Walt Disney Theme Park BAT Team (WDTPBT) Thread!

[patriots_1228 51]

the texture issue can be solved with UVW Mapping. check out the links in my tutorial. if you still cant get it right, just send me the file.

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Originally posted by: paulvmontfort is this what you're looking for?

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OH MY GOSH!  That looks impressive.  okay what and where and how???????

[paulvmontfort 617]

I did that using 3dsmax. I probably could finish it but therefore i need more reference material. I've never been to Walt Disney World before since I'm European.

You might or might not know that I'm one of the first members of the HKABT. We developed some techniques which makes our models much more realistic. I also was involved with the MAPP making some of the coasters.

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Well I think that is what we are looking for. Check out this link for pictures of SpaceShip Earth. 

Pictures from Google

Again I want to stress we DO NOT want the "Mickey/Epcot Arm Thingy" on our SpaceShip Earth. Disney attached that dreadful thing about 6 years ago for the 2000 celebration and then changed it to its current form afterwards. Most of us prefer the original without the arm. For almost 2 decades it was not there!

Guys this is a great blog about SE and why the arm should GO!

Check it out!

Article from a Blog

[patriots_1228 51]

lol i always thought the thing was called epcot. but thats the whole place i guess. well anyway i went to disney in 99, so i guess that puts me on the,"DONT SPOIL MY MEMORIES!" side.

Paulvmontfront-thats looks just like it!

[CWLGAMER01 39]

LOL -- Yes the entire park is called Epcot. Up until around 1993 it was always called EPCOT Center. Disney changed it because they wanted to move the park from being more of a future park to a World's Fair kinda of feel. Incidently most people also call the theme park with the castle by the wrong name as well. Most people will say "I want to go to Disney World." When they say this they mean the Magic Kingdom. You see each theme park has its own name. The entire set of all theme park together with all the resort hotels are called == Walt Disney World Resort. Epcot is just one theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort. Very similar to Disneyland where by the Magic Kingdom is the park and Disneyland Resort is the park(s) and hotel combined. the other thing that most people think is also what you thought -- the "golf ball" is Epcot. No thats SpaceShip Earth. Again Epcot refers to the entire park including Future World and World Showcase. The other interesting note is ALL Disney owned hotels always begin with "Disney's" -- For example -- Disney's Grand Floridan Resort and Spa is owned by the Walt Disney Co. while the Walt Disney World Swain is not. (the building may be but it is poerated by Westin or Sheraten). The hotels along hotel plaza drive are all owned and operated by "Offical Hotels of WDW". Everything else which lies "off property" is not affliated in anyway with Disney other then a few hotels that are knida of offical in a sense.

While we are chatting about stats here are some that should be of interest to EVERYONE!

Taken from a website (having worked there I had to know most of this info. Guest would ask you things like this all the time).

Walt Disney World's Buildings

Size of Property Walt Disney Bought!

The property lies just southwest of Orlando in the Cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista (both of these cities are OWNED by the Walt Disney Co.). The total land area is 30,500 Acres or 47 Square Miles (roughly twice the size of Manhatten or the size of the City of Los Angles). The parks are: The Magic Kingdom - 107 Acres, Epcot - 300 Acres, Disney/MGM Studios 154 Acres, and Animal Kingdom is 300+ acres. Walt Disney bought all this land for an average of $100.00 per acre in the mid to late '60's. Know you would be lucky to find property within 500 miles that would be less then $1,000 per acre. He wanted all the property we could as to control ALL development. He never liked Disneyland sprawl that occured just outside the gates. Currently with all parks and all resorts combined the company has only used roughly 25% of the land he bought!

Cinderella Castle

October 1998: Cinderella Castle can now be illuminated in 16 million colors, providing even more magic during "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. The castle's new computer-controlled light system creates visual excitement with 60 color changes synchronized to the evening's fireworks show. As the park closes, guests can view the ever-changing lights as they complete a loop of dramatic colors.

Hotel Rooms on WDW Property

All-Star Music - 1,920

All-Star Sport - 1,920

Beach Club Resort - 580

Caribbean Beach Resort - 2,112 * at one time this was the largest hotel in the world - by # of rooms.

