Mr.EPCOT
Active Member
Yes, but wait for visible changes before you get excited.![]()
Wait for visible changes? Like if the pavilion gets a new paint job or something?
Yes, but wait for visible changes before you get excited.![]()
Wait for visible changes? Like if the pavilion gets a new paint job or something?![]()
They could easily slap all of Imagination with the dreaded Seasonal tag, and dust it off for the busiest portions of the year. In slow to moderate times, the place is already a near ghost-town.Disney can't afford to lose all capacity the pavillion gives to the park.
Really? It seems like Im always the only person on it...but god how I love that thing. I seriously think it might be one of my favorite rides in all of WDW! Its just so relaxing and enjoyable.
Any updated photos? Has "presented by Kodak" been removed from the main sign as well as "Kodak What If Labs"? Have the directional signs throughout the park had "presented by Kodak" covered up?
As of this afternoon, everything still had its Kodak logos.
I overheard a guest ask an Imagination Pavilion CM today what they're going to do with the Imageworks, and she said "I don't know what they're going to do." This could mean either they're unsure yet (unlikely) or they are just keeping it under wraps. And I'm not sure, but I did hear what sounded to be a few hammer strikes in the JIYI entrance coming from behind the circular wall where the staircase to original Imageworks is - could they be building something up there? Anyone know?
Maybe Raven would have some info on that.
Things have been going on behind a wall up there for a couple of years now. Mostly just tests for NextGen. I've seen the doors open to the area and nothing has been "built" inside. There are some of the signs from HISTA stored up there but it's looked the same for a few years now.
If Kodak would have renewed their sponsorship a rehab would have happened. Now all we can do is hope this doesn't turn into WoL.
The majority of costumed Cast Members that are in roles with constant guest interaction are usually the last to know about changes or news. They are not involved in the decision making process or actively pursue/have an interest in reading about work rumors online when they get home (mostly.)I overheard a guest ask an Imagination Pavilion CM today what they're going to do with the Imageworks, and she said "I don't know what they're going to do." This could mean either they're unsure yet (unlikely) or they are just keeping it under wraps.
The majority of costumed Cast Members that are in roles with constant guest interaction are usually the last to know about changes or news. They are not involved in the decision making process or actively pursue/have an interest in reading about work rumors online when they get home (mostly.)
Very true.
unfortunately a great deal of CM's don't have any idea about any sort of history of the parks either. question for the CM's here....do they put you guys through some sort of history of Disney in the training process?
I can't see them ever bringing back Figment/Dreamfinder because I honestly don't think it has mass appeal. Die hard fans like the people on the message board would love it because it's old school and ties in to what we perceive as being "Disney". But to the typical family or visitor who comes down every 4 or 5 years, a dark ride featuring Dream Finder is not going to pull people in.
unfortunately a great deal of CM's don't have any idea about any sort of history of the parks either. question for the CM's here....do they put you guys through some sort of history of Disney in the training process?
What I'm having trouble understanding, and never understood in regard to WoL, is that in no other Disney park is something just shuttered due to no sponsorship. I don't think there's very much sponsorship in MK or AK that I can recall with a few exceptions (Small World, Space Mtn, and I think GE used to sponsor CoP). Yet everything there pretty much remains open. Why not do without sponsorship altogether?
If a company asks to do it, fine. But if there isn't a company to do it, why ruin the look and flow of the park?
Saying that, I'm totally against Apple having any presence in the parks. I'm not a fan of their products, after a bad expereience with an ipod mini (my 1st and only Apple product), and the overtaking of the parks to the mighty I-things is something that gives me the chills.
But I wonder what, if any, rights Kodak holds to Figment. That could put a jam in any future redo or keeping the pavillion with him open.
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