I'm not a Potter fan, and haven't seen any photos from Gaston's.....but isn't a tavern going to look like a tavern? Don't understand why it matters 
Fantasyland Expansion - Part 2
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I'm not a Potter fan, and haven't seen any photos from Gaston's.....but isn't a tavern going to look like a tavern? Don't understand why it matters
Sticking your nose where it doesn't belong JT?
Sticking your nose where it doesn't belong JT?
Just saying
. Plenty of other valid criticisms, I don't know if we have to worry about the tavern being too tavern-y 
It's not really a criticism that they have the same feel. Just that it does. Can't fault Gaston's since that's what the tavern looked like in the movie.
So that flying dragon isn't for Avatar. It's for Fantasyland.
http://disneydragons.tumblr.com/
Finally, something cool for the expansion.
http://disneydragons.tumblr.com/
Finally, something cool for the expansion.
Or, it's just a display of tech to pacify detractors who think that Disney has lost a step in the O-Town market that just happens to be hosting IAAPA this week.
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I've heard there will be two new daily shows involved with FLE, replacing the band that has played in FL for years.
I had a CM practically beg me to go into Storyrtime with Belle yesterday morning during my preview. As I walked by to check out LM she kept trying to sell me on the idea of going to see it. I finally told her I have already seen it, which I havent, but she kept saying its different every time and :blah: I just said no thank you and went on mermaid and left the area after a few pictures
So what you're saying is that it looks like a tavern?
Broomsticks/Hogshead is an dim, English, weathered and grimy dump of a place. Gaston's is a cheery and well lit 18th century swag house with dartboards, arrow targets, and french country architecture. They don't look the same outside or inside. ...Cool dragon! Don't quite understand it's place between the princess castles, but it looks cool.
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Those are all in the tavern scene in the movie. I don't know what else they could have done, except remove the foam to make it less like broomsticks.
So what you're saying is that it looks like a tavern?
I'm with you in theory, but in execution ... Gaton's feels nothing like the cheery, well-lit tavern in the movie, it feels like the Hogs Head from HP3 or whichever one (trust me, I'm more a Disney animation mark than a Potter mark). That goes back to my criticism in my review. Do the Jungle Cruise and Kilimanjaro Safaris have a lot of similarities? Of course. But they each maintain their own identity/"feel." Gastons and the Mermaid queue are Animal Kingdom theming hiding out in Fantasyland.
