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Epcot's igloo!!

Master Yoda

Pro Star Wars geek.
Premium Member
That last couple of years that Ice Station Cool was there is was in terrible condition. The Snow Cat had rust spots all over and a few lights out. The tunnel's snow maker was um well, not much of a snowmaker anymore. The last time I was in there the cave was barely even cool. Even the paint on the entrance to the ice cavern needed to be redone.

I loved the themeing of it, but it was just in the wrong place. It did not fit in with the bldg's of FW and neither does Club cool, but it is a little better but boring.

Now put Ice Station Cool into the Everest mountain and now were talking. Maybe even a roller coaster drive thru. Stop to watch the yeti tear up the track and they offer you vial tasting Coke products.
Absolutely correct on both accounts.

Its placement in future world was out of place. Quite honestly it would have fit better in WS but then you would run into the issue of it not truly representing the county it was put in. But forgetting all of that is was simply cool and I am glad it was at least somewhere in WDW.

It was also let go from a maintenance stand point which was a shame. I liken its later years a really cool classic car that is that is slowly rotting away sitting in some old guy's back yard. You know he will never do anything with it.. Eventually it will go to the junk yard which is exactly what happened to Ice station cool.

I think we all know why Club Cool is like it is now. The same mission is achieved (advertising for coke) at a much lower cost. Works well on a spreadsheet but there is nothing all that cool or unique about it. That would be fine for something in your local mall but not in Disney where everything is supposed to be a part of a story.
 

WDW Monorail

Well-Known Member
The name is now Club Cool. Worst soda is the one from Italy.:hurl:

Beverly is marketed completely incorrectly in Club Cool. It is not a soda, rather a 'bitter' served after meals as a digestive aid. Such bitters are sold in very small bottles and are not meant to be chugged as most other sodas are.
 

PhilharMagician

Well-Known Member
not in Disney where everything is supposed to be a part of a story.

It is a story alright. A never ending story that frustrates us all and that is the story how to reduce costs. It is going on all around the parks in this day and age. Watching the bottom line is one thing, but forever raising the line higher.:hammer:

I read a story today the WDC loaned HKDL and the HK government around 400 mil to pay of the debt from by the park at a rate of 1.5% above prime. How about putting a little of that appartent liquid cash here to keep 4 for a Dollar, Fantasmic showing every night or some of the other recent cuts.

Oh, sorry for the hijack and rant :o
 

Master Yoda

Pro Star Wars geek.
Premium Member
It is a story alright. A never ending story that frustrates us all and that is the story how to reduce costs. It is going on all around the parks in this day and age. Watching the bottom line is one thing, but forever raising the line higher.:hammer:

I read a story today the WDC loaned HKDL and the HK government around 400 mil to pay of the debt from by the park at a rate of 1.5% above prime. How about putting a little of that appartent liquid cash here to keep 4 for a Dollar, Fantasmic showing every night or some of the other recent cuts.

Oh, sorry for the hijack and rant :o
Hardly a hijack. The OP was about the removal of something cool and replacing it with something ho hum and all for nothing more than a greater profit margin. That has been occurring all over property. Efficiency and profit are trumping good show.
 

WildLodgeFan

New Member
I did miss the igloo when we went, but I have to admit I enjoyed watching the faces of my demented family trying the Beverly!

I'm on board with the Ice Station being brought back over near Expedition Everest - it makes perfect sense.
 

DarthGrady

Active Member
I miss the old Odyssey restaurant. It was hardly ever crowded like the Electric Umbrella, and I like how its in the middle of the water.
 

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