Taken from Screamscape:
Thats good news in my opinion.
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EPCOT to revive old logo!
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TheDisneyMagic
Well-Known Member
I am all for this, even if they only done it for the Year of Epcot 25 and then changed back I wouldn't mind. Even greater if it is permanent. :animwink:
But the question being, will it say Epcot or EPCOT CENTER on the new logo? :lookaroun
But the question being, will it say Epcot or EPCOT CENTER on the new logo? :lookaroun
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
My question is....are they going back to EPCOT Center, or will it remain simply Epcot?
hp200lx
Member
I saw a little bit of the logo replacement while I was there last week. They have put the old logo on the windows and doors of the bulk(or group cant remember) ticket sales building as well as the "ropes" they have to keep you in line and in queue they say "we are building a better epcot" and have the old logo. They are definitely going back to the old logo in several place already. It was awesome to see as someone who never got to go to WDW as a kid or see the old epcot.
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Not to burst your bubble...but they've always been in those locations. The old logo was never completely removed from the park. I honestly don't know whether this is true or not, but I'm kind of out of the loop at the moment. I do hope that it's true, though!hp200lx said:
Blackie Pueblo
Active Member
I think this would be great! I've seen the logo already on some merchandise and I can't help but yell..."Gimme Gimme... I want I want..."
Here's hoping this is the first sign for a great Anniversary!:sohappy:
"...it was all started by a mouse."
---Walter Elias Disney
Here's hoping this is the first sign for a great Anniversary!:sohappy:
"...it was all started by a mouse."
---Walter Elias Disney
KingofHearts
Banned
I look at this 2 ways.
I am glad to see the old logo come back. But if they keep it past the anniversary, then does that not go against the meaning behind EPCOT to begin with? It's going back in time, not forward into the future.
I LOVE the old logo BTW.
I am glad to see the old logo come back. But if they keep it past the anniversary, then does that not go against the meaning behind EPCOT to begin with? It's going back in time, not forward into the future.
I LOVE the old logo BTW.
WDWFigment
Well-Known Member
The symbol is one thing; that wouldn't surpise me too much because they can use it in conjuction with the current Epcot text and not have to redo much. My question (like others) is it the old EPCOT script will come back, along with the word "Center"? Any news regarding this is great, if true, but getting that "Center" back would be the icing on the cake!
EpcotMark
Active Member
EPCOT CENTER will Never come back in name, and I am glad. It sounds too clunky, people. A few logos of the old symbol would be fine here and there, but I think the current Epcot logo is fine as long as Mickey Mouse and characters dont infest it like they do in too much of Mouse Gear's merchandise.
SDav10495
Member
Well if they do indeed return to the old logo, I think it would be less a matter of nostalgic retro sensibilities (i.e. "going back in time") than it would be a matter of "if it wasn't broke, they shouldn't have fixed it" (i.e. bringing back the touches that made originally EPCOT Center futuristic, like the old logo). Many people say the same thing to EPCOT purists about a number of issues--"why go back when EPCOT is all about moving forward?" What they fail to acknowledge is that "going back" means returning to a time when EPCOT was more forward-thinking.
And in any case, that's IF they return to the old logo...a few things about this report sound fishy to me:
a) They refer to the wand as the "new style Epcot logo"--but the "Epcot" typeface used in the wand never became the park's logo. Aside from being on top of Spaceship Earth, that "logo" was only ever seen a few times in a smattering of merchandise, and usually always as part of an image of the wand--it was rarely used as the park's logo the way they imply.
b) They say the classic EPCOT Center logo was "retired just before the start of the Millennium". Not entirely accurate. Perhaps the old logo--I'm talking the font and the "flower"--could be spotted around the park until the Millennium Celebration (it still can be), but if I recall correctly it was officially done away with in 1994 when EPCOT Center changed its name to "Epcot 94". That's off by about five years.
c) The new retro merchandise should not be mistaken for the reappearance of the old logo. WDW has sold "retro" merchandise numerous times in its history--including at Epcot--and it hasn't ever meant a return to official usage of old logos.
Not that I want to ruin anyone's day. I can't tell you how much I want this report to be true--and I'm not even saying it's false. If Screamscape says they've actually heard something and are not just doing their own speculation, well that means something to me. This rumor certainly would seem to go along with the gradual campaign to bring back what worked about EPCOT Center, and if it really happens I'll be overjoyed. It's just that those three things immediately stood out to me when I read the quote, so I don't think we should blindly get our hopes up in case this turns out to be...less than accurate.
JWG
Well-Known Member
I'll take a wait and see attitude. And, for those fortuante to be heading to Epcot in the next few months -- Pics please?!
Screamscape has been a little less reliable as of late it seems. Or, they post something fishing for information (ie, pics of survey work at ABC Theater in MGM but no data to go with it).
I also hope it's true, though I think the the EPCOT less Center would be ok, let's face it, we all call it Epcot anyway.
I just pray they don't go to "EPCOT 25" or "EPCOT 07." Want to kill forward looking? Put the year in the name.
Screamscape has been a little less reliable as of late it seems. Or, they post something fishing for information (ie, pics of survey work at ABC Theater in MGM but no data to go with it).
I also hope it's true, though I think the the EPCOT less Center would be ok, let's face it, we all call it Epcot anyway.
I just pray they don't go to "EPCOT 25" or "EPCOT 07." Want to kill forward looking? Put the year in the name.
Kingdom WDW
New Member
This is great! I really love the old logo, and this a great new step!
SirNim
Well-Known Member
This is a new logo that they should use... Best of both worlds... a combination of the best of each previous logo!
Jekyll_Baker
Active Member
This is a new logo that they should use... Best of both worlds... a combination of the best of each previous logo!
I actually kinda like that
