seeing the emerald gate, the kronos -- looking through the kronos portal one sees Luna, noticing how GRAND the Helios hotel appears off in the distance -- just WOW, so much detail, so much to take in. Approaching the portal, I realize how incredible the sound system is in this park, I mean (as
@Disneyhead called it) the 'soundtrack' starts back in the parking lot, but approaching the kronos portal, I can hear the energy swoosh or maybe the heartbeat of the park the sounds are placed where they belong -- when one approaches the Nintendo World area, sounds from Mario seem to start to blend into the Celestial sound track. We have seen the lighting from above, but the sounds, the placement of each sound.....I cannot wait to see some time of show that uses all that Celestial Park has to offer!
Sightlines, weenies -- I found it hard to explain how neat I found the skylines -- portals competing with other elements of the worlds they contain, weenies to draw you every which way -- the Dark Universe portal competing with Frankenstein Manor, the Berk Portal competing with the mountain top within Berk -- how the Helios appears as such a centerpiece.
The carousel -- I tend not to care for them, I ended up riding Constellation Carousel three times. Between waiting to ride and riding, I must have seen five different routines. Not sure how many there are, but the music is different on different runs and the animals represented seem to move with the music. For each run, I saw many folks just smiling, the vibe felt sort of hypnotic. For one routine, the music stopped, sounded like the track was being rewound (or maybe a record scratching) at which time everything started going in the opposite direction as if the ride were now being rewound, running backwards.
I know Stardust has its own topic but I'll just mention it seems the left (yellow) side is more of an airtime machine while the right (green) side is more intense. I did not find the ride rough at all, it was not smooth as glass but I do not think it was rough and certainly not uncomfortable. Two great tracks with many more 'close calls' than Dueling Dragons ever had -- lots of fun!
One thing I found odd well maybe different -- restrooms, they are all outside the restaurants (not sure about Atlantic and the Blue Dragon) but thought it worth mentioning the Pizza Moon and The Oak and Tavern do not have bathrooms inside.
There is a small outdoor theatre near Starbucks were a few Celstians were telling stories about the portals/kronos and such.
There is just way too much to take in. I hope to be exploring this park for many years to come!