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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

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DCBaker

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Appearance times for Star-Lord have been added to the My Disney Experience app:

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UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Henry Mystic said:
There are plans to make Space Mountain like its new Tokyo counterpart, except more Big Bangy-ish.
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It's too bad they didn't just do that at EPCOT instead of Cosmic Rewind.

Then maybe they could have built a good Guardians attraction elsewhere. Note that I'm not calling Cosmic Rewind a bad attraction (although I don't think it's a great one) -- just that it's a bad Guardians attraction in terms of capturing what makes the IP interesting/fun. Cosmic Rewind would be just as good, if not better, if it was a space themed coaster without the misused Guardians.
 
Jayspency

Jayspency

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Henry Mystic said:
TDO has always intended to overlay Cosmic Rewind without Guardians at some point. The ride system is highly flexible.

Be happy. You never would be able to hear Everybody Wants to Rule the World while soaring through space without GOTG. You also never would've gotten the Big Bang Coaster at almost a $$$ half a billion price tag without the stupidest group in this Universe of Energy we live in allowing it to even happen.


James Gunn poured his soul into this ride, even if he was barely involved compared to his other projects.

He cares. As do Imagineers, still, believe it or not. Misguided, maybe, maybe not, but they all care.
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Tdo?
 
zipadee999

zipadee999

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FigmentFan82 said:
Wait so, theme updates to Space Mountain in MK? Would this be when they refresh the tracks as well?
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Would this be a retrack or a full-blown rebuild with a new layout like Tokyo? I feel like that would make it too much like Cosmic Rewind or even Tron right next to it. Right now Space relies on its 1975 charm as a form of differentiation, so I hope that any overhaul keeps the general structure of the attraction intact.

I’d be happiest with a re-track and re-profiling by either Vekoma or S&S since Arrow Dynamics isn’t around anymore, a new cable-lift system that removes the un-immersive lift hill noise, on-board audio, and new effects/projections during the coaster layout. Those are all upgrades they could do to modernize and make the attraction vastly more enjoyable while still retaining the original Space Mountain
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Henry Mystic said:
TDO has always intended to overlay Cosmic Rewind without Guardians at some point. The ride system is highly flexible.

Be happy. You never would be able to hear Everybody Wants to Rule the World while soaring through space without GOTG. You also never would've gotten the Big Bang Coaster at almost a $$$ half a billion price tag without the stupidest group in this Universe of Energy we live in allowing it to even happen.


James Gunn poured his soul into this ride, even if he was barely involved compared to his other projects.

He cares. As do Imagineers, still, believe it or not. Misguided, maybe, maybe not, but they all care.
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I'm not a big fan of Cosmic Rewind -- it's fine, but I don't think it's remotely a special attraction -- so I wouldn't mind losing those things for something better.

I also think the half a billion price tag is a problem, not a good thing (spending half a billion on a ride certainly could be a good thing, but CR doesn't have the content to justify that price).

Regardless, I'm certainly not suggesting the Imagineers don't care or aren't trying to design the best possible attractions. Just because CR doesn't work very well for me doesn't make it bad; most people seem to love it. It doesn't really matter how I personally feel about something if it's an overall success.
 
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MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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mergatroid

mergatroid

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UNCgolf said:
Regardless, I'm certainly not suggesting the Imagineers don't care or aren't trying to design the best possible attractions. Just because CR doesn't work very well for me doesn't make it bad; most people seem to love it. It doesn't really matter how I personally feel about something if it's an overall success.
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That's fair enough.
 
gerarar

gerarar

Premium Member
900 days since the ride opened and the ride is still on its VQ!
gerarar said:
Final Day 9️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Stats (11/13):
7am: 1252.2 secs, or ~21 mins
1pm: 5080.6 secs, or ~1 hour 25 mins

BG 151 (-5) is the last BG called for the day at 8:11pm.

Notable stoppages:
2:17 - 3:29pm

Average pace: 5mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 12m -> 12m (+0)
1pm: 2hr 51m -> 2hr 50m (-1m)

That does it for Day 900 of GotG: CR!
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HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
TrainsOfDisney said:
I gotta say….. I just rode the crush coaster at Disney studios and it felt just like cosmic rewind. Like to a crazy extent. Not sure if that price tag was worth it haha.
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They felt totally different to me, except for the nauseous feeling after exiting the ride vehicle. Which quite honestly was much less after riding Crush than GotG, despite a much higher amount of actual spinning vs. the forced turning.
 
Disone

Disone

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HauntedPirate said:
They felt totally different to me, except for the nauseous feeling after exiting the ride vehicle. Which quite honestly was much less after riding Crush than GotG, despite a much higher amount of actual spinning vs. the forced turning.
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Same for me except reversed. I was a tad bit nauseous after crush but with GotG I am fine. At least now I am. The first time or two on GotG I did get disorientated during the launch but after a couple of runs this no longer happens.
 

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