Rose&Crown
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And there will still be walls up on the 5th. Really ridiculous
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EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?
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wbostic12
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No Problem! Now that I’ve been hunting, I can’t stop. The center of Future World closed completely February 16, 2020.PHOTOS - Center of Future World now closed and eastern bypass walkway opens
PHOTOS - Center of Future World now closed and eastern bypass walkway opens
Lots of changes to guest walkways today as the entire center of Epcot's Future World is closed off.www.wdwmagic.com
3 months before our first ever visit, been several times since. Our trip in January will hopefully be our first ever Epcot visit without walls
wbostic12
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Hope you have a great time!
lazyboy97o
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Even if every single person who has visited Epcot bought an Individual Lightning Lane since the attraction opened this would still not be true.
Skibum1970
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If Guardians cost $400M and LL cost $20 for each, that would require 20,000,000 riders. So, if everyone at Epcot purchased one LL every day, it would take two years. Something tells me the math doesn't support the assertion. It was a funny statement, though.
Disney Analyst
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This obsession with things being centred is just dumb.
It’s called the rule of thirds, and is a far more interesting visual.
Complain about the time it took, quality of finishes, whatever… but Walt being off centre is purposeful and works.
It’s called the rule of thirds, and is a far more interesting visual.
Complain about the time it took, quality of finishes, whatever… but Walt being off centre is purposeful and works.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
It would look dumb and boring if centered.
Disney Analyst
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Exceptionally so, it would look odd.
mattpeto
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I’d guess it will debut with a festival opening. They did have art work for Figment for Festival of the Arts conveniently, but that’s likely too close unless it gets pushed to 2025.
My guess is Food and Wine 2024.
DreamfinderGuy
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Ironically the only thing that was walled off on 9/10/19 was the southwest CommuniCore quadrant, the rest of the plaza remained open. On the 5th there will once again be an open plaza but a walled off southwest CommuniCore. The one area of this project that has been going on for the longest will be the last part to wrap up.
Horizonsfan
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The issue isn’t with the statue being centered, it’s that the background is designed for something symmetrical. Having such a small statue off center is likely the right move. However, the centered curved cast stone background and identical lanterns on pilasters at the ends promote symmetry. That’s what is off about it.
Asymetry works when the whole concept leans into it. That’s why the Mission Space & Imagination facades work so well.
The background likely should have been something angling in one direction or the other, with lanterns of varying size or just a singular fixture at one end.
Asymetry works when the whole concept leans into it. That’s why the Mission Space & Imagination facades work so well.
The background likely should have been something angling in one direction or the other, with lanterns of varying size or just a singular fixture at one end.
James Alucobond
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I agree that the immediate backdrop should lean into the asymmetry, though it should be noted that the planters directly in front of the statue do. The one to the west is long and has a tree in it while the one to the east is shorter with lower plantings, so it may look a bit more purposeful when looking toward him from the terraced area.
That said, people who are acting like it's an unintentional mistake are a bit daft.
Clamman73
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I was about to reply with that point...walking up to it you're presented with asymmetry from the planters.I agree that the immediate backdrop should lean into the asymmetry, though it should be noted that the planters directly in front of the statue do. The one to the west is long and has a tree in it while the one to the east is shorter with lower plantings, so it may look a bit more purposeful when looking toward him from the terraced area.
That said, people who are acting like it's an unintentional mistake are a bit daft.
The Disney brothers were so dumb never sitting in the middle of a bench....
That's our Brayden!
Sadly,...for everybody that has studied and read everything about Walt Disney and his life?....ALL of us know that he would be horrified at many of the decisions that this company has made recently with "his" name on it. If you don't agree then you literally don't know Walt Disney at all.
Love Walt or hate Walt, that's perfectly OK,...be we ALL know this is true.
If there is a Heaven and Walt is up there...I'm certain he is looking down and wishing the company would remove "his" name from it. Honestly, there are MANY employees today that don't even respect Walt Disney and think his life and his history are "problematic". There are even employees that wish he could be removed from the company because of his politics.
Walt's past "activism" (yup,..he was an activist for his day) goes completely against the modern employee "activism" of 2023. Yes, many people hate that about him. (sadly)
Love Walt or hate Walt, that's perfectly OK,...be we ALL know this is true.
If there is a Heaven and Walt is up there...I'm certain he is looking down and wishing the company would remove "his" name from it. Honestly, there are MANY employees today that don't even respect Walt Disney and think his life and his history are "problematic". There are even employees that wish he could be removed from the company because of his politics.
Walt's past "activism" (yup,..he was an activist for his day) goes completely against the modern employee "activism" of 2023. Yes, many people hate that about him. (sadly)
I never knew that one of Walt's defining characteristics was resistance to change and inability to develop.
Of course, you're arguing about how Walt would feel about changes in a park that he not only never saw, but had radically different ideas about what it should have been. If Walt is rolling over in his heavenly grave, it's over what his brother and board of directors did with his plans for EPCOT.
And even if there are employees who joined -- and for some strange reason stayed with a Walt Disney company while hating him -- and even if there are a significant number of them, then certainly they're not in charge of anything. We know that because over the past few years, TWDC has been doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on the name "Walt" and "Walt Disney." The rumor, which is more of a fevered dream by conspiracy theorists, that the name "Walt" was going to be removed, is utterly laughably. Again, they've been emphasizing Walt, as seen in this statue.
HMF
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The honest to god truth is we don't know what Walt would want were he alive today and it is really stupid to speculate and put words in dead peoples mouths. I personally think it is stupid to have a Walt statue in EPCOT for two reasons. One, We know that the park that exists today is not the city he envisioned so it's a false narrative. Two , The parks narrative should be about mankind in general so having a statue honoring one man goes against that and I am by no means someone who hates Walt's legacy. Then again they (Obviously) don't consult me. That's just my opinion.
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