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Brown evokes the sleek surrealism of Tokyo--where dogs are rented by the hour and people eat green-tea tiramisu cake--with economical aplomb. Even better, he offsets such Tomorrowland aspects with lyrical images of Toshi's rural home, where women eat grilled eel while watching Audrey Hepburn and go looking for candleweed and ghost mushrooms. Toshi is as much a foreigner in Tokyo as any American might be, yet his two worlds are knit together with an exacting precision, with fishermen's nets "the color of dried persimmon," and an American's blanket having "the color of squid just...
...weeks ago, company chairman Robert Fitzpatrick confessed that there could be "no assurance" of profitability by Oct. 1, when the French fiscal year ends. Last week's attendance crush may be the start of a turnaround, but the finale to the park's shakedown woes is still in Tomorrowland...
While traffic at the parks was robust, new attractions were needed to lure repeat customers. When Eisner and company took over, some rides were growing corny with age, especially in the Tomorrowland section of the parks, as real- life events were surpassing Disney's futurism. Says Eisner: "The park has to be extremely contemporary. If it's not, the kids won't think it's a rad place to be. If it's not innovative, then intelligent people will be bored or go somewhere else...
Though the park will have the Walt Disney touch, from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland, some French accents are expected. Just as restaurants in the Tokyo park feature sushi and tempura served by kimono-clad waitresses, the fare at the Paris facility is likely to include croissants and coq au vin. Eisner insists that the park will be "consistent with French culture...
...Hilton hotel at Walt Disney World Village in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., has telephones that would fit into Disney's Tomorrowland. With 35 buttons instead of the standard twelve, the UTX Five Star phones do a lot more than just give a dial tone. As in many hotels, guests can press different buttons on the phone for food, a bell captain, a maid, the valet service or medical aid. But they can also hit other buttons to adjust the temperature setting, change the speed of the fan and switch channels on the TV. If a guest forgets to bolt...