That is always the thing..."it is better than what was there"...and what was there had been left to sit and become stale for decades.... The building was large enough to house a fairly large attraction... Look at the footprint of the Fantasyland dark rides... you could have fit several in this space... or something on-theme with the park . All water under the bridge now and we will be stuck with the water walk-through forever or until maintenance becomes a bother and they quietly shutter it for another decade or so...
you cant build dark rides like they did in fantasyland anymore due to strict building codes. They may have been able to fit one though, but it woulda probably been something like little mermaid or something.....Im looking forward to JoW but I know some people def arent on this board.
I think this is one of the biggest losses. A cut through wouldve been so nice
Surely you can tell us which part of the EPCOT Building Code defines the minimum size of a dark ride.
no, Im just saying building codes are drastically different today vs 60 years ago. You could not build a fantasyland style grouping of rides as they were built 60+ years ago today
You’re again just repeating something that is not true. There are no overall minimum size requirements for special amusement assembly occupancies. Nor are there prohibitions on having multiple rides right next to or even above/below each other. A cluster of small dark rides absolutely could be built today, they could even be built all within the same building.
Just give it a few years when they give up on it like the imagination fountains...
Same thing with that Land place with them thar flying screens and boat rides people are going obsessed for and......Two rides in the same building? What kind of sorcery is this?? FoP and NRJ, for example, are in separate buildings... aren't they? Wait... they aren't???
No, they do not. Small dark rides are still built in the US.
Aren't they intending to block the side access after the whole construction is complete and then having you go through Dreamers point..They removed the one access getting to GoTG quicker. I wouldn't be surprised if they are going to do that after it's all said and done.
No. That’s permanent pavement and landscaped for the foreseeable future. The only path disappearing is the bypass from Coral Reef to the main entry.
Gotcha, I was there at the start of 2020 so, at that time it was still looking non permanent.
The area you walked through at that time is indeed temporary. The permanent bypass, which starts near the western exit of Project Tomorrow and ends near Coral Reef Restaurant, opened in May of this year.