EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

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vikescaper

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JohnD said:
When I'm in the teleportation room and everyone goes right, I go left. You go rush those doors and squeeze yourselves in like sardines. I'm good back here. What am I going to lose. Another minute?
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That’s exactly how I feel, too. Plus, we usually request rows 9 and 10 so it doesn’t really benefit us rushing out as we will have to wait regardless.
 
JohnD

JohnD

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vikescaper said:
That’s exactly how I feel, too. Plus, we usually request rows 9 and 10 so it doesn’t really benefit us rushing out as we will have to wait regardless.
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I traveled with a family of three almost a year ago. I told them we were going to hold back and that they didn't want to be squeezed in. Much better being among the last in the group. Yes, the next group comes in behind us but we're almost into the main loading area by then.
 
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Purduevian

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Agent H said:
How would that have solved the problem? Don’t get me wrong of course they should have done that but how would it have solved this problem?
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There was apparently supposed to be an impressive AA figure on the opposite side of the room from the doors (on the left). It would naturally spread the crowd out a lot better. Sure there would still be a group of people that will squeeze up against the doors to the ride. However, a lot of people would drift to the left to see the AA. When the preshow ends, the group is already more spread out and it wouldn't be as much of a crunch.

Kind of like the HM stretching room. People that know, stand under the parasail girl for an easy exit, however, most people don't know where the exit is, and thus spread out.
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Purduevian said:
There was apparently supposed to be an impressive AA figure on the opposite side of the room from the doors (on the left). It would naturally spread the crowd out a lot better. Sure there would still be a group of people that will squeeze up against the doors to the ride. However, a lot of people would drift to the left to see the AA. When the preshow ends, the group is already more spread out and it wouldn't be as much of a crunch.

Kind of like the HM stretching room. People that know, stand under the parasail girl for an easy exit, however, most people don't know where the exit is, and thus spread out.
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That’s really cool but maybe we also need doors that can’t be pushed open so easily?
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Purduevian said:
Guessing that might be a fire code issue? I have no idea how the HM stretching room gets away with having no visible windows and doors from a legal/code standpoint
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Hm I didn’t think about that. maybe the haunted mansion is just sort of grandfathered in because there’s not really a way to change it?
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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Agent H said:
That’s really cool but maybe we also need doors that can’t be pushed open so easily?
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Purduevian said:
Guessing that might be a fire code issue? I have no idea how the HM stretching room gets away with having no visible windows and doors from a legal/code standpoint
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Agent H said:
Hm I didn’t think about that. maybe the haunted mansion is just sort of grandfathered in because there’s not really a way to change it?
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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue.

Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department.

The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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lazyboy97o said:
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue.

Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department.

The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.
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HM also has a trained CM in the elevator with us, so they can manage the emergency release if an incident were to occur.
 
Andrew25

Andrew25

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I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end.

Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release.

I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.
 

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