Figment632
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Anything to get a revamp of that ride to bring it into the 21st century.
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EPCOT - 25 Years of photographic memories thread!
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Anything to get a revamp of that ride to bring it into the 21st century.
mcjaco
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We need UoE to go Green!
It always had solar panels. How is that not green?
I'm betting those aforementioned solar panels are paid off by now.
EPCOT Explorer
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75% of them are dead, and even when fully functioning, they only powered about 1/5th or so of what the ride used.:brick::lol:
Figment632
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EPCOT Explorer
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I LOVE that pic. If I could find a bigger size, it would be very framable.
Love how SSE looks seperate from the legs. Like it's actually resting there.
EPCOTPluto
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Figment632
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I love pics like those
EPCOT Explorer
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Where is this? It looks like a corporate lounge...
:sohappy:
SSE, I think.
Figment632
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Where is this? It looks like a corporate lounge...
:sohappy:
I think it is in SSE.
mcjaco
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hpyhnt 1000
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Huh, I was wondering if Disney ever did anything to them after their inital installation. Guess the answer is a big no. And as much as you may scoff, 20% by renewable energy is better than 0%. And I might add thats using 1970s technology. Imagine if, every five years or so, that solar installation on UoE had been added to and updated so that new panels came in and they were expanded across more of the building. Heck, how about, as the technology improved, Disney had gone around putting similar installation on WoM, Communicore, The Land, etc? Had that happend, I don't think its unrealistic to think that a good 40-50% of the park could today be running (at least partially) from energy generated by the sun; hardly something to just cast off lightly IMHO.
Its a shame that a forward thinking and innovative idea in 1982 has been essentially abandoned for 27 years now. What could be a shining showcase of technological innovation has instead become a broken relic and symbol of corporate and societal shortsidedness.
Its the entrance staircase to Base 21, the corporate lounge for Siemens.
EPCOT Explorer
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Still. That's no excuse.
Well said. You would think that EPCOT would be on top of this, of all places.
EPCOT Explorer
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They still are not working, though...right? I was told that a while ago.:lol: hope they fixed them!
Figment632
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SOme sad WOL pics 
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Figment632
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EPCOT Explorer
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^sigh.
So dated, but still a shame.
So dated, but still a shame.
EPCOTPluto
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Ah, I believe my first EPCOT memory occurred at the Sensory Funhouses.
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jeffb
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Excellent collection of images! Thank you for posting.