EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[MrPromey]

Walt Disney Dreamers Point sculpture now in mini-sized edition​

Walt Disney Dreamers Point sculpture now in mini-sized edition

Walt Disney Dreamers Point sculpture now in mini-sized edition

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So now I can buy him and point him so he's looking and smiling at something he had nothing to do with in my home office just like the full sized one will be doing in the park once the real statue is unveiled.

Sweet!

 

[mightynine]

One little spark.... of constipation...

Would you light a match in there? Geez!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Looks like more beige paint

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

Looks like more beige paint View attachment 744312

Haven’t been watching this thread for a while, but somebody catch me up: I thought I saw something that said they were painting it blue, but are they now painting it beige? Or a weird mix of both?

 

[DCBaker]

Photos from today - the snack cart near the Imagination Pavilion is behind walls.

 

[Mickeynerd17]

Haven’t been watching this thread for a while, but somebody catch me up: I thought I saw something that said they were painting it blue, but are they now painting it beige? Or a weird mix of both?

TL;DR version: The backside of the pavilion was painted a different shade of blue than the front back in July (here), but as early as September 2nd the front half of the building has been receiving tan/beige paint extremely reminiscent of the original Living Seas pavilion.

Why they decided to do this is under discussion in this forum at the moment. Based on posted photos the last few days, they seem to be doubling down on it.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

TL;DR version: The backside of the pavilion was painted a different shade of blue than the front back in July (here), but as early as September 2nd the front half of the building has been receiving tan/beige paint extremely reminiscent of the original Living Seas pavilion.

Why they decided to do this is under discussion in this forum at the moment. Based on posted photos the last few days, they seem to be doubling down on it.

I highly doubt they’d remove Nemo but perhaps making the ride a bit more educational soon? One of my favorite personal armchair projects is having the dark ride be a lesson about marine ecosystems featuring Nemo and company

 

[Mickeynerd17]

I highly doubt they’d remove Nemo but perhaps making the ride a bit more educational soon? One of my favorite personal armchair projects is having the dark ride be a lesson about marine ecosystems featuring Nemo and company

Nah, I expect the interior to remain unchanged. Only exterior work.

If they fully go through with this, we'll have an interesting hybrid of both versions of the pavilion exterior because I seriously doubt the mural will change.

 

[HauntedPirate]

So now I can buy him and point him so he's looking and smiling at something he had nothing to do with in my home office just like the full sized one will be doing in the park once the real statue is unveiled.

Sweet!

"I only hope we never lose sight of one thing - They're only out to make money." - Dreamer's Point Walt (Not the real Walt)

 

[HauntedPirate]

Long shot guess - They're going to put projections on the wall to make it "Reimagined!" and "MAGICAL!!!". (I threw up in my mouth a bit when typing that...)

 

[castlecake2.0]

Long shot guess - They're going to put projections on the wall to make it "Reimagined!" and "MAGICAL!!!". (I threw up in my mouth a bit when typing that...)

Actually if they did a lighting package to make it look like water reflecting on the building that could be cool

 

[retr0gate]

Long shot guess - They're going to put projections on the wall to make it "Reimagined!" and "MAGICAL!!!". (I threw up in my mouth a bit when typing that...)

I think some kind of nighttime projection could be nice here, so long as it's done tastefully and plays upon the design of the actual mural instead of just random nemo animations

 

[Bocabear]

I like that too...if they mapped the existing mural and added water motion to it, it would be very cool and add a little kinetics to the rather simple facade...

 

[James Alucobond]

I would love to see the sun back from the original mural even if most of the fish stay too. But I'm assuming it's just more of a return to the original color scheme rather than a rollback of anything else. Gotta say that I love these little updates, like the color change here, unique lightpoles for The Land and The Seas, etc. Here's hoping an interior refresh of The Land and Coral Reef are coming soon.

 

[Horizonsfan]

While they’re painting around there, I sure wouldn’t be mad if Sea Base Alpha went back to a brighter color scheme. Obviously not holding my breath for that.

 

[Haymarket2008]

They’ve already been updating the interior over the last year or so and reverting to original 1986 color schemes in some areas.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

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I would love to see the sun back from the original mural even if most of the fish stay too. But I'm assuming it's just more of a return to the original color scheme rather than a rollback of anything else. Gotta say that I love these little updates, like the color change here, unique lightpoles for The Land and The Seas, etc. Here's hoping an interior refresh of The Land and Coral Reef are coming soon.

A new sign in the classic white font would be cool too. Just wishful thinking though

 

[HauntedPirate]

"Coming soon! A newly-reimagined The Living Seas, inspired by Moana"

 

[Bocabear]

"Coming soon! A newly-reimagined The Living Seas, inspired by Olivia Rodrigo"

 

[UNCgolf]

I highly doubt they’d remove Nemo but perhaps making the ride a bit more educational soon? One of my favorite personal armchair projects is having the dark ride be a lesson about marine ecosystems featuring Nemo and company

Personally I wish they'd remove Nemo and change the whole pavilion back to the original concept, when it was one of the best overall experiences at WDW.

Since they're not going to do that, though, they should at least reopen all the aquarium windows and use Nemo as an educational tool (as you mention) instead of the quite bad ride that exists now.