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News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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tommyhawkins
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bring back the snooze fest sponsored by big oil yeah?nah
lazyboy97o
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It’s not a binary choice. There are an infinite number of things they could have done without building a giant warehouse.
company that talked about the need for diverse sources of energy? 
bhg469
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It is most definitely the best ride at Epcot. however the more we ride it the more it becomes evident that it is just a very smooth coaster with some fun music... When it comes to WDW rides it's great. Compared to the other parks offerings? Hagrids is much much better, Mummy is still better, and gringots is on par..
UNCgolf
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The original version of that ride was a lot more interesting and entertaining than Cosmic Rewind, but that's also beside the point. It's not a binary choice.
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UNCgolf
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It's not even half as good as Spaceship Earth to me (and it wouldn't be a top 5 attraction at 1991 EPCOT), but obviously that's a subjective opinion.
DonniePeverley
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Okay so rode this on Monday.
What a crushing dissapointment.
First the positives - it's a smooth coaster, very smooth.
But it's just so unbelievably underwhelming. I was hoping Disney would push the boat with this project, but nope nothing. The show building is pretty average with a large prop outside (and a huge building that spoils Epcot scenery from the countries), nothing else around it. The queue was okay. The presenter of American idol does this thing, and you get a brief talk from the stars of the movie about some mission (yawn).
The ride just doesn't work on the level i assume it was intended. You never at any point feel like you are in space, which is what they were going for. The screens don't blend in with the dark walls, the lights from them then showcase the track taking you out of the experience.
There is practically no storyline, nothing groundbreaking here. Just a mad dash spinny, with some flashing lights (sort of) and that's it. It's just an updated version of Crush's coaster in Paris, and i hated that ride with a passion.
We all came off it underwhelmed.
This is just a Six Flags coaster with a bigger budget, and a fancy name.
I am also beginning to doubt the youtubers who get all emotional over these new Disney attractions. There is no way this attractions gets anyone emotional.
What a crushing dissapointment.
First the positives - it's a smooth coaster, very smooth.
But it's just so unbelievably underwhelming. I was hoping Disney would push the boat with this project, but nope nothing. The show building is pretty average with a large prop outside (and a huge building that spoils Epcot scenery from the countries), nothing else around it. The queue was okay. The presenter of American idol does this thing, and you get a brief talk from the stars of the movie about some mission (yawn).
The ride just doesn't work on the level i assume it was intended. You never at any point feel like you are in space, which is what they were going for. The screens don't blend in with the dark walls, the lights from them then showcase the track taking you out of the experience.
There is practically no storyline, nothing groundbreaking here. Just a mad dash spinny, with some flashing lights (sort of) and that's it. It's just an updated version of Crush's coaster in Paris, and i hated that ride with a passion.
We all came off it underwhelmed.
This is just a Six Flags coaster with a bigger budget, and a fancy name.
I am also beginning to doubt the youtubers who get all emotional over these new Disney attractions. There is no way this attractions gets anyone emotional.
They are Diznoids. They get emotional for hopes of future media day invites. They have little integrity.
If you don't like their content:
1. Don't watch.
2. Let them know in their comment section.
This isn't a forum to argue with people who don't post here.
Also...
mysto
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They get more likes if they react in an exaggerated way. Outrage doesn't really work here so the reaction is 'yay'.
Whenever I start youtube without logging in their "suggestions for you" are always a couple of young people, one male one female, showing dramatic overreactions to some dull thing. This tells me that the average person clicks on this....
I think you can right click on it and select "don't suggest this", but when I'm not logged in I get the least common denominator.
trainplane3
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Come on. It's their catch phrase when they can't come up with any meaningful way to continue a conversation.Also...
I know I felt the story was a pretty decent pile of crap. It's a fun ride, sure. But when they hype up "storytelling" to the level they did, it fell flatter then the chances the table building had once Covid kicked off.
Casper Gutman
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Yeah, Spaceship still tops it by a lot. At 1991 EPCOT, I could see an argument that it slots in right at 5 (I'd probably put it at 7, giving the edge to Kitchen and Cranium , but that's not a view I'd expect many other folks to share). Today it's certainly in the running for 2nd, but I'd say TT and Soarin' can make a solid competing claim.
UNCgolf
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To be fair, I'm counting the whole Living Seas pavilion as an attraction, because the SeaCabs were really an integral part of that whole experience as opposed to being a separate standalone attraction. But I'd put the original Universe of Energy over it too.
DonniePeverley
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Fully agree. Galaxy ride is probably not even in the top 5 best attractions in Epcot, and that says something when it only has a handful of attractions.
Disney getting a six flags coaster, dash of paint, expensive screens, and a fancy title - never thought i'd see the day.
I'm dubious over the cost of this attraction.
Disney getting a six flags coaster, dash of paint, expensive screens, and a fancy title - never thought i'd see the day.
I'm dubious over the cost of this attraction.
bubbles1812
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Not even in the top 5? What are you ranking higher? Besides Spaceship Earth. Frozen and Ratatouille? The latter is heavily screened based too, as is Soarin,’ which I’ve never understood the love for, but that’s me. I love Living with the Land, but I’m not gonna pretend it’s the world’s greatest actual ride.
No one has to love it, love it, but not sure how it wouldn’t make your top 5, unless you hate roller coasters.
Anyways… I’ll throw in my two cents, as I rode it for the first time yesterday.
I honestly really loved it. It was a more intense version of Space Mountain, and the Guardians are always fun. I even enjoyed the story and the CGI on the screens. I think it’s a step above Six Flags, for certain, for all those reasons.
Everyone coming off the ride seemed to have had a pretty grand time overall. I have rides I love more, but I definitely don’t hate this one, and I’ll be riding it again tomorrow.
Now off to Peter Pan with the morning rush…
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Naplesgolfer
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Well my family loved the ride. ( the wife found it too intense) We rode it every day of our trip a month ago. My criticism centers around how much they ultimately spent to build the ride. 500 Million!! Disney seems by all reports to spend more and take longer than their competitors to build comparable rides. Disney needs to fix this going forward. They need so much more ride capacity in all the parks.
Epcot82Guy
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I'm still baffled (insane story points aside) why this coaster model came to Epcot and Tron went to MK. The capacity difference is huge, and the SM comparison is true for both. It would seem to make far more sense to add the higher capacity model to MK...
lazyboy97o
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Because Disney doesn’t really have these big grand, long range plans. Doing something with Marvel in Future World was being pushed before Disney decided they needed to quickly drop something into Magic Kingdom.
Epcot82Guy
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Absolutely. "Baffled they think this way" would have been a better statement.