Polynesian Resort Refresh- Will Old School Excellence Win Out?

New concept art! Here's the entrance to Disney's Polynesian Village Resort. Actually, the resort as a whole is getting a refresh of sorts. The monorail station will be housed by a more elegant looking structure, but it is truly what's inside that counts. 

Will Disney Imagineers or marketing win out? Will the only grand lobby return to lush waterfalls and island beauty- or will an infusion of Lilo and Stitch take over, as the company chooses to force more and more examples of Intellectual Property in places it doesn't belong. This Walt Disney World resort has long been my favorite, so I've watched it from one transition to the next. Hopefully, this case of "More Disney" means more charm. I guess we'll find out in the Summer of 2021.

(Art copyright The Walt Disney Company.)
 

Toon Invasion at Tokyo Disneyland's Tomorrowland

The Oriental Land Company has just announced that Stitch Encounter will replace Michael Jackson's Captain Eo in 2015. This move continues a trend of toons invading the streets of Tomorrowland. In the not so distant past, Monsters Hide and Go Seek arrived and before that Buzz Lightyear. It seems that even the stunningly maintained Tokyo Disney Resort is not immune to a lack of imagination.

(Art copyright The Walt Disney Company.)