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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

Crazydisneyfanluke

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Is it going to have any elements from UOE like use of the theme song or maybe repurpose some dinosaur animatronics as alien monsters?
I don't think they are reusing anything, but there will be nods to UOE.

Someone mentioned going back to the big bang (Preshow reference to Ellen) and their would be some mention about energy in the preshow.
 

trainplane3

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The exciting thing is the mystery of the track structure/layout with it being constructed after the building went up. Oooh how I want to see inside.
Like this?
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matt9112

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The Guardians ride goes through time, which is a nice nod to Ellen's Energy. I'm cool with the props they pay their old rides.

Disney doesn't have to bring back the Ellen animatronic though. I don't know who it looked like, but it wasn't Ellen.
Idk if there will be much show scenes? Besides load and unload? Do we have faith anything is going into the big box ?
 

Captain Neo

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Since they prefaced this entire thing with Peter visiting Epcot Center, your thought seems highly likely. I am expecting a bit more than a passing reference or homage to UoE.

Seems like they dropped that concept. That was when Fitzgerald was overseeing the Epcot overhaul back in 2017 but it would seem he has since been removed from the project and the guardians theme has changed from Starlord is nostalgic for Epcot to Xandar exploring the origins of the universe
 

lazyboy97o

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Seems like they dropped that concept. That was when Fitzgerald was overseeing the Epcot overhaul back in 2017 but it would seem he has since been removed from the project and the guardians theme has changed from Starlord is nostalgic for Epcot to Xandar exploring the origins of the universe
Fitzgerald fought against Sausalito because it was under the Marvel portfolio, not the Epcot portfolio he was overseeing.
 

Awakening

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Seems like they dropped that concept. That was when Fitzgerald was overseeing the Epcot overhaul back in 2017 but it would seem he has since been removed from the project and the guardians theme has changed from Starlord is nostalgic for Epcot to Xandar exploring the origins of the universe

Which is unfortunate if that’s true, the tributes to old-Epcot would have been fun.
 

Captain Neo

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Fitzgerald fought against Sausalito because it was under the Marvel portfolio, not the Epcot portfolio he was overseeing.

Not sure what this means. In 2017 Fitzgerald still had the Epcot portfolio and joe Rhodes had the marvel portfolio. I don’t know when Fitzgerald was moved off the Epcot project or when Sausalito took over for Rhode. Also if there is debate about which direction a project is heading in then wouldn’t it fall to Bob Weiss and Bob Chapek to have final say?
 

lazyboy97o

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Not sure what this means. In 2017 Fitzgerald still had the Epcot portfolio and joe Rhodes had the marvel portfolio. I don’t know when Fitzgerald was moved off the Epcot project or when Sausalito took over for Rhode. Also if there is debate about which direction a project is heading in then wouldn’t it fall to Bob Weiss and Bob Chapek to have final say?
Project Sausalito is the attraction. It is a Marvel project, not an Epcot project. Fitzgerald didn’t want the Guardians of the Galaxy in Epcot.

Thank God Fitzgerald was removed from the project. He loves screens and forgets there's other ways to tell story.
He wasn’t on the project.
 

matt9112

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I think this ride will have a lot great visuals. There is a lot that can be done with the Guardians.

Look at what they did with Mission Breakout over in Cali. There is so much eye candy on that ride it's unbelievable.
I think this ride will have a lot great visuals. There is a lot that can be done with the Guardians.

Look at what they did with Mission Breakout over in Cali. There is so much eye candy on that ride it's unbelievable.

Your comparing a ride that utilized exsisting show space (from a prior ride) and more importantly goes up and down a few times reusing the same space. (A much smaller space) in not arguing that there cant be lots done im simply skeptical of disneys desire to spend money to fill that massive box that can fit spaceship earth inside it with detail.
 

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