News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[stuart]

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That's pretty sad and disappointing to see. I saw a video fairly recently and they were operational. We go in July, and was looking forward to spending a bit of time there over two weeks for some pics of it all lit up at night

 

[Moth]

I wonder if LwtL's Christmas decorations, which totally was a huge draw with queues at night hitting an hour, was a sign that if they spruced it up a bit more outside of Christmas, it would help with capacity, since it often only has a 5 minute queue.

It's about time Disney invests on the best ride on property.

 

[McMickeyWorld]

That's nice

 

[J4546]

looks cool imo, cant wait to see it in person

 

[pigglewiggle]

That's really sad that the center ground lights aren't working. I have to imagine they are working on it? Maybe when everything opens, they will be fixed.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

They have no problem with these lights in innoventions yet it's hard for them to make the new one's work..

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Doesn't it seem like portions of Communicore Hall's lighting are ALREADY not functioning? It really looks like there are some panels not lighting when they are supposed to.

 

[pigglewiggle]

Doesn't it seem like portions of Communicore Hall's lighting are ALREADY not functioning? It really looks like there are some panels not lighting when they are supposed to.

They are testing it. I would expect things like that during testing.

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

That's nice

Amazing.

A while ago in this thread people were mentioning not having the fountain anymore loses kinetic energy in the area.
Is it just me, or doesn't the lighting package all around with the always changing/moving lights (to the music) add so much kinetic energy to the area?

Of course, a fountain with a lighting package in it as well would be very nice, but I don't feel like what we have here now with the lights can't still do the trick.

I can't wait for this whole area to be open.

 

[kevlightyear]

It does look cool. I just hope with all the color changing and flashing going on it doesn't look to Vegas-like. Like SSE, I think turning the brightness down 25-50% would do wonders.

 

[ChrisFL]

Amazing.

A while ago in this thread people were mentioning not having the fountain anymore loses kinetic energy in the area.
Is it just me, or doesn't the lighting package all around with the always changing/moving lights (to the music) add so much kinetic energy to the area?

Yes.....at night

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

Yes.....at night

You are right lol

 

[Bocabear]

Actually in the video the central planter looked awfully dark and non kinetic... Flashing lights can do something, but the sound of water, the visual is not the same as video walls and flashing color-changing lights....
a central core fountain would have brought something wonderful to the heart of World whatever-its-called....Maybe at some point in the future.....

 

[Incomudro]

Actually in the video the central planter looked awfully dark and non kinetic... Flashing lights can do something, but the sound of water, the visual is not the same as video walls and flashing color-changing lights....
a central core fountain would have brought something wonderful to the heart of World whatever-its-called....Maybe at some point in the future.....

Maybe when they break up the ground to fix the broken floor lights they can run some plumbing?

 

[James Alucobond]

Maybe when they break up the ground to fix the broken floor lights they can run some plumbing?

I assume some is already in place for sprinklers within the planters, but whether or not what's there could support a fountain is another issue entirely. Also, I doubt they have to break up ground to fix the floor lights.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Amazing.

A while ago in this thread people were mentioning not having the fountain anymore loses kinetic energy in the area.
Is it just me, or doesn't the lighting package all around with the always changing/moving lights (to the music) add so much kinetic energy to the area?

Of course, a fountain with a lighting package in it as well would be very nice, but I don't feel like what we have here now with the lights can't still do the trick.

I can't wait for this whole area to be open.

Did TWDC buy a LED lighting company?

The interns in charge of the lighting design in all parks in WDW LOVE to use A LOT of different color lights.

As the interns say, "Fountains are so 1982...."

 

[Disstevefan1]

They are testing it. I would expect things like that during testing.

I hope part of the testing includes power washing

 

[radiorae]

That's really sad that the center ground lights aren't working. I have to imagine they are working on it? Maybe when everything opens, they will be fixed.

I’m sure they are! They likely turned them all off until they can get them working again together instead of having random ones out. I’d guess they’d want it back up and running by the time Communicore Hall opens, but only time will tell!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Doesn't it seem like portions of Communicore Hall's lighting are ALREADY not functioning? It really looks like there are some panels not lighting when they are supposed to.

The only panels that light are the ones that are flat (they don't pop outward into two new triangles) and the ones with a border.

Flat panels with no border aren't LEDs (it seems) and the ones that pop out don't light up, tho, they seem they do when they reflect the panels that do light up.

 

[HauntedPirate]

LED lighting does not provide “kinetic energy”. IMHO.