UNCgolf
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Too bad. That means we're going to be stuck with that half baked idea for years.
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EPCOT New Play Pavilion to replace Epcot's Wonders of Life
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Too bad. That means we're going to be stuck with that half baked idea for years.
James Alucobond
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Cosmic Rewind is much more critical to the flow and function of World Discovery, so it doesn’t surprise me. Wonders of Life was basically a non-entity for years prior to this construction, so just cordoning it off again is probably very easy for them.
ToTBellHop
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It will be ready in anywhere between 6 and 12 months. For Disney, that’s like “tomorrow.”
doctornick
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Ultimately though it seems like the big thing about opening Play is they want to wait until after the pandemic (or at the very least until a vaccine for children is approved and widespread).
Considering that pavilion has been closed for eons, I don’t think they are in any rush to open it at a time when they could get criticism about it.
doctornick
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It wasn’t like the main floor of WoL was anything all that special anyway. If they had Play as planned but actually added a ride in the Body Wars space and a show in the Cranium Command theater, this would probably be a pretty nice addition. As is, it’s just an IP version the stuff they had in Innoventions (Where’s the fire, Piggy Bank Adventure,the video game consoles, etc)
UNCgolf
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There was some interesting stuff there, but I agree it wasn't anything amazing.
Regardless, they could have left the other half of Communicore up, put all of this there, and then actually used this for a new, interesting pavilion instead of an arcade. Now it's going to be mostly wasted space for decades.
Phicinfan
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So, as we now have a date of 2022 for Cosmic Rewind, and its on the map, and no map for Moana and Play - we are talking no earlier than 2023 for them?
muddyrivers
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I'm still surprised in today's world it wasn't kept as a health pavilion. There's initiatives to get kids outside to play for at least an hour a day, everyone has some sort of health tracker technology they wear (pedometer, heart rate tracker, blood glucose monitor, etc.). It seems now there is even more of a focus on one's health than there was before. Maybe it's not as "flashy" as glowing screens in a glorified arcade, but getting your tennis swing evaluated by Naomi Osaka or the Williams sisters would be pretty cool.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
The play pavilion. Celebrating the addictions that negatively impact our society.
Chester&Hester Enthusiast
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New flags up in the Epcot entrance, and the PLAY! pavilion is represented. So, I guess it's still happening. Eventually.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Epcot82Guy
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Yeah. Showing the concerns large amounts of sugar and overconsuming alcohol may not be a good message for $hapek's Epcot...
ToTBellHop
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You are literally no fun.
Chester&Hester Enthusiast
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Wow. That hurts, Kyle. You know better than anybody else here that that's not true!
ToTBellHop
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Chester&Hester Enthusiast
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I blame Chapek.
ToTBellHop
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You are the key to unlocking your own magic.
Chester&Hester Enthusiast
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Nope, not anymore. Now we just get to be Disney enchanted. It's a lot less magical, but it certainly is more Disney, more family, more timeless and more relevant.
ToTBellHop
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I’m 2017, you were the key to unlocking your own magic. Now we’ve arrived. You are the magic.
Chester&Hester Enthusiast
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The magic is me?
Casper Gutman
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Isn’t that the social media pavilion?