Guardians of the Galaxy coming to Energy Pavilion at Epcot

[marni1971]

i don't know where you are from but theres a place near where i live in Yorkshire (England) called Magna... I could imagine something similar at epcot... an interactive cutting edge fun learning experience for kids.

You're from over t'hills?

 

[Dead2009]

Why on earth would they devote TWO buildings to Guardians of the Galaxy? Seems like overkill to me.

 

[marni1971]

Mmmm...it has a budget but I don't know of a specific date yet. 2019 maybe. Just a guess though. Given the scope of work planned by 2021.

Maybe

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 It seems like the thread has (not surprisingly) turned into a debate about whether GotG should be in Epcot or not (it shouldn't) and a "death of EPCOT Center" thread. I know that nobody cares for the park as much as you, and you haven't really seemed to express the doom and gloom of Epcot like others have, and it seems like you know the most. What I'm getting at is where do you stand on all of the proposed changes? Based on what you know, what type of Epcot are we getting? Thumbs up, thumbs down, or a meh?

It won't be EPCOT Center. Never will be. Thankfully nor will it be Epcot.

If everything comes to fruition I'd think it's somewhere between meh and thumbs upwards.

 

[P_Radden]

It won't be EPCOT Center. Never will be. Thankfully nor will it be Epcot.

If everything comes to fruition I'd think it's somewhere between meh and thumbs upwards.

Will the name Future World stick around?

 

[flynnibus]

I'd say we are. I'd say we're into tweaking.

So.. developing the concept into an actual flushed out plan of record?

 

[dizneycrazy09]

It won't be EPCOT Center. Never will be. Thankfully nor will it be Epcot.

If everything comes to fruition I'd think it's somewhere between meh and thumbs upwards.

Coming from you, this actually causes me to be cautiously optimistic!

 

[danlb_2000]

The Franklin Institute..... not some science museum.

And the exhibit was fantastic.

The op was from England so I didn't bother with the full name of a museum he probably didn't know. I am personally a huge fan of the FI. No one has topped the experience of walking through a human heart.

 

[Donaldfan1934]

First is Nemo. Second is Gran Fiesta Tour. Third is FEA. Fourth is GotG.

Gran Fiesta Tour was based on the Three Caballeros, a movie that was intended as goodwill towards Mexico during WWII and actually educated audiences on a bit of the culture. Again, I can see how execution may be an issue, but it, like Nemo, is definitely one of the few examples of when the IP actually fits its existing placement.

 

[OliveMcFly]

If it will make something of an unused building then I'm for it. I just want it to stay away from my TOT.

 

[dizneycrazy09]

The op was from England so I didn't bother with the full name of a museum he probably didn't know. I am personally a huge fan of the FI.

We all should've had a WDWmagical meet up and all enjoyed together!

 

[Donaldfan1934]

And I am still very disappointed in Walt's smoking habit and anti-semitism.

You do know the anti-semitism was just an urban legend, right? He treated the Sherman Brothers, who were jewish, like his own sons.

 

[Kylo Ken]

Gran Fiesta Tour was based on the Three Caballeros, a movie that was intended as goodwill towards Mexico during WWII and actually educated audiences on a bit of the culture. Again, I can see how execution may be an issue, but it, like Nemo, is definitely one of the few examples of when the IP actually fits its existing placement.

Totally agree with your statement. I think the vast majority of people have never seen the film so they don't have a full understanding that Panchito and Jose are teaching Donald about some aspects of Latin American culture (even rare birds haha). The execution was horribly done because it's way to kiddie and cartoony but the placement was spot on. Disney could work in GotG very well but given their recent track record, I doubt it. I'd like to stay positive and hope that it will in some way, shape, or form pay homage to the original spirit of Epcot.

 

[tl77]

If Disney executives weren't creatively bankrupt, then why would they even float around the idea in the first place? Anyone with a brain would know for a fact that this idea would get crushed by the fans. The only idea that wouldn't would be a whole new ride at DHS that isn't sacrificing ToT. We shouldn't have to tell Disney at this point where and how to place things. There's no good reason for them to be so clueless.

