EPCOT New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

[montyz81]

Here's a YouTube playlist of the songs identified (note that Brasier is actually Nero, a Shazam mistake that points to a ripped off recording of Nero).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoQr8Vhq4tpTF-cGpA5lFJ7FM0f4Ipfsn

I created a playlist on AppleMusic. I got all but two songs. How do I share it out? (This would not be doable if the music were created from scratch by Disney)

 

[FutureCEO]

Too bad the best part of the new Epcot is the music

 

[wdwmagic]

The color ribbon outline has a couple of different effect modes.
One is a blue with a moving highlight. Another is a gradient fade of various colors.

 

[wdwmagic]

 

[Surferboy567]

That light is incredible. What an amazing change to the entrance, it is going to be stunning at night.

 

[dreday3]

Oh man, I hate to be so positive, but I love it!!!! Lighting is always fun.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Is the music temporary, I ask because they usually produce music in house or exclusively for areas like that. I’ll take it and thanking they they didn’t use any IP music lol.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Not to take away from @wdwmagic's amazing coverage, but here's a neat time lapse walk around the ribbon.



Does anyone know, when was this installed? I didn't see any of that process play out. Was it always there but revamped and updated?

 

[dreday3]

Not to take away from @wdwmagic's amazing coverage, but here's a neat time lapse walk around the ribbon.



Does anyone know, when was this installed? I didn't see any of that process play out. Was it always there but revamped and updated?

I might explode.

 

[ThatMouse]

As a huge 80's and 90's EPCOT fan who used to sit next to a green speaker and record the different music to take home to listen to, I think the new tracks are right in line with the original EPCOT spirit. It's not movie theme songs! Hooray! We've not fully converted EPCOT to another movies studio park yet. If you remember, Wonders of Life had David Benoit's fusion and Ray Lynch's computer synth music I've come to associate with EPCOT now. I'll probably do the same with these tunes. I haven't listened to them all.

Honestly, I did not like the recent MIDI synth sounding music before this - I'm a much more old school orchestral World of Motion and Feel the Flow guy for the Entrance music.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Not to take away from @wdwmagic's amazing coverage, but here's a neat time lapse walk around the ribbon.



Does anyone know, when was this installed? I didn't see any of that process play out. Was it always there but revamped and updated?

I don’t have an exact answer but a few weeks ago I noticed the light ribbon was all lit up for the first time in forever. So it’s possible it was done then and today they flipped the switch.

 

[Horizons1]

Now that light ribbon is pretty cool.

 

[UNCgolf]

It's baffling that they got the entrance so right and basically everything else so wrong.

I would personally prefer there be some original music mixed in, or at least nods to old attraction themes, but the fact that they avoided any Disney IP is excellent.

 

[Little Green Men]

 

[dreday3]

Yeah, definitely hopping here our first night in October.

 

[Clamman73]

I wasn‘t too sure about them painting the SSE legs silver, but now with all these colors appearing from the fountain, perimeter lighting and new SSE lighting...it good.

 

[mightynine]

Man, that looks good.

(See! I can be positive!)

 

[Virtual Toad]

The new entrance lighting-- absolutely stunning! A tech update that seems in totally in sync with the park's history and mission. Adds some kinetic energy as well. Credit where credit is due.

The new music... like others, I love that it's not Guardians and Rat and Let it Go.

It is grand and majestic. Hopefully they will balance it with a complimentary loop containing tracks with charm and a sense of childlike wonder as guests make their way further into the park. The whimsy of the Future World area music was always uplifting and fit the spirit of the place.

Granted that the music isn't original but as some other posters have pointed out, Wonders of Life music (and much of the Tomorrowland '94 area music) was not original either. Many if not most of those tracks are now treasured tracks on the Toad family's Disney playlist. Perhaps some of these new tracks will be as well in time.

As an opening act, the entrance redo so far certainly fits the bill. Hopefully the rest of the journey will live up to the grand expectations they've put forward here.

 

[wbostic12]

The new entrance lighting-- absolutely stunning! A tech update that seems in totally in sync with the park's history and mission. Adds some kinetic energy as well. Credit where credit is due.

The new music... like others, I love that it's not Guardians and Rat and Let it Go.

It is grand and majestic. Hopefully they will balance it with a complimentary loop containing tracks with charm and a sense of childlike wonder as guests make their way further into the park. The whimsy of the Future World area music was always uplifting and fit the spirit of the place.

Granted that the music isn't original but as some other posters have pointed out, Wonders of Life music (and much of the Tomorrowland '94 area music) was not original either. Many if not most of those tracks are now treasured tracks on the Toad family's Disney playlist. Perhaps some of these new tracks will be as well in time.

As an opening act, the entrance redo so far certainly fits the bill. Hopefully the rest of the journey will live up to the grand expectations they've put forward here.

Absolutely! I hope that whatever comes next cements EPCOT as Disney, but different than any other park.

 

[trainplane3]

This really is a great way to update the 80's era entrance. Make what was old, new again. Make what was ignored by most, stick out. But all of this isn't overdone. It's done just to the perfect level.

10/10 entrance team. I would knock a 1/2 point off for not integrating attraction scores but I'll take it. Keep the SSE lighting package tasteful and not overdone.

So with all that said...
What the heck went wrong past the entrance? This just proves you can make the old great again.