Captain EO final show on 12/6 - Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival to be the replacement

[RSoxNo1]

I call it Pleasure Islandcot.

It really is the old nighttime environment from Downtown Disney, except now that Disney Springs is opening with better restaurants the park is going to suffer even more.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Expedition Everest has to be considered a disappoint to a point.

The problem is simple. The 1990's had a different CEO than now in charge of the Walt Disney Company and the is following the CEO's lead. Bob Iger is known more of a hands off person when it comes theme parks.

It's a disappointment in that a major selling point of the attraction broke within 2 years of it opening. However, the attraction itself is still very solid, and by all accounts a top 10 attraction at WDW. Fix the Yeti and it's top 5.

 

[French Quarter]

Captain EO was a special case of wasted talent though. With so many talented people involved from Francis Coppola, George Lucas and renowned choreographer Jeffery Hornaday to Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston. The score was even done by James Horner!

Yet even with all of that high-profile talent on-board, the project still somehow turned out to be a trainwreck.

I don't think it was a trainwreck. In its heyday, it was great! And bringing it back for a moment of nostalgia was a good idea. They just kept it around for too long the second time.

 

[French Quarter]

I guess I am the lone lover of Captain EO. Our DL version has been closed for a while, so I will hit up Epcot in a few weeks to see it one last time. It was a huge part of my childhood.

You are not alone. I'm still here with you. Love EO.

 

[French Quarter]

Your mean Mission: Space right? Last I checked nothing is happening to it.

The poster meant space as in spot. Not space as in the great frontier. Lol

 

[ford91exploder]

I don't think it was a trainwreck. In its heyday, it was great! And bringing it back for a moment of nostalgia was a good idea. They just kept it around for too long the second time.

Exactly it needs to be judged against the standard of when it was created, At the time it was absolutely mindblowing. Just as Windsor McCay 'Gertie The Dinosaur' was the worlds first piece of keyframe animation - now it's something that every art student does but at the time it was groundbreaking.

 

[DarthGrady]

I'm sad to see it go, I doubt I'll be able to get down there before the "final mission". I for one am thankful that I got to revisit a beloved attraction from my childhood. I realize that it couldn't have gone on forever, but I was hoping for one more viewing. Maybe they will do another limited encore feature someday.

Thanks to Disney for giving the fans a little glimpse back to the golden era of the once-great EPCOT Center!

 

[French Quarter]

Replacement's been revealed: It's a Disney and Pixar Animated Shorts compilation

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...estival-to-debut-at-epcots-magic-eye-theater/

I love the sound of this. It seems to me that it fits with the theme of the Imagination Pavilion very well. I look forward to seeing it.

 

[French Quarter]

Very true. I suppose by old I simply meant something not "never before seen". I think (hope) all would label this inferior/lazy compared to an actual imagineered park attraction. I suppose they had to come up with the 4D effects to go along with the shorts... So probably Riley's First Date, Feast, Frozen Fever, maybe a Toy Story short.

Why do you think they have been seen before? Not saying you are wrong but the article doesn't say that. These very well could be knew shorts designed for this attraction.

 

[French Quarter]

Wow. So obvious that this is just filler.

Disney can't win. If they left the space empty, people would complain about that. They put in something, people complain.

 

[ford91exploder]

Disney can't win. If they left the space empty, people would complain about that. They put in something, people complain.

I personally AM glad Disney is going to put SOMETHING other than a construction wall there. I'd prefer something with a better fit but this IS an improvement over Disney's usual MO.

 

[lazyboy97o]

At the time it was made, this is true. I'm sure this is now surpassed countless times annually.

I do think it has since been passed, but doubt it happens more frequently. Before adjusting for inflation it was roughly $1.4 million per minute of film whereas Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (chosen for this quick comparison since it is what Guinness World Records lists as the most expensive total budget) comes in at about $2 million per minute. Those numbers adjust to $3 million per minute for Captain EO but only $2.4 million per minute for Dead Man's Chest.

 

[French Quarter]

Why doesn't the Film Festival start until December 18th if EO closes on the 6th? What will be happening in the interim?

That's not really a long turn around. Only 12 days to get a new attraction installed.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The poster meant space as in spot. Not space as in the great frontier. Lol

The way it was phrased looked like it was being asked about the original space pavillion that was going to happen..My Bad on that..

 

[MJ6987]

This sounds like a "quick and easy" short term replacement until the whole pavilion is completely reimagined (desperately needed) - right? Right??

 

[lazyboy97o]

This sounds like a "quick and easy" short term replacement until the whole pavilion is completely reimagined (desperately needed) - right? Right??

But again, why? Not doing ® anything is faster, easier and cheaper.

 

[French Quarter]

But again, why? Not doing ® anything is faster, easier and cheaper.

Because everyone is complaining about Captian EO and it's not doing enough to to eat up crowds?

 

[brb1006]

Can't Pixar just make a few Figment shorts?

That would be a placeholder that would satisfy everybody. The shareholders, merchandise, John Lasseter's ego, the toon crowd, the princess horde, and even us EPCOT bitter-enders.

I know, Figment did show up in animated form in old Disney educational videos back in the 80's. Mainly in the one starring "Figment And Peter Pan" but is hard to find.

 

[Andrew C]

But again, why? Not doing ® anything is faster, easier and cheaper.

Maybe they actually care about giving us something new.

Also, how much money could this change actually cost? Peanuts in my opinion.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Maybe they actually care about giving us something new.

Also, how much money could this change actually cost? Peanuts in my opinion.

Just throwing stuff together so it is "new" is not caring.