News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Epcot82Guy]

Imagine if the fountain were also programmed to interact with the Spaceship Earth light shows adding another element... instead of the ground that will be blocked by people standing in the area.....
And the thing is, it didn't need to be a gigantic show fountain... Just a nice appropriately sized fountain with programmable lighting.....and it would add some kinetics to the center...

That was similar to my thought. Have various things around the area that interact with the lighting and SSE show. That could prevent the bottlenecks. It obviously only truly works at night. Though, during the day, it could simply have some nice dynamic effects.

 

[Horizonsfan]

IMO, adding a bunch of pond fountains with lights to the ponds on either side of the WS bridge would be a decent olive branch for the loss of FoN. Obviously a far cry from what was removed, but would be a relatively low cost enhancement. They’d also help mitigate the algae blooms that seem to be occurring more frequently.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The original concept art had that center landscaping hosting whatever giant decorations of whatever festival is in progress.

Food and Wine Installation...

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Festival of the Holidays Installation...

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Festival of the Arts...

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Flower and Garden??...

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[Casper Gutman]

Snatched from twitter, so I lay no claim to the photo. But planting is done in the centre planter.

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It looks really… visually busy. Also kinda looks like a crowd flow nightmare.

 

[Virtual Toad]

It looks really… visually busy. Also kinda looks like a crowd flow nightmare.

Agreed, though the long telephoto picture does compress the depth. But the crowd flow concerns are definitely valid.

On the whole, it seems more like a capitulation than a cohesive concept. Not sure what the message is supposed to be, other than "trees are good." Which is fine (I happen to love trees), but I can see literally the same thing in almost any modern urban core or suburban park.

Which is why I call it capitulation. Instead of wowing us, knocking our socks off, exciting us about the endless possibilities for the future and/or the joy of discovery (or whatever the theme is now supposed to be), we get... trees. Safe, value-engineered (despite the cost) and relatively easy to maintain. Almost a "set it and forget it" mentality. Or a simple in-fill, returning the space to nature, because they couldn't come up with anything better.

Is it nice? Sure. Is it worthy of its location in Epcot? For me, that remains an open question.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Agreed, though the long telephoto picture does compress the depth. But the crowd flow concerns are definitely valid.

On the whole, it seems more like a capitulation than a cohesive concept. Not sure what the message is supposed to be, other than "trees are good." Which is fine (I happen to love trees), but I can see literally the same thing in almost any modern urban core or suburban park.

Which is why I call it capitulation. Instead of wowing us, knocking our socks off, exciting us about the endless possibilities for the future and/or the joy of discovery (or whatever the theme is now supposed to be), we get... trees. Safe, value-engineered (despite the cost) and relatively easy to maintain. Almost a "set it and forget it" mentality. Or a simple in-fill, returning the space to nature, because they couldn't come up with anything better.

Is it nice? Sure. Is it worthy of its location in Epcot? For me, that remains an open question.

But... color-changing LED's!!! That can be bought off-the-shelf and programmed just like they did at Epcot. Such an imaginative, timeless and creative thing they did...

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

That center planter should really be a fountain, imo.

I remember when they first announced this and they were going to build a smaller fountain and put back the water from the fountain of nataions. Glad to see that didn’t make the final cut

 

[vikescaper]

I remember when they first announced this and they were going to build a smaller fountain and put back the water from the fountain of nataions. Glad to see that didn’t make the final cut

I wonder what they did with that water?

 

[tparris]

I wonder what they did with that water?

Drank it

 

[IMDREW]

Will the new area music and Epcot suite also debut dec 5th? Is that even still a thing?

 

[tparris]

Will the new area music and Epcot suite also debut dec 5th? Is that even still a thing?

I was thinking about that too

 

[Disstevefan1]

I wonder what they did with that water?

See Water Memory Theory

 

[MisterPenguin]

See Water Memory Theory

Frozen II is based on that myth.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Frozen II is based on that myth.

Oh boy, I never watched Frozen II! Now I have a reason!

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[Haymarket2008]

Fantastic. The entry plaza has been a lovely place to congregate and watch the light shows on Spaceship Earth. To have that experience but on a bigger scale o the center of the park is going to be gorgeous.

 

[Thelazer]

Makes sense to do for sure.

 

[DCBaker]

The exterior of the Project Tomorrow building facing World Celebration Gardens is getting a fresh coat of paint today.

 

[tparris]

The exterior of the Project Tomorrow building facing World Celebration Gardens is getting a fresh coat of paint today.

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Much needed.

 

[vikescaper]

I hope they do something the paneling on the sides of Project Tomorrow. The panels look awful!