News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Ayla]

God, that looks like ish.

 

[Bocabear]

So.... time for the sparkly analog fiberoptic lighting in the channels...that operated for decades with no problems... Seems like the new lighting stopped working in sections within a few days.... This lighting was supposed to be the kinetic replacement for the fountain we didn't get....

 

[MisterPenguin]

So.... time for the sparkly analog fiberoptic lighting in the channels...that operated for decades with no problems... Seems like the new lighting stopped working in sections within a few days.... This lighting was supposed to be the kinetic replacement for the fountain we didn't get....

There's no reason for LED lights to not work when wet. Check out every outdoor string of LED lights at Christmas time. A few scattered lights are still working tho waterlogged.

I'm guessing the water shorted out controllers which should have been hardened v. water.

 

[Bocabear]

There's no reason for LED lights to not work when wet. Check out every outdoor string of LED lights at Christmas time. A few scattered lights are still working tho waterlogged.

I'm guessing the water shorted out controllers which should have been hardened v. water.

there is no reason this should have failed in it's first week of operation and still waiting for repair half a year later...the trip hazards have been repaired but not the lighting issues... When the central planter ended up as lackluster as it is, it really needed something to make it special...unfortunately the something special was to be this lighting....which has failed... They need to re-think this whole central planter and area and make it the spectacle it should be....

 

[Disstevefan1]

there is no reason this should have failed in it's first week of operation and still waiting for repair half a year later...the trip hazards have been repaired but not the lighting issues... When the central planter ended up as lackluster as it is, it really needed something to make it special...unfortunately the something special was to be this lighting....which has failed... They need to re-think this whole central planter and area and make it the spectacle it should be....

This stupid planter (obviously an attempt as cost savings) and the embarrassing broken lighting is such an absolute failure that I would welcome another 5 years of walls if we could get a big beautiful state of the art fountain built there.

 

[Bocabear]

They honestly should rip that whole circle out and start over.... A show fountain that follows the lighting and music for Spaceship Earth...... THe sound, the movement...the color would add so much to that now dry dead heart of Communicore....

 

[tparris]

These new panels don’t seem see-through… and I lifted an old panel up near the new ones and they didn’t clean the mildew out of the lights or replace anything before installing the new panels… I think the ground lights aren’t coming back.

 

[UNCgolf]

These new panels don’t seem see-through… and I lifted an old panel up near the new ones and they didn’t clean the mildew out of the lights or replace anything before installing the new panels… I think the ground lights aren’t coming back.View attachment 824527

That was my impression from the earlier photo -- that they were just covering them up.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

How magical... I guess cheap fixes are indeed more timeless, more relevant and... CERTAINLY.... more (current) Disney...

 

[Bocabear]

This was a fairly simple project... a centerpiece garden area for Epcot's old Communicore area... the Hub for the land....
If this ended up being such a mixed bag of nothingness and a failure to provide an engaging central feature, I can't begin to imagine what is going to happen with the back half of the Magic Kingdom park with this same creative team.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

This was a fairly simple project... a centerpiece garden area for Epcot's old Communicore area... the Hub for the land....
If this ended up being such a mixed bag of nothingness and a failure to provide an engaging central feature, I can't begin to imagine what is going to happen with the back half of the Magic Kingdom park with this same creative team.

My issue is they know how to make things look "pretty". But, they aren't compelling. The novelty wears off very quickly. Pandora still feels engaging. Galaxy's Edge is detailed but waning. Celebration Gardens is already starting to feel slightly stale and "been there".

As with so much, it feels like the goal is to come up with a story in the designers' heads, build some lavish version on paper - and then whittle it back over time and with group committee think. So, in the end, there isn't really a story left to tell. These places feel decorated far more than compelling, believable spaces. That's one of the problems IMHO.