News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[wdrive]

You're about to get the block button from a bunch of us.

Feel free.

If you’d like to discuss any of the points I made I’d be happy to debate.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Given the current center of Epcot, I'm not sure discussing "lining up" is appropriate for a family site.

Huh, and I wasn't even going there....So in response I say..

 

[Gusey]

I've just found this video from the 2019 D23 Expo. Does anyone know if the new Epcot anthem can actually be heard in the park or was this also scrapped??

 

[Disney Analyst]

I've just found this video from the 2019 D23 Expo. Does anyone know if the new Epcot anthem can actually be heard in the park or was this also scrapped??

Yes! It’s played in the new area, and it’s actually woven throughout the nighttime show Luminous.

 

[trainplane3]

I've just found this video from the 2019 D23 Expo. Does anyone know if the new Epcot anthem can actually be heard in the park or was this also scrapped??

It's literally everywhere in the front of the park. The same melody is on repeat. You can't miss it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's literally everywhere in the front of the park. The same melody is on repeat. You can't miss it.

At this point it should have been changed to a 3rd version..

 

[trainplane3]

At this point it should have been changed to a 3rd version..

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy original music and this is no exception. It's just lacking a heavier variation other then swapping out an instrument or adding another drum.

 

[Drew the Disney Dude]

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

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I thought the "Apple Store" criticisms of Creations/Connections were a little overblown, but this definitely feels like an Apple Store. Curious to see what this area actually ends up looking like at opening.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy original music and this is no exception. It's just lacking a heavier variation other then swapping out an instrument or adding another drum.

I wholeheartedly agree. It's like computer generated background music that loops so there no clear beginning or end. And there is no end. No end at all. Just keeps going. Argh. It's what Universal does in their queues. <shudder>

There needs to be another composer that can create other tracks to intersperse with this.

 

[Rich Brownn]

While I agree that even given COVID, Disney took forever to do this.
We also have to remember that this was a demolition job, plus a rebuild being performed in a park during opening hours.
That's way different than constructing a new park.

Universal demolished a building and built a multi-story attraction in its place -- in the middle of an operating theme park - in less than a year.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Remember, you CAN’T judge from the photos!

I’m sure when it actually opens, it will look much more impressive than what I can find at an office complex on a public street:

 

[vikescaper]

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Am I the only one that sees the Delta Airlines logo when looking at the triangles on the wall? I know that they are supposed to mimic the ones on the exterior of CommuniCore Hall and the SSE panels.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Am I the only one that sees the Delta Airlines logo when looking at the triangles on the wall? I know that they are supposed to mimic the ones on the exterior of CommuniCore Hall and the SSE panels.

I thought it was a new Delta lounge!

Bud sadly, WDI can’t even design something for its premier theme park that even exceeds existing airport lounges today…

 

[monothingie]

I thought the "Apple Store" criticisms of Creations/Connections were a little overblown, but this definitely feels like an Apple Store. Curious to see what this area actually ends up looking like at opening.

But they used the EPCOT Font!

 

[monothingie]

It's literally everywhere in the front of the park. The same melody is on repeat. You can't miss it.

It’s so somber. It’s like a funeral could break out at any moment.

 

[J4546]

I thought it was a new Delta lounge!

Bud sadly, WDI can’t even design something for its premier theme park that even exceeds existing airport lounges today…

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I get that your upset about watever, but posting pics from inside a 15 billion dollar airport and saying why can't they build this in epcot is just bonkers.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I get that your upset about watever, but posting pics from inside a 15 billion dollar airport and saying why can't they build this in epcot is just bonkers.

Yes, how strange the design of a performance space and exhibition centre at a Disney theme park doesn't rival the scale of an airport built by an oil rich autocratic Gulf State.

 

[Steve2753]

I've just found this video from the 2019 D23 Expo. Does anyone know if the new Epcot anthem can actually be heard in the park or was this also scrapped??

they actually played the completed version of that track during the spaceship earth points of light show

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Apparently poor Disney can’t scrape enough pennies together to even keep up with the current architecture in public spaces.

It’s a long way down from the same company who once inspired the world with Spaceship Earth.

#lowexpectations