EPCOT Explorer
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I have seen 3 showings of it...The only info I got...Keratin and Turtle's live to be 150.
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EPCOT 25th Gallery was CLOSED today - what's up?
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I have seen 3 showings of it...The only info I got...Keratin and Turtle's live to be 150.
HMF
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And it looks like the gallery in DCA is going to be awsome.
HMF
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Well' maybe when I get into WDI because I have some MAJOR changes planned.:animwink:
EPCOT Explorer
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jedimaster1227
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With budget in mind, major is very much a relative term--but I'm hopeful for you, as well as myself that we have a chance in this wonderful company! :wave:
Bet they close it the second the refurb is done!
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It will. A new preview center for the resort will be located inside of the newly constructed Carthay Circle Theater at California Adventure. Since the Walt Disney Story was cancelled the theater's use was altered to be that of a preview center. The Blue Sky Cellar will likely be converted into a new attraction (or a restaurant if my bets are right) following the transfer of all remaining exhibits to the Carthay Circle.
disnyfan89
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Dont forgot that you learn how to say dude and cha.I have seen 3 showings of it...The only info I got...Keratin and Turtle's live to be 150.
hrcollectibles
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Maybe they want to hide the past from Future generations. "No kids Mission space has always been here. There was never anything on the Horizon"
I think each park should have an area where the show the history of the park
I think each park should have an area where the show the history of the park
Epcotrob
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Yep.
Wow...Alrighty then.Thanks for helping in the friendly debate. :wave:
(not the only one on tonight, I might add...Didn't the Senator do great?
So yeah...You honestly think that it would have been hard to make that permanent?
You and the rest of the wonderful management over at Epcot. Not EPCOT.
I miss the Gallery as much as everyone here. With that said I do feel that it would of been hard for them to keep it open. All that would be left to open to us would be the clipart on the walls. The memorabilia inside the gallery was on loan from fanboys like US. Disney HAD to return it to them. They did not own everything in the gallery.
Yes I did visit it while it was there at least every week.(martin can back me up on this) Heck, Martin and I spent like an hour in that room in July. I think 1 CM stuck her head in to see if anyone was in there and then she was gone. I would say for the 50+ times I walked into the gallery there was no one in there about 75% of the time.
EPCOT Explorer
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Dont forgot that you learn how to say dude and cha.
You gotta be kidding!
:ROFLOL:Really...How do you know that?:veryconfu
I thought it was from the archives...?
You gotta be kidding!
Really...How do you know that?:veryconfu
I thought it was from the archives...?
Yeah! I want to know who owns the Robot Butler! :lol:
But I think that any real fanboy would be quite happy continuing to let his/her stuff be displayed in the park.
EPCOT Explorer
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Yeah, seriously. If WDW were to call up and request that a few of my "artifacts" to be displayed I would SO oblidge.
GatorGambit
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If I remember correctly, the SeaCabs ride closed in preparation for the conversion to The Seas with Nemo, long after Turtle Talk had been installed. Attendance fell due to refurbishment basically making The Seas a paviollion only running at half capacity.
Yes, Nemo is relevant to the material. The problem is that now, Nemo is the material, not the Seas. Instead of the Seas being the material and Nemo being the supporting cast.
As for Nemo losing it's appeal over time we all know the same happened to Cinderella, Snow White, and that little Mouse nobody has ever heard of.
Yes, but notice that those characters all have attractions in a concentrated themed area that is dedicated to Disney Characters (Fantasyland & Mickey's Toon Refugee Tent Camp). TSM works because it's in a themed area dedicated to Pixar Characters. Other themed locations featuring Disney characters in attractions that don't match the themeing have been hit or miss, mostly miss (using Tomorrowland as an example: Buzz Lightyear = hit, Stitch's Great Mistake & MILF = miss).
I will say that there's also a general theme to the hits vs. misses: Buzz Lightyear was a new and original concept, where others were ill conveived attempts to throw characters where they didn't belong. Stitch certaintly fits into that - it is a sloppy rethemeing of AE. The Seas with Nemo fits into that too: throw in a cool (and often non-working) effect of a character, paint all of the walls some boring color, and off you go. Seabase Alpha now resembles a Stanley Kubrick movie set more than it does a Seabase.
ToTBellHop
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I think you may be mistaking poorly-designed attractions with poorly-chosen characters. Honestly, the source material matters little at Disney World. What matters is the execution. Many would argue that Song of the South is a pretty horrid movie (certainly a very unknown one), but Splash Mountain has an excellent attraction and it will always remain popular. Stitch and the Laugh Floor are simply poorly executed attractions, and that will be shown in each attraction's shelf life. I would guess they will be gone long before Splash Mountain. The characters they chose isn't the problem, it's the attraction itself. Take for example Journey Into Imagination. Figment is an incredibly endearing character, but the current version of the ride is poorly executed and the attraction fails as a result.
Putting Monsters, Inc. in Tomorrowland wasn't a mistake, I don't think--the mistake was how they chose to add the characters. Something more like the ride that TDL is building would've fit in better and likely been very successful. Good attractions do well, regardless of where they are. It's the same reason I think most of us forgave Disney for putting in the Tower of Terror, which didn't exactly fit the idea behind MGM in 1994.
Putting Monsters, Inc. in Tomorrowland wasn't a mistake, I don't think--the mistake was how they chose to add the characters. Something more like the ride that TDL is building would've fit in better and likely been very successful. Good attractions do well, regardless of where they are. It's the same reason I think most of us forgave Disney for putting in the Tower of Terror, which didn't exactly fit the idea behind MGM in 1994.
EPCOT Explorer
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Too true.
matt_taylor1985
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I only found out the gallery was open when I came BACK from my trip to Epcot, last October. I heard it was still open this year, so was looking forward to going. However about a week before I went this year it closed
Epcotrob
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You gotta be kidding!
Really...How do you know that?:veryconfu
I thought it was from the archives...?
There was a placard in the display case with the names of the kind folks that lent Disney the memorabilia for the gallery. Granted Disney didn't put their name in every case. But I believe it was in the case with the Records and stuff. As you entered the gallery it was the case on the sub level to the left of the stairs. The placard actually faced the staircase so it would be seen.
Now if Disney still owned all of the memorabilia that was in there , I would say shame on them for closing it. But they didn't. Im sad its gone, but just trying to explain why it had to close.
EPCOT Explorer
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Wow...Interesting. So you think this is the reason for the closures? I can't believe Disney does not own their own retro merch!
You`d be surprised what Disney dosn`t own from the pastWow...Interesting. So you think this is the reason for the closures? I can't believe Disney does not own their own retro merch!
EPCOT Explorer
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You`d be surprised what Disney dosn`t own from the past
Martin...Love you to death,man...but ENUMERATE!:lol::lol::lol:
In any case, it's interesting:king::dazzle:
Haha. The Mouse dosn`t have full video documentation of attractions that are no longer with us. They have to resort to third parties.Martin...Love you to death,man...but ENUMERATE!:lol::lol::lol:
In any case, it's interesting:king::dazzle: