News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[flynnibus]

Queue, queue, preshows, queue, load and unload. Aside from the original preshow room location the rest of the pavilion will be unrecognisable.

I know.

Wow... so takenwhat they did to imagination's space.... and put the pedal to the floor

At least uoe didnt really have an iconic spaces inside (of their own merit/presentation) once the moving art wall was killed. But talk about "storage"

Hey WoL... you have a new locker buddy!

 

[Clamman73]

Would be cute if they did a mini Radok screen in the queue...

 

[Rider]

Pictures from today. The building really stands out from all areas of the park.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Queue, queue, preshows, queue, load and unload. Aside from the original preshow room location the rest of the pavilion will be unrecognisable.

I know.

It had better be ASTOUNDING in there, or this will be perhaps the worst mismanagement of space in Epcot. And that’s not exactly a low bar to clear.

 

[smile]

People know celebrities and live video content do not age as well as original unique content. Yet they went the lazy "throw in the tv celeb" angle and then still didnt update it for over 20 years.

The only suprise in the while thing is how far disney rode it into the ground. Pleas offer anything "brave" about ripping out a one of a kind art piece, and adding network tv content from your corporate siblings?

took guts even going from one to the other, considering the debasement... such was common in the dark times, tho
- yet it took even more than that to consider it acceptable the attraction be left in situ for over two decades

i consider much of what happened during that era in that park to have been quite brave, actually...
and grossly misguided - stench still lingers unabated, miraculously

 

[danlb_2000]

I highly doubt they're just going to leave this as an unthemed blank box, especially since it's visible from the parking lot. This is Disney we're talking about, not Cedar Point or Six Flags. Although I can't deny they've made a lot of very questionable decisions lately (including the idea to shove GotG into Epcot in the first place), I doubt they would stoop that low. I'd like to see construction go further before I make an opinion on their quality of work, though.

Yeah, Disney would never leave a un-themed show building visible from within the park.

 

[LittleBuford]

Yeah, Disney would never leave a un-themed show building visible from within the park.

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Given its sheer size, I think the Soarin' building is about as well disguised as possible. Truth be told, I didn't even notice it the first time I saw it from across the lagoon -- my mind somehow registered it as a building that didn't want to be noticed and so edited it out of view.

 

[SuperStretccch]

Yeah, Disney would never leave a un-themed show building visible from within the park.

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Touche, but still, that's nowhere near as noticeable and in-your-face as this will be. It's visible from almost everywhere including the parking lot, for goodness sake. They have to theme it if they actually care about presentation, and frankly, I would be beyond disappointed if they just painted it go-away colors and called it a day.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

EPCOT Center - mouth-watering bold and stark architecture; that created a place even through the abstract form; and in its own right told the story of the park and of each individual pavilion.

Idiot Center - hideous big boxes that bear no relation to their surroundings; that ruin the views, sightlines and story of the park; and whose greatest design achievement is that they are part hidden by trees / buildings and painted go-away green or blue.


How the mighty has fallen.

 

[geekza]

People know celebrities and live video content do not age as well as original unique content. Yet they went the lazy "throw in the tv celeb" angle and then still didnt update it for over 20 years.

What?!? You mean Superstar Limo wasn't a classic Disney attraction for the ages?!? Antonio Banderas and Regis Philbin AA figures were timeless. TIMELESS!

 

[flynnibus]

What?!? You mean Superstar Limo wasn't a classic Disney attraction for the ages?!? Antonio Banderas and Regis Philbin AA figures were timeless. TIMELESS!

At least there they had the common sense to pull the plug after the inital disaster

 

[lazyboy97o]

Mean that show building wouldn't even be that hard to hide, It looks exactly like a Mountain in the distance, they just need to add some rockwork and it'll be the Canadian Rockies!

Given its distance, real rock work may not have even been necessary. Well painted flats may well be enough to create the illusion.

 

[larryz]

EPCOT Center - mouth-watering bold and stark architecture that created a place even through the abstract form and in its own right told the story of the park and of each individual pavilion.

Note: THIS is "mouth-watering" architecture...

This... not so much

Disclaimer: I own a Chevrolet vehicle.

 

[disneyC97]

The thing is with some cool trim work and some minor exterior decoration the Soarin building (just by virtue of its shape) could fit in with the other unique FW architecture from the WS lagoon promenade.

 

[montyz81]

The thing is with some cool trim work and some minor exterior decoration the Soarin building (just by virtue of its shape) could fit in with the other unique FW architecture from the WS lagoon promenade.

Agreed. I have a picture somewhere that made me think of mountains behind Canada, which would be very fitting.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

These are from today. I parked, looked up and said "my God, that is a huge alien swirling saucer's building."

 

[flynnibus]

From walkways in imaginations corner.... looming over the shell of comunicore

 

[WDW Guru]

From walkways in imaginations corner.... looming over the shell of comunicore

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While everybody else see's and is complaining about the new gravity building in this picture, all I see is a hideous color scheme on a gorgeous set of buildings.

 

[flynnibus]

While everybody else see's and is complaining about the new gravity building in this picture, all I see is a hideous color scheme on a gorgeous set of buildings.

I was thinking about this today while walking today... where i didnt even have to conciously skip innovations... theyve stripped it down to just that one corner now.

My kids will never understand epcot...

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Well a pro tip: if you don't like the new gravity building, visit during a thunderstorm!