News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[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.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

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

It’s a massive project like France. Hopefully soon

 

[justintheharris]

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

It actually broke ground in 2019???? Wow they were quiet about it.

 

[marni1971]

It actually broke ground in 2019???? Wow they were quiet about it.

Someone pulled some turf up to push some marker posts in.

Its behind schedule.

 

[MisterPenguin]

They lost the ladder. They're borrowing one from Shanghai. It's on a slow boat from China.

 

[wannabeBelle]

Someone pulled some turf up to push some marker posts in.

Its behind schedule.

Shocking. Marie

 

[Bender123]

They lost the ladder. They're borrowing one from Shanghai. It's on a slow boat from China.

They actually had to order a ladder to help build their new ladder...With all the construction, they had to use some of their precious ladder resources in their ladder fabrication warehouse. To do this, they had to sacrifice the old Communicore West building for ladder making steel.

 

[Bender123]

Every time I see this joke, I think of the show "Community" and this scene...

"Welcome to...LADDERS."

I then think of a bunch of Disney Execs all sitting in a crappy community college classroom learning about ladder safety and cheering at a person actually using a ladder.

 

[Horizons '83]

So thus far what we know, these projects are all behind:

Mickey and Minnie's
Ratatouille
Space 220
Poppins
Several projects in DS

Good Stuff...

 

[Bender123]

So thus far what we know, these projects are all behind:

Mickey and Minnie's
Ratatouille
Space 220
Poppins
Several projects in DS

Good Stuff...

Better slow and steady than cancelled and forgotten...