News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Disstevefan1]

Good to see whatever they were trying to do is wrapping up. In my opinion, its not how I would have spent the money, but then again, I would not have spent the hundreds of millions of dollars they do in their movie business either.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

The reimagining, my apologies.

Don't DO that to me!

 

[Rose&Crown]

Am I the only one who thought the thing in the middle would’ve been a fountain and not just plants?

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Am I the only one who thought the thing in the middle would’ve been a fountain and not just plants?

Nope! There definitely ought to be a fountain.

 

[Bocabear]

Am I the only one who thought the thing in the middle would’ve been a fountain and not just plants?

EVERYONE thinks that! It is a completely natural place for one... the promotional display planter was a bad choice in my opinion...And what an unfortunate angle that resembles something....

Didn't someone say the outer ring was going to be a water feature? Maybe they are just standing the plants in there for staging until it goes active?

 

[DCBaker]

Here's a look at the design in the pavement near the bridge to World Showcase.

 

[retr0gate]

Really loving how they balanced out the trees here to maintain the original composition. It's subtle, but it goes to show that symmetry in a design like this can be maintained while also having more nuance than just two buildings directly mirroring eachother.

 

[Ayla]

And still, nowhere to sit, other than by Starbucks and the ugly behemoth bench Walt is squatting on.

 

[tparris]

And still, nowhere to sit, other than by Starbucks and the ugly behemoth bench Walt is squatting on.

What are you talking about?? We must not be looking at the same pictures because I’ve seen at least a dozen different areas to sit, there are benches and tables in almost every corner.

 

[wdwmagic]

EVERYONE thinks that! It is a completely natural place for one... the promotional display planter was a bad choice in my opinion...And what an unfortunate angle that resembles something....
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Didn't someone say the outer ring was going to be a water feature? Maybe they are just standing the plants in there for staging until it goes active?

No water feature planned as far as I know.

 

[monothingie]

Here's a look at the design in the pavement near the bridge to World Showcase.

If it's not Instagramaneer Zach The Ridley blabbering on about floor tiles, I'm not interested!

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

No water feature planned as far as I know.

Wow, that's bonkers.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

What are you talking about?? We must not be looking at the same pictures because I’ve seen at least a dozen different areas to sit, there are benches and tables in almost every corner.

Honestly, that's all I see. Haha.
Benches and places to sit are great but why am I sitting there?
Benches are popular along parade routes...near eateries...near attractions...near something to relax and look at.

I don't understand why I'm stopping at any of these sitting places.

Trying to hold judgement until I see it complete and in person but it's difficult when we've been waiting this long.

 

[Bocabear]

No water feature planned as far as I know.

Sad to hear...I had a little hope that more was planned... It is another design miss. The plaza really needs the sound of water. I remember The Magic Kingdom back in the early 70s...there were fountains everywhere it seemed...Most have now been turned into planters or just turned off... The kinetic play of water add way more than the sum of it's parts to the atmosphere...

 

[_caleb]

Honestly, that's all I see. Haha.
Benches and places to sit are great but why am I sitting there?
Benches are popular along parade routes...near eateries...near attractions...near something to relax and look at.

I don't understand why I'm stopping at any of these sitting places.

Trying to hold judgement until I see it complete and in person but it's difficult when we've been waiting this long.

You remember what was there before, right?

 

[Andrew C]

The plaza really needs the sound of water.

Just sit as close to journey of water as possible....or near the restrooms...

 

[DCBaker]

Any word on a new music loop yet?

Brooke confirms the new background music by Pinar Toprak will debut tomorrow.

 

[Incomudro]

EVERYONE thinks that! It is a completely natural place for one... the promotional display planter was a bad choice in my opinion...And what an unfortunate angle that resembles something....
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The lack of this being a water feature is the only negative I have about the entire re-do.
Otherwise, I really like it all.
It got rid of the cold, dystopian look that Epcot had become - and brought us nature, shade, places to sit...
All things so many people lamented had been lost in Epcot.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

You remember what was there before, right?

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Yes...I also remember what was there before that.

At least with this, the Fountain would put on a show that would be a reason to stop and sit for a bit.

 

[fgmnt]

Sad to hear...I had a little hope that more was planned... It is another design miss. The plaza really needs the sound of water. I remember The Magic Kingdom back in the early 70s...there were fountains everywhere it seemed...Most have now been turned into planters or just turned off... The kinetic play of water add way more than the sum of it's parts to the atmosphere...

This is an under-remarked feature of water... features. They can create a persistent amount of white noise that can suck up a lot of errant and overstimulating sounds that also are in the environment.