Creations Shop opening this summer

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Actually organize a strategic boycott if you want it to be effective. Expecting people to individually modify their behavior based on a series of decisions from Disney that affect them disproportionately is a fool's errand.

I expect no one to have a sense of anything beyond themselves…

and i’m correct…which is why Disney gets full autonomy

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Poor old Zach! He must post something on Instagram and then turn off social media for 24 hours until the fury has died down!

I'm getting the feeling that the mistake here has been revealing this project piece by piece. People have been upset when he's posted about the floors, the lights, and everything else. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if the store just opened and this mural was there it wouldn't attract such hate and people may find it suits the location. It's obviously not 'on model' in the sense that the idea is depicting Mickey in motion. The Italian futurists it ain't, but Mickey has been depicted in a lot of ways over the years.

 

[James Alucobond]

I expect no one to have a sense of anything beyond themselves…

and i’m correct…which is why Disney gets full autonomy

Your medal for moral superiority is in the mail.

(I kid.)

 

[ToTBellHop]

I expect no one to have a sense of anything beyond themselves…

and i’m correct…which is why Disney gets full autonomy

They may fix this. They gave us our noodles back!

 

[James Alucobond]

Poor old Zach! He must post something on Instagram and then turn off social media for 24 hours until the fury has died down!

I'm getting the feeling that the mistake here has been revealing this project piece by piece. People have been upset when he's posted about the floors, the lights, and everything else. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if the store just opened and this mural was there it wouldn't attract such hate and people may find it suits the location. It's obviously not 'on model' in the sense that the idea is depicting Mickey in motion. The Italian futurists it ain't, but Mickey has been depicted in a lot of ways over the years.

I'm all for waiting to see the final space, but this is a completed piece of artwork that can safely be evaluated based on its own merits.

 

[Andrew C]

Poor old Zach! He must post something on Instagram and then turn off social media for 24 hours until the fury has died down!

Most comments on the IG post are positive. A few mention the look of Mickey.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I'm all for waiting to see the final space, but this is a completed piece of artwork that can safely be evaluated based on its own merits.

Sure, but it is painted specifically to go in a particular space. Of course everyone is free to hate or love it as much as they want. My suspicion, though, is that it works better in context. I also suspect that a lot of the alternatives people are suggesting would be a little too chocolate boxy.

 

[trainplane3]

Whatever, Zack/Disney PR. It’s a souped up Art of Disney print.

As someone very, very close to the Disney art team I and, I'm sure, they take offense to that.

They (Disney Fine Art) do have lots of weird and crazy stuff but those works make sense.

This...is odd all the way around. Especially to have as the centerpiece of the store.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Sure, but it is painted specifically to go in a particular space. Of course everyone is free to hate or love it as much as they want. My suspicion, though, is that it works better in context.

Sure. I’ll be so sweaty by the time I enter that my blurry vision will lessen the impact of Walking Dead Mickey.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Couldn’t they have done a mural of the “creation” of the park. I’m mostly onboard for the epcot updates but not this mural. You know I’ll tell GR. I’ve said it many times before, but when you write GR or go to the lobby of course you’ll get the standard line from the person you’re talking to, but your comment does get forwarded to the appropriate department. They don’t know if we don’t tell them. And yes I know it doesn’t always mean they’ll change something, but if enough people speak up you never know.

 

[Andrew C]

Couldn’t they have done a mural of the “creation” of the park. I’m mostly onboard for the epcot updates but not this mural. You know I’ll tell GR. I’ve said it many times before, but when you write GR or go to the lobby of course you’ll get the standard line from the person you’re talking to, but your comment does get forwarded to the appropriate department. They don’t know if we don’t tell them. And yes I know it doesn’t always mean they’ll change something, but if enough people speak up you never know.

Depends on whether that would fit the look of the space.

 

[sWANNISAX]

How about the stop showing us things and just open the store? For a store that was supposed to open this summer this is pretty sad.

 

[UNCgolf]

Poor old Zach! He must post something on Instagram and then turn off social media for 24 hours until the fury has died down!

I'm getting the feeling that the mistake here has been revealing this project piece by piece. People have been upset when he's posted about the floors, the lights, and everything else. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think if the store just opened and this mural was there it wouldn't attract such hate and people may find it suits the location. It's obviously not 'on model' in the sense that the idea is depicting Mickey in motion. The Italian futurists it ain't, but Mickey has been depicted in a lot of ways over the years.

I haven't really disliked anything else about the store beyond thinking it looks a bit generic (like World of Disney), but that mural is just awful.

To be fair, I would dislike it even if the Mickeys didn't look weird. I'm never going to like a giant mural of Mickey Mouse (especially when it's JUST Mickey Mouse without anything else remotely related to EPCOT beyond a logo) in EPCOT, even though that ship sailed long ago.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Most comments on the IG post are positive.

They always are.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Use the > on the right to swipe through the photos -

There are two emotions I'm dealing with about this....

Especially in the fact they could have made a mural of the characters of Epcot's past greeting a new Tomorrow...But, no....no that's way to creative to understand this and say this is Epcot to how They want it..They should have Kept Electronic Forum in Epcot and let the Fans have their say we'd be stringing them by their Grubjibs!

 

[ToTBellHop]

I mean, it was already a Mickey Mouse gift shop. At least Mouse Gear made a (slight) attempt to fit into Future World East.

 

[Andrew C]

I mean, it was already a Mickey Mouse gift shop. At least Mouse Gear made a (slight) attempt to fit into Future World East.

Did it? Never noticed.

 

[networkpro]

You are allowed to complain. This is hideous. You would think after 93 years, they’d know what Mickey looks like.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I Ike the mural. It feels fresh. But it should have been SMRT-1 since its on that side of the park. Figment would have been my first choice, but whatever.

 

[Goofywilliam]

I have no issues with the mural, it’s really just the context. This doesn’t belong in Epcot. I want something fun and stylistic that fits the contemporary style and storytelling themes they are going for with the remodel. This was a huge missed opportunity for the design team.