EPCOT Center Snippets- Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

muteki

Well-Known Member
I just don't get tired of seeing this... (Universe of Energy, not electric scooters :lookaroun)
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Is it the reflection playing tricks on me, or are there a bunch of mirror tiles missing? Sorry if I am a bit behind with this, but I haven't been back since this most recent refurb and I would have thought that they would have caught something like this.
 

Lee

Adventurer
it says EPCOT Center on it.
Ooooohhhhhh.....I see.
(Look! Notice how I'm not making any Epcot-nerd jokes! I am such a nice guy!:D)

marni1971 said:
I`m buying one myself on Friday evening??
Cool.
But if I see you sauntering around the resort sipping out of it like it was a chalice of some sort (:king:).....I will scoff.
 

Mr.EPCOT

Active Member
Original Poster
Nice indeed! Does the sphere at the top actually emanate electric currents? :D

What does that ball do? Light up?

From what I could tell, they didn't look like they do anything, but...

The ball is definitely a plasma ball. Those signs will looks really sweet when they get them hooked up.

Plasmalamp.gif

...hopefully you're right! That would be kind of cool.

Is it the reflection playing tricks on me, or are there a bunch of mirror tiles missing? Sorry if I am a bit behind with this, but I haven't been back since this most recent refurb and I would have thought that they would have caught something like this.

They're there, it's a reflection of the pinkish tan of Innoventions East.

Are those lights new?

Not particularly, they've been up for a year or two.
 

Expo_Seeker40

Well-Known Member
you know what awesome is.....awesome is when you're going up the lift hill in space mountain and notice that the slide projector for Earth is slightly off, and our planet is framed inside a white rectangle with sprocket holes...happened to me this past January. :lol: wait more like :cry:
 

TheDisneyMagic

Well-Known Member
Ahh look at that new cup, loving it will have to get myself one of these within the next few weeks.

As to the Universe of Energy shot, that was one of the nicest things about being at Disneyland Resort Paris, didn't see a single scooter, not one.

Thanks for keeping us up to date.:wave:
 

raven

Well-Known Member
They are not in Innoventions East yet.

They were installed last night after Innoventions closed.

Those chairs look newish....:shrug:

Nope. They've been there for a long time. And they are a pain to move.

Well It's about time.:animwink: Are those lights new?

No. Those too have been there quite a while.

The ball is definitely a plasma ball. Those signs will looks really sweet when they get them hooked up.

Plasmalamp.gif

I know where the main switch is and I tried it at 6:30AM this morning. Nothing happened. Maybe soon though.

New maps are in place now. Instead of one for each Innoventions they are 2-sided. Do these colors remind you of anything? :animwink:
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The Innoventions East side of the map indicating Sum of All Thrills.
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By the way, Sum of All Thrills should begin testing soon. The water dummies have been in the building for a couple of weeks and the computers have been moved up on the platform to start programing.
 

Mr.EPCOT

Active Member
Original Poster
They were installed last night after Innoventions closed.

Oh, great, now I've got to go back again! :lol:

I know where the main switch is and I tried it at 6:30AM this morning. Nothing happened. Maybe soon though.

By the way, Sum of All Thrills should begin testing soon. The water dummies have been in the building for a couple of weeks and the computers have been moved up on the platform to start programing.

Thanks for the info! :wave:

Good to know those balls will indeed do something.

New maps are in place now. Instead of one for each Innoventions they are 2-sided. Do these colors remind you of anything? :animwink:

They've been out for at least a month, I had pictures of them in my August 14th update.
 

EPCOTPluto

Well-Known Member
Nope. They've been there for a long time. And they are a pain to move.

I know where the main switch is and I tried it at 6:30AM this morning. Nothing happened. Maybe soon though.

By the way, Sum of All Thrills should begin testing soon. The water dummies have been in the building for a couple of weeks and the computers have been moved up on the platform to start programing.
But they are surprisingly comfortable.... :p


Great to hear that it will indeed be a plasma ball. I might want to touch it. :lookaroun:lol:


Sounds good for SoaT. Think they'll recruit park guests for testing?

*crosses fingers to be chosen for testing* :D
 

montyz81

Well-Known Member
niiiiice!:) Nothing happening outside then what was that alert the other night about? Is Smarter Planet new?
Might be new at epcot, but Smarter Planet is IBM's new marketing campaign. I work in an Executive Briefing Center for IBM and we have it all over our center. Think place may just have been updated with that messaging.
 

HMF

Well-Known Member
Might be new at epcot, but Smarter Planet is IBM's new marketing campaign. I work in an Executive Briefing Center for IBM and we have it all over our center. Think place may just have been updated with that messaging.
Could be' Didn't the IBM Exhibit have a different name at one point. BTW' I was just watching the Parks & Resorts presentation and they show a clip from the ending of Spaceship Earth with less cartoonish music and a much less annoying Female voice.(and Marty Sklar.) Could this mean anything?
 

EPCOT Explorer

New Member
Ok....I give up.
What's the big deal about the cups?
:shrug:
Old logos, old name, old marketing, nice color, amazing EPCOT. :D:lol:

And I'm a sucker for the 5 ring logo.
That's really about it for today, but I'll in ahead and throw in some extra pics from the other day that I didn't upload to conserve space...
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Love it. I can SEE the building. Amazing.

The ball is definitely a plasma ball. Those signs will looks really sweet when they get them hooked up.

Plasmalamp.gif
Ah, awesome.

Ooooohhhhhh.....I see.
(Look! Notice how I'm not making any Epcot-nerd jokes! I am such a nice guy!:D)


Cool.
But if I see you sauntering around the resort sipping out of it like it was a chalice of some sort (:king:).....I will scoff.
:fork::lol:
 

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