KBLovedDisney
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News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?
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trainplane3
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Uh...on topic with the comments on open spaces and dreary buildings...weren't people complaining about the vast open space with no shade? Does anyone realize it's not going to get any better? You'll have some pretty trees and a giant table to sit under both of which will have lower capacity then the CC buildings to duck into during a storm.
Unplugged
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Oh sure, traffic was a nightmare, but some of what they presented was interesting. Short lifespan on museum-like technology presentations makes that a costly venture as well and not practical, even for Disney. Glad to see it go, though it was enjoyable (on low traffic days).
Unplugged
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True. It's a trade off. The space between the buildings were not helped by the tarps, the heat got trapped and was dependant on the breeze direction, and nothing but concrete was aweful. Trees & planted areas, if done right (
) would be welcome and incrementally better. As for storms, well, there is that to deal with.
lazyboy97o
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You don’t think beer, but upstairs, is neat?
HauntedMansionFLA
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Yes!!!! The finished product will breath new life in this theme park. They keep ++++ing it with all of these amazing announcements. You can feel the positive energy walking through the park. Can’t wait for you to feel the Magic!!
HauntedMansionFLA
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To bad they couldn’t build what Walt wanted and ended up with a theme park.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Yes. I am. I’m not one of the negative, old people saying “ I remember when it was such and such “
Life is to short
SoFloMagic
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Just turn inventions into Golden Oak condos... Boom, EPCOT. expensive pretentious condos of tomorrow.
Horizons1
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People falling from upstairs after drinking too much beer would be.
...it's a yungle
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Golden Oaks idea is probably too near the hoi polloi for approval
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Mike S
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Almost had that happen right in front of me on the upper level of an arena during a Rush concert. A true hero grabbed the drunk guys shirt to prevent him from falling over onto the people below. Saved his life and I’m sure others that had no idea what could’ve happened to them.
SplashJacket
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Not the same but was at an Atlanta Brave's Baseball game where a plastered man thought it was a good idea to urinate off the upper deck. A true hero in blue had him in cuffs shortly after.
Coming to an EPCOT Center near you!
Horizons1
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“It’ll be more Disney”
Thank god they didn’t build what Walt wanted.
To think otherwise shows a huge lack of understanding of E.P.C.O.T.
But it’s okay. Some get it, some don’t.
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That’s why there was a plan to fully refurbish and repurpose the buildings. You would still have gotten your new trees and breezeway roof removal. Instead we get a huge waste of money that could’ve been spent better elsewhere in the park, all for someone’s revolving door CV.
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...it's a yungle
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Who chose the plan underway, and earns both the criticisms and complements of members in this thread for doing so?
halltd
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Uh.....what's wrong with Walt's original vision of the Florida project? I thought it was an amazing idea. If it had been built, I think a lot of the cities in the US at least would be dramatically different than today's same old same old.
By now it would have been so hopelessly dated. Not the apartment interiors but the public realm, the services, the amenities, the built environment. The things that are hard and costly to alter.
The premise and idea was sound. But the execution would have to be carefully timeless in appearance and design.