Alright guys, I believe that this will be the last post for this thread...but yet, I had so much fun doing this thread, that I've decided that I will do similar threads for each of the WDW theme parks. So, with that said, be on the lookout for the first of these new threads--Magic Kingdom: A New Generation--coming soon.
Anyways, here's the major pieces of entertainment here at EPCOT Center...
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For this show, I was inspired by MartinsVids, who created this walk-around video around Future World circa 1990.
I'm thinking about having the show begin with "We've Just Begun to Dream", as you can hear in the video. Shortly after, you'll hear a voice say:
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! All of us at EPCOT Center are glad to have you as our guests today! We welcome you and hope you find your day with us to be a most enjoyable one!
Walt Disney was a Dreamer and a Doer, a man who cared about the world, and its problems. He believed that people could develop solutions to problems if equipped with information, technology, and opportunity. EPCOT Center has been created to showcase prototype concepts and technologies that may someday serve people everywhere. This is the essence of EPCOT Center: a collective endeavor by people, for people, in the hope for a better world."
Then, we hear an amalgam of voices representing the pavilions of the park...
"Ours is a time of unprecedented choice and opportunity, so let us explore and question and understand. Let us learn from our past and meet the challenges of the future."
"Hello. I'm SMRT-1, and I would like to play a game with you."
"The universe we know is one of dynamic forces, it heartbeat send constant flow of energy coursing through the vastness."
(Wonders of Life quote heard in the video)
"If we can dream it, we really can do it. And that's the most exciting part."
"And still bolder and better ideas are yet to come. Ideas that will fulfill our age old dream to be free."
"Can they imagine, too?" "Of course! Imagination is something that belongs to all of us!”
"Welcome to a voyage of discovery and awareness of the richness, diversity, and often surprising nature of living with the land."
(Mission: SPACE quote)
"Try to imagine, for we welcome you now to take the first steps into that future..."
"...to all people regardless of their birth, the right to live, to work, to be themselves, and to become whatever their visions can combine to make them."
"Peace and Goodwill to All who gather here for this Earthly Celebration!"
After this medley of quotes, we hear the voice say...
"Once again, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, good morning. We're certainly glad you could all join us today here at EPCOT Center. And now, from all 14 countries of World Showcase, we'd like to wish you a very good morning!
From France and our French-Canadians, bonjour!
From Mexico, buenos dias!
From Brazil, bom dia!
From China, ni hao!
From Germany, guten morgen!
From Russia, Доброе утро!
From Morocco and Egypt, صباح الخير!
From Norway, god morgen!
From Italy, buon giorno!
From Japan, ohayō!
And from all of us to all of you, good morning!
And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is now time to officially open the park! Are you ready for a day of discovery? Wonderful! Then let's all count down together from 10. Here we go..."
This would lead into the countdown as heard in the video. With each number, a burst of confetti erupts from a certain point in the plaza.
When the countdown reaches 1 and the chorus starts singing, the voice once again speaks: "Welcome, one and all, to EPCOT Center! All of us here at Walt Disney World hope you enjoy your day here. For your safety, and for the safety of those around you, please walk slowly and carefully to your first destination. Have a great day, and remember...we've just begun to dream!"
From there, a reprise of "We've Just Begun to Dream" starts up.
I'm sure We've Just Begun to Dream will serve as a fitting way to welcome guests to the park. Now, as for daytime entertainment, I've already covered the various forms of entertainment found at the park throughout the day. But, what's a park without a parade? Ah, that's where Tapestry of Nations comes in.
Tapestry of Nations, created for the Millennium Celebration, is a celebration of the human spirit in the form of a processional. It is a story of unity told and led by the Sage of Time, a wise grandfatherly figure. He reminds us that years ago, humans lived in peace and harmony with one another and with the Earth. But as time passed, humans strove to rule the Earth and to rule over each other. Today, while there are still disputes and power struggles, humans are realizing that life is not about what country you can conquer and which people you can persecute. We are realizing that it is acceptable to be different. We are learning from each other improving our lives and our societies.
Each one of us is a single thread. As we realize we are all a part of one human family, we join together to celebrate our differences, our similarities, and our accomplishments hand in hand. Our threads weave themselves together forming a tapestry of one human family. We are many nations and we are many people, but within each one of us we all have the same threads of joy, kindness, compassion, and love which weave together to form our human spirit. Each of us and our ethnic, cultural differences are represented by the different groups of puppets. Within each group, each puppet is different.
Tapestry of Nations shows us how we can embrace each other and celebrate life together as the puppets dance together along with us, the human audience, which is invited to interact with the puppets to the heartbeat of drums.
The procession will be pretty much unchanged. The parade will make two runs throughout the day: one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, just before IllumiNations.
Now, serving as a pre-show to IllumiNations is an all-new projection show called Voices of Tomorrow.
This show is basically a musical illustration of the vision and purpose of EPCOT Center. The arrangement contains all the history of the concept from the City of Walt’s time to the Center of not-too-long ago and Park of today concluding with an orchestral finale symbolizing nothing less than the dreams of its future. Most of the show takes place on Spaceship Earth, as various clips are projected onto the grand sphere—Walt’s description of EPCOT, the park opening, and various other things.
