EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

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vikescaper

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JohnD said:
When I'm in the teleportation room and everyone goes right, I go left. You go rush those doors and squeeze yourselves in like sardines. I'm good back here. What am I going to lose. Another minute?
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That’s exactly how I feel, too. Plus, we usually request rows 9 and 10 so it doesn’t really benefit us rushing out as we will have to wait regardless.
 
JohnD

JohnD

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vikescaper said:
That’s exactly how I feel, too. Plus, we usually request rows 9 and 10 so it doesn’t really benefit us rushing out as we will have to wait regardless.
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I traveled with a family of three almost a year ago. I told them we were going to hold back and that they didn't want to be squeezed in. Much better being among the last in the group. Yes, the next group comes in behind us but we're almost into the main loading area by then.
 
Purduevian

Purduevian

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Agent H said:
How would that have solved the problem? Don’t get me wrong of course they should have done that but how would it have solved this problem?
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There was apparently supposed to be an impressive AA figure on the opposite side of the room from the doors (on the left). It would naturally spread the crowd out a lot better. Sure there would still be a group of people that will squeeze up against the doors to the ride. However, a lot of people would drift to the left to see the AA. When the preshow ends, the group is already more spread out and it wouldn't be as much of a crunch.

Kind of like the HM stretching room. People that know, stand under the parasail girl for an easy exit, however, most people don't know where the exit is, and thus spread out.
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Purduevian said:
There was apparently supposed to be an impressive AA figure on the opposite side of the room from the doors (on the left). It would naturally spread the crowd out a lot better. Sure there would still be a group of people that will squeeze up against the doors to the ride. However, a lot of people would drift to the left to see the AA. When the preshow ends, the group is already more spread out and it wouldn't be as much of a crunch.

Kind of like the HM stretching room. People that know, stand under the parasail girl for an easy exit, however, most people don't know where the exit is, and thus spread out.
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That’s really cool but maybe we also need doors that can’t be pushed open so easily?
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Purduevian said:
Guessing that might be a fire code issue? I have no idea how the HM stretching room gets away with having no visible windows and doors from a legal/code standpoint
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Hm I didn’t think about that. maybe the haunted mansion is just sort of grandfathered in because there’s not really a way to change it?
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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Agent H said:
That’s really cool but maybe we also need doors that can’t be pushed open so easily?
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Purduevian said:
Guessing that might be a fire code issue? I have no idea how the HM stretching room gets away with having no visible windows and doors from a legal/code standpoint
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Agent H said:
Hm I didn’t think about that. maybe the haunted mansion is just sort of grandfathered in because there’s not really a way to change it?
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue.

Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department.

The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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lazyboy97o said:
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue.

Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department.

The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.
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HM also has a trained CM in the elevator with us, so they can manage the emergency release if an incident were to occur.
 
Andrew25

Andrew25

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I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end.

Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release.

I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.
 
gerarar

gerarar

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The VQ system has finally ended today for GOTG: CR!
Standby line starts tomorrow Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

The VQ system was reportedly supposed to end multiple times during some lull periods, but never came to fruition.
It went through 2 hurricane closures, but nearly 3 years later after the ride opened May 27, 2022, the VQ has concluded and standby is finally here.

Scatterplot of every single VQ data point collected for the past 1002 days.
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Here's my final update for it and wrap-up post:
gerarar said:
Final Day 1002 Stats (2/24):
7am: 2.0 secs
1pm: 278.6 secs, or ~6 mins
6pm: 14352.0 secs, or ~3 hours 59 mins

BG 155 (+28) is the last BG called during regular park hours at 8:30pm.

For EEH, resumed at 9:25pm with BG's 161-183 with BG 200 as the last BG called for the day at 10pm.

Notable stoppages:
2:05 - 2:25pm
2:45 - 3:05pm
4:24 - 4:45pm

Average pace: 5mins/BG, 3mins/BG during EEH

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 32.2s -> 32.4s (+0.2s)
1pm: 46m -> 46m (+0)
6pm: 19m -> 20m (+1m)

That does it for Day 1002 of GotG: CR!
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And what seemed like would never end and countless perfect opportunities to switch the standby and 1002 days later...that finally concludes the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue system and Boarding Group distribution!
It has been a real pleasure to keep track of the VQ progress for the last almost 3 years!!

The standby line will finally open tomorrow on February 25, 2025 for all guests, with the option of LLSP for an additional charge.
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Some extra fun statistics:

7am drop
  • Quickest: Jan 8, 2025 with 1.87 secs.
  • Longest: Oct 31, 2023 with 4 hrs 8 mins
  • Highest Average of 16m on Tuesdays
  • Lowest Average of 11.6s on Saturdays
1pm drop
  • Quickest: Feb 21, 2025 / Jan 5, 2025 with 1.56 secs
  • Longest: Nov 30, 2022 with 7 hrs 30 mins
  • Highest Average of 2hrs 44m on Wednesdays
  • Lowest Average of 46m on Saturdays & Mondays
6pm drop
  • Quickest: Sept 23, 2024 with 2.2 secs
  • Longest: Nov 15, 2023 with 3 hrs 59 mins
  • Highest Average of 3hrs 59m on Mondays (one data point)
  • Lowest Average of 20m on Mondays
Fun Facts:
  • There was no morning 7am and afternoon 1pm drops on Sept 28-29, 2022 due to Hurricane Ian park closures.
  • There were no morning 7am drops on Oct 10, 2024 and afternoon 1pm drops on Oct 9-10 due to Hurricane Milton park closures.
  • There were 1002 days with a morning 7am drop, 1001 days with an afternoon 1pm drop, and 146 days with a special 6pm drop.
Scatterplot of all the VQ drops for the last 1002 days. After about a year since the ride opened the afternoon 1pm drops were constantly staying open long. Something changed around the new year of 2024, either BG allocation, size, etc. From there the data is very sporadic but some trends still are persistent.
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lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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Giss Neric said:
Shattering tempered glass requires a huge amount of force so I'm not sure if someone punching the glass is true.
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bmr1591 said:
Definitely not a punch, but a metal water bottle strapped to a backpack whipping around could generate a lot of power.
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If someone was wearing something like a metal ring and hit it in the right place, especially near a corner, it is possible to break the glass rather easily.
 

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