lazyboy97o
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Even adjusting for inflation, Pixar Pier cost more than Expedition Everest.
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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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TikibirdLand
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Great picture there. More work than I would have put into it!
Casper Gutman
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The entrance really doesn’t have a Guardians look at all. If you showed the current building to someone unfamiliar with the project and asked them what franchise it represented. I don’t think many could answer - even with the badly applied symbol.
lazyboy97o
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Its definitely a decorated shed, not a duck, and the decoration probably makes more people think of Captain Marvel.
Incomudro
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It has a Guardians look vs a Peter Quill went to visit the Universe of Energy look.
And it'll be more Guardian's when complete.
yensidtlaw1969
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Well, of course - as I said, EPCOT has the new, Taller Sibling store; ÜKEA.
Because, as we all know, for the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary, Ü are the Magic:
ToTBellHop
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I am very excited to see another corporate sponsorship come to Epcot. Just imagine excited guests exiting the showroom this summer.
No one:
Me:
Literally no one:
Me: So, did I get a great deal on the Floküken bed that doesn’t actually use any standard size mattress? No. But, did a get a fabulous piece of furniture that will last years? Also, no.
No one:
Me:
Literally no one:
Me: So, did I get a great deal on the Floküken bed that doesn’t actually use any standard size mattress? No. But, did a get a fabulous piece of furniture that will last years? Also, no.
RSR is an amazing design feat with great animatronics and immersive experience.
Mission Breakout was a cheap overlay to a budget-cut version of an existing ride that most definitely does not have “brain-busting” show elements.
Just got back from a few days at DL. Family of 5 with 3 daughters ranging from 11 to 16. Number of rides on RSR: one. Number of rides on Mission Breakout: four. Whole group agreed that except for perhaps Rise, Mission Breakout was the highlight attraction of the trip…mostly because it’s just really really fun. We’d laugh so hard every time we rode and got off…talking about the song we got, the drop profile, the Rocket commentary. No one asked for a RSR re-ride.
I’m not arguing for/against anything here…just saying that brain-busting show elements does not always make the most “fun” attraction.
ToTBellHop
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I had never been on RSR until last summer. We weren’t that impressed, honestly. We all preferred Mission Breakout, as well. Rohde is a huge loss—he turned that awful idea into a gem. I wanted to dislike it on principle but that’s impossible.
UNCgolf
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I wonder how much of that is the IP?
I haven't been on RSR, but I don't care about Cars at all. It's the downside of IP (although this can happen with non-IP as well) -- I think sometimes a well designed ride can still cause ambivalence when the setting etc. is showcasing something that simply doesn't interest you, the same way IP can prop up a mediocre ride because of the IP attachment.
ToTBellHop
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Absolutely. Wife and I aren’t Cars fans. Kids are and they liked GotG more (and haven’t seen the movies). Mission Breakout is a gem.
Casper Gutman
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I like GotG a great deal and don’t particularly like Cars at all. In my opinion, Breakout is pretty good (but if you don’t like screens, you’re not going to love it) while RSR is an absolute masterpiece. I’d actually use it as a prime example of the fact that IPs don’t matter that much compared to the core ride experience. After all, I respect but don’t love the original Twilight Zone, but I think ToT remains a better ride then RotR, part of a franchise I do love.
Disney begins recruiting Cast Members to open 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' at EPCOT
Disney begins recruiting Cast Members to open 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' at EPCOT
EPCOT will debut its newest attraction in summer 2022 and Disney is ramping up staffing to open the ride.
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ToTBellHop
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I have heard soft opening could be possible by April. No idea how limited they would be, however.Disney begins recruiting Cast Members to open 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' at EPCOT
Disney begins recruiting Cast Members to open 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' at EPCOT
EPCOT will debut its newest attraction in summer 2022 and Disney is ramping up staffing to open the ride.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
A friend indicated to expect this to open in May with possibly previews prior.
ToTBellHop
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Memorial Day grand opening was the plan last I asked, although these things have a habit of moving. Don’t want anyone quoting this like that time I was one whole week off on the Typhoon Lagoon opening…
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
That was MansionButler who was wrong though so
ToTBellHop
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Who?That was MansionButler who was wrong though so
Sir_Cliff
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I haven't been on Mission: Breakout, but I did feel a bit this way about Carsland in general. I went within a year of it opening and it was the big new thing at the resort that everyone was talking about. It is well-done, but as Cars is one of the Disney/Pixar IPs I am most indifferent to I didn't really connect with it.
Despite Pandora also being well-done, I feel a bit the same about that due to my indifference to Avatar. I really wish they would stop building single IP lands.
yensidtlaw1969
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That's a true statement - but since they're spending nearly half a billion dollars on the Guardians Coaster, and none of the exterior elements are in any way dazzling, the inside had better have brain-busting show elements AND be massively fun to make sense of the price tag.
Otherwise, what was all that money FOR?