IMDREW
Well-Known Member
Remember Ratatouille? Or Tron?
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
- Thread starter Rteetz
- Start date
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
I was joking about the fabric, but it's possible they put it up now to test it to see how the material stands up maybe. Now would be a good time to test it.
Bocabear
Well-Known Member
but with canopies used all over the parks, do they need to test the fabric? Do they not know by now what will work and what will not? It's a canopy....this is not new technology...unless it is embedded with millions of pixels, it is just another shade/weather shield...
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
Valid point. I am going back to my opinion it's probably some sort of man-made petroleum based super durable material designed to stand up to the sun.
dmw
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Disney has backstage areas for that type of test. We saw some of the testing in progress in a behind the scenes tour of AK in 2019. It was actually very interesting to hear in the tour how different paint colors, plants, materials, etc. are tested backstage before they go on-stage.
Eric Graham
Well-Known Member
Thank you all for all of the insights that you give new rides, history, etc. It's really enjoyable to read.
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
I just thought of a simple reason. Assuming Disney did their job and already know the material will stand up, maybe the workers simply wanted the shade.
They already have some water running through 'the journey.' I'm guessing that as the put the fountains online to test them, they'd want to have the canopy up to see how it interacts with the fountains. E.g., is it meant to create a dry spot in case of windy spray, and does it do that successfully.
It only makes sense to run tests the way it will be for guests.
It only makes sense to run tests the way it will be for guests.
SilentWindODoom
Well-Known Member
The thing about those is that the majority of the experience is inside, so without being a part of the crew working on it or having an inside source, we'd have absolutely no idea how much work was actually necessary. We can see almost all of the progress here. Also, the finer details are more open to the elements, so them being done earlier is weirder.
Unless...
They're testing how everything responds to the water?
No, just the things in the attraction, which includes a canopy.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
There is no need to test the fabric. Disney has a whole process of approving material suppliers and even direct sources a lot of materials that would typically be sourced by a contractor. They’d also require any materials to come with a warranty.
No Name
Well-Known Member
This whole thing looks like a mini golf course that’s missing the mini golf. The yellow number above could totally mark the location of hole #3.We've got water-sign!!
Disney, it’s not too late to change course!*
*by change course, I mean add one!
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
This area might have once hosted golf balls but unfortunately the whole spine project was neutered.
No Name
Well-Known Member
I didn’t even think of that!! I’m 100% convinced that this needs to be a mini golf course.THIS WOULD BE SO COOL IF IT WAS MINI GOLF!!!!!
I can see it now, mini golf in the shadow of the giant golf ball it’s self
SilentWindODoom
Well-Known Member
I wish half the mini-golf courses on property were more accessible. Although... can you now get a bus to the Swan Reserve and actually get dropped off close to Fantasia Gardens?