News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[sedati]

They need to shave every unnecessary inch off of Earth Station.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I can see your flipper in that pic.

Another unsolicited flip pic from the penguin. Ugh.

 

[James Alucobond]

Anybody see what happened to the inventors circle (used to be at Innoventions east breezeway in front of the land)?

It's now one of three circles filled with pavers oriented at various angles along the path to The Land.

 

[monothingie]

Another unsolicited flip pic from the penguin. Ugh.

@MisterPenguin don't stop on the count of @ToTBellHop.

 

[MisterPenguin]

@MisterPenguin don't stop on the count of @ToTBellHop.

I'm not going to let that two bit concierge stop me!!

I just finished at Bier Garten.heading out to catch the pretty lights.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Remember how I said there was a ton of managers around the new hub? Well, they're everywhere! Everywhere I look all over the park there's someone witha lanyard or big old name tag. With several hundred people with the garbage pickup stick this is going to be the cleanest Epcot will ever be.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'm not going to let that two bit concierge stop me!!

I just finished at Bier Garten.heading out to catch the pretty lights.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Side note: do they no longer play Christmas music at the entrance?

 

[Disney Analyst]

The fact an area was updated, improved (if you agree it has been), which didn't require adding any sort of means of getting money from guests, is astounding.

Sure, carts could be added... but right now, they updated a huge area of Epcot, without requiring a revenue stream to come in from it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Side note: do they no longer play Christmas music at the entrance?

Isn't the entrance cycling through several sets of music? And we saw yesterday the pictures of the red and white candy canes I wonder if that was a Christmas set?

 

[HauntedPirate]

I'm not going to let that two bit concierge stop me!!

I just finished at Bier Garten.heading out to catch the pretty lights.

You were at Biergarten? Don't fall into WSL.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

You were at Biergarten? Don't fall into WSL.

Why not? He's a penguin! Nothing to worry about!

 

[Nunu]

@MisterPenguin :

Reporting *Live* from Epcot!

 

[monothingie]

I'm not going to let that two bit concierge stop me!!

I just finished at Bier Garten.heading out to catch the pretty lights.

 

[monothingie]

@MisterPenguin :
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Reporting *Live* from Epcot!

Apparently I'm going to miss the flightless bird by 4 days. But I know someone else who will be there when I am....

 

[OSUPhantom]

Listening to a recording of the new entrance music and my goodness is it wonderful. Grand, epic, inquisitive, mysterious, international. I am going to look forward just sitting and enjoying it with a beer. Did Pinar Toprak do this full loop as well as the main anthem? Because if so it makes me very hopeful for Luminous.

 

[Beacon Joe]

It looks pretty, but EPCOT's been a total mess for five years... for this?

 

[MisterPenguin]

CMs are wheeling in serious pro video apparatus towards the lagoon.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You were at Biergarten? Don't fall into WSL.

Wait, don't All Creatures walk that way?

 

[flynnibus]

So watching tour videos...

Pros
- It looks like a really nice park!
- Seating! Tons of seating!
- Really impressive mix of trees and not just ground stuff
- some built in seating
- can't believe they have those low chairs, etc
Cons
- It looks like it can be a little difficult to navigate get your bearings. I fear, especially at night, people will get confused on which path/turn to take, etc
- all this seating/lounge area - where are these people going to be coming from that this area is convenient to sit down for their meal, etc?
- upkeep of these tables/chairs is going to be a labor issue
- its still just a big park
- worried what traffic patterns will be like - are we going to need parade crowd control just to keep people on track?

I feel like if this wasn't in the center of a high priced theme park it would be great. Like.. yes.. please Disney come design my gardens outside my business and cafe. But in the center of Futureworld I'm still pretty skeptical. It feels like world showcast is where people are more tired and need a break rather than FW. I am even more skeptical of all this seating and tables staying as it is now.. and then what do we get? The new communicore buildings better deliver something amazing because if all we get out of this EPCOT redo is basically a nice zen garden and seating area for when the weather is nice... I feel like a decade has been lost.