Contemporary Resort - 1,053

Dixie Landings Resort - 2,048

Fort Wilderness Trailer Homes - 407

Grand Floridian Beach Resort - 897

Old Key West Resort - 500

Polynesian Resort - 855

Port Orleans Resort - 1,008

The Villas at the Disney Institute - 585

Wilderness Lodge - 728

Yacht Club Resort - 635

Total 15,248

Non-Disney Operated Hotel

Number of Rooms

Buena Vista Palace -1,028

Courtyard by Marriott - 383

Double Tree Suite Resort - 229

Grosvenor Resort - 614

Hilton Inn - 814

Royal Plaza - 396

Shades of Green -288

Travelodge - 325

WDW Dolphin - 1,514

WDW Swan - 758

Total 6,349

Heights of Buildings

Big Thunder Mountain - 197 feet

Campanile (Italy Showcase Bell Tower) - 83 feet

Cinderella Castle - 189 feet

Earffel Tower - 130 feet

Expedition Everest - 199 feet

Mount Mayday (Typhoon Lagoon) - 95 feet

Space Mountain - 183 feet

Space Ship Earth - 180 feet (excluding wand)

Splash Mountain - 87 feet

Tower of Terror - 199 feet -- actually is at 199.75 -- the reason -- to keep from putting airplabe lights on top as this would take away from the fantasy element.

Wonders of Life DNA Tower - 75 feet

Wonders of Life Dome - 65 feet

If Spaceship Earth were a golf ball, the club would be:

A 43 inch driver would be .8 miles high

A 35 inch putter would be .65 miles high

DOLPHINS, Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort

The heroic dolphins topping the Walt Disney World Dolphin weigh 68,000 pounds each. The art design and construction of the dolphins was done by WALT DISNEY WORLD Central Shops.

"EARFFEL TOWER" (Disney-MGM Studios Water Tower)

Tower height: 130 feet [ 39.62 meters ]

Weight of tower top: 32,000 lbs. [ 14,514.94 kilos

Weight of each ear: 5,000 lbs. [ 2,267.96 kilos ]

Diameter of ear cap: 28.5 feet [ 8.96 meters ]

Hat size: 342 3/8

NOTE: The tower is not designed to hold water.

Architects

CASTING CENTER - Robert A.M. Stern, Architects. Designed to reflect the architectural styles found in the theme parks. (I worked here during my 2nd intership)

CARIBBEAN BEACH RESORT - Fugleberg Koch Architects, Winter Park Florida. Designed in the style of Caribbean island bungalows.

CONTEMPORARY RESORT - Welton Becket & Associates. Designed in a futuristic, modular style themed to American vacations. -- The rooms where fitted else where and hosted in place by cranes when this resort was built. Also the piles go all the way to the bedrock to ensure NO settling as the monorail line would have to be very persision built as movement could destress the lines.

GRAND FLORIDIAN BEACH RESORT - Wimberly, Whisenand, Allison, Tong, & Goo of Newport Beach, CA. The style is reminiscent of the Victorian era with a strong Key West/Caribbean influence.

POLYNESIAN RESORT - Welton Becket & Associates, Santa Monica, California. Designed with a South Pacific theme.

SWAN and DOLPHIN RESORTS - Michael Graves designed the hotels with the theme "entertainment architecture."

TEAM DISNEY BUILDING - Arata Isozaki and Associates, Tokyo, designed the building as a contemplation of time and space. This is one of the largest office buildings in the world -- also if turned on its end it would be one of the tallest as well.

WILDERNESS LODGE - Peter Dominick Jr. of Urban Design Group and DDC. The lodge is based on the romantic visions of the early west and an interpretation of the National Park Service lodges created under the direction of Stephen Mather from 1904-1924 and inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement.

YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS - Robert A.M. Stern. The Yacht Club is themed to a late 1800, New England seaside resort. The Beach Club is themed to 1860 and 1870's seaside wooden cottages.

MIRRORS on the Universe of Energy

There were 149,000 mirrors originally glued to the exterior walls at the Universe of Energy.

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Cast Members

Disneyland - 8,000

Disneyland Paris - 14,000

Disney-MGM Studios - 2,800 to 4,500

Epcot - 5,000 to 7,000

Magic Kingdom - 6,000 to 8,000

Pleasure Island - 300

Property-wide (WDW Co.) - 35,000 to 50,000 during peak seasons -- This is the largest single site employer in the world.

Tokyo Disneyland - 6,000

Typhoon Lagoon - 380

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Number of Audio-Animatronics

Epcot

Norway 21

Mexico 29

The American Adventure 35

Wonders of Life 1

Universe of Energy 36

Space Ship Earth 65

The Living Seas 1

The Land 64

Journey into Imagination 26

Horizons 54

Dinosaurs at Universe of Energy

Brontosaurus

Allosaurus

Stegosaurus

Edaphosaurus

Trachodon

Ornithomimus

Pteranodon

Elasmosaurus

Meganeuron

Giant "dragon fly"

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Balloons

CASTLE IN THE SKY

This balloon is a blend of all three Disney Landmark Castles (Disneyland, WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, and Euro Disney Resort)

The balloon has interchangeable cloud banners for each park.

