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They installed new videos a little while ago and possibly redid the narration as well? I forget the specifics, but I know the videos are new. Previously it was the same ones from 1993

They don't have anything to sell to the average EPCOT visitor. Even most big consumer-focused companies aren't interested in sponsoring Disney rides anymore, they're expensive marketing pieces in an era where there's cheaper, more direct, and more impactful marketing solutions. It's a miracle...

When was the last time you saw a Fujifilm or Konica or Minolta product advertised? 20, maybe closer to 30 years ago? None of those entities are sponsoring a theme park attraction, even together.

It's very stuck in 1993. The barn scenes were recently updated thankfully, but the finale still leaves a lot to be desired. Adding the song back would do a lot to help it too. For as great as it still is, a lot of its charm was sterilized in the switchover to Living with the Land.

Its been a weird week with the random off topic discussions between here and the Play Pavilion thread

Current rumors have Imagination happening before Wonders but Imagination has also been "five years away" for the last decade or so. Redoing JII isn't something that will really boost attendance, neither is SSE but they don't really have a choice when it's the icon of the park.

Nobody with any power "cares" about the IP. They care about what makes money. Figment makes money so they do the least they can with him to make the most profit. This is also why they don't redo the ride, big expense for no benefit other than some fan goodwill which, again, does not bring in the...

All of these are cheaper than fixing the ride and give them a better ROI, so yeah that does not invalidate that they don't care about the ride whatsoever.

I know this is a Wonders-adjacent thread so talking about Body Wars makes sense, but I think this kind of post would probably be best for a thread in the general discussion board. This thread is for the cancelled Play Pavilion project/updates on any development for Wonders (of which nothing is...

My intro to this community was through Wonders of Life at EPCOT, so my favorite memories are the Wonders and Wonders-adjacent threads. I remember one from like 2012 of someone saying that a CM showed them the abandoned Cranium Command theatre and that kept getting bumped all the way until like...

Main Street Theatre was announced and canceled years before anything for the EPCOT overhaul was greenlit. You might be confused with it being part of the same presentation that announced Guardians for EPCOT, which was a wholly separate project from the wider park overhaul that was started a few...

It was revived in 2022 for two seasons, then got renewed for another two after that. It's going to air until at least 2026 now, so I think that opens the door for a potential parks presence. Last year there was a Futurama photo up set up in Disney Springs for a while, so there's some kind of...

This is a really wild take considering I don't think there's been a single D23 Expo in the last decade that hasn't had at least one project cancelled entirely or heavily budget cut. The majority of the projects planned for EPCOT were cancelled completely with the ones that did get built being...

Entirely depends on the framing. The Axiom is dystopian, yes, but one of the core messages of the movie is that there is hope for a better tomorrow as long as we work for it. That's about as EPCOT as you can get.

This is always such an insane argument to me because the few facilities that were closed prior to the plaza rehab were only closed in preparation for the plaza rehab. They took Innoventions West down because that was the building that was going to need the most work, then their plans were put on...

Very nice! The prefixes will be great to see, I almost exclusively visit the EPCOT threads but a lot of those haven't been put in the EPCOT subform lately anyway. Feels overdue to phase them out considering all three haven't been active "big redevelopment projects" in a long time.

Any idea if they're doing anything to the building? I also heard that WDI is moving in last week, but that the Star Wars stuff is being ripped out before they do. I feel like if anybody were to move in there and not mind the thematic elements it would be WDI.

Mirroring a post I put up on the rumor tracker thread (that I mistakenly thought was this thread, whoops). That permit from last year was to build a new break room upstairs.

In case it never got put up here, this permit was to convert some upstairs space (specifically the old Vibrating Mirror room which has been closed since the early ‘90s) into a new cast break room. The project has finished and none of the rest of the Image Works was impacted. The new break room...