EPCOT: June 20th Update

hpyhnt 1000

hpyhnt 1000

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SirGoofy said:
Yes, that's bad.:lol:


Kidding, anyone can like whatever they want to like...even if it is wrong.
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:lol:

I never got to experience the original JII, so at the time, I thought JIYI was alright. But as I learned more, now I realize why there was never a line for JIYI. :lookaroun

EPCOT Explorer said:
:lol: Yet you don't ride?:lookaroun
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Know why? I really don't like this version. I rode once and didn't find it cute or engaging, but rather loud and annoying (especially Figment. He is just plain annoying in this version). So really, I don't ride it because I kinda miss JIYI.






I know, I'm completely blowing any Epcot (or EPCOT) credibility I had acquired, but whatever. :lol: :p
 
SirGoofy

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
:lol:

I never got to experience the original JII, so at the time, I thought JIYI was alright. But as I learned more, now I realize why there was never a line for JIYI. :lookaroun
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Understandable. JII was my very favorite ride when I was a kid. I would literally make my parents and grandparents ride it over and over and over again.

Have you watched any tribute videos for it? It was spectacular.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
:lol:

I never got to experience the original JII, so at the time, I thought JIYI was alright. But as I learned more, now I realize why there was never a line for JIYI. :lookaroun



Know why? I really don't like this version. I rode once and didn't find it cute or engaging, but rather loud and annoying (especially Figment. He is just plain annoying in this version). So really, I don't ride it because I kinda miss JIYI.






I know, I'm completely blowing any Epcot (or EPCOT) credibility I had acquired, but whatever. :lol: :p
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You poor soul.:lol::(
SirGoofy said:
Understandable. JII was my very favorite ride when I was a kid. I would literally make my parents and grandparents ride it over and over and over again.

Have you watched any tribute videos for it? It was spectacular.
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I always wanted to do that, but the lines were too long, and I didn't want to miss TLS.:lol:
 
EPCOT Explorer

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SirGoofy said:
As you know I was never a LS fan. So it was JII after JII, SSE a couple times, UoE, Horizons, LwtL, wash, rinse, repeat.
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Mine was always SSE >JII> TLS> TL and Lunch> Horizons (I would rush through lunch :lol:) UoE (if it was loading) and then WOM. We woudl often double back to SSE and stay on if it was early in the day.

WoL took over Horizons' and UoE's spot, and Communicore was done at random, usually as we were walking to the next attraction. The only thing I remember from there is SMRT-1, because I played a game with him.:D
 
hpyhnt 1000

hpyhnt 1000

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SirGoofy said:
Understandable. JII was my very favorite ride when I was a kid. I would literally make my parents and grandparents ride it over and over and over again.

Have you watched any tribute videos for it? It was spectacular.
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Yes, I have. It did look pretty amazing. :eek: It'd be great to see something similar or at least with the same spirit created once again, but this time with 21st century technologies. Imagine how great the ride could be! :D

And yes, I know my Epcot soul will never be complete since I never got to ride the original JII. But then again, I never experienced EPCOT, so JII is just one small part or the problem. :lol:
 
EPCOT Explorer

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
Yes, I have. It did look pretty amazing. :eek: It'd be great to see something similar or at least with the same spirit created once again, but this time with 21st century technologies. Imagine how great the ride could be! :D

And yes, I know my Epcot soul will never be complete since I never got to ride the original JII. But then again, I never experienced EPCOT, so JII is just one small part or the problem. :lol:
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:( When was your first visit?


And yes, 21st Century JII would be nice. What they should have done in the first place.
 
mcjaco

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jakeman said:
I have a theory that the first time you experience something and it makes an impression on you at WDW is the best and everything after that downhill. That is reflected in posting styles and park preferences and can be summed up with the statement "Walt Disney World was at its peak the first time visited in XXXX". This is just a general and by no means all inclusive rule.
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Interesting. Not sure it's correct, but that's what theories are for.

I first visited EPCOT at the end of October 1982. About two and a half weeks after it opened (I've posted a few pics from that trip here). I found EPCOT in 1983 (after Horizons and JII opened), and 1984 (after TLS opened) infinitely more appealing. In fact, my RCT3 project of recreating EPCOT in 1984 based of my love of it for that year, not my first visit.