Height: 145 feet

EAR FORCE ONE, Mickey Mouse Hot-Air Balloon

100 feet high

Ears = 35 feet in diameter

Nose = 33 feet long

Head = 168.3 feet around

Weighs 330 pounds uninflated and without basket

Manufactured by Cameron Balloons, Ltd., Bristol, England

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Water

Depths

Bay Lake: 12 feet

Living Seas Tank: 27 feet

Seven Seas Lagoon: 14 feet

World Showcase Lagoon: 15 feet

Volumes

World Showcase Lagoon - Approx. 133 million gallons [ 503.44 million liters ]

Typhoon Lagoon's Wave Pool - Approx. 2.75 million gallons

Stormalong Bay at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club - Approx. 750,000 gallons

Water Bridge

The bridge linking the Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake is 14'5" [ 4.40 meters ] above the road below.

Watercraft

The WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort boasts the fifth largest navy in the world with over 750 watercraft.

Circumference of World Showcase Lagoon

One and a quarter mile (1.24 mi.) [ 2 kilometers ]

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Costumes

Walt Disney World's Costuming department has 2 1/2 million garments (pieces).

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Holograms

The only true hologram on WDW property is the "Equation Fish" seen at the beginning of the Dreamport scene in Journey into Imagination. This holographic image of letters & numbers measures 42" by 60" and combines real and virtual image holography. Based on film size, it is the largest hologram in the world.

Lawn Types at WDW

Zoysia japonica x (cross) tenuifolia "Emerald"

Services

Amount of Laundry

69 tons(238,000 pounds) per day

1,000,000 pounds per week

32,000 costumes per day

Energy Consumption at WDW

The average daily consumption is of 60 to 62 megawatts.

Location

Orlando, Florida, USA.

Latitude 28.33; Longitude 81.21

Logo, Epcot

The logo symbolizes unity, fellowship and harmony around the world. The five outer rings are linked to form the shape of a flower - a celebration of life. The heart of the logo represents the Earth embraced by a star symbolizing hope - the hope that with imagination, commitment and dedication we can create a better tomorrow.

Monorails, Mark IV

Capacity: 204 guests (5-car monorail)

244 guests (6-car monorail)

300-372 guests (Mark VI 6-car monorail)

Beam Length, total: 15 miles (79,200 feet) [ 24.14 kilometers (24,146.26 meters) ] Monorail Length: 171 feet (five-car train)

201 feet (six-car train)

Monorail Speed: 40 miles [ 64.37 km. ] per hour maximum

Monorail Weight: 50 tons (empty six-car train)

Number of Monorails: 14 (1 five-car train, 9 old six-car trains and 4 Mark VI six-car trains)

Parking Spaces

Epcot = 11,391

Magic Kingdom = 12,156 ** Before building the raceway this was and MAY still be the largest parking lot in the world. (Epcot was second)

Disney-MGM Studios = 6,500

Typhoon Lagoon = 692

Pleasure Island = 1,800

** Let me say this about the parking lots also. If a parking is full the park closes to any NEW guest entering. So -- If you ever go and it says the Magic Kingdom is CLOSED that means AT LEAST 12,000 + People are in the park!! This amount does not include EXTRA people in the autos, or RESORT GUEST FROM Walt Disney Owned Hotels! So your looking at prehaps 30,000 + people inside one of these parks. Talk about a wait at SAPCE MOUNTAIN!

Radio Frequencies for WDW Information

Magic Kingdom - incoming guests = AM 1030

Magic Kingdom - outgoing guests = AM 1200

Epcot - incoming guests = AM 850

Epcot - outgoing guests = AM 910

Recipies

There are over 8,000 recipes on file throughout the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort. The most requested of these are available in "Cooking with Mickey around Our World."

STOLport

Former private aircraft landing area on World Drive (located to the right just past the Magic Kingdom Toll Plaza). STOL stands for "Short Take Off & Landing."

Telecommunications

Vista-United Telecommunications is a partnership between Vista Communications Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, and United Telephone. 51% is owned by Walt Disney Productions, providing the capital. The remaining 49% is owned by United Telephone, which provides the technology. Currently Vista United provides service, installation, and maintenance for over 18,000 phones on property. (All phones are routed through Vista. When you call a resort hotel "front desk" you are actually speaking to a Vista Operator unless you request the actual "front desk".

WKIS

The WorldKey Information Service is an experimental interactive information retrieval system; one of the first to combine audio, text, data and video in an integrated and centrally controlled network. It makes use of the latest information age technologies: microprocessor- controlled laser videodisks, computer software and data banks, computer generated graphics, and a glass fiber optics lightwave transmission system.