Now, I've already said that projections will be projected on Spaceship Earth, but not only that, projections will appear all throughout Stargate Plaza--on the walkways, on the Innoventions buildings. Plus, when a certain quote from a pavilion is said, that pavilion will be lighted up.
In fact, here’s a video featuring the song, which I think will give you some inspiration for the show:
And finally, of course, we have the insanely epic IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. I really do enjoy IllumiNations and I feel as though it fits Epcot perfectly. The show is going to remain the same as it is, with minor technical work being done on things such as the fountains, barges and fireworks. I think that IllumiNations perfectly reflects the themes of Epcot, featuring great segments and a moving score which has almost become a staple soundtrack to the park.
At the show's conclusion, we hear this announcement: "All of us here at EPCOT Center hope you have enjoyed IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. On behalf of all of us here, we thank you for being here to share this celebration today. As you exit the park, please move slowly and carefully to wherever your path may lead. We wish you good night, and a safe journey back home. And on behalf of all of us here at Walt Disney World, we extend to you and yours happy, prosperous, and fulfilling days ahead as we celebrate the future...hand in hand. Thank you."
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So, in conclusion of EPCOT Center, this park has been completely renovated, along with the Magic Kingdom. With the park's name reverting back to the original, a new entrance, complete renovations to Spaceship Earth and the Imagination Pavilion, the return of World of Motion, Wonders of Life, The Living Seas and Horizons, a re-located Mission: SPACE, two new pavilions for World Showcase, amongst several other additions made to almost all of the pavilions, I believe that EPCOT Center has become a much stronger park and has established itself as the way it was originally intended to be: a real-world experience where guests could learn about communication, the world, the wonders of nature, the sky and sea and to unlock imagination. While the park had originally suffered for being an "educational" park, yes, education is intertwined with this park, but now, additions like Soarin', Test Track, Mission: SPACE, Body Wars, Horizons, Journey Into Imagination, Raging Spirits, Mt. Fuji, the Great Pyramid of Anubis, amongst so many other things in the park help repel against the idea of the park just being educational. This is the perfect mix of educational and entertainment without having to commercialize the park into being too "dumbed down" or "cartoonish". I believe that this park is strong now and has so much more to offer, but still reflects on all of the eras of Epcot that we have come to know and love.
I really do hope you've enjoyed this trek through what I believe would be a perfect new take on EPCOT Center, and I certainly hope your future is as big, bright and beautiful as Walt Disney had predicted it.
Anyways, here's the major pieces of entertainment here at EPCOT Center...
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Entertainment
Picture, if you will...it's 9:00 a.m. The morning sun is up in the blue sky, offering its warm, welcoming glow to all who enter the park. Guests who enter will get their day started off right with an all-new welcoming show, entitled We've Just Begun to Dream.
For this show, I was inspired by MartinsVids, who created this walk-around video around Future World circa 1990.
I'm thinking about having the show begin with "We've Just Begun to Dream", as you can hear in the video. Shortly after, you'll hear a voice say:
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! All of us at EPCOT Center are glad to have you as our guests today! We welcome you and hope you find your day with us to be a most enjoyable one!
Walt Disney was a Dreamer and a Doer, a man who cared about the world, and its problems. He believed that people could develop solutions to problems if equipped with information, technology, and opportunity. EPCOT Center has been created to showcase prototype concepts and technologies that may someday serve people everywhere. This is the essence of EPCOT Center: a collective endeavor by people, for people, in the hope for a better world."
Then, we hear an amalgam of voices representing the pavilions of the park...
"Ours is a time of unprecedented choice and opportunity, so let us explore and question and understand. Let us learn from our past and meet the challenges of the future."
"Hello. I'm SMRT-1, and I would like to play a game with you."
"The universe we know is one of dynamic forces, it heartbeat send constant flow of energy coursing through the vastness."
(Wonders of Life quote heard in the video)
"If we can dream it, we really can do it. And that's the most exciting part."
"And still bolder and better ideas are yet to come. Ideas that will fulfill our age old dream to be free."
"Can they imagine, too?" "Of course! Imagination is something that belongs to all of us!”
"Welcome to a voyage of discovery and awareness of the richness, diversity, and often surprising nature of living with the land."
(Mission: SPACE quote)
"Try to imagine, for we welcome you now to take the first steps into that future..."
"...to all people regardless of their birth, the right to live, to work, to be themselves, and to become whatever their visions can combine to make them."
"Peace and Goodwill to All who gather here for this Earthly Celebration!"
After this medley of quotes, we hear the voice say...
"Once again, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, good morning. We're certainly glad you could all join us today here at EPCOT Center. And now, from all 14 countries of World Showcase, we'd like to wish you a very good morning!
From France and our French-Canadians, bonjour!
From Mexico, buenos dias!
From Brazil, bom dia!
From China, ni hao!
From Germany, guten morgen!
From Russia, Доброе утро!
From Morocco and Egypt, صباح الخير!
From Norway, god morgen!
From Italy, buon giorno!
