News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[MisterPenguin]

I found the fountain!!

 

[tparris]

For anyone in the park wanting to catch the nighttime lighting package, the first show on SSE each night has been at 5:40 the past few weeks.

 

[HauntedPirate]

This is what the Disney parks blog states about "said" statue..

I’d like to take a rubber hose to whoever wrote that pile of horse dung.

 

[trainplane3]

It's nice. It's fine. It needs a fountain. That's it. Nothing big or crazy, just a nice water feature in the hub to break up the greenery and concrete.

Need to see it at night. It should be absolutely perfect then at least.

 

[Jambo Dad]

Thoughts:

Almost acts like the Oasis at DAK, gives you a chance to breathe and settle into the park

Will feel more alive once CommuniCore opens and the outdoor stage comes into use

Definitely missing a small water feature, feels like one could “easily” be added to middle garden if they really wanted.

Generally an improvement over the concrete wasteland from before

Would mess up the ‘Gina sculpture.

 

[Jambo Dad]

I think it’s just missing movement, whether from a fountain or some sort of whirllygig. It’s the same issue as galaxy’s edge, there’s no kinetics

Or Star Wars land…

 

[Jambo Dad]

So build a better one.

Too much maintenance for todays Disney!

 

[aladdin2007]

Too much maintenance for todays Disney!

yep!!!! sad

 

[FutureCEO]

I would - listen to the bgm, watch the SSE shows at night, meet characters, sit with Walt, look at nature. In fact, if I had to choose one pavilion/neighborhood in Epcot to spend an entire day in, I'd choose World Celebration.

I'm going to call it Future World just like I still call it MGM. Just rolls off the tongue better.

 

[JustInTime]

Honestly, this all looks great to me.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Where else can you synchronize color-changing LED’s than at Disney World?!?!

Oh…

Great America

Great America

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(Not that people haven't been doing it for years anyway...)

 

[MisterPenguin]

Symbolic difference between the old Epcot in this picture to what we've now seen in the hub. A big difference in how to do open space and Landscaping.

 

[WowFactor]

I agree that a fountain would make a huge difference. But one of these would also help with the kinetics.

 

[James Alucobond]

Anyone know what the large differences between the original EPCOT redo garden designs and this were?

How far back do you mean? This was the site plan when the Festival Center was still a thing:

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I agree that a fountain would make a huge difference. But one of these would also help with the kinetics.

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be cool if they had something like that which was evocative of the Tower of the Four Winds Rolly Crump did for the World Fair (as EPCOT sort of is like a permanent worlds fair) ... obviously that has a Small World style to it's look so not the exact same thing, but something that drew inspiration from it

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Epcot probably has more water for guests to see than all of the other parks combined...FoN was impressive in the 1980s and 1990s but had become rather dated.

I want to see a walkthrough tonight, especially during a SSE light show.

You know what is timeless and will never become dated? A planter.

Well played, WDI, well played.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I listened to the full new hour loop. It’s really cool that it integrates the instrumental stylings of each of the Epcot pavilions so you’ll have segments that are evocative of the Land or the Seas or Mission Space or Test Track or a World Showcase nation. It’s really well done. I dig it. We now have an entrance loop that integrates WS nations other than just The American Adventure to really tie the park together beautifully.

 

[Haymarket2008]

I listened to the full new hour loop. It’s really cool that it integrates the instrumental stylings of each of the Epcot pavilions so you’ll have segments that are evocative of the Land or the Seas or Mission Space or Test Track or a World Showcase nation. It’s really well done. I dig it.

I listened to it too and I don’t really get that at all…

I’m thrilled that they went the extra mile and gave us an original score as opposed to Disney songs that sound futuristic, but there isn’t a single note of any Epcot song except for the new Anthem? Major missed opportunity.

It all feels the same except for the blatant international interludes here and there.

 

[networkpro]

It's nice. It's fine. It needs a fountain. That's it. Nothing big or crazy, just a nice water feature in the hub to break up the greenery and concrete.

Need to see it at night. It should be absolutely perfect then at least.

Highlighted yellow to match Walt squats

 

[ToTBellHop]

I listened to it too and I don’t really get that at all…

I’m thrilled that they went the extra mile and gave us an original score as opposed to Disney songs that sound futuristic, but there isn’t a single note of any Epcot song except for the new Anthem? Major missed opportunity.

It all feels the same except for the blatant international interludes here and there.

You can integrate musical stylings without integrating melodies. You can’t hear portions that make you think of China or Mexico or The Seas? I easily can. It’s the same strategy used in the Soarin Around the World score.