EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[HauntedMansionFLA]

No, more Star Wars!!

Or more Frozen!!!!

 

[disney1023]

Does anyone else think the center circle looks like it's holding two kidneys and a bladder?

Could be a hidden mickey!

 

[gsansone]

So you will pass through the turnstiles, meander through the "Leave A Legacy" cemetary wasteland, pass under Spaceship Earth and find yourself in anoother gigantic plaza wasteland with trees and a half mile walk of nothingness to get to the nearest pavilion? Honestly I don't get removing the Communicore structures....there has to be something when you enter the park instead of a giant open park area...there is planty of that on either side of the communicore buildings, the entire center of future world does not need to be more of nothingness...

All of that nothingness will represent the collective creative output of the Imagineers. It represents nothing. Which is what's going on in their minds.

 

[trainplane3]

All of that nothingness will represent the collective creative output of the Imagineers. It represents nothing. Which is what's going on in their minds.

Luckily we have a imagination pavilion. That'll be sure to give them some new ide-

Oh.

Oh no.

Nevermind.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Luckily we have a imagination pavilion. That'll be sure to give them some new ide-

Oh.

Oh no.

Nevermind.

Hey now. I'm against the most current incarnation of the Imagination Pavilion just as much as you...but I can never hate on Eric Idle.

 

[trainplane3]

Hey now. I'm against the most current incarnation of the Imagination Pavilion just as much as you...but I can never hate on Eric Idle.

Oh I don't hate Eric Idle at all. It's sad that a good actor can be wasted on a hack job of a overhaul. This was more a stab at how bad the attraction currently is. It lacks everything creative and imaginative and makes a good character look like a jerk and the other like a moron.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Oh I don't hate Eric Idle at all. It's sad that a good actor can be waste on a hack job of a overhaul. This was more a stab at how bad the attraction currently is. It lacks everything creative and imaginative and makes a good character look like a jerk and the other like a moron.

Agreed. It is such a waste of his talents.

 

[JenniferS]

All of that nothingness will represent the collective creative output of the Imagineers. It represents nothing. Which is what's going on in their minds.

We only know what gets approved and built - after possibly having its budget sliced and diced multiple times.

It is hardly fair to impugn the creativity of the Imagineers, when we have no idea what they are imagineering on a daily basis.

They dream up all kinds of stuff that never gets approved, never gets budgeted, and never sees the light of day.

 

[CanadianGordon]

I go away for a month and come back to... the same old stuff. Sigh. Some things never change I suppose.
What year would be good to plan a vacation again with all the new things?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

If people can’t walk a few hundred yards they shouldn’t be outside.

But anyway, Communicore had logical pathways that reduced the amount of walking that was needed from any point to any point. Innoventions messed these up big time (and the first version of Innoventions was even worse)

Here’s the pathway that was removed in 1994; top left of the diagram coming out of Communicore West:

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And for comparison the internal traffic flow (minus the Centorium rotunda)

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So beautiful it hurts.

Are you for or against the direct pathways from FW east and west to WS?

 

[HMF]

We only know what gets approved and built - after possibly having its budget sliced and diced multiple times.

It is hardly fair to impugn the creativity of the Imagineers, when we have no idea what they are imagineering on a daily basis.

They dream up all kinds of stuff that never gets approved, never gets budgeted, and never sees the light of day.

Never mind the fact that they don't make the ultimate decisions especially with the IP mandate from Iger.

 

[Figment Newton]

Luckily we have a imagination pavilion. That'll be sure to give them some new ide-

Oh.

Oh no.

Nevermind.

It could just be me, but Figment in this image could be updated a bit graphically. It appears to be - and probably is - an early CGI drawing and could be improved massively just with using current tech/CGI or even a 2-D version. To me it just makes it look dated.

And of course, this is major nitpicking considering we really need an improved Figment ride. Oh well, at least it's not 'Your Imagination.'

 

[trainplane3]

It could just be me, but Figment in this image could be updated a bit graphically. It appears to be - and probably is - an early CGI drawing and could be improved massively just with using current tech/CGI or even a 2-D version. To me it just makes it look dated.

And of course, this is major nitpicking considering we really need an improved Figment ride. Oh well, at least it's not 'Your Imagination.'

It's always looked dated. When the ride reopened, I noticed how bad it looked then. It wasn't even up to Toy Story 1 quality. The lighting is poor on the model in several scenes and that causes a lack of depth, so it just looks fake by not blending in with it's environment. The worse offender is in the sight lab by far, thanks to it's janky animations. But I have to remind myself that V3 was tossed together with a emergency budget and a rapid timeline. And somehow, it's outliving V1...

 

[Haymarket2008]

@marni1971 What Future World pavilion should we have our eyes on next following Energy’s closure? Obviously and unfortunately not Imagination.

 

[marni1971]

Are you for or against the direct pathways from FW east and west to WS?

They were needed when they were added; especially east for Horizons and Odyssey. If they’re the ones we’re talking about? West is ruined by F&W; what was a peaceful park-like setting becomes a Sunday market.

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 What Future World pavilion should we have our eyes on next following Energy’s closure? Obviously and unfortunately not Imagination.

Land and Seas are due refreshes.

 

[P_Radden]

They were needed when they were added; especially east for Horizons and Odyssey. If they’re the ones we’re talking about? West is ruined by F&W; what was a peaceful park-like setting becomes a Sunday market.

I would really appreciate a ramp from the Imagination fountains area down to the WS connector. It would save time from having to walk back down to the front of Imagination, then around the pond to the WS connector:

 

[smile]

I would really appreciate a ramp from the Imagination fountains area down to the WS connector. It would save time from having to walk back down to the front of Imagination, then around the pond to the WS connector:

even in it's current state, shots like that remind me............. *sigh*

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It could just be me, but Figment in this image could be updated a bit graphically. It appears to be - and probably is - an early CGI drawing and could be improved massively just with using current tech/CGI or even a 2-D version. To me it just makes it look dated.

And of course, this is major nitpicking considering we really need an improved Figment ride. Oh well, at least it's not 'Your Imagination.'

Couldn't Eric Idle just turn to Figment and straight out say...

 

[marni1971]

I would really appreciate a ramp from the Imagination fountains area down to the WS connector. It would save time from having to walk back down to the front of Imagination, then around the pond to the WS connector:

It’d mess up the aesthetic even more. It’s not that far to walk.