EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Figments Friend]

Electric Umbrella had this thing called ‘ambiance’.
Neon ‘ambiance.’

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[lazyboy97o]

Nostalgia for an ugly mezzanine being poorly crammed into a space is a hot take.

 

[WorldExplorer]

I have no nostalgia for the old area. I only went to Epcot like two or three times in my childhood and I have no strong memories of the center or any emotional attachment to it. If I even went in Electric Umbrella I don't remember doing so.

Not every preference for something old is nostalgia.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Whenever people post pictures of the old place in defense of the new one I can never see what part of it is supposed to be worse than what we got.

Even Electric Umbrella (awesome name by the way) looks more pleasant than the hospital cafeteria they installed.

If you like a dated bowling alley serving frozen burgers better than an open space with floor to ceiling windows, hand painted mural, and 100x better food options than different strokes i guess.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Electric Umbrella had this thing called ‘ambiance’.
Neon ‘ambiance.’

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I can respect that, i love neon. Tomorrowland and Hollywood/ sunset blvd at night are my fav places at WDW! I just never saw it as timeless looking like those, it was supposed to be futuristic but by 90s standards.

 

[Nickm2022]

I think personally the finished product of the overhaul is still better than the purple esiner 90s vibe. but think it's a far cry then what we are promised. However am hopeful they make the area WAY better in the future. As I think we all agree the biggest issues are no fountain, and Comminicore hall interior.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think personally the finished product of the overhaul is still better than the purple esiner 90s vibe. but think it's a far cry then what we are promised. However am hopeful they make the area WAY better in the future. As I think we all agree the biggest issues are no fountain, and Comminicore hall interior.

The interior of CommuniCore Hall is at least air conditioned. That wasn’t going to be most people’s experience of the Festival Center.

 

[HauntedPirate]

If you like a dated bowling alley serving frozen burgers better than an open space with floor to ceiling windows, hand painted mural, and 100x better food options than different strokes i guess.

Weird. I could have sworn that EU had large windows, plenty of seating, and a rotating menu that had more options than the stale menu now at the hospital cafeteria. But a random mural and 8 menu items definitely makes the place light years better…

 

[WorldExplorer]

If you like a dated bowling alley serving frozen burgers better than an open space with floor to ceiling windows, hand painted mural, and 100x better food options than different strokes i guess.

Yes, I find modern design boring as all get out and the generic mural doesn't help. If anything I just pity them for handpainting something so unbelievably boring. What a waste of effort.

And I also don't get the obsession with floor to ceiling windows. Of the many, many hours I have spent camping out in almost every other quick service on property, with their regular windows, at no point have I ever found myself going "OH MY GOD WHERE'S THE SUN THE SUN IS GONE I CAN'T SEE IT!".

 

[artvandelay]

Electric Umbrella had this thing called ‘ambiance’.
Neon ‘ambiance.’

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And carpeted walls!

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Yes, I find modern design boring as all get out and the generic mural doesn't help. If anything I just pity them for handpainting something so unbelievably boring. What a waste of effort.

And I also don't get the obsession with floor to ceiling windows. Of the many, many hours I have spent camping out in almost every other quick service on property, with their regular windows, at no point have I ever found myself going "OH MY GOD WHERE'S THE SUN THE SUN IS GONE I CAN'T SEE IT!".

Hahaha! The windows seeing out into the park is what’s cool for me, you can people watch, and see the monorail go by.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Weird. I could have sworn that EU had large windows, plenty of seating, and a rotating menu that had more options than the stale menu now at the hospital cafeteria. But a random mural and 8 menu items definitely makes the place light years better…

Yeah the frozen burgers, random salad, and nuggets were really unique. General tso salad, fresh grilled burgers that don’t taste like generic pucks like most of disney burgers with mushrooms, grueyre, and caramelized onions, home made desserts like Baumkuchen and waffles? Nothing on glorified Mcdonald’s!

 

[lazyboy97o]

Yes, I find modern design boring as all get out and the generic mural doesn't help. If anything I just pity them for handpainting something so unbelievably boring. What a waste of effort.

And I also don't get the obsession with floor to ceiling windows. Of the many, many hours I have spent camping out in almost every other quick service on property, with their regular windows, at no point have I ever found myself going "OH MY GOD WHERE'S THE SUN THE SUN IS GONE I CAN'T SEE IT!".

This is kind of like asking why it matters that the China Pavilion has swoop-y roofs and complaining that it looks too Chinese. Future World was always more contemporary with the CommuniCore being more Modern than the individual pavilions themselves. The entire complex, from dining to shopping to the exhibit spaces, all embraced natural light and visual openness between the interior and exterior.