EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[Vinnie Mac]

Mike posted a few more pictures which shows the middle now meeting -

Cool beans. Looks much better

 

[Incomudro]

Mike posted a few more pictures which shows the middle now meeting -

Looks great!
It's cool to see how the angles of the cladding, along with the graphics can reduce the visual mass of the support, even though they actually add to it dimensionally.
Automotive designers use tricks like this to reduce visual mass.
The Ford electric "Mustang" Mach-E uses tricks like this in the roofline and rocker panels.

 

[SpectroMan93]

Looks great!
It's cool to see how the angles of the cladding, along with the graphics can reduce the visual mass of the support, even though they actually add to it dimensionally.
Automotive designers use tricks like this to reduce visual mass.
The Ford electric "Mustang" Mach-E uses tricks like this in the roofline and rocker panels.

Agreed. From the front, the column is kind of chunky, but the light grey strip down the middle helps diffuse that a bit. And the side view actually looks great. The curved design is very sleek.

 

[RSoxNo1]

about as good as daytime activations!

Rookie move on my part, I thought they were installations not activations. It will never happen again.

 

[No Name]

Why is it a few inches too short? I hope they plan to do something to hide the top part.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Why is it a few inches too short? I hope they plan to do something to hide the top part.

Still not finished.

 

[Surferboy567]

That looks much better, should be a nice addition excited to see it all come together.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Really love how it looks in this shot:

 

[pdude81]

MIght be some pixie dust in my eye, but I'm not seeing a problem here.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Looks great!
It's cool to see how the angles of the cladding, along with the graphics can reduce the visual mass of the support, even though they actually add to it dimensionally.
Automotive designers use tricks like this to reduce visual mass.
The Ford electric "Mustang" Mach-E uses tricks like this in the roofline and rocker panels.

The bottom looks better than I expected, the flair helps a lot, hopefully whatever they have planned for the connection with the ships has a similar effect.
I was pretty disappointed after seeing the earlier posts, now I’m feeling better about it again.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I guess I’m missing something, because it still looks awful to me - as though someone jammed two incompatible model kits together. The support overwhelms the cockpit - the two are similar in size - and the lower fin is not only obscured, it barely seems to fit. It would probably be acceptable as a temporary display at a glitzy movie premiere, but as a permanent installation at a Disney theme park… I’m not seeing the optimism.

 

[GoombaGoomba]

Looks like a giant Pez dispenser

 

[James Alucobond]

It still looks awful to me - as though someone jammed two incompatible model kits together.

I mean, I think the design is supposed to be a continuation of the look and feel of the pavilion itself rather than something that specifically meshes with this ship, which may contribute to that feeling. My impression since seeing the new concept art has been that this is supposed to be disguised as a generic dock for small Xandarian spacecraft rather than a purpose-built display stand for a Star Blaster.

 

[mattpeto]

MIght be some pixie dust in my eye, but I'm not seeing a problem here.

It clearly doesn't meet the standards of the structural engineers unfortunately.

That imaginary ship has to look absolutely realistic, and ignore Newton's laws, if possible.

 

[UNCgolf]

It clearly doesn't meet the standards of the structural engineers unfortunately.

That imaginary ship has to look absolutely realistic, and ignore Newton's laws, if possible.

All anyone has said is that they could have designed a better stand that didn't overwhelm the ship and completely block the lower fin. It would have been pretty easy to do.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It clearly doesn't meet the standards of the structural engineers unfortunately.

That imaginary ship has to look absolutely realistic, and ignore Newton's laws, if possible.

Why don’t you explain to us how things that already exist ignore Newton’s Laws? How did Kittinger Park in Orlando get around Newton?

 

[mattpeto]

All anyone has said is that they could have designed a better stand that didn't overwhelm the ship and completely block the lower fin. It would have been pretty easy to do.

It's fair, but people around here were complaining before the final product was done. Shoot, it's still not done.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It's fair, but people around here were complaining before the final product was done. Shoot, it's still not done.

It wasn’t going to get more slender.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It clearly doesn't meet the standards of the structural engineers unfortunately.

That imaginary ship has to look absolutely realistic, and ignore Newton's laws, if possible.

Universal could make it levitate.

 

[Rob562]

Universal could make it levitate.
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Like the massive pole sticking out under the Skrewt?

-Rob