EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[tparris]

if they are playing this Pinar loop throughout..Was there even an Outdoor loop for Wonders of Xandar? I'm sure they're not playing anything from the Awesome mix in the area or within the queue?

And hopefully Test Track loop will at least have a good one hopefully..

There is a separate loop in the Cosmic Rewind area, seems to consist mostly of Marvel/GotG instrumental scores

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

There is a separate loop in the Cosmic Rewind area, seems to consist mostly of Marvel/GotG instrumental scores

Ugh.

 

[TTA94]

Epcot seriously needs to get with it!

 

[Incomudro]

Epcot: We've got a planter.

Seriously, I've been a Disney fan over a Uni fan by a large margin my entire life.
Even the announcement of Epic Universe did nothing for me.
But look how badly Disney dropped the ball on much of the Epcot redo (I like some of it) particularly the removal of the fountain, and the disaster of the lighting.
Then look at what's going on at Universal.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Disney should be ashamed. If I worked there I would be.

 

[TTA94]

Epcot: We've got a planter.

Seriously, I've been a Disney fan over a Uni fan by a large margin my entire life.
Even the announcement of Epic Universe did nothing for me.
But look how badly Disney dropped the ball on much of the Epcot redo (I like some of it) particularly the removal of the fountain, and the disaster of the lighting.
Then look at what's going on at Universal.

Fully agree. Now that we are seeing what EU will look like at night Disney should be embarrassed with the way Epcot looks. Now I’m curious if EUs new nighttime show might be more popular than Luminous.

 

[communicorn96]

It's like how A&E is nothing but storage war shows or how IFC only airs Everybody loves Raymond reruns.

Epcot couldn't keep up with technology and gradually rebranded like a basic cable network.
Yes, that's an apt analogy.

 

[Incomudro]

Fully agree. Now that we are seeing what EU will look like at night Disney should be embarrassed with the way Epcot looks. Now I’m curious if EUs new nighttime show might be more popular than Luminous.

Right?
Guests should be wowed.
They will be at Epic Universe.
As for Epcot, the only wow factor is what was already there - Spaceship Earth.
Some of the rest of it is nice.
Better than what it recently replaced.
But that's the extent of it.

 

[tparris]

The spinning Earth effect has once again been restored at Mission: SPACE, with a new paint job as well. Mars repainting seems to finally be nearly complete.

 

[tparris]

In the two hours I’ve been at EPCOT today, two new sections of the ground lighting popped out of the ground. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but looking underneath reveals tons of mildew and mold growth inside. Looks like even on the second attempt, the ground lights were destined to fail as they were once again not weatherproofed whatsoever.

 

[Mike S]

In the two hours I’ve been at EPCOT today, two new sections of the ground lighting popped out of the ground. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but looking underneath reveals tons of mildew and mold growth inside. Looks like even on the second attempt, the ground lights were destined to fail as they were once again not weatherproofed whatsoever.View attachment 847591View attachment 847590View attachment 847592View attachment 847593View attachment 847594

What I don’t get is why the heck there aren’t some kind of bracers to hold them down but I’m sure there’s some kind of engineering reason as to why.

 

[tparris]

What I don’t get is why the heck there aren’t some kind of bracers to hold them down but I’m sure there’s some kind of engineering financial reason as to why.

FTFY

 

[Jayspency]

The spinning Earth effect has once again been restored at Mission: SPACE, with a new paint job as well. Mars repainting seems to finally be nearly complete.

Thank god because without test track, and aside from the monorail, that's the only form of kinetic energy present in Future World East. The entire area feels kind of dead without anything moving. But perhaps that's just me. (Also I'm pretty sure the spinning planet is Neptune since there's no green on the planet. I noticed that on my last trip.)

 

[Jayspency]

Epcot seriously needs to get with it!

God how much I would love to design a new core for Epcot

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Thank god because without test track, and aside from the monorail, that's the only form of kinetic energy present in Future World East. The entire area feels kind of dead without anything moving. But perhaps that's just me. (Also I'm pretty sure the spinning planet is Neptune since there's no green on the planet. I noticed that on my last trip.)

It's kinda sad just how much kinetic energy the park has lost. Fountains at UoE, Wonders, Innoventions, the whirligigs, so much is so sterile now

 

[UNCgolf]

It's kinda sad just how much kinetic energy the park has lost. Fountains at UoE, Wonders, Innoventions, the whirligigs, so much is so sterile now

World of Motion too.

Although I don't think absolutely any kind of kinetic energy is automatically a good thing; it needs to fit the area.

 

[MisterPenguin]

When I was there a few weeks ago, it seemed to me the channels that were popped up were because they weren't glued/mortared in. And I'm guessing the reason they weren't sealed in was for continuing toubleshooting.

 

[Agent H]

Has this been confirmed or are we going to hear some raspy girl sing some odd ball version to appease this generation?

I don’t know about some “raspy girl” but if they make a custom background track then it will 100 percent be its fun to be free.

 

[tparris]

A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again.
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On the bright side, the fountain lights that go straight into the air are working again