News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

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UpAllNight

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The hints suggest to me a major update and perhaps expansion to include new aspects of Mission Space/Space Pavilion.

Updates I've been hoping for since I got back last year...and if true, likely updates that will take it out of action for my next visit in Spring 2017. Dammit.
 
Auggie

Auggie

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munchiezxx said:
Walt was dreaming about EPCOT on his death bed. Even though EPCOT Center wasn't what he had planned, I think he would have loved it.
I don't know how this fits into the conversation but I've been thinking about that a lot lately. EPCOT was his last dream.
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walt would have loved the park in its original form. it carried that true essence of unity, passion, uniqueness and sincerity that he always encouraged in his projects. a lot of love went into the theming of EPCOT, to truly make all the pieces fit together into a whole.

i think that what you said fits into this conversation perfectly. in one way or another, we are all looking out for walt's vision of how a theme park should be cared for.
 
tl77

tl77

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Guardians at Epcot just sound too much like Body Wars 2.0 to me... They built this great Star Wars ride at the Studios back in the day called Star Tours and everybody loved it, so they decided "hey let's do something JUST LIKE STAR WARS AT EPCOT" so they do BODY WARS which was literally within walking distance of STAR TOURS ...and everybody who saw it went "hey... this is... just a rip off of Star Tours"

So now 25 years later, they're planing another great new Star Wars thing at the Studios, and everybody seems to be in love with it... so now they're planning ANOTHER STAR WARS RIP OFF THING AT EPCOT? on top of and next to the site of the first star wars rip off thing at Epcot? like!?!? FOR REAL DUDE? Is This Seriously a Thing we're gonna do AGAIN? Ain't these guys learned nuthin'?

Don't get me wrong, Guardians was a fun movie... but it ain't Star Wars
 
RoysCabin

RoysCabin

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I can't imagine this is a hot topic of discussion at WDI at the moment, but I sincerely hope that if there's a wholesale change coming to Future World that they consider a return to unified signage and font throughout that area of the park. While some may see the architecture and that type of signage as monolithic, I think it actually helped make things more human and approachable for people, giving a feeling of consistency even as you went to very different experiences, and people who are at ease are people who are more likely to want to return to your park (not to mention to spend more money). Think about the old signposts that told you which way to go for which pavilion; all they needed were the pavilion logos, and you knew where you were headed.
 
Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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tl77 said:
Guardians at Epcot just sound too much like Body Wars 2.0 to me... They built this great Star Wars ride at the Studios back in the day called Star Tours and everybody loved it, so they decided "hey let's do something JUST LIKE STAR WARS AT EPCOT" so they do BODY WARS which was literally within walking distance of STAR TOURS ...and everybody who saw it went "hey... this is... just a rip off of Star Tours"
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Not really. They didn't say that because they were too busy vomiting upon leaving the ride. I don't know what it was, but something about Body Wars brought the hurl factor that Star Tours didn't have.
 
Matt7187

Matt7187

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Matt_Black said:
Not really. They didn't say that because they were too busy vomiting upon leaving the ride. I don't know what it was, but something about Body Wars brought the hurl factor that Star Tours didn't have.
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Probably all of the views of the inside of the human body. I never rode it, but it would probably make me sick as well.
 
Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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I never got full on sick, and the motion combined with my natural queasiness regarding biology should have done it (I would often need to excuse myself from science class). But I can certainly understand why. Every time I'd go to ride, there was a pool of vomit at the exit waiting to be cleaned up.
 
KingOfEpicocity

KingOfEpicocity

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tl77 said:
Guardians at Epcot just sound too much like Body Wars 2.0 to me... They built this great Star Wars ride at the Studios back in the day called Star Tours and everybody loved it, so they decided "hey let's do something JUST LIKE STAR WARS AT EPCOT" so they do BODY WARS which was literally within walking distance of STAR TOURS ...and everybody who saw it went "hey... this is... just a rip off of Star Tours"

So now 25 years later, they're planing another great new Star Wars thing at the Studios, and everybody seems to be in love with it... so now they're planning ANOTHER STAR WARS RIP OFF THING AT EPCOT? on top of and next to the site of the first star wars rip off thing at Epcot? like!?!? FOR REAL DUDE? Is This Seriously a Thing we're gonna do AGAIN? Ain't these guys learned nuthin'?

Don't get me wrong, Guardians was a fun movie... but it ain't Star Wars
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Body wars actually opened before Star tours was opened in MGM, so was it really copying?
 
KingOfEpicocity

KingOfEpicocity

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Matt_Black said:
The Disneyland version opened in '87, Body Wars in October 1989.
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Then i must've read your statement incorrectly...
"They built this great Star Wars ride at the Studios back in the day..."

Its the same as Dino and indy, or Pirates and The mexico boat ride. same ride systems, totally different stories/parks,
 
Ismael Flores

Ismael Flores

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A little off topic but does anyone remember the show in comunicore where people sat down and saw a computer room. Then a holographic miniature person walked on top of the computers while real life people were also in the room?
What was it called and anyone know of a video online from it. I remember when I first saw it and found the effect pretty cool and went back again and saw it after I exited
 
tirian

tirian

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RoysCabin said:
I can't imagine this is a hot topic of discussion at WDI at the moment, but I sincerely hope that if there's a wholesale change coming to Future World that they consider a return to unified signage and font throughout that area of the park. While some may see the architecture and that type of signage as monolithic, I think it actually helped make things more human and approachable for people, giving a feeling of consistency even as you went to very different experiences, and people who are at ease are people who are more likely to want to return to your park (not to mention to spend more money). Think about the old signposts that told you which way to go for which pavilion; all they needed were the pavilion logos, and you knew where you were headed.
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I miss those logos. Epcot's 1982 signage was more futuristic than its 2016 versions.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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Ismael Flores said:
A little off topic but does anyone remember the show in comunicore where people sat down and saw a computer room. Then a holographic miniature person walked on top of the computers while real life people were also in the room?
What was it called and anyone know of a video online from it. I remember when I first saw it and found the effect pretty cool and went back again and saw it after I exited
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Astuter Computer Revue.

My bespectacled nerdy younger self liked it, but it had little rerideability value and was outdated before the paint was dry.


Mind that I would still take this over a superhero thrill ride in this magnificent park.

~ Idiocracy: prophecy, not entertainment ~
 

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