Epcot Update: June 6th
Hey there! Thought I'd share a bit of news/views from the park from June 6th:
- Most topiary from the F&G Festival has been removed. Walls are up over in Germany and Morocco, and shrub walls are also in place over by the East entrance to MouseGear and along the Rose Garden path as F&G displays are removed. The flower mural on the West shore has been removed, but the East mural on the Odyssey side is still there, looking very much dead now. The sooner its gone the better. The floating garden is still floating, and a few temporary tents are still up as well along World Showcase Promenade.
- Full entrance plaza BGM is back, as has been reported.
- Outside BGM around SSE seemed a tad louder (as did most BGM around the park). Its
almost loud enough. Almost.
- Fountain of Nations isn't in as good a shape as I originally thought. Main super shooter (the one in the middle thats supposed to go up to 150 feet) is not working at all. Also, a number of the other 80 foot shooters are still crooked, the secondary arch nozzles are crooked/at the wrong angle, and the front three fans still don't go off during performances. Not good at all. :brick:
- Mission:SPACE audio was fine in the two capsules I rode in.
- Brake test TVs in Test Track weren't working. The non-ABS test had no TV, and the ABS TV (which was a new flat panel) was on but not working; probably still programing it to the right video signal. Still, bad show Disney! Also, thermal camera/screen just after the outside loop was not working. On the plus side, the brake test comparison screens were working, and those usually never work, so that was nice to see.
- Japan is now free of tarps. The pagoda looks very nice now. China still has some tarps up behind Lotus Blossom Cafe.
- IllumiNations was, for the most part, good. Perimeter wall luches were not working (why I do not know, there was no wind to speak of so that wasnt the reason). The Earth Globe was fine; all continents fully lit and functioning and torch came on perfectly. Chaos was good, as was Adventure for the most part. The waterfalls in Home are still a bit off, and the blue star fireworks in Celebration weren't together (as usual :brick
. Also, Torch #1 did not light at the beginning of We Go On like it should have; it did light just before the torch in the Earth Globe lit though. So, not too bad, but still room for improvement. I have video if anyone wants it; just give a shout and I'll upload it.
Thats all I can think of right now. The bad weather slipped just to the north and south of Epcot so while it was mostly cloudy for the day, there was only about 15 mins or so of rain for the whole day. Overall, it was a great day.
