EPCOT New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

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UNCgolf said:
All they had to do was set up more scenes outside that you see as you go by -- the track is mostly surrounded by empty land, so it's not like they didn't have room to work with. They wouldn't even need to be anything super elaborate; just some simple toy AAs (or even stationary figures posed in interesting ways). They did that it with the Jessie and Rex figures in the one loop, so obviously it was possible, but the rest of the ride feels barren. Take the drop after the launch for example -- you're just looking at vacant land and a backstage building. There should be something else to see there.

Or they could have had it go through a tunnel at one point with some kind of scene inside. It's pretty standard for kids to create cardboard tunnels for trains etc.

All the places I marked in red are spots that could/should have additional things to see instead of just vacant land.

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Ideally they would have designed the ride in a way that would have included other flat rides in some of those places to up the attraction capacity at DHS, but since they didn't do that, they could have at least added more theming on that vacant land.
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Since the land can really only support smallish A-B ticket attractions thanks to the landlocked limitations my armchair goes to ideas like a splash pad (R.C. car wash theme) a ridiculously small carousel (clone?) a Barrel of Monkey's Tilt a Whirl, interactive Green Army Men scavenger hunt... and other lame stuff I can't think of at the moment. Could they do anything with the old Chew Chew Train track?

I'm not even sure if the oft-requested forum armchair of moving TriceraTop Spin as a Trixie-themed one-off would fit somewhere. It's amazing how much real estate they managed to waste.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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Magicart87 said:
Since the land can really only support smallish A-B ticket attractions thanks to the landlocked limitations my armchair goes to ideas like a splash pad (R.C. car wash theme) a ridiculously small carousel (clone?) a Barrel of Monkey's Tilt a Whirl, interactive Green Army Men scavenger hunt... and other lame stuff I can't think of at the moment. Could they do anything with the old Chew Chew Train track?

I'm not even sure if the oft-requested forum armchair of moving TriceraTop Spin as a Trixie-themed one-off would fit somewhere. It's amazing how much real estate they managed to waste.
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The renovations to mgm were clear to me when I saw them they have ZERO intention of adding anything meaningful to them. The road reconstruction and ski lift were the give away - to me.

They technically have parking lot space…but not really on the backside. It’s intentionally landlocked now.
 
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J4546

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UNCgolf said:
All they had to do was set up more scenes outside that you see as you go by -- the track is mostly surrounded by empty land, so it's not like they didn't have room to work with. They wouldn't even need to be anything super elaborate; just some simple toy AAs (or even stationary figures posed in interesting ways). They did that it with the Jessie and Rex figures in the one loop, so obviously it was possible, but the rest of the ride feels barren. Take the drop after the launch for example -- you're just looking at vacant land and a backstage building. There should be something else to see there.

Or they could have had it go through a tunnel at one point with some kind of scene inside. It's pretty standard for kids to create cardboard tunnels for trains etc.

All the places I marked in red are spots that could/should have additional things to see instead of just vacant land.

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Ideally they would have designed the ride in a way that would have included other flat rides in some of those places to up the attraction capacity at DHS, but since they didn't do that, they could have at least added more theming on that vacant land.
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I think they will slowly add some stuff in the coming years but Im an optimist. And I didnt know there were clones of SDD in other parks? Can someone share the locations please?
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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J4546 said:
I think they will slowly add some stuff in the coming years but Im an optimist. And I didnt know there were clones of SDD in other parks? Can someone share the locations please?
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Look at the satellite overhead picture. I doubt they’re putting in a e-ticket on world drive, Buena vista or Osceola parkway.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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We all have a tendency to go off topic from time to time, but really a thread about the "new" entrance to Epcot is now debating DHS's Toy Story Lands aesthetics is a bit much. ;):) Yes, I am guilty of that often but I find that I have participated in this one, head first, I am ashamed and vow to always check the thread title before accidentally becoming involved. So, anyway... what does everyone think about the entrance to Epcot. I think it is spectacular. After the entrance is still up for review.
 
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Bocabear

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FigmentFan82 said:
since they're demolishing building type structures, how bout that sailboat epcot parking entrance sign? that needs to go
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LOL with the current state of EPCOT I would think the Sailboat parking sign will be the last thing to worry about... But you have a good point...it used to visually refer to the communicore tent structure which is now gone... so maybe Zach could do a new "Parking" sign using the new font and then put a huge blue box in back of it to represent the new EPCOT lol...
 
DznyRktekt

DznyRktekt

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Bocabear said:
LOL with the current state of EPCOT I would think the Sailboat parking sign will be the last thing to worry about... But you have a good point...it used to visually refer to the communicore tent structure which is now gone... so maybe Zach could do a new "Parking" sign using the new font and then put a huge blue box in back of it to represent the new EPCOT lol...
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And don't forget the pavement patterns.
 
zakattack99

zakattack99

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No
I think I remember someone saying a while back that it was not long for this world and that the parking structure was going to get updated/replaced. But I believe that information may have even been pre virus so who knows where it stands now.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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It needs an update but we know what will happen with the parking lot entrance sign - It will have "EPCOT" in their new font with color-changing LED lighting.
 
tparris

tparris

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The unnamed site put up a photo report showing that the two overhead “Welcome to Epcot” signs by the ticketing booths have been removed and the spots they were hanging from have been patched up and painted. They also finally removed the old transportation signage that was on the ground by the monorail station entrance, and they’re in the process of replacing the pavement and presumably installing new signage in the same place. I’m going to EPCOT next Monday so I’m hoping at least some of the new signage will be there by then. Now that I live in Orlando, I’ll be going to the parks much more often than I used to, so expect at the very least monthly photo reports from me from now on!
 
monothingie

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Major problems with the LEDs tonight.
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