Moth
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Technically The Seas got a small refresh. They added the Finding Dory stuff and repainted the exterior, I swear they did something else also....
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Rumor Figment, well, to be replaced by Figment
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Haymarket2008
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Right. Apart from some cosmetic changes in the interior (bringing back the pavilion logo/updating signage/*some* of the 1986 color scheme) and painting the building back to the off-white of long ago, there were no substantive changes.
I would say that the EPCOT overhaul hasn't left its mark on the pavilion yet.
trainplane3
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Because one was filed to install the Figment MnG set last year. The year or so on this one could mean more but I'm not reading into it more then that, just tired of nothing of importance happening to this building.
JustInTime
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Journey and SSE are the two rides in the worst shape in property. So I hope this comes to fruition.
peter11435
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Like I said in another thread I wouldn’t get too excited about this permit. It was filed by Facility Asset Management. They are responsible for maintaining what IS, they are not responsible for what WILL BE.
Hold your excitement until you see a permit from WDI
Hold your excitement until you see a permit from WDI
UNCgolf
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From a maintenance standpoint (i.e. needing a track replacement) SSE is definitely up there, although I'm not sure it beats out Space Mountain. From a quality standpoint, there are a ton of rides that need work before SSE (even though SSE does need work, mainly around the descent). It's still one of the best rides at EPCOT, if not the best.
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James Alucobond
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Indeed. The scenes in SSE are all still great even if the omnimover is laboring, but there’s nothing just completely embarrassing from a show standpoint other than your head frequently looking like it’s riddled with bullet holes during the descent video. Meanwhile, Imagination, Space Ranger Spin, Speedway, Nemo, Three Caballeros (the video footage), and PeopleMover (the windowed show scenes) feel like they should’ve been taken out back and shot a decade ago. Just shambling corpses at this point.
ElectricCenter82
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Honestly SSE content wise is still great, if anything it just needs work done to the track and ride system. Imagination on the other hand needs to go ASAP. I don’t think it’s a bad ride, but it’s horribly outdated and is just plain depressing compared to the 83 version.
Personally I Peoplemover is in a pretty good state rn, especially with the new narration being well received. Then again I’m biased since that’s my favorite MK attraction.
ElectricCenter82
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Not to mention that it’s kind of a sacred attraction like Living With The Land. Those are the last two remaining rides that still have the original thematic feel of OG Epcot. In a park that pretty much changes its rides almost constantly, I’m beyond grateful that those two classics exist
James Alucobond
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Tried to call out just the window scenes. I like the ride itself, and the views outside are of course timeless. The rides (or elements of rides for PeopleMover and Three Caballeros) I mentioned are things that I view as aggressively mediocre that have been so for ages even though simple, relatively inexpensive improvements could make them much better. They’re things you look at and wonder, “Why is that still like that?”
ElectricCenter82
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Aside from Progress City, I definitely agree that those window scenes are the weakest part of the peoplemover. Yeah there kinda charming at first, but they honestly don’t fit with the current "70s white futurism" that is slowly being pushed in Tomorrowland. Not to mention that after riding the Peoplemover literally over 100 times at this point, the novelty of those scenes is kinda lost. Take the hair salon one for example, yeah it’s kinda cool for 1994 but it looks HORRIBLY outdated nowadays.
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JustInTime
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The whole back half of SSE is rough. It’s just gutted and empty. I’d love if it matched the first half of the ride and got a track upgrade.
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Not until the DVC lounge closes first and either moves it to the old Siemens SSE's Lounge or any other vacant Lounge not being used Nothing is going to happen to that pavilion...
Cmdr_Crimson
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Horizonsfan
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Tangential to the DVC lounge, what exactly is the old Kodak lounge being used for? Cast Breakroom?
Moth
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Why would a bathroom refurb need two years?
Squishy
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Its Disney?
trainplane3
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UK restrooms took 7 or so months. Just remember, it doesn't mean they're starting work right away. The permit has an end date and they could also finish earlier too.