Abandoned JC Boat - Still There?

Skipper Dan

Skipper Dan

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Hey everybody, I came across this and was wondering... do y'all know if this is still sittin' around? I think I read that these were taken somewhere behind EPCOT, in 2012? I just found this extremely intriguing. If anybody's got anymore info, that'd be great.

Thanks! :)

PS No, I ain't gonna go where I ain't allowed (I'm not one to often the break rules, ha) and if this thread isn't in the right locale, feel free to move it!

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Tom

Tom

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WondersOfLife said:
Why are there two very new speakers there too? Was there a presentation here or something?

"Behind this fence holds the wonders of our beautiful vintage theme park objects that we shall let sit and become trash.."
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I only see one, but yeah, I noticed that right after I posted. That's a very odd place to have an event. Or maybe that was part of a marathon course once. She looks to be in a running position and pushing an off-road stroller. Maybe that's a station or checkpoint along the route. But an off-road marathon?

That doesn't look very "behind Epcot" to me either....but it could be.

Very odd.
 
FettFan

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Is it too macabre and dark for me to wish they would have crushed half of it under a log and installed it at the "catastrophic mudslide" portion of Kali River Rapids?


EDIT - But then again, I'm the guy who still wishes there was a bloody elephant carcass and full-auto-AK-47-wielding poachers on Kilimanjaro Safaris.
 
Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

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Portable stereo, seems to hold up it was a display for a marathon...odd though.

FettFan said:
Is it too macabre and dark for me to wish they would have crushed half of it under a log and installed it at the "catastrophic mudslide" portion of Kali River Rapids?


EDIT - But then again, I'm the guy who still wishes there was a bloody elephant carcass and full-auto-AK-47-wielding poachers on Kilimanjaro Safaris.
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Full auto AKs? Really? That's pretty awesome they would show that. Was it that much detail you could make out it was a ak?
 
EOD K9

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Daniel Johnson said:
Portable stereo, seems to hold up it was a display for a marathon...odd though.


Full auto AKs? Really? That's pretty awesome they would show that. Was it that much detail you could make out it was a ak?
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It doesn't really take much to tell if it is an AK. They have a very distinct look.
 
Monorail Mike

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Tom said:
I only see one, but yeah, I noticed that right after I posted. That's a very odd place to have an event. Or maybe that was part of a marathon course once. She looks to be in a running position and pushing an off-road stroller. Maybe that's a station or checkpoint along the route. But an off-road marathon?

That doesn't look very "behind Epcot" to me either....but it could be.

Very odd.
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According to the post, the course started in the Epcot parking lot and went down Woodpecker Lane to Backstage lane. There were a bunch of backlot tour trams parked there for a long time (even visible on Bing maps http://binged.it/1ETKhU1 or http://binged.it/1Hr8tnI ). And there's the JC boat! If I'm not mistaken, isn't that the obsolete lights of winter under the shrink wrap in the background?
 
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Daniel Johnson

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EOD K9 said:
It doesn't really take much to tell if it is an AK. They have a very distinct look.
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Though you are right, there are tons of variations, I was just wondering if they were actual Russian aks..., and they aren't props? Are they functional weapons with blank blocks?
 
Tom

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Monorail Mike said:
According to the post, the course started in the Epcot parking lot and went down Woodpecker Lane to Backstage lane. There were a bunch of backlot tour trams parked there for a long time (even visible on Bing maps http://binged.it/1ETKhU1 or http://binged.it/1Hr8tnI ). And there's the JC boat! If I'm not mistaken, isn't that the obsolete lights of winter under the shrink wrap in the background?
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Interesting. And I bet you're right about the LoW
 
FettFan

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Daniel Johnson said:
Though you are right, there are tons of variations, I was just wondering if they were actual Russian aks..., and they aren't props? Are they functional weapons with blank blocks?
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No, they were just props being used by the Harambe Park Rangers on the ride, back when it had live actors.
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The poachers jeep was on a track, and you'd hear gunfire directed towards you while they made their escape.
 

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