RobWDW1971
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Nothing says “Epcot” and “Future World” more than an ancient cartoon character’s water area.
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EPCOT Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion
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WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
In case you haven't noticed under your rock, but Epcot is going in a totally different direction now, my dude. I'm pretty sure the front half of Epcot isn't even called "Future World" anymore.
RobWDW1971
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Oh yes, we’ve all noticed - it is now a hodgepodge of anything and everything. What is that cohesive thematic “direction” you’re apparently excited about again?
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WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
There, there. *pats head*
RobWDW1971
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Exactly. We’ll have to take that as you don’t know either.
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BubbaisSleep
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With all the projects going on I would say start looking for construction once RAT is finished. Wouldn't be shocked if the same crew just moved on over to Poppins if they already have the contracts set up.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Ok boomer.
doctornick
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"World Nature" (where the Journey of Water will be located) actually sounds very firmly cohesive in its theme actually. To quote Disney: "understanding and preserving the beauty, awe and balance of the natural world".
RobWDW1971
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And Test Track about designing and testing cars is part of “World Discovery” and Spaceship Earth about the history of communication is part of “World Celebration” and more cartoon characters are being added to “World Nature”. Sure, why not.
By using such broad, meaningless terms as “World”, “Discovery”, “Celebration”, and “Nature” anything can be put under that umbrella and be rationalized in some way.
Guardians of the Galaxy? Sure, you’re uh...“discovering” their world and their way of travel?
Moana? Sure, she’s uh...likes to sail on the water so water is part of “nature”?
Giant sky bar? Sure, it’s uh...a place where people “celebrate” and you can see World Showcase?
Will make a great drinking game - take any attraction around the world and rationalize how it fits into Epcot now.
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VaderTron
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We all agree Epcot needs less pavement and more park. However, what is added should spring from the endless potential of Imagineering not an unoriginal IP sticker slapped on a water feature.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
If imagineering does their job right on the creative side (and is allowed to do so), they can do impressive things with ANY IP. (Song of the South - Splash Mountain. Tron - Coaster.) JS.
jt04
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Guessing that this new feature will be similar in function to the Oasis at DAK. Not a typical land or attraction but an important element in the grand scheme. Maybe.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Dated.
RobWDW1971
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And doesn’t have a cartoon character - who wants that?!
Little Green Men
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They're supposed to be adding new fountains in that area
Incase you haven’t noticed, that park has three huge lakes. They’re kind of hard to miss.
Movielover
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Where? Are they behind the alcohol booths????
I just thought that was where the beer taps come from...
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
Let me rephrase that. They need more interactive water attractions.
With as hot as it gets at Epcot, it'll be nice to have some fun with water.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
TBH, not many people! (-;
That’s debatable. And certainly not an attraction. But even so, how does removing a huge climate controlled environment assist with avoiding the heat unless you’re three years old? Another example of how mis judged and mis guided this debacle is.