rreading
Well-Known Member
It's tricky.
I've felt that so many of the little games at the exit of SSE and the activities within Innoventions were things that can easily be found at any good science museum (and in DFW/Texas we have some pretty good ones); so we really didn't spend much time pursuing any of them save Sum of All Thrills. Some of them seemed pretty boring - perhaps they weren't, but still...
There are some who say that AK also incorporates many things that you find in a zoo (and again, we are not lacking for zoo experiences). To me, the difference is that AK excels at it's attempts at being a zoo. The keepers know their animals really really well and are always around to answer questions - better than most local zoos; the exhibits are well adapted for their animals and beautiful; and the activities border on things found in a science museum.
So to me, EPCOT either needed to up it's game and hope that they were able to engage their visitors (which seemed unlikely - the lines for Sum of All Thrills were rarely as long as the quality of the experience would support) or move on.
I wish they could make the Living Seas more enchanting. I'm glad that Living with the Land and SSE cont to exist. And Mission Space is good for what it is. (again - the exit activities seem to be underutilized and I wonder if they are interesting but we always keep moving).
If they make Energy into something that's really top notch and fits somewhat; if they fix Imagination; and make it all prettier then I will be happy. (and I loved WoM and Horizons and JII back in the day)
I've felt that so many of the little games at the exit of SSE and the activities within Innoventions were things that can easily be found at any good science museum (and in DFW/Texas we have some pretty good ones); so we really didn't spend much time pursuing any of them save Sum of All Thrills. Some of them seemed pretty boring - perhaps they weren't, but still...
There are some who say that AK also incorporates many things that you find in a zoo (and again, we are not lacking for zoo experiences). To me, the difference is that AK excels at it's attempts at being a zoo. The keepers know their animals really really well and are always around to answer questions - better than most local zoos; the exhibits are well adapted for their animals and beautiful; and the activities border on things found in a science museum.
So to me, EPCOT either needed to up it's game and hope that they were able to engage their visitors (which seemed unlikely - the lines for Sum of All Thrills were rarely as long as the quality of the experience would support) or move on.
I wish they could make the Living Seas more enchanting. I'm glad that Living with the Land and SSE cont to exist. And Mission Space is good for what it is. (again - the exit activities seem to be underutilized and I wonder if they are interesting but we always keep moving).
If they make Energy into something that's really top notch and fits somewhat; if they fix Imagination; and make it all prettier then I will be happy. (and I loved WoM and Horizons and JII back in the day)