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    Selling Enchanted Tiki Rm Disneyland Animatronic Owl

    Cool find, but that looks like a different animatronic. The face is completely different, not wrinkled like the owl here, and the hat and tassel are different. It's possible they from a similar design, but this is probably not the same character as in the Walt Disney Story attraction. Can't...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    I’m in the camp of Ratatouille is absolutely fine at France. Probably helps I like the movie, but it is definitely the least offensive thing we could have gotten and fits about as well as you can for the pavilion. Frozen only hurts because I have memories of what it replaced, but honestly I’m...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    I feel like I’m saying this into a void, but I will say it again, Science Fiction, and stories and themes about the future, are not trying to predict… they’re meant to inspire. I think there is a huge misconception on what a park about technology and the future should be doing. The point is not...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    Nah, the four future animatronic scenes of Nova Cite, Mesa Verde, Sea Castle, and Brava. I’m not sure if that were their official name, but that’s what I’ve heard them referred to in the past and it sorta stuck with me, especially with how the omnimover set you up to view the scenes.
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    I wish we'd gotten an updated attraction. I'd love to see a version with all four of the Horizons original future windows concepts shown as a looking back scene as the new narrators laugh about how wrong those dreamers got it. That's basically what the first half of the ride was, after all, and...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    There was a proposal for a Horizons replacement / update that seemed to do just that. It was going to keep most of the looking back scenes, and update it to be more current (would have been funny to see Nova Cite, Mesa Verde, the Sea Castle, and Brava all represented in one scene as a looking...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    Yeah, but... Horizons was supposed to be Century 3, so that would put it closer to 2100 than 2000. None of that was supposed to be happening in our lifetimes, but the building blocks to get there were to be made by the kids that grew up with the ride. I think that's been the big problem with a...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    That's actually super interesting to me. I get the looking back and enjoying Imagination and World of Motion, but Living Seas is an odd choice. Mostly because 90% of that pavilion was the walk around aquarium and seeing exhibits afterwords. The only thing of it that you could consider a ride...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    You needed to be of a certain age, probably. 80s kids saw the future in Horizons. You also needed to be a nerdy techie kid from the 80s. I'm actually surprised it is so well loved. I adored the ride as a kid, but I was a nerdy 80s kid in love with space and computers. The future that Horizons...
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    Worst mistake in Epcot history

    I love Horizons. It was a big part of my childhood, and losing not only the ride, but also the building, is hard. I wish we could have gotten the space pavilion and update that Disney had planned for that attraction. It sounds like it would have been amazing, including a really cool simulator...
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    D23 Epcot Forever Poster Series

    You’re correct, but that special adhesive is just mounting tape and the custom frames usually include it or you can just pick up a roll cheap. 100% agree though, and followed those same instructions that came with my custom frame!
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    D23 Epcot Forever Poster Series

    Also, Figment and the Horizons butler sitting next to each other in that room might have made me cry a little. I've missed that butler sooooo much. Glad Disney is keeping him safe and bringing him out for special occasions.
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    D23 Epcot Forever Poster Series

    I picked up an 00 for I think $75 if I remember correctly earlier in the year. No regrets. Glad to see others will be able to get them for $25. That's a killer price. Are these only available at D23 or are they online some place too? I never did get an 01, but I probably would for that price.
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    D23 Epcot Forever Poster Series

    Awesome. Thanks for the update. Snagged a Maelstrom! Very short window on this one, as the 9/30 date seems to be sticking (we’ll see).
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    D23 Epcot Forever Poster Series

    You're not the first to ask that question... nor shall you be the last.
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