Well I don't know if it's a dumb idea, I'm sure this would draw a crowd, but it just seems "bankrupt" to me more because of how "desperate" a move it seems to be... like "we to really really want people to come to Epcot, maybe popular comic book super heros will make people come to Epcot?"

If they are just going to cram an IP in Future World for attention, my vote would be for that new Tron Coaster. Even if they took the Tron name off of it, it at least looks like it's from a "World of The Future" and there's an elegance and sophistication to it that reminds me of 1980's EPCOT CENTER that the current Epcot is seriously lacking

But it terms of an attraction GOTG just seems like overkill to me, "Energy" is such a broad theme they could go in a lot of different directions with it. For example High School science classes go on roller coasters in amusement parks to teach kids about "kinetic energy", gravity, ect... I think a really cool roller coaster in the dark (which we never really got in WDW) could be made to fit the theme of Energy, Future World, and draw a crowd of both new comers and the Disney/Epcot faithful

I have no problem with them using their characters in their park, I think Nemo is not a bad fit "inside" the Living Seas, but I hate the cheap, sheet metal silhouettes, of the Nemo characters that they bolted over top the original Living Seas mural on the "outside" of the building... There is a way to do this stuff well

GOTG at Epcot just doesn't seem necessary to me, especially since the most popular things at the current Future World are the sensation of "flying over the The Land" with Soarin' and the sensation of "speed" at Test Track, it think GOTG would be better used elsewhere, because at Epcot the "less is more" philosophy seems to work best

 

[Horizons '83]

Wonder if it will be the Tron ride but GOTG themed...

 

[Princess Leia]

Morocco is the same as Saudi Arabia, isn't it?

Ha, just on the completely wrong side of the continent (or the wrong continent completely).
Like, I get it's 'Agrabah', so like Arendelle, not a real country, but one of the movies it was originally based on took place in Baghdad, Iraq, and, well, we're not going to get Iraq in the WS.

 

[WDWVolFan]

So what is the latest? What comes? What goes? Where? When? What?

25 pages and three threads even longer and all I can tell is that GOTG is coming.

 

[Magenta Panther]

And I am still very disappointed in Walt's smoking habit and anti-semitism.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic...but dude, no.

During a press conference for the recent PBS Walt Disney biography, a reporter asked the show's producers if the subject of Walt's anti-Semitism would be addressed. And the producers answered: No, because during their research, they couldn't find any trace of it.

Because he wasn't.

He wasn't an anti-Semite. Please don't casually perpetuate the lie that has inspired far too many "jokes" on Family Guy.

Now, Walt did smoke like a chimney, and that's what killed him. So you're 1 for 2. Moving on...

 

[Donaldfan1934]

Totally agree with your statement. I think the vast majority of people have never seen the film so they don't have a full understanding that Panchito and Jose are teaching Donald about some aspects of Latin American culture (even rare birds haha). The execution was horribly done because it's way to kiddie and cartoony but the placement was spot on. Disney could work in GotG very well but given their recent track record, I doubt it. I'd like to stay positive and hope that it will in some way, shape, or form pay homage to the original spirit of Epcot.

Thanks for backing me up. As far as execution goes, I don't think its terrible, but it could've been a lot better if they altered more of the existing El Rio del Tiempo. On the plus side, I think the MMR animatronics that were installed in the finale scene about 6 months back enhance the experience greatly. As far as GotG goes, I don't see how they can tie that into Epcot at all. Judging by how FEA went, the execution may be fantastic, but much like yourself, I dout it will work cohesively and coherently with what Epcot is, was, and should be.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic...but dude, no.

During a press conference for the recent PBS Walt Disney biography, a reporter asked the show's producers if the subject of Walt's anti-Semitism would be addressed. And the producers answered: No, because during their research, they couldn't find any trace of it.

Because he wasn't.

He wasn't an anti-Semite. Please don't casually perpetuate the lie that has inspired far too many "jokes" on Family Guy.

Now, Walt did smoke like a chimney, and that's what killed him. So you're 1 for 2. Moving on...

Very touchy over a lie that inspired many jokes...

To answer someone else's question, thankfully, this will NOT be a GotG version of that icky TRON coaster. Blech. They considered bringing the coaster but opted not to.