News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[Kman101]

That's certainly true. The entrance to Soarin' should really be in Showcase Plaza and ironically even though they cloned it for Epcot, the current version is better suited for Epcot.

The current version is far more suited. But hey, I guess farming and flying over land, they felt Soarin over Cali fit the land. The attraction itself works well in Epcot, it just should have been an aviation dedicated pavilion with it's own entrance, not shoved into the land.

 

[Purplepig]

Soarin' Over London with Mary Poppins

Amazing! Nothing angers me more than the fact London was left out of Soarin’ around the world when half the Disney characters seem to be from the UK...

 

[HauntedPirate]

I have yet to see the Epcot version of the new film, only saw it in CA after it opened. So laughing at the Bending Eiffel Tower has eluded me so far.

Anyway, back on topic...

 

[jpeden]

I have yet to see the Epcot version of the new film, only saw it in CA after it opened. So laughing at the Bending Eiffel Tower has eluded me so far.

Anyway, back on topic...

Is it not bendy in CA?

 

[Fox&Hound]

World Showcase desperately needs more attractions- please let this happen....

 

[JayKZ]

Is it not bendy in CA?

Of course it's bendy everywhere, except the middle of Concourse B.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Amazing! Nothing angers me more than the fact London was left out of Soarin’ around the world when half the Disney characters seem to be from the UK...

It was between two ugly cities and Paris has the Eiffel Tower (and a Disney property) so it won. My understanding is that the clouds at the start of the ride represent London.

 

[jpeden]

It was between two ugly cities and Paris has the Eiffel Tower (and a Disney property) so it won. My understanding is that the clouds at the start of the ride represent London.

Was it ever revealed why it looks so bendy if you aren't in the middle? Does it have something to do with CGI images vs. what they were actually allowed to film?

 

[Ripken10]

Was it ever revealed why it looks so bendy if you aren't in the middle? Does it have something to do with CGI images vs. what they were actually allowed to film?

Well when you approach is from that angle from the sky, that is the way it looks. Obviously

 

[Oriolesmagic]

Was it ever revealed why it looks so bendy if you aren't in the middle? Does it have something to do with CGI images vs. what they were actually allowed to film?

Seems like, unlike the original film, Soarin' Around the World was filmed with a fisheye lens.

 

[peter11435]

Seems like, unlike the original film, Soarin' Around the World was filmed with a fisheye lens.

It’s the screen not the lens

 

[Timothy_Q]

Was it ever revealed why it looks so bendy if you aren't in the middle? Does it have something to do with CGI images vs. what they were actually allowed to film?

The screen is concave, and as the Eiffel Tower spans from top to bottom of the screen, it highlights the shape of the screen

 

[solidyne]

The screen is concave, and as the Eiffel Tower spans from top to bottom of the screen, it highlights the shape of the screen

If you sit dead center does it look straight, then?

I haven't seen new film.

 

[larryz]

If you sit dead center does it look straight, then?

I haven't seen new film.

That's the theory.

 

[JayKZ]

If you sit dead center does it look straight, then?

I haven't seen new film.

Correct. The original SOC consisted mostly of broad landscapes, whereas SATW has the Eiffel Tower and other vertical stuff like the buttes in Monument Valley, which are severely distorted by the deeply concave OMNIMAX-derived screen when viewed off-center.

 

[Timothy_Q]

If you sit dead center does it look straight, then?

I haven't seen new film.

Yes

 

[JenniferS]

It’s the screen not the lens

Screen ... lens ... doesn’t matter.
Original Soarin’ > New Soarin’.

I know it won’t happen, but by golly it should - dedicate one of the screens to the original and watch how long people will willingly wait for the classic. Sigh.

We have two different experiences at Mission:Space; why not here too?!?

 

[LittleBuford]

If you sit dead center does it look straight, then?

I haven't seen new film.

It does. I always ask to be seated in one of the centre gliders and have never been refused.

Too much fuss is made about the bendy buildings; the vast majority of the film shows landscapes that don’t appear distorted. I for one prefer seeing the world to California (though I’ll admit that I find the CGI rowers really unconvincing in the island scene).

 

[marni1971]

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Too much fuss is made about the bendy buildings;

The fuss is valid. The projection format cannot cope with the increase in vertical structure in the new film.

 

[LittleBuford]

The fuss is valid. The projection format cannot cope with the increase in vertical structure in the new film.

No doubt the majority of people here agree with you. Meanwhile, I’m with the thousands of plebs—the great unwashed outside this forum—who enjoy the attraction enough to make it one of the most popular in Epcot.