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News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?
- Thread starter djkidkaz
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trainplane3
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Gringrinngghost
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That’s because the bar will pay back its construction within 3 years.
Clamman73
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The Starbucks expansion is moving along quite well.
mitchk
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LOL it looks like it
Mike S
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Saved before the Disney ninjas swoop in.
Also I take it this plan is the one you referred to once as leaving enough money to also redo Imagination for the same price as what they’re doing now.
Crazydisneyfanluke
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It looks amazing. The green space. The grey and white tones. The green accent. The EPCOT that should have been.
Crazydisneyfanluke
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I hope it gets pushed to phase 3...
I wouldn't mind it if it wasn't so tall, bulky and lack of use per square foot. Starbucks, a large M&G, Club cool for a bar and a festival center.
EJ96
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Amazing. People in Imagineering still know what they’re doing, only if management would let them do it.
rocketraccoon
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What would've been the plans for using the Innoventions space?
NE Food and drink (various), SE shopping, SW meet n greet, NW expo
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UNCgolf
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This is so much better than what we're getting.
Marc Davis Fan
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Thanks for sharing this, Martin!
This is definitely better than what the area had turned into before the overhaul - with the pin station, tacky entrances for Mouse Gear / Electric Umbrella / Starbucks / Club Cool, etc.
...but to be completely honest, the concept art for what we're getting looks at least as nice, IMHO. The "bar on legs" actually looks like a really cool piece of architecture that will add to the Epcot skyline, and the removal of Inventions West (RIP, thanks for the memories) actually does seem like it will open up the space to "World Nature" in a nice way.
Count me as optimistic, so far, for the design we're getting...
Stripes
Premium Member
Is the green/blue ribbon at the top of the buildings supposed to be displays such as those used in sports stadiums?
DreamfinderGuy
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This makes me more mad than it should.
TOCPE82
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Good Lord, not to mention it's actually symmetrical.... Gorgeous. I could do without the neon, but that is streets ahead of what we are getting.
DoleWhipDrea
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Never. His solution to cost-cutting was closing beloved attractions and then letting them rot without any intention of updating. He’s the reason a lot of classic favorites are now gone. Even worse, due to such cost cutting, guest safety derailed under his watch and it had very, very serious consequences for guests at the parks.
This design makes far more sense than what they’re planning. It maintains the layout of the park, keeps things nice and symmetrical, and serves multiple functions.
trainplane3
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It probably would've been LED instead of neon. Imagine them changing the "highlight" color on the buildings for certain pieces of music that I would assume still play for FoN.
GladToBeHear
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Well, crap.
sedati
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Sorry, I don't prefer this. Looks like a set of placemats. The bar on legs should at least serve as a unique feature and visual draw. This is trees and nondescript buildings. The walled city is broken up, but the addition of trees probably only confuses the layout more. Epcot overwhelms at the entrance, then immediately underwhelms. This is the core, the heart. This should be pathways to discovery. A feast for the eyes, pulling you in every direction. There is no sense of time. Of place. Of direction. Of purpose.
This looks like a pleasant spot to take your lunch break at your job in the nice office park/open air mall. This is less inspired than the uninspired Tomorrowland work everyone keeps swooning over. If this was a new project there would be riots on this board. I'd place this on par with California Adventure's original Sunshine Plaza.
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