Epcot rumor per Jim Hill...

Phroobar

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I for one welcome the Coco overlay. It will get more people to ride that very boring ride that is nothing more than a travel log for Mexico.
 
RSoxNo1

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brb1006 said:
A broken clock is right twice a day
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Jim gets a lot more stuff right than people around here give him credit for. Most recently he had:
  • Frozen Ever After (specifically Frozen going to Norway)
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (again, plans dusted off long before any of the normal rumor sources on here had them)
  • C3PO piloting Star Tours (well before anyone else on here had them)
He also mentioned the Coco rumor on a previous premium podcast. I suspect that this is contingent on the movie's success (naturally). However, of the character infusion possibilities, this one is a no brainer if that door has been pushed open. The attraction already features components of Dia de los Muertos. To me this is a far more natural fit than even Inside Out in Imagination.
 
TP2000

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djkidkaz said:
Jim Hill has way to many rumors that never come to fruition for me to take him seriously.
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They aren't rumors, they are just his musings. He just sort of thinks out loud, strings together some "what ifs" into a paragraph, remembers the gossip he heard from a Poly bartender or Epcot loop bus driver, and then presents them as a thing that might happen at WDW.

In Mr. Hill's defense, I do the same thing. But usually it's when I'm sitting in traffic and I don't put those thoughts on a website.
 
Phroobar

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TP2000 said:
They aren't rumors, they are just his musings. He just sort of thinks out loud, strings together some "what ifs" into a paragraph, remembers the gossip he heard from a Poly bartender or Epcot loop bus driver, and then presents them as a thing that might happen at WDW.

In Mr. Hill's defense, I do the same thing. But usually it's when I'm sitting in traffic and I don't put those thoughts on a website.
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You make him sound like a crazy old man.
 
Bacon

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Tahu said:
Aladdin has no connection to Morocco, they just put the characters there because there was no Arabic pavilion at Epcot and they decided Morocco was close enough.
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Just rename it xD
or completely redo it like norway
 
wdisney9000

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phruby said:
I for one welcome the Coco overlay. It will get more people to ride that very boring ride that is nothing more than a travel log for Mexico.
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Ahh, the epitome of true quality in theme park concept and design...."it will get more people to ride that very boring ride". Smh
 
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wdisney9000

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slappy magoo said:
I'm more comfortable using IPs if they're used as a sort of primer to a country's culture or history. If the Canada pavilion wanted to update their film to include the moose from Brother Bear, but used them as a way to talk about Canadian history or actual Canadian folklore or legends, it would be an entertaining way to do it...it would also be ironic because the moose are based on the Bob & Doug MacKenzie characters Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis created for SCTV, and they were created specifically as a rebuttal to criticism from the CBC that, by satirizing so much American culture, the show wasn't "Canadian" enough. The reaction was along the lines "most of the cast and production crew are Canadian and we shoot in Canada. What else do we need to do to make it Canadian - have two guys wearing toques and drinking beer in front of a giant map of Canada?" And boom, legends are born.

But back on topic, if Remy from Ratatouille was used as a conduit to talk about French culture or history, I wouldn't find that to be a bad thing (and anything that gives Patton Oswalt a smidge more work, I'm down with it, poor guy). If Mulan did a brief history of China, great, if it were real history (which is a bone of contention with the Frozen Ever After attraction). And use IPs in Future World much the same way, like the Nemo overlay in Living Seas, if it satisfies the original plan to educate AND entertain, even if the delivery method is not what WD himself preferred.
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They made no attempt to use the Frozen ride as a conduit to talk about Norwegian culture or history. What makes you think they would do something different in any other pavilion?
 
PorterRedkey

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andysol said:
The Epcot we long for is dead and it is clear with GotG, it will never be back. So might as well add Coco, Ratatouille, Hunchback, Tron, a Mt. Fuji based on Mulan (yes- that makes no sense, so why not, right?)- bring em' all on. At least it will have attractions instead of shells.
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If we have to go here in Epcot and it appears we do, we could do worse than Coco in Mexico and a non-Mulan Mt Fuji.

The other suggestion seems silly, but I think that was your point.
 
PorterRedkey

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With the announcement that GotG is coming to Epcot, I have lost all hope for the original ideals of EPCOT Center to return. I have finally reached the acceptance stage of the grief process. The spirit is gone. The wonder and inspiration are gone.

All I can hope for now is that they build IP attractions that will be quality, even if misplaced. I can't believe I am saying this, but EPCOT Center is dead and the sooner we realize it, the better.
 

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