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Glidden's Colortopia opening in Epcot's Innoventions later this year
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Professor_Jason
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Cosmic Commando
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I caught this in soft opening today; the CM said that the official opening should be Friday. The Power of Color is a pre show narrated by Ty Burrell. He's sort of the attraction host, because he also appears in the "finale" experience. The Power of Color takes place in a circular room about 12' across (not very good at guessing distances, but it's a small room). The walls are bare white, and the narration accompanies changing lights in the room. Yellows are happy, reds are hot, greens are earthy, etc. The colors are very vivid and enveloping. I liked the script and the performance by Ty Burrell.
The two small experiences I didn't spend a lot of time with, because the exhibit was getting ready to close and I wanted to see the big Color Our World. They seem like fun things, but not a ton of depth. The TARDIS consoles are RGB color mixing games, and the wheels on the wall spin to show how the brain mixes colors together. Worthwhile, but I just don't think you'll spend a lot of time there.
So... Color Our World. It's a really nice idea. The preshow is cool; you're in a room with many different colored spotlights that create triply, multicolored shadows for everyone to play with. Then, you get these "magic" electronic paintbrushes. The bristles are fiber optic, and can light up similarly to the bright colors of the preshow. The meat of the experience is another circular room, but with TV walls this time. The screens have black and white murals on them, and there are "paint buckets" in the middle of the room. Dip your brush in the paint bucket, the brush will light up in that color, and you can paint on the walls in that color. Dip your brush in a different bucket to change colors. Colors will trigger different effects on the mural. It could be animations, or painting something a certain color could change what the item is. There's two big drawbacks that I see, however. First, the colors that showed up on the mural felt pretty drab compared to the paint brushes/buckets and the rest of the exhibit. Second, the painting was more like using the fill tool on Paint than using a paintbrush. For a thing sort of about imagination and all that, I felt pretty constrained in what I could actually do in this area.
The two small experiences I didn't spend a lot of time with, because the exhibit was getting ready to close and I wanted to see the big Color Our World. They seem like fun things, but not a ton of depth. The TARDIS consoles are RGB color mixing games, and the wheels on the wall spin to show how the brain mixes colors together. Worthwhile, but I just don't think you'll spend a lot of time there.
So... Color Our World. It's a really nice idea. The preshow is cool; you're in a room with many different colored spotlights that create triply, multicolored shadows for everyone to play with. Then, you get these "magic" electronic paintbrushes. The bristles are fiber optic, and can light up similarly to the bright colors of the preshow. The meat of the experience is another circular room, but with TV walls this time. The screens have black and white murals on them, and there are "paint buckets" in the middle of the room. Dip your brush in the paint bucket, the brush will light up in that color, and you can paint on the walls in that color. Dip your brush in a different bucket to change colors. Colors will trigger different effects on the mural. It could be animations, or painting something a certain color could change what the item is. There's two big drawbacks that I see, however. First, the colors that showed up on the mural felt pretty drab compared to the paint brushes/buckets and the rest of the exhibit. Second, the painting was more like using the fill tool on Paint than using a paintbrush. For a thing sort of about imagination and all that, I felt pretty constrained in what I could actually do in this area.
disney4life2008
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This is interesting. Thr Orlando area recently opened the Crayola experience in the Florida mall.
Next Big Thing
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And it's not worth the price of admission.
While small, this is a smart move by Glidden to continue to get their name out there while giving guests the same type of experience (obviously a much smaller scale try at it) that Crayola has without paying extra.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Well.. Technically those 30 valuable minutes of my $100 theme park ticket are wasted in Epcot with this thing when I could be doing..... Uh.... Well......
.....Yea. Smart move, Glidden. o.o
disney4life2008
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Though, I am not sure the Crayola Experience is marketed towards tourists. While I am positive its a lure for those with kids especially given that the Florida Mall is a major tourist destination. I think the crayola experience is more locally marketed.
Does anyone else just see the TARDIS Console when they look at these?
I would say the answer to your question is "No, you are not alone. Rejoice and be happy."
Curious which theme that would be?
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I think you need to refer to the dedication plaque:
To all who come to this Place of Joy, Hope and Friendship
WELCOME
Epcot is inspired by Walt Disney's creative vision. Here, human achievements are celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting new paint colors for all.
May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of color and pride in man's ability to paint a world that offers hope to people everywhere.
E. Cardon Walker
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Walt Disney Productions
October 24, 1982
Interesting. I guess my ADHD always kicked in before I got down to that last part because I don't recall that particular phraseology.
Well slap me with a silly paint stirrer and color me impressed. Colortopia is just what the doctor ordered!
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Horizons '83
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I actually think this exhibit fits very well here in Epcot, and I really hope they have more educational/fun offerings like this one.
prfctlyximprct
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Saw this on Twitter, not sure if true or where to post 
brb1006
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Any updates on what?Saw this on Twitter, not sure if true or where to post
Baymax is already meeting in Innoventions, across from the Mickey, Minnie and Goofy meet and greet.
