What do you think of the EPCOT Central Spine redesign?

[EpcotMark]

I just saw that picture on this website of the central section of future world being redesigned. Looks like a lot of buildings are being demolished in future world around the fountain from what I can make out. What do you think of what you see on that picture?

 

[NeedMoreMickey]

I don't always think the artist pictures are very close to what the end project looks like when it is finished. That picture shows MouseGear gone and there is no way Disney is going to get rid of one of the busiest stores on property.

 

[EpcotMark]

I don't always think the artist pictures are very close to what the end project looks like when it is finished. That picture shows MouseGear gone and there is no way Disney is going to get rid of one of the busiest stores on property.

Agreed. I think this is a far fetched version of what is actually going to happen. But moving the fountain closer to the lagoon for the new Illuminations might be a cool idea.

 

[larandtra]

Im pretty sure Martin has said Mousegears,as it is configured now, is going away as part of the redesign.

 

[Mabel Pines]

Im pretty sure Martin has said Mousegears,as it is configured now, is going away as part of the redesign.

very sad to hear this

 

[trainplane3]

The more I look at it, the more blue sky it looks. I somehow doubt all of CommuniCore will be gone. I think the fountains closer to WS make sense. I'm sitting tight until demo/constructions starts. I'd expect more realistic art then.

Also, doesn't this belong in the Epcot spine thread?

 

[Kman101]

It's blue sky but sounds like it will more or less be what they go with. They can make up for the store in a new build.

 

[Kamikaze]

Also, doesn't this belong in the Epcot spine thread?

It does. The new major threads need to be stickied.

 

[Goob]

Why is Mousegear being removed a big deal to anyone? Do you honestly think Disney won't open a brand new and improved "Mousegear?"

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The problem is....It's a park that celebrated the 21st Century in 1982 and then revamped to the extremes of Epcot94 & 95, Re-Re Celebrating the REAL 21st Century.....And now it has lost it's identity on what it wants to do....Drive A Message or Give Me Thrills....

 

[durangojim]

I don't mind the changes that thew want to make. In today's world I'm not even sure how they can make a "Future World" when so much of the future seems to be based on personal technology and the internet is our window into that world. I'm OK with them making it more park-like. To me, as an adult, my favorite part of EPCOT is World Showcase, specifically walking around it at night and just taking in the atmosphere and beauty. For my kids they enjoy the rides for their entertainment value, but the education portion and the ideas of what we would experience in the future that I experienced as a child in the 1980s is something that my kids (9&11) have never really experienced in Future World and probably never will. And I'm ok with that.

 

[trainplane3]

It does. The new major threads need to be stickied.

I'm hoping for a Epcot construction section at some point. With plans locked in for most things, some rumored stuff, I'm thinking we're due for a dedicated section.

 

[Bocabear]

MouseGear used to be a very beautiful, 2 level store that carried mostly EPCOT themed goods and had a higher end Gallery space...Years later that was dumbed down to the wal-mart like shop full of miscellany that is now is... I wouldn't mind losing it altogether for a special, beautiful shopping venue... Go to World Of Disney if you just wans miscellaneous Disney stuff...
But with the removal of all the buildings, I am afraid it will be Spaceship Earth, then a dead zone park of trees and planters that goes on for Acres before you actually get to any attractions, shops, or restaurants... So part of me likes the general feel, but it feels vacant...

 

[Seabasealpha1]

It's nice...but I can't but wonder how the heck the ole WoL building makes the cut but Communicore doesn't...I wanna see that art facing from the opposite direction...not to mention all the stuff that hasn't been said...like what happens to Imagination...WoL...SSE (if anything)...the "graveyard" out front... what else are they planning? What falls into "Spine Redevelopment" and what becomes major projects spaced far apart?

I do dig the plants...in fact, the removal of all those palms years ago and the re-addition of just regular trees was a lackluster move IMO...

 

[Bob Harlem]

It feels like they just flat out gave up on the old layout. I don't know what happens to the Starbucks, Electric Umbrella, and MouseGears. (WOL becomes one big GIft shop!)

Get your fill of Beverly before Club Cool goes away though.

Wonders of Life becomes Wonders of Merchandising, a shrine to Chapek.

 

[Sandurz]

MouseGear used to be a very beautiful, 2 level store that carried mostly EPCOT themed goods and had a higher end Gallery space...Years later that was dumbed down to the wal-mart like shop full of miscellany that is now is...

Wow really? I never knew it was a two-level shop before...

 

[Bocabear]

Wow really? I never knew it was a two-level shop before...

it was two story on the section closest to the breezeway... not the whole thing...

 

[disneyC97]

That's when it was called Centorium. The upper level was futuristic toys kits etc, later it was the original Art of Disney location at Epcot. When Mouse Gear came in the second level was leveled.

 

[marni1971]

Ptreyy much what's been said in the other threads about it.

 

[Kman101]

It does. The new major threads need to be stickied.

It'd be nice to have a sub-forum for Epcot like we have with DHS and have with Avatar and had with New Fantasyland ...

 

[Kman101]

MouseGear used to be a very beautiful, 2 level store that carried mostly EPCOT themed goods and had a higher end Gallery space...Years later that was dumbed down to the wal-mart like shop full of miscellany that is now is... I wouldn't mind losing it altogether for a special, beautiful shopping venue... Go to World Of Disney if you just wans miscellaneous Disney stuff...
But with the removal of all the buildings, I am afraid it will be Spaceship Earth, then a dead zone park of trees and planters that goes on for Acres before you actually get to any attractions, shops, or restaurants... So part of me likes the general feel, but it feels vacant...

So we want more trees and water but now it will feel vacant without the now not used one-side of Innoventions? I welcome the bulldozer in this case. I'm sure some of the donut style buildings will serve as food and shopping. And they could always end up keeping it.