Taking the place of Tomorrowland is Apostolic Age Land. This area focuses on what happened in the early Church after Pentecost to the end of the age of the Apostles (generally viewed as the death of St. John around 100 AD). The land is designed with architecture that is reminiscent of the 1st Century AD (except for Apocalypse Mountain, which seems outside of time), although later versions of Bible World would make this land more of a sci-fi theme. The overview of the land (numbers indicate where they are on the Miracle Kingdom Map): Attractions (will be described in later posts) 62 Damascus Speedway 63 Apocalypse Mountain 64 Assumption Orbiter 65 Holy Spirit People Mover 66 Carousel of Progress: Early Church 67 The Saint’s Sin Blaster 68 Joy Floor (with Monster’s Inc.) Dining 69 Onesimus’ Outpost Cafe–although the Audio-Animatronic Sonic Ray is difficult to improve on, there’s a great story behind this cafe. According to the Letter of Philemon, Onesimus had been a slave, but thanks to Paul’s intercession, he became a free Christian. As an AA in the restaurant, he now sings spiritual songs for everyone who is there to eat burgers, sandwiches, salads, and soups. 70 Gaius’ Goodies–named after the Roman soldier who converted to Christianity, guests here will find delicious ice cream here. 71 Shipwreck Snacks–Paul had been shipwrecked on one of his missionary journeys. He discovered some great popcorn that is now sold to guests. 72 Thomas’ Coffee & Tea Co.--the Apostle Thomas died in India. Chances are he sampled some Indian teas, so now caffeinated beverages are available to guests. 73 Peter’s Vision–In Acts 10:9-16, Peter experienced a vision from God when he was angry. He saw a sheet descending from the sky with 4-hooved animals on it. God told him to slaughter them and eat them. He first rejects the idea on account of Kosher, but God tells him not to call anything unclean. Anyways in this quick-service taking the place of the Lunching Pad, guests can eat sausages–from Hot Dogs to even ones with alligator. 74 Caesarea Terrace–Paul was jailed for a while in Caesarea with a great view of the emperor’s palace. Here, guests can view the King of the Universe Castle while eating some fried food.
Shopping 75 Corinth Traders–Corinth was a major trading center in the ancient world. Guests can buy apparel and souvenirs here. 76 Paul’s Mission Depot–prior to Paul leaving on his various missionary journeys, he would have to secure appropriate supplies. Guests can buy merchandise and design-their-own action figures.
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The Bible World logo is essentially a golden-leafed Bible with a red ribbon. The letters ‘B’ and ‘W’ are drawn in a simple illumination form. As seen on Epcot’s Spaceship Earth, before the invention of Heidelberg’s printing press, monks would copy out manuscripts of the Bible. Sometimes they would use illuminated letters (with little drawings) to make the first letter stand out from the rest of text. Although I prefer the older illuminated Bibles, some monks in my state of Minnesota recently assembled an illuminated Bible called the St. John's Bible, as seen below. I wrote a blog post after the second challenge of the “So You Want to Be An Imagineer?” Season 20 (see tundraland-and-weird-als-version-of-living-with-the-land.html). In this post, I will recap the rest of the season. Once again, the competition is similar in style to Survivor–it started with 2 teams of 8 (which got re-shuffled after several challenges) until the merger of the final 10 players. Those who make it to the merger but fail to make it to the Final 3 get to make up the Jury, who get to vote for the ultimate winner. This season was called “All-Stars” (invite only), and it was also revealed that it will be the final iteration of this competition (although there will be other competitions going forward). Well, I only made it one more challenge after my previous post. Challenge 3 was to design a Pandora: Avatar of Water land for Disneyland’s Tomorrowland area. I hadn’t seen the movie up to that point, so I went and watched it on my day-off (the guy who took third place did the same thing). It was to be a double elimination (so one player on each team would be eliminated from the competition). I was one of the two on my team nominated for elimination. I had a PoMVP (basically an Immunity) that I could have used to save myself and force someone else to be considered for elimination. However, I was going on my annual retreat the following week, so I decided not to use it. The decision essentially came down to not wanting to eliminate someone who would have been able to contribute more at that point of the game. I was officially eliminated in 13th place. Some of the players had picked me to go far, to even possibly win it, so it was a bit of a shocking elimination. But I had peace with it, and it allowed me to focus on my retreat and work without feeling tied down by the game. My role became more of a casual observer–watching the podcasts when they would come out after each project (with the subsequent elimination) A video summary of the projects (along with jokes) can be found below. You will note early on my concept art for the Southern Lights show in Tundraland. Other projects that the remaining players were able to design were the following: a musical, a dark ride for Dollywood, a business at Downtown Disneyland, a Nickelodeon Land replacing Toon Lagoon at Islands of Adventure, a Creepy Pasta (i.e. a type of film) themed area, E-ticket “mountains” for Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Nintendo Sci-Fi land, a World Showcase holiday event, and a museum/theme park.
There were a lot of great players in the competition, most of whom I had met previously. One of the previous winners of the competition left in 15th place. One of the most active Imagineers on the forum, spacemt354 decided to leave (i.e. he was not eliminated by the judges) on a high note (in 9th place) after the attraction-heavy Nickelodeon Land project. Another stalwart, Disney Dad 3000 (my pre-season pick to win it all), also left the game (in 8th place). Brer Panther, known for his cartoon characters that work their way into projects, finished in a very respectable 7th place. The remaining eliminations were very difficult. PerGron (aka Dark PerGron), known for his writing and nature focus, finished in 6th as part of a double elimination. The Final 5 was whittled down to 3 with the two main judges each getting a pick as well as the Jury. This left AceAstro (an all-around player) and monkey92514 (known for his comedic projects; he would have probably been eliminated in 13th place had I used the PoMVP) finished in 5th and 4th, respectively. Two of my original top 3–Tegan pilots at chicken (#2), and Pi on my Cake (#3)--made it to the Final 3. The Cinderella finalist was OSUPhantom, who had not been in an Imagineering comp for something like 13 years. I have yet to study their final projects, but after a Tribal Council, the 7 Jury members got to vote for the winner. Tegan, getting one vote from the Jury, finished in 3rd place. Pi and OSUPhantom both received 3 votes. So Tegan, on “live TV,” got to cast the deciding vote giving it to the player who had the most remarkable–Pi. As I have said before, everyone on the Forums and in the Comps are very creative. I’m glad to have them as acquaintances, and I look forward to more Imagineering (including Comps) in the months and years ahead! |
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