News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm all about this meme, but if you can believe it... I don't think any food additions were every a part of the plans. Just a façade, M&G, and attraction. It's a limited space.

Sarcasm alert!

 

[Bocabear]

Sad but true....Imagine the simplicity of leaving the Communicore buildings in place, repurposing the Innovations show building as the new event "World Celebration" space, Tear down the World Showplace tent to allow expansion for a proper Mary Poppins attraction and even have room for a Harrods Style food hall.
Reorganize the space between the Comminicore buildings with new fountain and landscaping and save millions of dollars while having a much better guest experience...

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Sad but true....Imagine the simplicity of leaving the Communicore buildings in place, repurposing the Innovations show building as the new event "World Celebration" space, Tear down the World Showplace tent to allow expansion for a proper Mary Poppins attraction and even have room for a Harrods Style food hall.
Reorganize the space between the Comminicore buildings with new fountain and landscaping and save millions of dollars while having a much better guest experience...

That was 100% what I wanted. Have 4 buildings - one shopping (Creations), one food (Connections), one festival/event center and one attraction (I would have voted to bring One Man's Dream to Epcot, being anchored out front with Dreamer's Point). And they could have even retrofitted the Festival one to have a rooftop bar to view the show.

They could have easily added a JoW-type space behind OMD with that money saved, and I think it would have created a much, much more cohesive theme and approach.

 

[Bocabear]

That was 100% what I wanted. Have 4 buildings - one shopping (Creations), one food (Connections), one festival/event center and one attraction (I would have voted to bring One Man's Dream to Epcot, being anchored out front with Dreamer's Point). And they could have even retrofitted the Festival one to have a rooftop bar to view the show.

They could have easily added a JoW-type space behind OMD with that money saved, and I think it would have created a much, much more cohesive theme and approach.

Exactly... I would add to that moving the Carousel Of Progress to the One Man's Dream exhibit with the original finale scene...
A whole section on Walt and the World's Fair... And what if Dreamer's Point also featured an expander version of the Tower of the Winds...
So much could have been done to have kept the flavor of the park while accenting and adding...Even the new areas...Like World Nature/ World Celebration could have worked better with the central core still in place to define World Nature...Or I think anyway. The concept of EPCOT was not a throwaway... It just needed to be updated in a meaningful way (well that is my opinion anyway)

 

[larryz]

I, in a way, consider the trackless dark rides a spiritual successor to that. There are drawbacks; the trackless vehicles are massive and cumbersome. One wonders if a smaller, faster trackless vehicle is a possibility.

It is, but they're called "Bumper Cars."

 

[larryz]

Any idea how much the pavilion would have been altered to make this fit?

I think there were some plans/maps/diagrams about 200 pages or so back in this thread...

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Any idea how much the pavilion would have been altered to make this fit?

Somebody can probably post one of those maps with the Epcot expansion plots to show the pads?

one was taken by millennium village…so they would likely have had to go behind the IG?

 

[UNCgolf]

Somebody can probably post one of those maps with the Epcot expansion plots to show the pads?

one was taken by millennium village…so they would likely have had to go behind the IG?

I think someone suggested it would involve tearing up the garden area at the back of the pavilion with the gazebo and hedge maze.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I think someone suggested it would involve tearing up the garden area at the back of the pavilion with the gazebo and hedge maze.

Right…they used to have entertainment and weddings there…who needs that?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Somebody can probably post one of those maps with the Epcot expansion plots to show the pads?

one was taken by millennium village…so they would likely have had to go behind the IG?

There's .8 acres for the undeveloped part of UK (orange below). And another .8 acres if they take over BoH.

For comparison:

• MK Carousel - .12 acres
• Peter Pan - .31 acres
• Winnie the Pooh - .44 acres
• Buzz - .55 acres
• Main building of Little Mermaid ride - .55 acres
• Ratatouille - 1.25 acres
• Haunted Mansion - 1.8 acres

 

[MisterPenguin]

Right…they used to have entertainment and weddings there…who needs that?

It's used now for Brexit Reenactors.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It's used now for Brexit Reenactors.

Id totally wait in line for a Boris meet and greet

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

There's .8 acres for the undeveloped part of UK (orange below). And another .8 acres if they take over BoH.

View attachment 620369

For comparison:

• MK Carousel - .12 acres
• Peter Pan - .31 acres
• Winnie the Pooh - .44 acres
• Buzz - .55 acres
• Main building of Little Mermaid ride - .55 acres
• Ratatouille - 1.25 acres
• Haunted Mansion - 1.8 acres

…yep…I knew I could count on you

 

[UNCgolf]

There's .8 acres for the undeveloped part of UK (orange below). And another .8 acres if they take over BoH.

View attachment 620369

For comparison:

• MK Carousel - .12 acres
• Peter Pan - .31 acres
• Winnie the Pooh - .44 acres
• Buzz - .55 acres
• Main building of Little Mermaid ride - .55 acres
• Ratatouille - 1.25 acres
• Haunted Mansion - 1.8 acres

I thought it looked like enough space for a carousel but not much else.

 

[Cesar R M]

It's used now for Brexit Reenactors.

I heard they are replacing that attraction with a "Boris' Wild Party" M&G with lunch.

 

[Brer Panther]

Who the heck is Boris?

 

[TikibirdLand]

Who the heck is Boris?

Boris Johnson, the Prime minister of Great Brittan. Or Boris of the famous duo Boris and Natasha. Both will work.

 

[_caleb]

Who the heck is Boris?

Seriously?

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Who the heck is Boris?

A party animal

 

[IveBeenJack]

Pass. I’ve not asked.

But we know how Bob likes to count his pennies.

Pennies... don't you mean Tuppence, prudently, fruitfully, frugally invested in the BANK!