Greetings, fellow Armchair Imagineers! Welcome to the latest edition of the Gemini Series. This time, I will be covering my ideas for Epcot. Before I delve into the meat of this edition, I would like to let you know that I changed the park's name back to EPCOT Center. Along with this change is a switch back to the original 1982 focus: to entertain, to inform, and to inspire. So without further ado, here is EPCOT Center.
All the changes start right when you first enter EPCOT Center. The entrance area loop has been changed to a medley of John Williams-esque renditions of songs heard throughout the park like "Tomorrow's Child," "One Little Spark," "The Universe of Energy," and "Golden Dreams." From the last time you visited the park, you seem to think something is also different, but you can't put your mind on exactly what it is. Oh yeah; the Leave a Legacy "tombstones" have been removed in favor of the 1982 flowerbeds. In the central flowerbed is a display of topiaries depicting characters from a Disney film. I envision this to be the equivalent of the Emporium displays in Magic Kingdom Park. Also present is the large crystal sculpture in front of Spaceship Earth that has been gone since the start of the Millennium Celebration in 1999. For its revival, it's also joined by similar sculptures depicting the iconography of all the Future World pavilions.
The first pavilion we visit is the Verizon-sponsored Spaceship Earth. Gone is the God-awful Judy Dench narration.
A new narration takes elements from all four previous versions of the attraction and puts them into one script. The finale will be a hybrid of the first three versions and the current touch-screen video version. After the main bulk of the ride is through, we enter the top of the geosphere as "Tomorrow's Child" begins to play. The main theme of the finale reverts back to the "how the world has shrunk" finale from 1994. The descent down will be much better now that the touchscreens are gone. After unloading, we come across a new version of Earth Station, where one can preview the park ahead, make dining reservations, or discover the latest innovations in communications. Games and activities include an illuminated globe featuring an ever-changing collage of inspirational images of tomorrow, Power City, a large, digital shuffleboard-style game that has you racing around the board to power a bustling metropolis, and The EPCOT Center Universal Library, where guests can catch a glimpse of every book, film, television program, song, and video game* ever made, seeing how they all have helped to unite our world through communication and cooperation.
Stay tuned for more updates!
*That is, family-friendly media.
To all who come to this place of joy, hope, and friendship: welcome! EPCOT is inspired by Walt Disney's creative vision. Here human achievements are celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise, and concepts of a future the promises new and exciting benefits for all. 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 future that offers hope to people everywhere in the world.
All the changes start right when you first enter EPCOT Center. The entrance area loop has been changed to a medley of John Williams-esque renditions of songs heard throughout the park like "Tomorrow's Child," "One Little Spark," "The Universe of Energy," and "Golden Dreams." From the last time you visited the park, you seem to think something is also different, but you can't put your mind on exactly what it is. Oh yeah; the Leave a Legacy "tombstones" have been removed in favor of the 1982 flowerbeds. In the central flowerbed is a display of topiaries depicting characters from a Disney film. I envision this to be the equivalent of the Emporium displays in Magic Kingdom Park. Also present is the large crystal sculpture in front of Spaceship Earth that has been gone since the start of the Millennium Celebration in 1999. For its revival, it's also joined by similar sculptures depicting the iconography of all the Future World pavilions.
The first pavilion we visit is the Verizon-sponsored Spaceship Earth. Gone is the God-awful Judy Dench narration.
Designer's Note: Don't get me wrong; Judy Dench is a great actress. She was awesome in Skyfall. It's just that her narration of Spaceship Earth is quite far from her best work.
A new narration takes elements from all four previous versions of the attraction and puts them into one script. The finale will be a hybrid of the first three versions and the current touch-screen video version. After the main bulk of the ride is through, we enter the top of the geosphere as "Tomorrow's Child" begins to play. The main theme of the finale reverts back to the "how the world has shrunk" finale from 1994. The descent down will be much better now that the touchscreens are gone. After unloading, we come across a new version of Earth Station, where one can preview the park ahead, make dining reservations, or discover the latest innovations in communications. Games and activities include an illuminated globe featuring an ever-changing collage of inspirational images of tomorrow, Power City, a large, digital shuffleboard-style game that has you racing around the board to power a bustling metropolis, and The EPCOT Center Universal Library, where guests can catch a glimpse of every book, film, television program, song, and video game* ever made, seeing how they all have helped to unite our world through communication and cooperation.
Stay tuned for more updates!
*That is, family-friendly media.