EPCOT Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[solidyne]

@RSoxNo1 Top Ten List.

10.

iasw

 

[marni1971]

That's okay. The interactive water attraction will be gorgeous, I'm sure. I don't need anyone to agree with me. The (Disney) World doesn't revolve around forum users living in the past.

Quoted for posterity.

Nice back peddle.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Mary Poppins taking you on an aerial tour of London would be my vote. You tie in the IP but also add in some sight seeing and relevant to Epcot content.

It'd be too similar to Soarin'. And Big Ben would look like it has Peyronie's disease.

 

[Brer Oswald]

iasw

I’ll go warm up the forklifts.

 

[RobWDW1971]

Does Imagination fall on the bottom half or top half of your top 10?

And now Imagination is in "World Celebration" because um....we celebrate the imagination in the world? The map is a little confusing, or is it in "World Nature" - because um...imagination is in our nature? We imagine things about nature? Can somebody who understands this new "direction" explain this to me?

 

[jt04]

And now Imagination is in "World Celebration" because um....we celebrate the imagination in the world? The map is a little confusing, or is it in "World Nature" - because um...imagination is in our nature? We imagine things about nature? Can somebody who understands this new "direction" explain this to me?

My guess is the process is somewhere between what we saw when Hyperion Wharf was being reimagined into Disney Springs in magnitude. (Starting on a bigger scale) A lot is undecided as the dust settles over Galaxy's Edge, budgets are forecast for after the 50th, and Imagineering does blue sky concepts. This is why the preview center details seem open ended.

This will be a very long journey. IMO.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Does Imagination fall on the bottom half or top half of your top 10?

Current concerns it's pretty high up, but I'm actually not super fearful of the future of the attraction. Perhaps I should be?

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Current concerns it's pretty high up, but I'm actually not super fearful of the future of the attraction. Perhaps I should be?

With Imagination anything's possible.

 

[RSoxNo1]

@RSoxNo1 Top Ten List.

10.

1. Epcot Forever / HarmonioUS - the former is awful but short lived. The latter is long term, likely technologically impressive but also likely IP heavy.
2. Frozen Ever After - decent enough ride, wrong park
3. The Seas with Nemo and Friends - I have an issue with the ride, I don't have an issue with Turtle Talk. There's no effort to tie it into Epcot's themes
4. Gran Fiesta Tour - Same problems as Seas with Nemo and Friends
5. Imagination with Figment - Just an overall bad ride
6. UK Pavilion - I'm concerned Poppins won't fit
7. Cosmic Rewind's thematic fit? There are treatments that could work, but I could see them foregoing that. Not to mention the eyesore that is the building.
8. Beauty and the Beast sing a long in France
9. Play Pavilion - Doesn't seem appropriate, just an excuse to put all the characters in Epcot. I suppose that centralizing them all in one location is a good alternative to spreading characters throughout the park, but they're doing both.
10. The future of SSE - I fear they my put it in IP

I'd listen to arguments about Moana concerns as high as 9 on my list, but whatever.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

1. Epcot Forever / HarmonioUS - the former is awful but short lived. The latter is long term, likely technologically impressive but also likely IP heavy.
2. Frozen Ever After - decent enough ride, wrong park
3. The Seas with Nemo and Friends - I have an issue with the ride, I don't have an issue with Turtle Talk. There's no effort to tie it into Epcot's themes
4. Gran Fiesta Tour - Same problems as Seas with Nemo and Friends
5. Imagination with Figment - Just an overall bad ride
6. UK Pavilion - I'm concerned Poppins won't fit
7. Cosmic Rewind's thematic fit? There are treatments that could work, but I could see them foregoing that.
8. Beauty and the Beast sing a long in France
9. Play Pavilion - Doesn't seem appropriate, just an excuse to put all the characters in Epcot. I suppose that centralizing them all in one location is a good alternative to spreading characters throughout the park, but they're doing both.
10. The future of SSE - I fear they my put it in IP

I'd listen to arguments about Moana concerns as high as 9 on my list, but whatever.

SSE is something I see corporate making into The Great Disney ride - all IP. They have the technology to make a really cool ride ( just in the wrong park)

 

[MisterPenguin]

And now Imagination is in "World Celebration" because um....we celebrate the imagination in the world? The map is a little confusing, or is it in "World Nature" - because um...imagination is in our nature? We imagine things about nature? Can somebody who understands this new "direction" explain this to me?

Imagination fits into World Celebration as much as it ever did in Future World.

But you don't care about that. You're just spitting out hate memes in every thread.

 

[Little Green Men]

Imagination fits into World Celebration as much as it ever did in Future World.

But you don't care about that. You're just spitting out hate memes in every thread.

Trollers gonna troll

 

[dreday3]

And now Imagination is in "World Celebration" because um....we celebrate the imagination in the world? The map is a little confusing, or is it in "World Nature" - because um...imagination is in our nature? We imagine things about nature? Can somebody who understands this new "direction" explain this to me?

You're just salty because the Jedi never told you about all their powers.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I vote that World Celebration is changed to World Expo. That gives a tie back to a World's Fair being at the heart of Epcot, even if it is in name only.

I would also accept foregoing the three neighborhoods and renaming all of Future World to Discovery Expo.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I vote that World Celebration is changed to World Expo. That gives a tie back to a World's Fair being at the heart of Epcot, even if it is in name only.

I would also accept foregoing the three neighborhoods and renaming all of Future World to Discovery Expo.

And rename the park to E X P O T!

 

[AdventureMP4z]

And rename the park to E X P O T!

Add an “R” after Expo since so many gift shops...

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I still stand by World Celebration being Epcot Center.

 

[trainplane3]

I still stand by World Celebration being Epcot Center.

Apparently Reedy Creek feels the same :

 

[justintheharris]

So... when does ground break on the Mary Poppins ride?

 

[marni1971]

So... when does ground break on the Mary Poppins ride?

Last year. I guess things are on a go slow.