Bob Chapek Confirms Disney Will Overhaul Epcot

[mikejs78]

armchair

Sometimes it's tough to distinguish what's a legit rumor with some credibility and what's just speculation/armchair....

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Sometimes it's tough to distinguish what's a legit rumor with some credibility and what's just speculation/armchair....

Very true.....I hope the music stays. It gives the park a cool vibe.

 

[Horizons '83]

Epcot is the Lynard Skynard of Theme Parks, 2 Original members from the opening lineup and is only attended now for nostalgia purposes and to get a solid buzz on.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Epcot is the Lynard Skynard of Theme Parks, 2 Original members from the opening lineup and is only attended now for nostalgia purposes.

Don't get me going on Skynyrd... I was 5 when the plane crash happened and didn't even listen to them until my 20's but it's still hard to think of "what could have been". And I think they're down to 1 original member now.

Chapek couldn't find "theme" with a map and a GPS device.

 

[PorterRedkey]

So, does this mean that this year is gonna be it for the current location of Leave a Legacy?

The Leave a Legacy tombstone will be stacked on top of each other and moved to Galaxy's Edge where they will be known as the Black Legacy Spire.

 

[MrPromey]

Leave a Legacy was a bad idea...bad execution and they're just in the way. One thing that could have really helped was if they turned them all 90 degrees and allow people to walk between them. Right now they're just major barriers to traffic.

As someone who bought into this at the time and has a spot on it, I 100% agree. Would love to see them go just about anywhere else or just away.

If there's a need to keep the plaques, maybe they could mount them all across one of those walls in the front in a way that makes them look like they actually fill up the space and belong... and like they aren't a memorial to all of us who appear to have died there during the beginning of the new millennium.

 

[mikejs78]

Speaking of the Innoventions music - I am at Epcot right now and I'm hearing parts from the extended 20 minute loop. Is this typical? In the past I only remember hearing the shortened 10 minute loop...

 

[Magic Feather]

Wonders is likely to become a multiple IP pavilion for the younger crowd. Don’t expect any “real” attractions. Expect this to open during the SSE project and way before Imag. Might even see some walls this year.

A new film is also approved for The Harvest Theatre.

Oops wrong thread.

I just saw this. I really need to look at more threads, haha.

 

[Rodan75]

I just saw this. I really need to look at more threads, haha.

@marni1971 has been leaving breadcrumbs in all sorts of random threads lately.

 

[mikejs78]

The current loop that has been used for quite a while is about 20 minutes, but the extended loop that is no longer used was around 45 minutes.

Anyone have a link to the 45 minutes loop?

 

[brb1006]

Anyone have a link to the 45 minutes loop?

Here's the 52 minute long version of the "Innoventions Area Music".

This version can be found on DisneyAvenue.com

 

[Kkar]

As an owner of a leave a legacy photo, I dr o not want them moved. However, if they do move them, they should move them to Disney Springs and guarantee they stay another 25 years. Put them where the bus stop is.

We'd actually prefer that they stay. We have two photo's - one of the two of us and one of our daughter. We like that there's a memory of us there, facing Spaceship Earth, even when we can't be there.

 

[TTA94]

@marni1971 What’s the planned completion date of the new “World Celebration” area? IMO that should open first since it’s a horrid mess right now!

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

@marni1971 What’s the planned completion date of the new “World Celebration” area? IMO that should open first since it’s a horrid mess right now!

I believe the completion date is planned to be 2023.

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 What’s the planned completion date of the new “World Celebration” area? IMO that should open first since it’s a horrid mess right now!

I believe the completion date is planned to be 2023.

 

[SoFloMagic]

I believe the completion date is planned to be 2023.

3+ more years of this? It's so crazy that they move so slowly. Seems like they should be able to close down the center spine and knock this out in a year if they wanted to. Too much money to spend in one year?

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 Are you able to say if the egg shaped building got canned or was that just speculation?

Oh I wish. I doubt it.

 

[jt04]

Oh I wish. I doubt it.

The views of SSE, new spine, The Seas featuring Moana and the water features and Imagination will be worth the admission price right there.

 

[marni1971]

The views of SSE, new spine, The Seas featuring Moana and the water features and Imagination will be worth the admission price right there.

No, they won’t. But hey.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The views of SSE, new spine, The Seas featuring Moana and the water features and Imagination will be worth the admission price right there.

Will you ever pay that price?