EPCOT New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

[dreday3]

As a sound engineer I would love to see how their audio systems are set up. Wonder how many speakers are tied to a single individual area.

I always thought Disney + should do a short series about just this type of thing. I would love to see the behinds the scenes of the parks, the parades, the fireworks, etc. - the mechanics of it all.

There must be an army of people behind the scenes.

Anyways, I would watch it!

 

[marni1971]

I always thought Disney + should do a short series about just this type of thing. I would love to see the behinds the scenes of the parks, the parades, the fireworks, etc.

There must be an army of people behind the scenes.

Anyways, I would watch it!

It’s very interesting for those into that kind of thing.

 

[Horizons1]

Because the Imagination Restrooms are rooms in the Imagination Pavilion and thus have the Imagination BGM loop?

Just stop, please.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Because the Imagination Restrooms are rooms in the Imagination Pavilion and thus have the Imagination BGM loop?

But why has it been changed out across the rest of the pavilion but not the bathrooms... (If I'm correct there) I think that was the question.

 

[MisterPenguin]

But why has it been changed out across the rest of the pavilion but not the bathrooms... (If I'm correct there) I think that was the question.

Oh, I didn't realize it was changed out. So, the gift shop isn't using the old BGM?

 

[WondersOfLife]

Oh, I didn't realize it was changed out. So, the gift shop isn't using the old BGM?

I have no idea. I thought the institute had its own theme compared to the 80s version(?)

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

I have no idea. I thought the institute had its own theme compared to the 80s version(?)

You’re right! And yes @MisterPenguin , it was Infact changed out mostly in ‘99 when the Institute IP revamp happened. Hence why it plays themes from both Journey Into YOUR Imagination & Honey, I Shrunk the Audience still, along with some of the film scores from Honey, I Shrunk/Blew Up the Kids’ film scores. But the bathrooms just so happened to keep the OG ‘82-98 (Magic Journeys/One Little Spark) loop.

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Oh, I didn't realize it was changed out. So, the gift shop isn't using the old BGM?

The current gift shop basically utilizes the loop of music that plays in the current downstairs ImageWorks/What-If Labs, specifically the ‘Figment’s Melody Maker’ activity (partially inspired by the old Electronic Philharmonic activity from the upstairs version, it’s just not nearly as good). It’s an instrumental version of the “Flight to Imagination”/turntable/opening sequence of the original attraction where you met Dreamfinder & Figment on the flying Dreamcatching machine, not necessarily the original area loop if you get what I’m saying.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Maybe the bathrooms are portals to the past?!

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Maybe the bathrooms are portals to the past?!

Maybe.. or perhaps another way to put it. Perhaps Disney has to “flush down the toilet” in a sense in order to get through that portal. Gotta use their imagination to figure out that one..

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Seems more or less, a big hunk of crap somehow got itself into the World Showcase lagoon.. not sure how that’ll be fully flushed out, but we’ll see..

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

*Or* perhaps that Harmonious circle is a portal all in itself.. we’ll just have to wait & see.. (grabs popcorn):

“Here to change the world, Oooh!”

 

[montyz81]

From what I’ve listened to, maybe half of the published loop, the music is fine. But it doesn’t “feel” like Epcot. As in, it feels like a bunch of songs some WDI people who never set foot inside EPCOT Center, or even Epcot pre-2005, heard and thought, “Oh, that sounds like Epcot, let’s use it!” and this is what we got.

Couldn’t agree more!

 

[Horizons1]

But why has it been changed out across the rest of the pavilion but not the bathrooms... (If I'm correct there) I think that was the question.

Yes, that was the question.

My curiousity is to as why it was never changed out in the first place and how it survived this long. Was it intentional, was it over-looked, can they just not find the audio player hooked up to these speakers and it’s been going non stop to this very day?

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

Yes, that was the question.

My curiousity is to as why it was never changed out in the first place and how it survived this long. Was it intentional, was it over-looked, can they just not find the audio player hooked up to these speakers and it’s been going non stop to this very day?

In all honesty, I’d prefer the original music stays and gets turned on to play through the entire pavilion. It’s far, far better than the obnoxious guitar riffs & screeches that play outside it now. Lol!

 

[Thelazer]

Yes, that was the question.

My curiousity is to as why it was never changed out in the first place and how it survived this long. Was it intentional, was it over-looked, can they just not find the audio player hooked up to these speakers and it’s been going non stop to this very day?

I'm guessing, that these is a audio source, perhaps in the back of the building.. that someone forget to change the loop out on.. and more than likely, turn over occurred and I bet no on knows WHERE that source is fed from now.

 

[Virtual Toad]

Martin, were the original EPCOT music loops played back from tape, and if so, were they all converted to digital playback and about when did that occur? Like others, I'm fascinated behind the tech used to play music throughout the parks (and resorts as well for that matter).

 

[Goofyernmost]

Maybe the bathrooms are portals to the past?!

Well, a lot of things do pass (hopefully) in the bathrooms so it seems appropriate.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Turns out some legacy (no pun intended) speakers are still playing the previous BGM.

It's also still playing in the restrooms by SSE (What is it with EPCOT restrooms and old BGM?) and the entrance by the monorail station. It's pretty much only playing in that central entrance area.

 

[MisterPenguin]

(What is it with EPCOT restrooms and old BGM?)

The execs who make BGM decisions never go into those restrooms!!