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

[ford91exploder]

It's not their fault. Plans do exist.

The company won't pay for them.

Exactly - This is what makes it so frustrating, This is probably being closed so EPCOT can 'Make it's Numbers'

 

[George]

You say tomato I say to-Mott-o. I understand why it was brought back and to some it was because he was a "legend". I believe a short run of 6-months to a year would have been sufficient.

I was a fan when I was younger and enjoyed EO being brought back. But you are correct. A run of a year would've been perfect. Also, the lack of in theater starfield and laser effects really hurt the show (I'd be curious if @marni1971 agrees with this). On some level the whole thing is an indictment of how Disney decides to do things on occasion. 1) Bring back an old show without all the effects it had at the time since those effects would cost money, 2) keep it around for far longer than it should be because it costs money to replace it and 3)maybe after far too long of a time, replace it with essentially nothing....

EPCOT is kind of hurting now. I hope there are plans to do something. I get the feeling they have no idea what to do in EPCOT at the micro or macro level.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

You say tomato I say to-Mott-o. I understand why it was brought back and to some it was because he was a "legend". I believe a short run of 6-months to a year would have been sufficient.

True enough, but what to replace Captain EO with after a 6 month or a year run would have been a problem at the time.

Honey, I shrunk the Audience! couldn't be brought back for a couple reasons. The attraction was outdated and the Honey, I Shrink the Kids Franchise lost its fanbase years ago before Captain EO took it over.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's possible they could just bring back HISTA again. I've always seen that theater bring in crowds more than EO.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

But in all seriousness, what's the plan for this space/pavilion? They've got quite a bit of company funding recently, correct? Im assuming something must be coming if they're closing down another attraction so close to Soarin's refurbishment.

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

 

[prberk]

The Florida projects blessing of size...
... nothing but shuttered doors and hollow voids to navigate around these days.
Honestly, you could fill a good part of a day at WDW visiting closed former attractions/stores/venues/restaurants.

A tad dramatic?

It might seem dramatic, but it is also true:

River Country
Discovery Island (the island in Bay Lake, not the part of DAK)
Odyssey Restaurant
Wonders of Life
Millennium Building
The river ride in DAK (forgot the name)
Tomorrowland Terrace on most days
Maelstrom/Frozen
Aunt Polly's
15th Floor Observation Deck at the Contemporary (unless you have restauraunt reservations that you did not have to have in most earlier years)
Backlot Tour/Catastrophe Canyon
Sounds Dangerous
One Man's Dream
The Disney Animation tour/attraction & theatre at DHS
Much of Downtown Disney/Disney Springs still under construction
Tomorrowland Skyway platform
Diamond Horseshoe Revue
The Walt Disney Story theatre

I am sure I have left something off, but I am sure that visiting these things alone could fill up a day pretty well... and I didn't even include Blizzard Beach or anything else that is officially down for refurbishment.

 

[ford91exploder]

It might seem dramatic, but it is also true:

River Country
Discovery Island (the island in Bay Lake, not the part of DAK)
Odyssey Restaurant
Wonders of Life
Millennium Building
The river ride in DAK (forgot the name)
Tomorrowland Terrace on most days
Maelstrom/Frozen
Aunt Polly's
15th Floor Observation Deck at the Contemporary (unless you have restauraunt reservations that you did not have to have in most earlier years)
Backlot Tour/Catastrophe Canyon
Sounds Dangerous
One Man's Dream
The Disney Animation tour/attraction & theatre at DHS
Much of Downtown Disney/Disney Springs still under construction
Tomorrowland Skyway platform
Diamond Horseshoe Revue
The Walt Disney Story theatre

I am sure I have left something off, but I am sure that visiting these things alone could fill up a day pretty well... and I didn't even include Blizzard Beach or anything else that is officially down for refurbishment.

Do You Want to be a Millionaire
Skyway
Magic Shop
Horsedrawn Omnibus
Main St Vehicles
Spectromagic
PUSH
Wave Machine on Lake Buena Vista

 

[Chris82]

It might seem dramatic, but it is also true:

River Country
Discovery Island (the island in Bay Lake, not the part of DAK)
Odyssey Restaurant
Wonders of Life
Millennium Building
The river ride in DAK (forgot the name)
Tomorrowland Terrace on most days
Maelstrom/Frozen
Aunt Polly's
15th Floor Observation Deck at the Contemporary (unless you have restauraunt reservations that you did not have to have in most earlier years)
Backlot Tour/Catastrophe Canyon
Sounds Dangerous
One Man's Dream
The Disney Animation tour/attraction & theatre at DHS
Much of Downtown Disney/Disney Springs still under construction
Tomorrowland Skyway platform
Diamond Horseshoe Revue
The Walt Disney Story theatre

I am sure I have left something off, but I am sure that visiting these things alone could fill up a day pretty well... and I didn't even include Blizzard Beach or anything else that is officially down for refurbishment.

I would differentiate attractions that are under construction from attractions that have simply been abandoned. As annoying as construction is, it at least sends a more positive message of "Something new is coming here!"

 

[ABQ]

Do You Want to be a Millionaire
Skyway
Magic Shop
Horsedrawn Omnibus
Main St Vehicles
Spectromagic
PUSH
Wave Machine on Lake Buena Vista

LMAO at the last one on your list. You could add the Swan Boats too

 

[ford91exploder]

LMAO at the last one on your list. You could add the Swan Boats too

Most people never knew the wave machine existed - once again it was ahead of its time and really NEEDED to be decommissioned but give the Imagineers credit for really TRYING to make the poly seem like it was on an Island.

