News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Some things we will NEVER see again -
Horizons
Osborne Lights
Illuminations
Fountain of Nations
Lights of winter.
Cinderella Castle’s Dream Lights.

Ahh, the good old days.....

Downtown Disney being open until 2am...
Characters water-skiing in Seven Seas Lagoon
Disney's Magical Express
Wishes and Holiday Verisons
Backlot Tour & Catastrophy Canyon
A very quiet Streets of America after 7pm
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire PLAY IT
Innoventions and the best dang loop ever played!!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Neither was ol' Future World that a lot of people loved. That wasn't his dream, either.

The whole EPCOT CENTER wasn't what he wanted Either....

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

And no one involved in it erected a statue to how well they were fulfilling Walt's dream.

If anything Card Walker should have a bench statue that sits off to the side in the main entrance plaza with Figment..

Or at least have this piece displayed somewhere..Maybe C-Hall. For if it weren't for them EPCOT would not be what it was.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

The whole EPCOT CENTER wasn't what he wanted Either....

no it wasn't except he had planned of having a World Showcase.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

no it wasn't except he had planned of having a World Showcase.

Exactly! Walt wanted a World Showcase, where rides with cartoon characters from made up countries would be represented and….oh wait….

 

[ChrisFL]

Walt wanted a World Showcase and also an industrial area where the latest products were being developed and displayed....then a city around it with peoplemovers, etc. The imagineers just took two of the more easily created concepts and put them together...literally.

 

[Rich Brownn]

EPCOT as a city wasn't practical, which the imagineers figured out pretty quickly. As John Hench said "you can't experiment with people's lives".

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Exactly! Walt wanted a World Showcase, where rides with cartoon characters from made up countries would be represented and….oh wait….

Well yeah his World Showcase was not to be in a park where you had to pay an expensive hundred dollar price just because you just wanted to shop from or eat something. I really don't know if he'd approve World Showcase as part of a park..

 

[JenniferS]

I'm quite happy we didn't get the table.
I didn't like that thing at all.
The problem for me is that the rest of it didn't come together like it should have.
I like the park like area they opened first - that's a big plus for me over what was there.
I liked the lights, if only they worked.
The planter is a tremendous miss as I repeatedly say.
I like the idea of the stage area, but the execution is poor.

You and I are often on the same page, although we digress on the Table. The concept and drawings really grew on me.
Vanity project or no, visually I think it would have been stunning. While I might have enjoyed the rooftop bar with Hubby, there is absolutely nothing drawing us into CommuniCore Hall. (The lights are cool though.)

I agree with the rest though.

Fountain of Nations > planter.
ANYTHING, absolutely anything > kite tarps and pin trading station.

 

[Rhinocerous]

Please educate yourself on the history of Epcot:

“I have an idea - for a place where people can someday ride roller coasters with comic book characters. I call it “Epcot”.”

- Walt Disney, May 1966

Evidently Popular Characters on Tracks

 

[tparris]

Shade tiles have been added to the Rose Walk flex space.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Shade tiles have been added to the Rose Walk flex space.View attachment 800860View attachment 800861

No, no. “Kite tarps”. They’re good at providing some shade… Unless a bunch of people thought they were ugly in the central spine and demanded their removal for looking “tacky”. But now, over in the former rose garden? They’re great!!!

 

[Epcot81Fan]

No, no. “Kite tarps”. They’re good at providing some shade… Unless a bunch of people thought they were ugly in the central spine and demanded their removal for looking “tacky”. But now, over in the former rose garden? They’re great!!!

And after five years of construction, worth the wait!

Absolutely remarkable, indeed!

 

[tparris]

No, no. “Kite tarps”. They’re good at providing some shade… Unless a bunch of people thought they were ugly in the central spine and demanded their removal for looking “tacky”. But now, over in the former rose garden? They’re great!!!

I will say, these seem to be much better at their job than the old kite tarps were.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I will say, these seem to be much better at their job than the old kite tarps were.

You misspelled "Ugly. Have to be ripped out immediately.".

Imagine if the ones over Innoventions Plaza had been replaced at some point in the 2010's... Nah. That makes too much sense, and probably would have cost too much for the Bob's and/or Staggs/Rasulo. Much better to tear the whole area up for years just to take a giant step backwards for the area.

 

[James Alucobond]

No, no. “Kite tarps”. They’re good at providing some shade… Unless a bunch of people thought they were ugly in the central spine and demanded their removal for looking “tacky”. But now, over in the former rose garden? They’re great!!!

The complaint about the sails in the central spine was that they were too spread out to be effective, blocked views of Spaceship Earth, and littered the space with some especially ugly purple supports. They're by no means a visual spectacle, but they're completely out of the way and at least moderately useful in this space.

 

[ChrisFL]

Shade tiles have been added to the Rose Walk flex space.View attachment 800860View attachment 800861

I never thought I'd say these look nostalgic but...

 

[Bocabear]

Why another Flex Space? I don't remember that question on the exit survey...Were people saying they really wish there were less gardens and attractions and more "Flex Space"? There is currently a gigantic empty pavilion that could become "Flex Space" Why would they need to build more... The entire Moroccan Pavilion is in danger currently of becoming Flex Space with the lack of any meaningful attraction there and no anchor restaurant...They have been treating the Magic Eye Theater as Flex Space for years instead of putting in a new permanent attraction... Enough with the Flex Space already....

 

[James Alucobond]

Why another Flex Space? I don't remember that question on the exit survey...Were people saying they really wish there were less gardens and attractions and more "Flex Space"? There is currently a gigantic empty pavilion that could become "Flex Space" Why would they need to build more... The entire Moroccan Pavilion is in danger currently of becoming Flex Space with the lack of any meaningful attraction there and no anchor restaurant...They have been treating the Magic Eye Theater as Flex Space for years instead of putting in a new permanent attraction... Enough with the Flex Space already....

This one actually makes sense. It’s a nexus for a ton of food booths, and people were sick of eating on trash cans or out of their laps on benches. The shadeless table-less one over at CommuniCore is the one that’s genuinely puzzling.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Why another Flex Space? I don't remember that question on the exit survey...Were people saying they really wish there were less gardens and attractions and more "Flex Space"? There is currently a gigantic empty pavilion that could become "Flex Space" Why would they need to build more... The entire Moroccan Pavilion is in danger currently of becoming Flex Space with the lack of any meaningful attraction there and no anchor restaurant...They have been treating the Magic Eye Theater as Flex Space for years instead of putting in a new permanent attraction... Enough with the Flex Space already....

This is usually just used for festival booths so they are probably trying to make use while no festivals going on. Regarding Morocco, Spice Road is an anchor restaurant plus the bakery up front and shops. Tangerine serves skewers and breads atm and there’s the Race Against the Sun exhibit.