Originally posted by CTXRover
I am a fan of Soarin' coming to the Land though even with its CA theme. Why? Because it is not removing a major attraction to do so but will rather be a great addition to the pavilion. (Yes, food rocks will go, but it isn't that big of a loss, cute show, KK was better, but not something to make me come to Epcot for). Also, CA has one of the most diverse landscapes in America and they could have easily disguised the CA part from people who didn't know. However, I am surprised they are actually keeping the CA name.
I am also a fan of Discoveryland over Future World. Why? Because it is near impossible for a theme park that builds multi-million dollar attractions to have them become outdated in 3-5 years and need a re-haul. It is foolish from a financial point of view and a guest/fan point of view since it never allows time for the attractions to gain a fan base and word of mouth. To me, Epcot has always been more about Discovery of both technologies and the world and less about the future. From what I remember, WOM concentrated more on the past and history of transportation and less on the future of transportation. Horizons was probably the only pavilion that really fit the Future World theme to a T, but as a Simpson's episode once poked fun at, it was like "the future of the 80's as people saw it in the 70's " :lol: (or something to that effect). Don't get me wrong I loved Horizons and could never go to Disney without riding it, but it needed to be updated too often to stay with the future theme. TT, MS, LS, Land, Energy, etc. really are more about discovery than the future anyways.
Combining WS and FW under one term: Discovery has helped, but there are still those who think Epcot is a "boring" park, believe it or not. But even ads all the way up here in PA for MS has got some of my classmates talking about Epcot and I think the park is taking a turn to be more "hip".
