EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[DCBaker]

Apologize if this has already been answered - why is Walt not centered?

As I watch the videos, nearly everybody (as human behavior would obviously dictate) sit on both sides of him and the picture is not centered in the space.

From Scott Mallwitz (Executive Creative Director at WDI) via the Orlando Sentinel.

“The trick was to create a very new place that sets the park in a new direction, but yet is respectful and works back into the original architecture,” Mallwitz said.

Epcot is symmetrical by design, he said, and the placement of the new statue — detailed down to the knuckles and seams in the socks — was very intentional.

“We had to embrace the symmetry by placing him off-center. He’s a little more casual,” Mallwitz said. “And it’s a very purposeful place. Because now you can gather with him and kind of share that vision and share that beautiful spectacle all the way down to the America pavilion.”

Epcot welcomes new Walt Disney statue, theme park views

Epcot’s “Walt the Dreamer” statue gives new views at Disney World.

www.orlandosentinel.com

 

[mattpeto]

From Scott Mallwitz (Executive Creative Director at WDI) via the Orlando Sentinel.

Epcot welcomes new Walt Disney statue, theme park views

Epcot’s “Walt the Dreamer” statue gives new views at Disney World.

www.orlandosentinel.com

It’s an artistic decision.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[JustInTime]

I love this! It looks awesome!

But guess what...it would look EVEN BETTER with a fountain!

There’s large one right in the middle of the lagoon every night.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

It’s an artistic decision.

Uh….that’s one way to put it.

Everybody will have a wildly off-center picture, because - reasons.

 

[BagOfGroceries]

Anyway, with everything being at minimum a single (except for harmonious, that was a strikeout), let’s see if Luminous is a home run.

 

[JD80]

Uh….that’s one way to put it.

Everybody will have a wildly off-center picture, because - reasons.

Is there any other way to put it? It's all opinion.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

There’s large one right in the middle of the lagoon every night.

Plus Journey of water and imagination not far away

 

[Disney Analyst]

Uh….that’s one way to put it.

Everybody will have a wildly off-center picture, because - reasons.

Rule of thirds.

 

[mattpeto]

Is there any other way to put it? It's all opinion.

@Epcot81Fan needs a hug. But it’s gotta be from 1981 or it doesn’t count.

Honestly this is not them going lazy like the center barge from Harmonious that wasn’t properly centered, this is a decision to make it more casual.

 

[gorillaball]

Uh….that’s one way to put it.

Everybody will have a wildly off-center picture, because - reasons.

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How dumb would that pic right there look if he was sitting in the absolute middle? Pretty dumb if you ask me. You might disagree. Different opinions, different artistic decisions.

 

[mattpeto]

How dumb would that pic right there look if he was sitting in the absolute middle? Pretty dumb if you ask me. You might disagree. Different opinions, different artistic decisions.

It’s not an altar.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

It’s not an altar.

You’re right, it’s an off-center toilet.

 

[mattpeto]

You’re right, it’s an off-center toilet.

I actually think the pyramid thing the statue resided on at D23 looked like a toilet. This actually works for me.

 

[arich35]

It is going to be so weird not seeing the walls there but when are ALL the walls going to be gone?

I kind of wish there was some kind of interactive option in this updated area

 

[Incomudro]

This will never not be relevant for Disney fans: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnpleasableFanbase

Agreed! This is one of the best things they've done at Epcot in the last decade. What was once one of the most embarrassing and pathetic parks in Orlando looks to have new life breathed into it again!! I'm eagerly awaiting to see Luminous this evening (via videos) to see if Epcot will become the park I spend my evenings in on my visits.

Lights in floor by Walt.
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I’m not sure what my expectations were, but my expectations have been far, far surpassed. Incredibly well done. Feels like a whole new space

I wasn't so thrilled about Mouse Gear - which I was really fond of - becoming Creations.
But now that I see how Creations works with this re-do, and how much Mouse Gear wouldn't have I really like it and get it.
Wait 'till the buildings on the other side open up and the whole thing comes together!

 

[Incomudro]

I actually think the pyramid thing the statue resided on at D23 looked like a toilet. This actually works for me.

Yeah, I think the bench is better too.
It works better to have Walt look like he's taking in the park, rather than have a monument statue of him on a pedestal.

 

[Incomudro]

Apologize if this has already been answered - why is Walt not centered?

As I watch the videos, nearly everybody (as human behavior would obviously dictate) sit on both sides of him and the picture is not centered in the space.


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I'd say he's not centered because it looks more natural this way.

 

[J4546]

i really love the lighting on the ground, the bands of color around the central planter and smaller twinkling lights on the pathway near creations look amazing, more of that in all the parks please.

 

[Incomudro]

Uh….that’s one way to put it.

Everybody will have a wildly off-center picture, because - reasons.

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In photography, pictures shouldn't always be centered.
But if that's your thing, sitting on the bench for a photo to Walt's left (the images right) would very nearly center a person on the bench.