News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[brb1006]

the show building was built for Meet the World.

Here's videos of Meet the World from Tokyo Disneyland for those that never seen it.

Preshow


The show itself (cut into three parts)

 

[doctornick]

OH i agree. The big 40 for EPCOT is october 2021

October 2022

 

[Mainahman]

October 2022

Yep messed that upm sorry

 

[EricsBiscuit]

the show building was built for Meet the World.

I think only the foundations were poured. It was the only attraction Card Walker didn’t like at TDL bc it glanced over WWII and he served on an aircraft carrier that was hit by a kamikaze attack.

 

[kpilcher]

I think only the foundations were poured. It was the only attraction Card Walker didn’t like at TDL bc it glanced over WWII and he served on an aircraft carrier that was hit by a kamikaze attack.

Hi. No the whole building was built. It’s the enormous fortress at the back. Mitsukoshi has taken over some of the space for retail. The rest is used for storage. I recently met one of the pavilion’s architects. He believes budget was the number one reason it wasn‘t built and denies the long-standing story that the builders misread the blueprints making the space too small for MTW. He chucked and said “that’s a great story. Completely not true. But a good story.“

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

They’re not building a damn thing, kid. For awhile.

Pay close attention to the recession playbook. It will help you train Jedi down the road

Look at 2007/2008 but much worse. How many years did the parks go stale before investment??

 

[marni1971]

Hi. No the whole building was built. It’s the enormous fortress at the back. Mitsukoshi has taken over some of the space for retail. The rest is used for storage. I recently met one of the pavilion’s architects. He believes budget was the number one reason it wasn‘t built and denies the long-standing story that the builders misread the blueprints making the space too small for MTW. He chucked and said “that’s a great story. Completely not true. But a good story.“

The building wasn’t too small. There were support beams in the wrong place. That was to be fixed when MTW was built in phase two, but with the park way over budget phase two took a different route.

And yes, the whole building was built. It is a huge area split into storage and workshops. Nothing that can’t be moved.

 

[PorterRedkey]

the show building was built for Meet the World.

If the building had been built correctly, Meet the World would have opened at Epcot Center.

 

[peter11435]

If the building had been built correctly, Meet the World would have opened at Epcot Center.

Not exactly

 

[Tha Realest]

Has anyone heard anything more about this? I know it was announced, promotional posters were included and everything, no since then...zilch. I think it was also removed from Epcot Forever (?). Anyhow, has there been any definitive statement as to its cancellation? Or has it been functionally memory-holed, never to be spoken of again?

 

[wdwmagic]

Has anyone heard anything more about this? I know it was announced, promotional posters were included and everything, no since then...zilch. I think it was also removed from Epcot Forever (?). Anyhow, has there been any definitive statement as to its cancellation? Or has it been functionally memory-holed, never to be spoken of again?

Disney confirms multiple EPCOT projects are paused

Mary Poppins, Spaceship Earth and the new festival center are all in doubt.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Surferboy567]

Man, I saw this thread get revived and was thinking this may be back on the table for a second…I really wanted this to happen (in it’s original form).

 

[ToTBellHop]

Has anyone heard anything more about this? I know it was announced, promotional posters were included and everything, no since then...zilch. I think it was also removed from Epcot Forever (?). Anyhow, has there been any definitive statement as to its cancellation? Or has it been functionally memory-holed, never to be spoken of again?

It’s more canceled than Kevin Spacey.

 

[Brer Panther]

Has anyone heard anything more about this? I know it was announced, promotional posters were included and everything, no since then...zilch. I think it was also removed from Epcot Forever (?). Anyhow, has there been any definitive statement as to its cancellation? Or has it been functionally memory-holed, never to be spoken of again?

I believe it was cancelled to fund the Splash Mountain retheme.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Has anyone heard anything more about this? I know it was announced, promotional posters were included and everything, no since then...zilch. I think it was also removed from Epcot Forever (?). Anyhow, has there been any definitive statement as to its cancellation? Or has it been functionally memory-holed, never to be spoken of again?

Man, I saw this thread get revived and was thinking this may be back on the table for a second…I really wanted this to happen (in it’s original form).

that was modern “great management” bait and switch...a newer type thing.

not everything planned is built...that’s not unheard of...but announce and reduce/cancel is so tacky and the customers never call them on it.

they just threw this out to fluff up their “coming soons”...it didn’t seem like they ever really wanted to do it. If cash flowed through Epcot like a river...maybe...but that didn’t happen.

remember that the new movie disappointed as well. It was supposed to be a franchise.

...perhaps taking a classic movie and doing a straight up remake wasn’t wise? No Star Wars geeks to rush to the box office before the bad taste set in on that one.

 

[Surferboy567]

that was modern “great management” bait and switch...a newer type thing.

not everything planned is built...that’s not unheard of...but announce and reduce/cancel is so tacky and the customers never call them on it.

they just threw this out to fluff up their “coming soons”...it didn’t seem like they ever really wanted to do it. If cash flowed through Epcot like a river...maybe...but that didn’t happen.

remember that the new movie disappointed as well. It was supposed to be a franchise.

...perhaps taking a classic movie and doing a straight up remake wasn’t wise? No Star Wars geeks to rush to the box office before the bad taste set in on that one.

Not really sure why Returns gets this bad rap…I really enjoyed it. I can understand the criticism but I thought it was a well made movie with some great songs. Obviously, the first is a classic and an incredible movie with even better songs.

 

[Haymarket2008]

It’s more canceled than Kevin Spacey.

WOW. Full on cancelled, eh?? Didn't expect that, to be honest. I thought it would have been a "push down the pipeline" like Spaceship Earth 5.0.

 

[nickys]

...perhaps taking a classic movie and doing a straight up remake wasn’t wise? No Star Wars geeks to rush to the box office before the bad taste set in on that one.

MP Returns wasn’t a remake, it was a sequel.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

WOW. Full on cancelled, eh?? Didn't expect that, to be honest. I thought it would have been a "push down the pipeline" like Spaceship Earth 5.0.

When it comes to Disney "pushed down the pipeline" and "cancelled" are basically the same thing.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

WOW. Full on cancelled, eh?? Didn't expect that, to be honest. I thought it would have been a "push down the pipeline" like Spaceship Earth 5.0.

Lol...They don’t build 1/10th of what is “rumored” and 1/3 of what WDI thinks is “greenlit”
History is a collection of facts...not whispers