I'd say the same about MK, but I don't really recall my first visit there in 1977, when I was two. I do remember vividly riding BTMRR the year it opened, and thinking it was the most awesome thing I'd ever riden.
 
HMF

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EPCOTPluto said:
I happened to grow up with the canopies and those kinetic sculptures.
Yes, it'll be more spacious and open, but if true, it won't be the EPCOT I know of anymore.
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I "Grew up" with it too if you consider that my first trip was when I was nine when I first went in 99. (I have since gone back in 2001' 2004 and 2008) However' I am open to new things and I think removing the canopies will open up the area more and refresh the plaza. Now things like the Seas with Nemo & Friends and Gran Fiesta Tour are not the Epcot I
knew of.:animwink:
 
EPCOTPluto

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HMF said:
However, I am open to new things and I think removing the canopies will open up the area more and refresh the plaza. Now things like the Seas with Nemo & Friends and Gran Fiesta Tour are not the Epcot I know of. :animwink:
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True, especially on the characterized part.
I wish Disney is not so focused on trying to entertain the kids & lessen the EPCOT experience with characters. But that's just me.
It would be nice to see a more open EPCOT, like this pic:

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I think that steel Innoventions West sculpture on the way to Soarin' fits pretty well, IMO.
 
hpyhnt 1000

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EPCOT Explorer said:
:( When was your first visit?
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First visit was October 2000, and I have been back at least 50 times since then (can you tell Epcot quickly became my favorite park? :lol:) It wasn't a bad time to go, with it being the Millenium Celebration and all. TT had just opened, The Living Seas was still in place, UoE was still relevant, and WoL was still opened. Its funny because one of the biggest memories I have from that trip is a section of black wall in FW East and wondering what they were doing back there. Little did I know what had just been there and what I had just missed. :eek:

Still, Epcot 2000 certainly wasn't, say, Epcot '94 or EPCOT Center. :(
 
jakeman

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mcjaco said:
Interesting. Not sure it's correct, but that's what theories are for.

I first visited EPCOT at the end of October 1982. About two and a half weeks after it opened (I've posted a few pics from that trip here). I found EPCOT in 1983 (after Horizons and JII opened), and 1984 (after TLS opened) infinitely more appealing. In fact, my RCT3 project of recreating EPCOT in 1984 based of my love of it for that year, not my first visit.

I'd say the same about MK, but I don't really recall my first visit there in 1977, when I was two. I do remember vividly riding BTMRR the year it opened, and thinking it was the most awesome thing I'd ever riden.
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I think that's why I added the caveat of "makes an impression" since many of us went multiple time when our memories were spotty.
 
hpyhnt 1000

hpyhnt 1000

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EPCOTPluto said:
I think that steel Innoventions West sculpture on the way to Soarin' fits pretty well, IMO.
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You mean that purple and wire thing?








NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! :fork::fork: :fork:


NO!

I'm sorry, that structure is one of the ugliest aspects of Innoventions Plaza. Destroy it, bulldoze it, I don't care what gets done to it but it needs to go the way of the wand and get crucnched up into a million pieces in the far end of Epcot's parking lot and disapper. DO NOT leave that thing standing in Innoventions Plaza! :fork:
 
EPCOTPluto

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
You mean that purple and wire thing?

NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!! :fork::fork::fork:

NO!

I'm sorry, that structure is one of the ugliest aspects of Innoventions Plaza. Destroy it, bulldoze it, I don't care what gets done to it but it needs to go the way of the wand and get crunched up into a million pieces in the far end of Epcot's parking lot and disappear. DO NOT leave that thing standing in Innoventions Plaza!
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I am assuming you hate that thing, right? :lol:

I don't know, in nighttime shots, it looks nice. And it has that Innoventions signage that I prefer over the current cartoonish Innoventions logo. Oh, and the fiber optics are a nice touch. :)
 
hpyhnt 1000

hpyhnt 1000

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EPCOTPluto said:
I am assuming you hate that thing, right? :lol:

I don't know, in nighttime shots, it looks nice. And it has that Innoventions signage that I prefer over the current cartoonish Innoventions logo. Oh, and the fiber optics are a nice touch. :)
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Thats true. I forgot about the sign. I agree it looks better in the other font that is on the sign. And the fiber optics are cool. But apart from that that whole structure needs to go. :fork:
 

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