OneofThree
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I don't have much to add to the wonderful posts above, except to say that WoM was always one of the attractions I looked forward to most growing up, and subsequently one that I miss the most.
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Does anybody miss World of Motion?
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Pretending to be a test track dummy didn’t teach as much as a history of transportation did.
None of the rides the building has held has anything to do with E.P.C.O.T. aside from a corporate sponsor.
Brer Oswald
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I’m referring to the version today, mainly in terms of the post show and how it shows you the newer cars and it’s technology. That’s what E.P.C.O.T. was supposed to do, showcase new developments by various companies.
Which is exactly what World of Motions Transcenter did. Even more so.
Brer Oswald
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Sorry then, guess I’m mistaken. You would know more than me.
No worries. 2/3 of Motions post show was a vast showspace of new technology. Today’s area curtailed a lot of the floor space.
Typically it’s shown here from around 42 minutes:
Brer Oswald
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No I need to do my research
! WoM isn’t a pavilion I know too terribly enough about, aside from a bit of the ride, so I will definitely watch your video when I get time!
danheaton
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I loved World of Motion and think it represents one of the last of its kind. It had more in common with Pirates of the Caribbean (DL version) than even Horizons because it was filled with so many audio-animatronics. It was also so long! Disney doesn't make 15-minute rides anymore for the most part. It also had a really cool post-show area. I think the reason it's different than Horizons is because a lot of people do like Test Track (including me). We miss WoM and wish we could have both, but the replacement doesn't feel like a big drop-off.
Bairstow
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World of Motion had a classic feeling because it was the last major Disney park project for Marc Davis, Claude Coates, and the only one for Ward Kimball. It was very much a farewell performance for the first generation of Imagineers.
The reason it didn't make as much of a lasting impression on fans as Horizons or Journey is that its scattershot approach to history was too similar to Spaceship Earth's, which had the same approach to slightly different subject matter, except without gags and in a far more impressive show building. I remember as a kid sometimes having a hard time remembering which show scenes were in which ride.
Like Imagination and Horizons, it's a shame to have lost it, but of all the original EPCOT attractions, Motion, by being the most classic, was also the least special.
Bender123
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No I need to do my research
I still remember when I went and they had the Pontiac Sunfire concept car on display in transcenter...That car looked like the future come to life in a time of boxy squared off cars. Now it reminds me of just about every girl I ever dated who owned one and how they have a nasty habit of just dying in damp weather.
In retrospect, Transcenter was pretty awful for making me interested in that car...
KBLovedDisney
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The...car, right?
Bairstow
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Bender123
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The...car, right?
Both. Not my fault all their brakes happened to fail on their Sunfire on steep and wet roads. The court couldn't prove it, so I doubt you can...
smile
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WoM featured creative input from 22% of the NINE OLD MEN for the sake of pete!
... an absolute shame it was even considered for removal let alone those chomping at the bit to replace it
the artisty, the capacity, the humor, the irony, the length, the message, the music, the narration...
the quintessential aa ride with the quintessential aa scene.
let's also not forget post-shows such as the bird and the robot or the water engine that would outclass some entire attractions even today.
adored wom and miss it greatly
... an absolute shame it was even considered for removal let alone those chomping at the bit to replace it
the artisty, the capacity, the humor, the irony, the length, the message, the music, the narration...
the quintessential aa ride with the quintessential aa scene.
let's also not forget post-shows such as the bird and the robot or the water engine that would outclass some entire attractions even today.
adored wom and miss it greatly
KBLovedDisney
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Po'Rich
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I never saw World of Motion IRL, but I watched Martin's video. The more I watch videos of past rides in Epcot (Horizons, the original Journey into Imagination), the more I regret not having experienced Epcot in its heyday. Future World was clearly a celebration of humanity's ingenuity with an eye towards a promising future. As these early rides have been replaced, we have ended up with some rides that are more thrilling (Test Track is more thrilling than World of Motion, for example. I imagine that Guardians of the Galaxy will be more thrilling than Ellen's Energy Adventure). Yet, I fear we lose the sense of celebration and hope for a promising future that once resided at EPCOT.
I agree 100%, this is what I mean by Disney has lost its compass. WDW is slowly becoming ideologically transformed both in the parks and movies. I always felt that Disney was geared toward a typical family of 4, now not so much anymore..
Goofyernmost
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I guess it could be said that way, but, I don't think they lost it's compass as much as it just changed direction to flow with the times. As much as all of us loved the original, it just wasn't sustaining itself. Without the change in direction it might just be an empty lot by now. A lot of the things we loved in life have been transformed into things that we can no longer understand or like. WoM happened a lot of years ago, so the sting is or should be pretty much over by now. I never cared that much for Horizons or, for that matter after the first five minutes of Imagination got old pretty fast as well. UoE under Exxon was, with the exception of a few good special effects, a huge bore. On top of that Epcot had 4 and a half omni mover rides that all pretty much said the same thing. 5 and a half if you consider UoE is not an omni mover but a free wheeling omni-mover with a thyroid condition. (Bigger cars for those that don't get that reference.) SSE, Imagination, Horizon, WoM and the short omni-ride at The Seas, all the same thing. If Disney attempted to have 90% of it's attractions in one park the same type of ride vehicle today, there would be a bunch of you having serious aneurysms. It was great, it had it's brief time in the sun and faded away. What in life doesn't work that way.
mousekedoc
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Thanks Martin! That was really cool.
My point is not pining for the past and saying rides should not change.. I am speaking of ideological compass. If were simply going with the modern times to gain more attendance, then add a scene in SE with a guy sitting pants-less in front of a computer and go after the late teen market as well. Maybe the CoP could update the cast to 2 kids, 2 grand parents and 2 Moms.
Rides need to be updated to keep the public interest, but I think if they stray away from Walt's original idea of basing it on family and something the family can do together, then WoM to Test track and Horizons to MS, makes no sense, now you had a rides that gram and gramps could also ride on and now they can just wait on the benches outside. Society is changing, but its aging, meaning instead of a 10yo who's Father is 30, now its more like his Father is 45 and granpa is 65. With that said, I love TT. I used to bring my kids and my parents to WDW and we would separate so the kids can go do the rides that the parents could not.