Guardians of the Galaxy coming to Energy Pavilion at Epcot

[po1998]

If they decide to use the UoE bldg for GotG queue/pre-show, my guess is a lot of it gets walled off,and becomes wasted/backstage space. It is a mammoth bldg...if part of it is not walled off, it's going to be the world's longest indoor queue.

 

[bclane]

Now that we are pretty sure it will be GotG, I wanted to throw this out there in case it hasn't already been said. I imagine James Gunn will be involved again as he was on the Disneyland ride and to me that means that what we get will be true to the characters and heart of the IP. The guy is gonna make sure the experience is pure awesome sauce no matter how bad the fit in FW. So there's that.

 

[Biff215]

Now that we are pretty sure it will be GotG, I wanted to throw this out there in case it hasn't already been said. I imagine James Gunn will be involved again as he was on the Disneyland ride and to me that means that what we get will be true to the characters and heart of the IP. The guy is gonna make sure the experience is pure awesome sauce no matter how bad the fit in FW. So there's that.

Only problem is he will still be restricted by the budget and ride system that Disney chooses, much like any Imagineer. The best intentions and ideas don't always have the same end result unfortunately. Hoping for the best obviously.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Now that we are pretty sure it will be GotG, I wanted to throw this out there in case it hasn't already been said. I imagine James Gunn will be involved again as he was on the Disneyland ride and to me that means that what we get will be true to the characters and heart of the IP. The guy is gonna make sure the experience is pure awesome sauce no matter how bad the fit in FW. So there's that.

The problem with good attractions in poor places is that they undermine the very concept of a theme park.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

Preshows. Several actually. And queues. And switchbacks. And queues. And load / unload. And queues.

How about some show scenes before the coaster goes to full speed, like the Mummy at Universal?

The other one I'm aware of this time around was about the big bang and energy - the event, not the TV show.

Maybe they could get a 2 for 1 deal with CBS!

 

[brb1006]

So what day does D23 begin again?

 

[Daveeeeed]

So what day does D23 begin again?

Next Friday.

 

[marni1971]

How about some show scenes before the coaster goes to full speed, like the Mummy at Universal?

There will be stuff to see before launch, not as much as The Mummys.

 

[Just4Pics]

There will be stuff to see before launch, not as much as The Mummys.

Is this going to be a well themed dark ride style roller coaster or more or less RnRC with the awesome mix?

 

[Alex S.]

Just remember, GOTG will be in an Avengers movie next year, and that will give the rights to the movie, theme park wise, to Universal.

 

[doctornick]

There was a version with a theatre show and the coaster. The single attraction version seems to have been chosen. Sadly.

I'm not even as opposed to GotG as many on here, but the inefficient use of space annoys me.

 

[danlb_2000]

Just remember, GOTG will be in an Avengers movie next year, and that will give the rights to the movie, theme park wise, to Universal.

That is not definite. Just having them appear in the movie may not be enough for them to be considered part of the Avengers family.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Just remember, GOTG will be in an Avengers movie next year, and that will give the rights to the movie, theme park wise, to Universal.

That is not definite. Just having them appear in the movie may not be enough for them to be considered part of the Avengers family.

Not only that, but the contract gives exclusive rights to the characters (and their close family) to Universal as long as they were not already being used by some other park. And Disney will be using them (or at least announcing to use them) in their own park before Infinity War comes out.

 

[rioriz]

Just remember, GOTG will be in an Avengers movie next year, and that will give the rights to the movie, theme park wise, to Universal.

Sigh...

 

[Haymarket2008]

If all we get is something just like Rock n Roller Coaster and they wasted all this money and space to not even overlay that.......I'll will lose my GD mind

 

[Thelazer]

There is no mirrored room anymore.

I could swear it was still there behind the curtains..

 

[Jones14]

There will be stuff to see before launch, not as much as The Mummys.

Which version? Hollywood's Mummy has a shorter dark ride section than Orlando's.

 

[marni1971]

Which version? Hollywood's Mummy has a shorter dark ride section than Orlando's.

Both.

 

[marni1971]

I could swear it was still there behind the curtains..

Mirrors were ripped out and replaced with sound deadening material in 1996.

 

[sedati]

I will say, anything going in that building that might be popular needs an indoor queue. I remember when UOE was shiny and new and waiting outside the preshow was like standing in an oven- might have to do with how well they aligned it for maximum sunlight.