Guardians of the Galaxy coming to Energy Pavilion at Epcot

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ToTBellHop

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jt04 said:
It has a fond place in my memory. However, I do remember saying that if they went with HW, they would immediately need to start phase 2 due to crowds
And I always said parking garages would be a must. Seems they listened and gave us an even bolder plan.

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Now you just have to return the heart of Te Fiti and your life's work will be complete.
 
Princess Leia

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britain said:
From what the insiders on the web are mumbling, it sounds like Disney is mulling its options regarding how to make a big Marvel impact at the parks. Here's my guess: Someone somewhere said all wheels should stop until they saw how Guardians 2 performed. If it's a solid hit, then Disney may proceed with making a solid GotG E-ticket at WDW, probably replacing Energy.

If, however, the new film is a huge, record-breaking, "biggest hit of the year" type of success, Disney may deem Guardians to be strong enough to serve as the de facto Marvel brand for Florida. A brand that could support a larger, SWL-land scale investment (perhaps replacing the SW Launch Bay area at the DHS) within which could have Marvel merchandising, restaurants and perhaps even attractions that dance along the gray fringes of what's legally permitted due to the Universal contract.

I'm sure Marketing would love to sell "The Marvel Experience" or something like that as a follow up to Star Wars at the DHS, but they legally can't do that. But they'd prefer not to sell "SuperHero City (with cameos from legal gray areas characters)" if there's an opportunity to sell "The Guardians of the Galaxy Experience (with cameos from legal gray area characters)".

Where would this leave Universe of Energy? Dunno. Put the Tron coaster there and de-tron-ify Test Track so that it can be Cars-i-fied? I really don't know.
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I really like your Guardians theory and hope you're right. It's led the box office the past two weekends, but it's first real test comes this weekend (sorry King Arthur) with Alien: Covenant. Sure, they're very different space films, but they both attract some of the same crowds.
 
lazyboy97o

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DarthFiscus75 said:
I'm sure it's been discussed numerous times and I don't want to argue about the marvel contract. Simple question - there are thousand of Marvel characters out there that would be outside the Universal contract. Why not develop characters with top quality scripts for new movies that can be crossed over to WDW. Use the characters blocked by the Uni contract for the West Coast - DLR.
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Because films are not developed with a concern for the theme parks. They shouldn't be either, as it would be a distraction from what is most important, telling a good story.
 
FigmentJedi

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MisterPenguin said:
And fossil fuels aren't made from dinosaurs. Something which Bill Nye has to fudge by admitting it but then exclaiming that dinosaurs are cool. But, it was obvious someone at Disney who believed the myth that oil comes from dinosaurs demanded they make up half the ride. That's a huge science fail.
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It wasn't so much "Fossil Fuels come from dinosaurs" as much as it was "Fossil Fuels were forming while dinosaurs were alive, so we have an excuse to look at these cool dinosaurs that were meant to be in Spaceship Earth's first draft"
 
Eckert

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If Guardians goes anywhere, it should be Epcot. Get rid of Ellen and Wonders of Life and use that space to put a really impressive ride that will draw crowds back to Epcot who are looking for more to do than just get drunk around the world.
 
Oriolesmagic

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Eckert said:
If Guardians goes anywhere, it should be Epcot. Get rid of Ellen and Wonders of Life and use that space to put a really impressive ride that will draw crowds back to Epcot who are looking for more to do than just get drunk around the world.
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There are certainly ways to do what you're suggesting without injecting EPCOT with yet another IP that doesn't really fit.
 
Eckert

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Oriolesmagic said:
There are certainly ways to do what you're suggesting without injecting EPCOT with yet another IP that doesn't really fit.
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Are there? I feel like in this day and age it's hard to live by that idea.

What was the last major non-IP attraction we got at Walt Disney World?
 
Oriolesmagic

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Eckert said:
Are there? I feel like in this day and age it's hard to live by that idea.

What was the last major non-IP attraction we got at Walt Disney World?
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I'm not blind to the fact that any replacement would likely be centered around an IP. That seems to be the modus operandi of the Iger regime. However, like Frozen, it doesn't mean that an IP should be shoehorned into a location that doesn't fit theme-wise.
 
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britain

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DarthFiscus75 said:
I'm sure it's been discussed numerous times and I don't want to argue about the marvel contract. Simple question - there are thousand of Marvel characters out there that would be outside the Universal contract. Why not develop characters with top quality scripts for new movies that can be crossed over to WDW. Use the characters blocked by the Uni contract for the West Coast - DLR.
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I wouldn't be surprised if whether or not a Marvel character is "Uni-free" is discussed when mapping out their future films, but it surely isn't the final word. They want to make movies that are easy to promote because they are based on characters the public has heard about. But they are willing to give the lesser known characters time in the spotlight too if the director/writers have come up with something compelling enough. Hence GotG in the first place.
 
MisterPenguin

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Tahu said:
Fossil Fuels were forming while dinosaurs were alive
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That may very well have been their thought process, however, it's still inaccurate. While some fossil fuels were being formed during that time (they're constantly forming), the vast majority of petroleum was being formed way before dinosaurs existed. Also, petroleum comes mostly from sea sediments. It's coal that comes from the land plant sediments.

I'll use my favorite trigger words here: they crammed dinosaurs down our throats by shoehorning them into whatever attraction they could!!!

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Eckert

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MansionButler84 said:
If only they had a movie park in need of more rides...
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Once Toy Story Land and Star Wars open up, DHS is going to go supernova and WON'T need any extra attention for a long time, the way I see it.

The way my armchair CEO brain is working is that each park needs to get something that will draw ALL crowds in. DHS has that covered in a few years. MK should get TRON. Epcot should get Guardians.

Have you seen the Disney billboards all around Orlando? Don't really say much. Just a big ole picture of something you're familiar with and the name of the park its located in.
 
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