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Have they installed the digital projectors because the EPCOT version from the video seems dark in comparison to both the Shanghai and DCA versions?

Are the other 3 parks competing for those funds, or is it pretty much set in stone how much will go to each park (as a total of the entire WDW WDI budget)? I mean, for example, could some funds be taken from DHS redevelopment phase III to make the EPCOT budget bigger and could some of that $350...

@marni1971 So, I take it that what they have on the drawings boards right now is more of a plan that could be split up into multiple projects, rather than a single mega project, right?

Well, Splash is the exception to the rule at DL. I've only rode it once (during my last trip) and it looked like it was beyond disrepair. The MK version is far superior and it will probably stay that way. At least we have a few things that are superior over the DL versions - Splash and Tower of...

It's a Small World is a good example of a ride where the props constantly fall apart. I would never recommend a digital replacement of IaSW because that is such a classic, but Imagination's condition was similar to the state IaSW constantly gets into. For the record, I've never seen DL's version...

What happened to that cool FW pic that was just posted? I was about to comment that about the pic's amazing symmetry of color, with the blue on the LS pavillion on the left and the red, orange, and yellow on the UoE pavilion on the right. I never noticed such symmetry and balance before. It...

First of all, the budget is $350 million, not a billion. So, we have to make the best of it. We should also feel grateful that they gave WDI such a big budget. For argument sake, let's say that $350 million could bring Future World back to how it was was during the 1980's, do we really want...

You know that the original park cost $1.5 billion in 1982 dollars, right? To rebuild it to its original glory in today's dollars would be catastrophic.

Just found this article about Project Gemini... https://blog.modernmouseradio.com/2012/11/03/the-world-that-never-was-time-racers/ According to the article, Project Gemini had a budget of $500 million. Adjusted for inflation, what is that today? Any way, this new project of $350 million is...

How do we know that maybe that was just a rough outline of what they were thinking? With the details to be worked out as they go?

Imagination, WoL, and UoE. I thought you were responding to this:

I take that as meaning that the changes could possibly be to more than the three pavilions I mentioned. Of course, anything could change at any time, but the gears are in motion for change. Fingers are crossed.

Two ideas just came to me at once: DisneySpace for TDL and Neverland for MK! DISNEYSPACE would be TDL's third park. Get it? Land, Sea, and Space? This is where Tokyo's Star Wars Land and Avatar Land could go. They could also retheme Space Mountain in Tomorrowland into a Tron ride and create a...

Don't forget that Soaring is a separate project, so that's s bump right there.

From the subject title before reading on, my guess was "albatross?".

He specifically said he was blown away by the scale of the project. This was my reaction as well when I saw what they were planning with DHS. The budget here is a fraction of what the DHS budget is, but it's the same as what RSR at DLR cost. EPCOT already has all the infrastructure in place, so...

If Disney comes through with this, I take back half my recent criticism about the company! :) With all these big projects being approved all of a sudden, this is no Mickey Mouse operation!

@marni1971 - Could you say if the plans for EPCOT tie into the plans for DHS (i.e. a "connection") (without going into any detail)? You can answer "yes", a definite "no", "maybe", "it's possible", "it's impossible", "time will tell", "it's been discussed", "I'm not at liberty to discuss this"...

Martin, I think you are by far one of the most respected members on this site! Thank you for the info and great work!

Monorail has always been an uphill battle at WDW. I remember a story that the company which designed the Contemporary was less than exited about that "carnival ride" Disney planned on running through it.