Scoop

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Congratulations J K. You did it. You finally broke that 90 percent threshold and with flying colors.  This park is definitely spectacular in many ways and the 90+ is more than deserved. I've mentioned my thoughts to you before submission, but I figured you deserve a documented review with them.  

 

Firstly, there are many set pieces and scenes that just work so well. The Soul ride itself is a standout, but then you've been able to create full on lands that work really well too.  My favorites are Coco, Incredibles, and Finding Nemo. That omnidroid is phenomenal in the Incredibles area. The Monsters Inc coaster is really sweet too especially given what's to come in the actual parks in the next few years.

 

I Also really like the idea of the park on the whole. It's a park style we've never really seen before. I'm also a sucker for people movers and this one is MASSIVE.

 

There are a few points that leave me scratching my head a little. I think the biggest issue I have with the map is the park layout. There is no "mainstreet" or common concourse when entering the park. You either have the choice to go in to two different lands and can't get elsewhere without them.  I personally think you should have either moved  or axed the lightyear area altogether to make room for more breathing room into the park proper.  There is already another toy story area and while I understand that lightyear is its own movie, I think most still make a toy story connection rather than lightyear, so it created a bit of an imbalance in themes for me.

 

There are also a few areas of the park that dead end in a bad way. It's kind of strange that you have a giant roller coaster in the cars area behind a building rather than being showcased from the midway. The Pixar pier coaster, while cool in its own right, has a similar issue I think since its "skyline" can't be seen from the central lagoon because it runs perpendicular to the rest of the park's layout.

 

I do think for the most part you've created a really rich immersive atmosphere in each area, but as much as I love the monsters inc ride. I do wish it weren't jutted up against the rest of the park in the way it is.  Imagine being in the UP section, with all of its lush foliage, right next to it and looking up at the giant beige structure of that ride. 

 

Overall, you should be really proud of what you've created.  It was fun to see this map evolve in the final months up until its submission and am glad you compromised where you did with some elements of the map, even if it was painstaking.  I'll be looking forward to what's next!

I'd say hold off damning the entire park to an 80% vote until you see the rest of the content. 

 

What would you specifically do to elevate this screen? Depth and detail are fair points but how would you do that?

For me I think what holds this area back is the disconnect between the world that the emotions live in in the movie and this recreation (I'm assuming) of the street the family lives in. Since it doesn't  it's kind of jarring to see these off the wall characters in a normal setting. I also agree with posix about the objects. As far as the project on the whole, this screen definitely doesn't reflect the rest of the park and it's also hard to judge based off the other screens since there's been so many revisions and improvements. The first screen doesn't even exist if I'm not mistaken. The rest of the park is at least a 90 if not more when taking the whole picture into account

You're taking me back to Sonoma Falls! <3

Man once the peeps add the needed life to this screen it's going to POP OFFF!!

Is our robbie back from the war?