EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

[Tony the Tigger]

This will be our first time going the last week of August. It sounds like you have been during this week before in the past, do you normally have a good trip? I know it will still be extremely hot, but I can handle that if the crowds are light.

My bday is 8/31, and our anniversary is 9/8. We usually go for one or the other, sometimes both. We take shorter 2-4 night trips. The biggest risk this time of year is a hurricane. (Irma hit the day after our 10 year anniversary and we were stuck in Orlando for a few extra nights with a curfew and everything lol.)

Best crowds tend to be the day after Labor Day.

(We’re going 8/29-9/1 this year.)

 

[lazyboy97o]

Is anyone starting to think that Disney is being scammed by this construction company? There’s absolutely no way that this is taking so long to complete while a whole damn theme park is being built by universal in a comparative time peroid.

That's not how it works.

 

[DCLcruiser]

That's not how it works.

Yea, rock work takes time...

 

[MisterPenguin]

Is anyone starting to think that Disney is being scammed by this construction company? There’s absolutely no way that this is taking so long to complete while a whole damn theme park is being built by universal in a comparative time peroid.

Supply chain issues are only about now being fully resolved. But for the majority of the time this construction has been going on, supply chain issues were real.

As well as labor shortages.

 

[wdwmagic]

Is anyone starting to think that Disney is being scammed by this construction company? There’s absolutely no way that this is taking so long to complete while a whole damn theme park is being built by universal in a comparative time peroid.

The whole of the center of EPCOT has been very slow played to control costs.

 

[Bocabear]

They better hope their guests don't start slowing down their repeat visits to the parks "to control costs"... they clearly don't care how it affects their customer base...

 

[Disstevefan1]

They better hope their guests don't start slowing down their repeat visits to the parks "to control costs"... they clearly don't care how it affects their customer base...

They expect repeat visits to EPCOT to skyrocket after Moana opens!

Just doing my part to get this thread back on track

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

They better hope their guests don't start slowing down their repeat visits to the parks "to control costs"... they clearly don't care how it affects their customer base...

That’s been going on for a while now. The media is finally reporting it.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

 

[dreday3]

Maybe it doesn't belong in Epcot, maybe it's not a ride, maybe it's pointless (to some), but darn it, I'm excited for it anyways!

 

[Bocabear]

That would have been beautiful in Adventureland...
It is pretty...what you can see.... which has never really been my complaint...

 

[Nunu]

Maybe it doesn't belong in Epcot, maybe it's not a ride, maybe it's pointless (to some), but darn it, I'm excited for it anyways!

I'm excited for all those darn walls to be finally gone, lol.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Supply chain issues are only about now being fully resolved. But for the majority of the time this construction has been going on, supply chain issues were real.

As well as labor shortages.

And yet, the Poly tower construction has continued at a brisk and uninterrupted pace...

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Maybe it doesn't belong in Epcot, maybe it's not a ride, maybe it's pointless (to some), but darn it, I'm excited for it anyways!

I think it's tough to argue it's not well landscaped and isn't, at a minimum, a pleasant distraction. It is very misplaced, really damages the symmetry and is over hyped based on the "level" of attraction. But it's not a bad thing. It's just very poorly designed/placed at the macro level.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Maybe it doesn't belong in Epcot, maybe it's not a ride, maybe it's pointless (to some), but darn it, I'm excited for it anyways!

I echo that 100% lol ... Like, is it what I would have done in this place? no ... but I am still looking forward to it and all parks need more low level, walkthrough type things to do outside of the main attractions.

 

[Bocabear]

nice thing, poor location....
Sadly way too late to do anything about it...So... I can hope it will be delightful...I mean, who doesn't want a bit of Polynesia in their Futureworld? lol

 

[lazyboy97o]

And yet, the Poly tower construction has continued at a brisk and uninterrupted pace...

The supply chain issues with construction materials have not been uniform and consistent. Some materials are impossible to find while others are in abundance. Construction workers are also not generalists and the availability of certain trades varies.

The tower is also in a phase of work where changes are easy to see. With almost every project people comment about how fast a project is moving while vertical structure is erected because it is so easy to see the work progress.

 

[Splashin' Ryan]

The supply chain issues with construction materials have not been uniform and consistent. Some materials are impossible to find while others are in abundance. Construction workers are also not generalists and the availability of certain trades varies.

The tower is also in a phase of work where changes are easy to see. With almost every project people comment about how fast a project is moving while vertical structure is erected because it is so easy to see the work progress.

Yep and then everyone loves to also say how something "only has the finishing touches left!" for a whole year or two

 

[J4546]

I still dont think this is as poor placement as others think lol. If it didnt have moana in it and was just the journey of water an interactive lifecycle of water walkthrough people would prob think it fits better

 

[Bocabear]

stylistically it looks wrong...Moana or not... there is nothing about EPCOT that has a tropical Jungle /island feel... It is not the style of the park.... Animal Kingdom or Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom would have been a seamless fit.