EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

Incomudro

Incomudro

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Epcot: We've got a planter.

Seriously, I've been a Disney fan over a Uni fan by a large margin my entire life.
Even the announcement of Epic Universe did nothing for me.
But look how badly Disney dropped the ball on much of the Epcot redo (I like some of it) particularly the removal of the fountain, and the disaster of the lighting.
Then look at what's going on at Universal.
 
TTA94

TTA94

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Incomudro said:
Epcot: We've got a planter.

Seriously, I've been a Disney fan over a Uni fan by a large margin my entire life.
Even the announcement of Epic Universe did nothing for me.
But look how badly Disney dropped the ball on much of the Epcot redo (I like some of it) particularly the removal of the fountain, and the disaster of the lighting.
Then look at what's going on at Universal.
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Fully agree. Now that we are seeing what EU will look like at night Disney should be embarrassed with the way Epcot looks. Now I’m curious if EUs new nighttime show might be more popular than Luminous.
 
Incomudro

Incomudro

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TTA94 said:
Fully agree. Now that we are seeing what EU will look like at night Disney should be embarrassed with the way Epcot looks. Now I’m curious if EUs new nighttime show might be more popular than Luminous.
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Right?
Guests should be wowed.
They will be at Epic Universe.
As for Epcot, the only wow factor is what was already there - Spaceship Earth.
Some of the rest of it is nice.
Better than what it recently replaced.
But that's the extent of it.
 
tparris

tparris

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In the two hours I’ve been at EPCOT today, two new sections of the ground lighting popped out of the ground. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but looking underneath reveals tons of mildew and mold growth inside. Looks like even on the second attempt, the ground lights were destined to fail as they were once again not weatherproofed whatsoever.
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Mike S

Mike S

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tparris said:
In the two hours I’ve been at EPCOT today, two new sections of the ground lighting popped out of the ground. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but looking underneath reveals tons of mildew and mold growth inside. Looks like even on the second attempt, the ground lights were destined to fail as they were once again not weatherproofed whatsoever.View attachment 847591View attachment 847590View attachment 847592View attachment 847593View attachment 847594
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What I don’t get is why the heck there aren’t some kind of bracers to hold them down but I’m sure there’s some kind of engineering reason as to why.
 
Jayspency

Jayspency

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In the Parks
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tparris said:
The spinning Earth effect has once again been restored at Mission: SPACE, with a new paint job as well. Mars repainting seems to finally be nearly complete.
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Thank god because without test track, and aside from the monorail, that's the only form of kinetic energy present in Future World East. The entire area feels kind of dead without anything moving. But perhaps that's just me. (Also I'm pretty sure the spinning planet is Neptune since there's no green on the planet. I noticed that on my last trip.)
 
DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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Jayspency said:
Thank god because without test track, and aside from the monorail, that's the only form of kinetic energy present in Future World East. The entire area feels kind of dead without anything moving. But perhaps that's just me. (Also I'm pretty sure the spinning planet is Neptune since there's no green on the planet. I noticed that on my last trip.)
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It's kinda sad just how much kinetic energy the park has lost. Fountains at UoE, Wonders, Innoventions, the whirligigs, so much is so sterile now
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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When I was there a few weeks ago, it seemed to me the channels that were popped up were because they weren't glued/mortared in. And I'm guessing the reason they weren't sealed in was for continuing toubleshooting.
 
tparris

tparris

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A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again.
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DreamfinderGuy

DreamfinderGuy

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tparris said:
A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again.
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On the bright side, the fountain lights that go straight into the air are working again
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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tparris said:
A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again.
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Forgot to mention the condition of the monorail beam ;)
 

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