the change?
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↩ replying to wdwmagicId personally wouldve liked it a bit whiter, but this is already so much better than what it was.
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I would kinda like to see some color but no biggie
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↩ replying to J4546I think with as much landscaping as it looks like they have planned based on the concept art, it's probably best to have a neutral backdrop.
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↩ replying to IMDREWThis could possibly be a primer as suggested earlier before the final white and gray is added.
It's been such a wacky motley mix throughout the years that I think they decided old-school on the outside is the most timeless way to go. I expect plenty pops of color within!
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Anyone know if that hideous playground on the side is going?
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↩ replying to IMDREWSeems to be staying. They keep retheming it. With a new sign claiming it's representative of the latest child-friendly movie.
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↩ replying to MisterPenguinWonder if that means Studios is paying for the upkeep on this section as a promotion/advert. Isn't that usually the case with the new movie meet-and-greets that go away once the movie is out of theaters?
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↩ replying to J4546It's getting a bit tiresome TBF. Seeing all the negative comments about him and his posts etc. he's a designer, he's passionate. I like design, I could quite happily talk about wallpaper and paint swatches until the cows came home. People have a choice to follow his Instagram account. If people don't like what he posts then just don't click on them.
I think we have to count ourselves lucky that we get such and insider look into the creative process of things happening at the parks. They could easily just keep those walls up until opening and let speculation from everyone online run rampant.
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↩ replying to cookiee_munsterI personally think it’s less about Zach himself as a person and moreso to do with the limitations corporate puts on him, particularly in this scenario. And as a result, how phony/fake and sometimes downright nonsensical his posts sound a lot of the time. (It was already exposed earlier in the Three Caballeros post that his posts are heavily restricted/edited to read the way they do)
And while true, the overall concept of posting the thought process behind a lot of these decisions is a good one.. sadly its execution is flawed and moreso exposes corporate’s lack of genuine respect & understanding towards what EPCOT was and as a result, the true creativity & talent within WDI … and I think that’s what people are particuarly upset about. Not Zach himself or the fact he’s posting the thought process behind these additions/changes.
Granted, I’m shocked that at this point, Zach hasn’t jumped ship yet with all the stuff going on there under Chapek… ‘but’ perhaps, much like Tony Baxter, Joe Rohde, other Imagineers believed before they eventually jumped ship, he believes that if he’s patient and puts up with all the crap now. He’ll still be there to reign in the much needed change within leadership once that change comes.
Personally, I believe Chapek & his business plan aren’t gonna last too much longer if things keep up the way they do. Already, I believe a much larger amount of guests are increasingly becoming more & more disenchanted with the way Chapek’s running things, so it’s only a matter of time before he finally gets the boot.
I just hope this time around, they get a leader in that actually respects the creativity & standards that made WDI what it once was and wants it to continue with the proper innovations & support needed to be up to today’s standards.
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Truth is though, when you’re ‘that’ passionate about what you’re doing and desperate to make things good/right even when leadership makes it nearly impossible to do so with their restrictions & lack of care or respect, you’re a lot less willing to jump off ship so quickly, even when you know full well things aren’t looking good. Particularly when you genuinely have hope it’s only a matter of time before that positive change you’re hoping for is about to come in…
Which, admittedly, in this scenario, seems very probable to happen fairly soon.
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Genuinely, I don’t think ‘everything’ Zach’s been put in charge of has been bad.. if he was in charge of the recreation of the entrance fountain in front of Spaceship Earth. That’s fantastic, Along with some of the new signage & coloring throughout the park. Sadly it’s everything else that’s extremely lacking or lackluster.