Yet now wave machines are everywhere!

 

[prberk]

Do You Want to be a Millionaire
Skyway
Magic Shop
Horsedrawn Omnibus
Main St Vehicles
Spectromagic
PUSH
Wave Machine on Lake Buena Vista

I only included things you could still "visit," even if unofficially, so I guess Spectro would not count. But if we are going with things that no longer exist that were not replaced or refurbished with a new or better item, I would add these too.

I really think the Magic Shop should still exist, as it does in Disneyland, where they keep a pic of its famous employee, Steve Martin, on the wall. I did think of the wave machine (and also the ski shows) on the lake (BV or Seven Seas Lagoon), but I wasn't sure to count them -- but especially the wave machine is still there on the lakebed from what I understand.

I would also add to the list the simple ability to swim in the lake. That is no longer there either. A sad reality there, I guess of the bacteria issues, and not so much their fault I guess; but still something missing from a WDW RESORT experience.

 

[Chris82]

Sudden thought about what may wind up in Captain EO's space...

Dance party!

 

[prberk]

I would differentiate attractions that are under construction from attractions that have simply been abandoned. As annoying as construction is, it at least sends a more positive message of "Something new is coming here!"

True, except that sometimes it can come at a bad time if other attractions are not brought online to compensate. Not always do-able, but still a consideration. I think the main thought here is Disney's insistence on raising prices while so many things are taken out of commission -- and MOST never brought back or refurbished (even though some are).

 

[WDWYankee15]

It might seem dramatic, but it is also true:

River Country
Discovery Island (the island in Bay Lake, not the part of DAK)
Odyssey Restaurant
Wonders of Life
Millennium Building
The river ride in DAK (forgot the name)
Tomorrowland Terrace on most days
Maelstrom/Frozen
Aunt Polly's
15th Floor Observation Deck at the Contemporary (unless you have restauraunt reservations that you did not have to have in most earlier years)
Backlot Tour/Catastrophe Canyon
Sounds Dangerous
One Man's Dream
The Disney Animation tour/attraction & theatre at DHS
Much of Downtown Disney/Disney Springs still under construction
Tomorrowland Skyway platform
Diamond Horseshoe Revue
The Walt Disney Story theatre

I am sure I have left something off, but I am sure that visiting these things alone could fill up a day pretty well... and I didn't even include Blizzard Beach or anything else that is officially down for refurbishment.

Any interaction on Tom Sawyer Island
Mike Fink Keel Boats

 

[marni1971]

(I'd be curious if @marni1971 agrees with this)

He does indeed

 

[George]

It's possible they could just bring back HISTA again. I've always seen that theater bring in crowds more than EO.

I see where everyone is coming from with the HISTA return requests. Something is better than nothing. But, Disney should be able to give us a new state of the art film in that location every 3-5 years. They've got a theatre set up for "4D" movies and the money to keep the effects and film state of the art. I'd worry that we'd be in some kind of weird long-term HISTA, Magic Journeys, EO mobius strip and 15 years from now the only people in the theater would be confused tourists who came in to escape the rain.

 

[Mat Cauthon]

Are the economics of gradually converting a park into a Fallout map really that compelling?

An immersive, interactive theme park based on Fallout??

 

[prberk]

Any interaction on Tom Sawyer Island
Mike Fink Keel Boats

I forgot about the Mike Fink Keel Boats. Good catch. At DL in August I enjoyed watching the canoes go by on the river. Did we ever have canoes, and do they still exist there?

Something else to add to the list, by the way:
- the train ride in Fort Wilderness.
- many areas formerly decorated better for Christmas (e.g., EPCOT's Lights of Winter and WDW's Main Street, USA, and the Contemporary Resort wreath and large Christmas trees)

The FW train track is partly still there, from what I understand. (By the way, to Christmas visitors: Be sure to visit FW during the holiday season. The campers tend to decorate better than the resort sometimes.)

 

[ford91exploder]

I forgot about the Mike Fink Keel Boats. Good catch. At DL in August I enjoyed watching the canoes go by on the river. Did we ever have canoes, and do they still exist there?

Something else to add to the list, by the way:
- the train ride in Fort Wilderness.
- many areas formerly decorated better for Christmas (e.g., EPCOT's Lights of Winter and WDW's Main Street, USA, and the Contemporary Resort wreath and large Christmas trees)

The FW train track is partly still there, from what I understand. (By the way, to Christmas visitors: Be sure to visit FW during the holiday season. The campers tend to decorate better than the resort sometimes.)

The paintbrushes on Tom Sawyer Island - find one and get a small token from Disney

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I see where everyone is coming from with the HISTA return requests. Something is better than nothing. But, Disney should be able to give us a new state of the art film in that location every 3-5 years. They've got a theatre set up for "4D" movies and the money to keep the effects and film state of the art. I'd worry that we'd be in some kind of weird long-term HISTA, Magic Journeys, EO mobius strip and 15 years from now the only people in the theater would be confused tourists who came in to escape the rain.

I think it would be due to the "Institute" Theme they've been using and it's an easy thing to bring back IMO.