I hate to say Epcot hasn't realkt lived up to its true potential, yes I'm getting this from screamscape again because it just doesn't deliver the type of attractions like DGH, AK and MK do. The thing that's lacking from Epcot I hate to admit it is coming from the future world side...not world showcase. WS is the best thing about Epcot IMO. It's just Epcot has to many eduvational type of stuff, the thrill rides aren't really their. Theirs something missing from Epcot I'm not saying its thrill rides, but something has to change in the near future starting with future world. I'll be shocked if Epcot is drawing in massive crowds. Wonder what their attendance numbers are.
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What does the future hold for Epcot?
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lazyboy97o
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The Arendelle Pavilion will fix any attendance woes.
Great post, thoughts included
Maybe someone could go into greater detail on the concept of an eduvational attraction. Is that a fusion of educational and motivational attraction? Maybe a nice attraction of Uncle Walt quoting himself?
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articos
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Epcot was the 5th most attended theme park in the world in 2013 with estimated attendance of 11 million plus. Magic Kingdom was the most attended with 18 million.
I love the idea of a Walt animatronic firing us up.
alissafalco
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I think the F&W fest has it covered already.
The Empress Lilly
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From the looks of it, there will be a FW Thrill, with TT and M:S, plus the rivetting Jeopardy '96. And a FW Family, with increased capacity Soarin', Nemo and Imagination. When a suitable IP presents itself Imagination will be redone.
WS for its part will be split into World Fantasyland, from Donald Duckland to Arendelle, the remainder becoming Downtown Disney.
May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere.
WS for its part will be split into World Fantasyland, from Donald Duckland to Arendelle, the remainder becoming Downtown Disney.
May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere.
What does the future hold for Epcot? Let's ask the Magic Conch Shell, shall we....
From the looks of it, there will be a FW Thrill, with TT and M:S, plus the rivetting Jeopardy '96. And a FW Family, with increased capacity Soarin', Nemo and Imagination. When a suitable IP presents itself Imagination will be redone.
WS for its part will be split into World Fantasyland, from Donald Duckland to Arendelle, the remainder becoming Downtown Disney.
May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere.
Saddest topic on these boards for me. EPCOT was such a big part of my life in the 80's and 90's. I'm taking a little break for Orlando trips. The next one will be with my in-laws sometime in 2016. They won't suggest we have any EPCOT time. Last time I pushed for it. This time I'm just going to go with the flow. *sad*
JasonDeyoung
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I love Epcot but it defiantly needs some TLC but I can't imagine they'd do anything to it until after Studios and Animal kingdom projects sadly
Yes, and that was just New Years Eve.
Clamman73
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It's a tough pill to swallow. This past fall I took a moment to sit down by UoE at the benches there under where the monorail passes over, and thought to myself about being there thirty years ago experiencing Universe with the rotating screens and the smell of the dinosaur part with the mist and all that...then I looked at the entrance there and said to myself...I can't go in there now...I can't.
I'm going to hope we're at the bottom of the curve, and that sometime in the next 5-10 years Future World can really start to turn around. I don't know if it's the vision at the top that's holding things back there, but I'm just going to keep hopeful.
sjhym333
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EPCOT is my favorite park. I am a child of the 1964/65 NY Worlds Fair and when EPCOT Center opened it really harkened back to those days for me. As other parks on the WDW property have morphed, I have appreciated the attempts to hold onto the vision of the park originators.
Having said all that, there are several problems for EPCOT that I am not sure how Disney will ultimately address. The first is the old Tomorrowland issue. How do you build big, expensive attractions and keep them forward thinking without constant refurbishments that cost lots of money? The answer in Tomorrowland has been to add Disney characters. I would hope that they don't do that at EPCOT. While I am currently neutral about the change from Maelstrom to Frozen (that may change after it opens), I am disappointed about the big character meet and greet they are also building.
Disney has been hit or miss with changes and additions at EPCOT. It really is time to add another country or two to World Showcase. An additional attraction or two back there wouldn't hurt either. Their changes in Imagination have not been great and while I enjoyed seeing Captain EO again it has run its course and a new 3-D adventure would be great. And please bring back Dreamfinder. I enjoyed the Test Track redo for the most part but it is time to retire Ellen from Energy.
I don't know what the answer to "fixing" EPCOT. My concern is that Disney will continue to push synergy with the characters throughout the park. I think that would be terrible, but that seems to be the current go to for Disney admin. I am already not renewing my AP of 20+ years. Turning EPCOT into another character park I would probably stop doing WDW all together.
Having said all that, there are several problems for EPCOT that I am not sure how Disney will ultimately address. The first is the old Tomorrowland issue. How do you build big, expensive attractions and keep them forward thinking without constant refurbishments that cost lots of money? The answer in Tomorrowland has been to add Disney characters. I would hope that they don't do that at EPCOT. While I am currently neutral about the change from Maelstrom to Frozen (that may change after it opens), I am disappointed about the big character meet and greet they are also building.
Disney has been hit or miss with changes and additions at EPCOT. It really is time to add another country or two to World Showcase. An additional attraction or two back there wouldn't hurt either. Their changes in Imagination have not been great and while I enjoyed seeing Captain EO again it has run its course and a new 3-D adventure would be great. And please bring back Dreamfinder. I enjoyed the Test Track redo for the most part but it is time to retire Ellen from Energy.
I don't know what the answer to "fixing" EPCOT. My concern is that Disney will continue to push synergy with the characters throughout the park. I think that would be terrible, but that seems to be the current go to for Disney admin. I am already not renewing my AP of 20+ years. Turning EPCOT into another character park I would probably stop doing WDW all together.
Brer Panther
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Aren't there also plans to have the Inside Out characters team up with Figment over at the Imagination pavilion?