From Japan, ohayō!
And from all of us to all of you, good morning!
And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is now time to officially open the park! Are you ready for a day of discovery? Wonderful! Then let's all count down together from 10. Here we go..."
This would lead into the countdown as heard in the video. With each number, a burst of confetti erupts from a certain point in the plaza.
When the countdown reaches 1 and the chorus starts singing, the voice once again speaks: "Welcome, one and all, to EPCOT Center! All of us here at Walt Disney World hope you enjoy your day here. For your safety, and for the safety of those around you, please walk slowly and carefully to your first destination. Have a great day, and remember...we've just begun to dream!"
From there, a reprise of "We've Just Begun to Dream" starts up.
I'm sure We've Just Begun to Dream will serve as a fitting way to welcome guests to the park. Now, as for daytime entertainment, I've already covered the various forms of entertainment found at the park throughout the day. But, what's a park without a parade? Ah, that's where Tapestry of Nations comes in.
Tapestry of Nations, created for the Millennium Celebration, is a celebration of the human spirit in the form of a processional. It is a story of unity told and led by the Sage of Time, a wise grandfatherly figure. He reminds us that years ago, humans lived in peace and harmony with one another and with the Earth. But as time passed, humans strove to rule the Earth and to rule over each other. Today, while there are still disputes and power struggles, humans are realizing that life is not about what country you can conquer and which people you can persecute. We are realizing that it is acceptable to be different. We are learning from each other improving our lives and our societies.
Each one of us is a single thread. As we realize we are all a part of one human family, we join together to celebrate our differences, our similarities, and our accomplishments hand in hand. Our threads weave themselves together forming a tapestry of one human family. We are many nations and we are many people, but within each one of us we all have the same threads of joy, kindness, compassion, and love which weave together to form our human spirit. Each of us and our ethnic, cultural differences are represented by the different groups of puppets. Within each group, each puppet is different.
Tapestry of Nations shows us how we can embrace each other and celebrate life together as the puppets dance together along with us, the human audience, which is invited to interact with the puppets to the heartbeat of drums.
The procession will be pretty much unchanged. The parade will make two runs throughout the day: one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, just before IllumiNations.
Now, serving as a pre-show to IllumiNations is an all-new projection show called Voices of Tomorrow.
This show is basically a musical illustration of the vision and purpose of EPCOT Center. The arrangement contains all the history of the concept from the City of Walt’s time to the Center of not-too-long ago and Park of today concluding with an orchestral finale symbolizing nothing less than the dreams of its future. Most of the show takes place on Spaceship Earth, as various clips are projected onto the grand sphere—Walt’s description of EPCOT, the park opening, and various other things.
Now, I've already said that projections will be projected on Spaceship Earth, but not only that, projections will appear all throughout Stargate Plaza--on the walkways, on the Innoventions buildings. Plus, when a certain quote from a pavilion is said, that pavilion will be lighted up.
In fact, here’s a video featuring the song, which I think will give you some inspiration for the show:
And finally, of course, we have the insanely epic IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. I really do enjoy IllumiNations and I feel as though it fits Epcot perfectly. The show is going to remain the same as it is, with minor technical work being done on things such as the fountains, barges and fireworks. I think that IllumiNations perfectly reflects the themes of Epcot, featuring great segments and a moving score which has almost become a staple soundtrack to the park.
At the show's conclusion, we hear this announcement: "All of us here at EPCOT Center hope you have enjoyed IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth. On behalf of all of us here, we thank you for being here to share this celebration today. As you exit the park, please move slowly and carefully to wherever your path may lead. We wish you good night, and a safe journey back home. And on behalf of all of us here at Walt Disney World, we extend to you and yours happy, prosperous, and fulfilling days ahead as we celebrate the future...hand in hand. Thank you."
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So, in conclusion of EPCOT Center, this park has been completely renovated, along with the Magic Kingdom. With the park's name reverting back to the original, a new entrance, complete renovations to Spaceship Earth and the Imagination Pavilion, the return of World of Motion, Wonders of Life, The Living Seas and Horizons, a re-located Mission: SPACE, two new pavilions for World Showcase, amongst several other additions made to almost all of the pavilions, I believe that EPCOT Center has become a much stronger park and has established itself as the way it was originally intended to be: a real-world experience where guests could learn about communication, the world, the wonders of nature, the sky and sea and to unlock imagination. While the park had originally suffered for being an "educational" park, yes, education is intertwined with this park, but now, additions like Soarin', Test Track, Mission: SPACE, Body Wars, Horizons, Journey Into Imagination, Raging Spirits, Mt. Fuji, the Great Pyramid of Anubis, amongst so many other things in the park help repel against the idea of the park just being educational. This is the perfect mix of educational and entertainment without having to commercialize the park into being too "dumbed down" or "cartoonish". I believe that this park is strong now and has so much more to offer, but still reflects on all of the eras of Epcot that we have come to know and love.
I really do hope you've enjoyed this trek through what I believe would be a perfect new take on EPCOT Center, and I certainly hope your future is as big, bright and beautiful as Walt Disney had predicted it.
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