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Brazil to join the World Showcase at Epcot
- Thread starter LarryStoken
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kaos
Active Member
Well then, I guess that's a good time for a visit to WDW in 2016.
We just found out this morning that the President is flying to Copenhagen for Friday's announcement. Maybe he has some inside information?
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
He had a PM from a poster on here..............
I did realize they have a booth. Maybe some of the CMs working that booth will know more about the upcoming pavilion but I doubt it. CMs usually are the last to know.
_Scar
Active Member
What is your source. I think you posted this thinking you found out some top secret information when really it's just a food stand.
BTW, source? A friend who went to FaWF?
What I posted has nothing to do with the food stand or the Food and Wine Festival. The source for the permanent Brazilian pavilion is an engineer who works at Disney. We went to college together and I called him recently because I am scheduled to head back to WDW in 6 weeks and we talked about getting together. I asked what he has been working on and he mentioned Brazil as a pavilion for the World Showcase.
I have never been to the Food and Wine Festival but it does sound nice.
kaos
Active Member
I remember when Spain was added to the FaWF, and after three years of exhaustive research and market studies, logistics reports, and ground surveys, a big sign went up proclaiming to the world (no pun intended) that Spain was going to be the next country added to World Showcase. Alas, for all the years and time and money that went into bluesky designs and market research and R&D, the large sign was taken down, and Spain is only around sporting a delicious wine at the FaWF. My source for that? My own two eyes
If a new country were to be added to WS, there would be studies and reports, ground survey teams, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff before an announcement will be made.
Disney has been embarrassed in the past three or four times by making announcements too early for additions to WS, and they will never make that mistake (those mistakes Israel, Russia, Egypt and Africa) again. And those were announced AFTER all those silly R&D and budgetary items showed up in reports. Spain ACTUALLY had some ground cleared behind the construction berm, but the plus was pulled on that after no corporate sponsors came to fruition.
I hope that I'm wrong, but Norway (thanks aladdin) may be the final addition to WS...
aladdin2007
Well-Known Member
I remember when Spain was added to the FaWF, and after three years of exhaustive research and market studies, logistics reports, and ground surveys, a big sign went up proclaiming to the world (no pun intended) that Spain was going to be the next country added to World Showcase. Alas, for all the years and time and money that went into bluesky designs and market research and R&D, the large sign was taken down, and Spain is only around sporting a delicious wine at the FaWF. My source for that? My own two eyes
If a new country were to be added to WS, there would be studies and reports, ground survey teams, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff before an announcement will be made.
Disney has been embarrassed in the past three or four times by making announcements too early for additions to WS, and they will never make that mistake (those mistakes Israel, Russia, Egypt and Africa) again. And those were announced AFTER all those silly R&D and budgetary items showed up in reports. Spain ACTUALLY had some ground cleared behind the construction berm, but the plus was pulled on that after no corporate sponsors came to fruition.
I hope that I'm wrong, by Morocco may be the final addition to WS...
You mean Norway :wave:
kaos
Active Member
IF this source is working on a permanent Brazil pavillion, and he disclosed this information to you, he is in violation of about 10 different clauses of his non-disclosure. If he is in the Imagineering department, then this could just be bluesky type work to see if there is any corporate interest in sposoring a pavillion. This type of work goes on all the time behind the scenes, and doesn't ever lead to any new pavillions; however some of the work MAY end up in other attractions or scenarios, such as the case with AK attractions. It is possible that he can be working on something that may come to life as part of the future AK expansions, which have been focusing on rainforests and South America...
kaos
Active Member
You know, I hit the button too quickly to change that... I haven't eaten anything yet today (it's a fast day, you know) :brick: hahah
Yes, Norway. And I heard that NCL is considering pulling the plug on the sposorship when this current sposorship deal expires, but that could also be posturing. Didn't they threaten that last time the contract came up?
He said "Brazil Pavilion at World Showcase". It was pretty clear. I didn't think to grill him for the most minute details like a Defense Attorney during a cross examination. Perhaps I should have. I really didn't think it was that big of a deal at the time. It didn't dominate our whole conversation.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
^^^
Larry, at this point, there's nothing more to do. People will or won't believe you. If it opens up in 5 years, you get to laugh in our faces.:lol:
I gave up on that a loooong time ago.:lookaroun:lol:
Larry, at this point, there's nothing more to do. People will or won't believe you. If it opens up in 5 years, you get to laugh in our faces.:lol:
I gave up on that a loooong time ago.:lookaroun:lol:
Figment632
New Member
I dont know it was just a guess all I can remember being advetised is USSR, Isreal, Spain.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Ah, I gotcha. Wish that Isreal and Russia were here already...
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Yes.:lookaroun
Norway is not sponsored, and look at what kind of shape it's in.
So un kept that theres weeds growing on the roofs of the buildings, shocking
_Scar
Active Member
Yes.:lookaroun
Norway is not sponsored, and look at what kind of shape it's in.
I thought Norway was one of the better Pavillions :zipit:
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
:lookaroun:lol: That's supposed to be there.
Have you been in the queue for Maelstrom? Or Maelstrom itself?