[josefmayor 8]

lookin Great!!

[kimcar 10]

I just saw your threat for Walt Disney project. I just pass by to wish everyone good luck to this wonderfull project . It`s about time that somepeople do those great building. So have fun and looking forward for sure because this fit perfectly with my CJ

[mickytaz 0]

Paulvmontfront- I have all the photos you need to help with the texture and lay out let me know waht you need and I will get them for you.

[GMT 389]

may I consider you as part of the team now, paul?

[patriots_1228 51]

lots of info.....i think my heads gonna explode

[paulvmontfort 617]

sorry, I don't have much time. I'll only do the Spaceship Earth for now.

[pilotdaryl 25]

STOLport

Former private aircraft landing area on World Drive (located to the right just past the Magic Kingdom Toll Plaza). STOL stands for "Short Take Off & Landing."quote>

Wow, never knew Walt Disney World Resort had its own airport!!!

I only noticed the very many roads they have there, it would take some time to complete a Disney Highway Sign pack!!!

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Okay here we go with signs!  As you see they are kinda of special.  All signs on "DISNEY PROPERTY" have this same color scheme.... (SP?) -- But any signs leading up to property -- including I4 and US192 are all standard US Highway (GREEN) signs.  Hope this helps.

These are typical still for over highway siugns -- The first set have these Mickey Ears that "raise" -- They start with just one side and keep moving as you drive forward -- I also seem to remember a white Mickey glove / hand coming over the sign as if Mickey was hanging on the back.  In the bottom photo there is one more type of sign -- the light blue -- you can see it in the distance.  -- Those are ONLY used for RESORT HOTELS.

Also there are these huge signs added around 1996 - 1997 that say WELCOME TO WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT.

[pilotdaryl 25]

Wow CWLGAMER--thanks for the pics.  But just to let you know, I will also be making overhead signs with a special design sorted out by our member The Gunkid:

Something at least similar to this neon sign design...

[LivingInThePast 364]

Wow! A Walt Disney Theme Park Thread! Now, if this was coupled in with the MAPP...that'd be awesome.

At least the Monorail has a great use now.

[patriots_1228 51]

any suggestions on my first project(ill start after i get my medium office park uploaded and make a small memorial park for austrianu, whose grandma just died)

[justintime 8]

Originally posted by: pilotdaryl Wow CWLGAMER--thanks for the pics.  But just to let you know, I will also be making overhead signs with a special design sorted out by our member The Gunkid:

Something at least similar to this neon sign design...quote>

 

Wait!?What?!

Oh,the signs...Damn,i wish i had a camra on me last mouth.

Anyway, i googled it and found this:

[justintime 8]

Wait, we need RHW mod.

[SimFox 804]

And at night…???

[Glenni 1,447]

Daaamn that looks sexy, simfox! that's just amazing

[SimFox 804]

Couple of alternatives…

Details could be adjusted this is just demonstration of a principle…

[Krio 626]

That's hot! would Paris Hilton say if she would see that..

[GMT 389]

simfox, this is incredible.

never seen such an awesome work in a shpere like the SE...

I've worked a little at my ITSW yesterday evening and today morning. not much actually, but basic problems like the tunnels are solved finally, so now, I can concentrate on the foundation of the building (what I've done till now is a little elevated above the park's groundlevel)... what will include the water in which the boats float around = problem cuz I have no clue how to do a realistic water with the bat

[Mrkeacher88 0]

Well Its rumoured that the Sorcerors Apprentice wand will be removed from Spaceship Earth on October 1 of 2007. (THIS YEAR!) For Epcots 25th Anniversary.

[MarcosMX 222]

That is so freaking awsome SimFox

[jacqulina 162]

wow great good luck all

[Hanson784 165]

Wow! Things are really taking off. Glad to see a flurry of activity here.

As always, incredible work by Simfox and paulvmonfort.

[paulvmontfort 617]

If I want to continue I need some pictures of the building behind the sphere and the entrance underneath the sphere.

here's some work in progress:

[CWLGAMER01 39]

hey hey hey!

This is looking great.

Okay let me see if I can come up with some pictures of the building behind it.

Well for obveous reasons --(boring looking at the back of this thing) LOL -- there are NOT a lot of photos --

But here is one--  http://www.startedbyamouse.com/features/spaceship_earth02.shtml

Okay here is the deal -- the building is just like this all the way around EXCEPT where the two cylinders are -- those are the exit of the attraction (ride).  Check google earth and google maps for the way it is shaped.  -- You may want to make it slightly shorter by one tile to conserve space.  Anyway it looks great!