News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[trainplane3]

Im just seeing this on Wikipedia. Haven’t seen any news or rumors surrounding it so am very skeptical of it. Also when I was at Imagination last week didn’t see any sign of a sponsorship from Sony.

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First off, completely doubting Sony would sponsor something. Their gaming division is doing pretty good while their film division is floundering (apparently).
Secondly: if I take my glasses off (which blurs everything after a foot from my eyes) and maybe have a drink or 5, Spyro does kind of look like Figment

 

[MisterPenguin]

Someone with very little Wiki editing history added that onto the page. Another editor made it 'citation needed.' Still no citation, and no discussion of it in the Talk section.

Very dubious.

 

[Magicart87]

Im just seeing this on Wikipedia. Haven’t seen any news or rumors surrounding it so am very skeptical of it. Also when I was at Imagination last week didn’t see any sign of a sponsorship from Sony.

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I call BS based on his/her past wiki edits.

 

[smile]

It’s not crying. It’s the opinion that very little has come close to matching it since. That’s the lasting impact it had.

amen -
unfortunately, i also can't shake the lasting impact of the profound sadness i felt riding her in late 98 either

 

[CJR]

their film division is floundering (apparently).

Thanks to Jumanji, it topped over a billion dollars last year. I'd say Sony's doing pretty OK.

That said, it'd be a very odd sponsor since it's kind of a competitor to Disney in some regards. I've learned to "never say never", but I think there's areas of Epcot that could land a sponsor much more easier than Imagination. Mission: Space, for example, would be a better fit for Sony imo.

 

[Clamman73]

If they took away Splash I would almost assuredly be "whining" about it in 20 years time. It's having a great run but if or when it does close I'll be memorializing it with fond remembrance... the same way folks remember Horizons.

I never got to witness Horizons. Thankfully videos do it justice. It looked like a unique quality darkride.

The videos do some justice to it...but the dimension of the scenes and moving to different elevations can't really be conveyed in the video...what a shame the earth was sinking....LOL

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

It’s not crying. It’s the opinion that very little has come close to matching it since. That’s the lasting impact it had.

Maybe you had to experience it to understand. I don’t know.

I think that's it exactly.

Even with all the videos in the world, it's pretty much impossible to have a deep personal sense of nostalgia for something you never experienced firsthand.

 

[marni1971]

...what a shame the earth was sinking....LOL

Which of course it wasn’t....

 

[smile]

I think that's it exactly.

Even with all the videos in the world, it's pretty much impossible to have a deep personal sense of nostalgia for something you never experienced firsthand.

agreed, but i have somewhat of an issue with the word 'nostalgia' -
while its use is technically true, it goes beyond just lamenting the 'once was' by lamenting, most importantly, the quality of the once was.

we miss them, chiefly, because they were of a quantifiably better quality, not merely because they're gone - a distinction, i feel, that's sometimes lost when the word 'nostalgia' is tossed around.

 

[Winter]

It’s not crying. It’s the opinion that very little has come close to matching it since. That’s the lasting impact it had.

Maybe you had to experience it to understand. I don’t know.

Well, maybe you're right

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

agreed, but i have somewhat of an issue with the word 'nostalgia' -
while its use is technically true, it goes beyond just lamenting the 'once was' by lamenting, most importantly, the quality of the once was.

we miss them, chiefly, because they were of a quantifiably better quality, not merely because they're gone - a distinction, i feel, that's sometimes lost when the word 'nostalgia' is tossed around.

Oh no doubt. I guess I was using nostalgia in the broader sense of "when things used to be great". We have rarely seen WDI pull off such feats of both creativity and technical achievement since.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

No they cost too much.

Yeah and the doors open unexpectedly.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Someone with very little Wiki editing history added that onto the page. Another editor made it 'citation needed.' Still no citation, and no discussion of it in the Talk section.

Very dubious.

I mean a few weeks ago, I ended up taking apart the edits of someone who was very insistent on a Narnia anime produced by Osamu Tezuka's studio recently being a thing

 

[mikejs78]

Communicore walls were a very pale tan colour, with darker brown / grey supports. Earthstation was a very pale blue aside from the galvanised panels.

October 1st 1982:

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@marni1971 Do any of the current options on the table keep the Comminicore buildings or is it basically a foregone conclusion that they will be demoed like shown in the D23 Blue Sky?

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 Do any of the current options on the table keep the Comminicore buildings or is it basically a foregone conclusion that they will be demoed like shown in the D23 Blue Sky?

It ain’t dead yet.

Not all of it anyway.

 

[mikejs78]

It ain’t dead yet.

Not all of it anyway.

@marni1971 Side note:. I just watched your SSE 82/86 ultimate tribute. What a well done video. Brought me back to the SSE of my childhood. Thanks for making these (this is my first viewing of one of your videos...).

That Cronkite version was something special...

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 Side note:. I just watched your SSE 82/86 ultimate tribute. What a well done video. Brought me back to the SSE of my childhood. Thanks for making these (this is my first viewing of one of your videos...).

That Cronkite version was something special...

Thank you.

 

[smile]

For eons...

 

[BoarderPhreak]

It ain’t dead yet.

Not all of it anyway.

Not that they've been anything special in recent decade(s)... But that's unfortunate. They had a good run early on.

 

[larandtra]

I think lots of guests who go enough and have been going for ages could likely come up with ideas that would make absolute sense as it pertains to improving each park. The ideas above have been talked about along with moving attractions from one park to another, etc. Im not sure the grand scheme ever coincides with the plans knowledgeable fans create and that is unfortunate because ideas that have been tossed about on any number of threads on these boards would make so much more sense than some of the things the parks are doing now. However, I do have a small glimmer of hope for impactful and creative change coming following management shakeup and realignment. I have my own thoughts on what would improve ALL of the parks by adding attractions and what, moving attractions, and retheming or cleaning up theming. But, Im also aware 99.999% of it would never happen.