DLP Videopolis
Tomorrow (Wed 7/21), my wife and I celebrate our 26 year wedding anniversary. We are heading to NYC to see a show (Addams Family) on Broadway. So, I'm posting a bit early.
Another unique element is Videopolis. An excerpt from "Tales from the Laughing Place Issue 9":
Coming from Main Street and looking across at that Airship sitting right up there on Videopolis, it is a magical technology leading you in. It was about adding elements that were completely visual. Having the Orbitron in the middle of the land helped to pay off what the place was all about: technology. All other lands have the advantage of a Carrousel or Big Thunder trains creating movement - Tomorrowland has these big giant buildings where everything is enclosed, there is no animation to it - so we developed a kinetic sculpture for the Orbitron so it became not only a ride but an icon. I’m never a purist in anything - so you take on all of this architecture that’s Victorian or 1930’s and then line it in neon to then kick it into the ideal of making it timeless."
From Wikipedia:
"Videopolis" is an auditorium in the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris near Marne-la-Vallée. It was an opening day attraction, and is located within the Discoveryland section of the park, an alternate take on the Tomorrowland concept that takes into consideration the science fiction pioneered by the likes of Jules Verne. As such, the building is themed to dreams of the future from the turn of the twentieth century. The airship hanging outside the building is from the 1974 film The Island at the Top of the World. "Videopolis" also houses the "Café Hyperion", the largest fast-food restaurant in the park. As of 2010, "Videopolis" shows classic Mickey Mouse cartoons.
DLP Videopolis
Tomorrow (Wed 7/21), my wife and I celebrate our 26 year wedding anniversary. We are heading to NYC to see a show (Addams Family) on Broadway. So, I'm posting a bit early.
Another unique element is Videopolis. An excerpt from "Tales from the Laughing Place Issue 9":
Coming from Main Street and looking across at that Airship sitting right up there on Videopolis, it is a magical technology leading you in. It was about adding elements that were completely visual. Having the Orbitron in the middle of the land helped to pay off what the place was all about: technology. All other lands have the advantage of a Carrousel or Big Thunder trains creating movement - Tomorrowland has these big giant buildings where everything is enclosed, there is no animation to it - so we developed a kinetic sculpture for the Orbitron so it became not only a ride but an icon. I’m never a purist in anything - so you take on all of this architecture that’s Victorian or 1930’s and then line it in neon to then kick it into the ideal of making it timeless."
From Wikipedia:
"Videopolis" is an auditorium in the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris near Marne-la-Vallée. It was an opening day attraction, and is located within the Discoveryland section of the park, an alternate take on the Tomorrowland concept that takes into consideration the science fiction pioneered by the likes of Jules Verne. As such, the building is themed to dreams of the future from the turn of the twentieth century. The airship hanging outside the building is from the 1974 film The Island at the Top of the World. "Videopolis" also houses the "Café Hyperion", the largest fast-food restaurant in the park. As of 2010, "Videopolis" shows classic Mickey Mouse cartoons.