EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[MisterPenguin]

I've always wondered who these insiders are. Are they people who "know a guy/gal" working on the project? Are they anonymous entries from people actually working on the project themselves?

Most work "in the industry" as vendors or consultants, or, had worked in the upper ranks of Disney and still have connections.

Previously, the imagineers themselves would talk freely about the projects they were working on to anyone who'd listen. But, that well is drying up.

With the big capital expenditures that started almost a decade ago that had a lot of new projects in the works, there were opportunities for those 'in the know' to drop bombs of insider info. But, as those projects are winding up, and no new big projects seem to be greenlit at this time (tho, Disney execs and imagineers are always spit-balling ideas), there is little insider news to relate, except for stuff like "how many preshow scenes will GotG:CW have?!!?"

Holding patterns generate little new tidbits of info.

 

[IveBeenJack]

Cast member previews are April 17-May 2

 

[No Name]

Cast member previews are April 17-May 2

This claim is most likely incredibly false!

 

[IveBeenJack]

This claim is most likely incredibly false!

apparently so

 

[wdwmagic]

'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind' Cast Member preview dates confirmed during April and May​

'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind' Cast Member preview dates confirmed during April and May

Details on the first previews for EPCOT's new Guardians of the Galaxy rollercoaster.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

...there is little insider news to relate, except for stuff like "how many preshow scenes will GotG:CW have?!!?"

How many preshow scenes will GotG:CW have?

 

[Bastet]

Any rumours about boarding groups/standby? I will be there at the end of June and would rather wait in line than the stress of boarding groups

 

[SplashJacket]

Any rumours about boarding groups/standby? I will be there at the end of June and would rather wait in line than the stress of boarding groups

All entrances seem to have touch points, making it likely that a virtual queue will exist in some capacity.

Height Requirement Indicators, Lightning Lane Tap Points Installed for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT

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“There doesn’t currently appear to be an entrance to the attraction that doesn’t involve a tap point.”

 

[mergatroid]

Yeah, Jack is very hit or miss. Although, nearly every Disney news source is. I didn't mean anything negative towards you at all.

Not a problem my friend, we're just having a friendly chat as far as I'm concerned .

 

[kinglsyyy]

When AP previews become availbe, will it require you to have all the people in your party's AP numbers?
Or if my wife and kids are allready in my Friends and Family, i wont need to manually enter anything?

Thanks

 

[marni1971]

I mean don’t get me wrong I’m very glad he and others are here, but like what does Disney think about this? Have they been trying to trace it back for years but getting outwitted at every turn, do they just not care because they see the benefit to the fan community, or are the leaks specifically approved? I feel weird even raising this question.

Sometimes they wouldn’t overly care. With discretion, news can be good publicity. Cross a line and go too proprietary and questions could be asked. I know quite a few people in various areas on both coasts. Call it a fortunate perk of my hobby. Rarely was it “someone working on a job”.

Depending on the sensitivity of the topic and/or the person reporting, questions again could be asked. It wasn’t uncommon for certain leaks and leakers to be actively hunted using various methods.

It’s a fine line between saying enough and saying too much. Abuse the position and you can risk no new news, or worse your source.

 

[MisterPenguin]

How many preshow scenes will GotG:CW have?

All of them!!

 

[doctornick]

Any rumours about boarding groups/standby? I will be there at the end of June and would rather wait in line than the stress of boarding groups

It’s funny because were I going in the near future I would want there to be boarding group instead of having the stress of massive standby lines. To each their own

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

This claim is most likely incredibly false!

You must be real fun in relationships. I guess someone can't admit they're wrong and apologize?


Anyway, this is a really interesting time frame, considering how close it is. We'll have confirmation on 5 years of rumors and detective work in a week. So exciting!

 

[UNCgolf]

It’s funny because were I going in the near future I would want there to be boarding group instead of having the stress of massive standby lines. To each their own

Obviously if you get a boarding group that's preferable to standby, but considering how hard it is to get one, I can understand why someone would like having the option to just stand in line and know they will be able to ride.

Having an ILL option would normally help with that, but it sounds like they will sell out about as quickly as the boarding groups.

If riding Guardians is a big deal to you, standby is basically the only way to guarantee a ride (still not an absolute guarantee, of course).

 

[ToTBellHop]

Flash forward to June 2022. You just booked an ILL for your family to ride Cosmic Rewind.

 

[wdwmagic]

Rather surprisingly I have heard from several CMs that the preview availability is wide open still. Just a handful of slots are full, with every day still having plenty of times.

 

[lewisc]

Rather surprisingly I have heard from several CMs that the preview availability is wide open still. Just a handful of slots are full, with every day still having plenty of times.

I wonder if that's due to a lack of interest or the large number of slots available to reserve

 

[TikibirdLand]

I wonder if that's due to a lack of interest or the large number of slots available to reserve

I was watch a CP review the other day where the guy complained that he worked so many hours that he couldn't get off to do stuff like this. In fact, he or one of his roommates actually had to work the CP day at MK. It stinks if that's the case.

 

[Patcheslee]

Rather surprisingly I have heard from several CMs that the preview availability is wide open still. Just a handful of slots are full, with every day still having plenty of times.

Do they have to reserve a park day or does the preview take care of that?