That was the west one, yes.
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P_Radden
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I can't remember where the east one branched off. Wasn't it between Horizions and Motion?
Horizons and Energy.
P_Radden
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lazyboy97o
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There is a beauty to good hand drafting that just can’t be replicated with CAD or BIM.
The more you look the more you'll see. Horizon. Monorail. Bell labs in Communicore West. The hybrid Living Seas. One dock. One way into Showcase...
EPCOTCenterLover
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The park was beautiful in its design!
sedati
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Not to derail further, but why didn't they make a Friendship launch that went from say UK to China? Always wondered why they put two docks to cross north to south, but none east to west. Every trip I've made there's been a point where I could have really used one.
I'd imagine they considered a link to half way around showcase (or thirds) to be more worthwhile.
donsullivan
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I've never seen anything with that path on it, at least in the early designs. I've got a copy of the site plan with a revision date of March 25, 1981 on my office wall and it only shows the east spur above what was then called FutureProbe (eventually called Horizons). The western path might be for the expansion that was envisioned in '90's when Epcot Resort area was built but it wasn't in the original plans.
RSoxNo1
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The original Soarin' building does a great job of blocking the view of the additional Soarin building.
RSoxNo1
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You say that and very few people complain about the Mission: SPACE aesthetic. I know I've gotten into a debate with you about how the Horizons building looked (I wasn't a fan), but the complaints about Mission: SPACE rarely have anything to do with the facade.
Moving over to the Animal Kingdom, the backside of Everest is pretty close to hidden by the tree line, but the Flight of Passage/Na'vi River Journey building is very visible.
sedati
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Sorry, maybe I didn’t explain it well, but I mean for there to be a full East/West crossing as well as a North/South.
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PizzaPlanet
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That's what I'm not getting about this whole thing. If the back of Mission: Space can't be seen from in the park, just like the Land, WoL, and Imagination, in what way is it different? It's a good looking pavilion, just like the originals.
lazyboy97o
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It is a shed, with not even a pretense of being a duck.
One might say that's fitting given the non-restrictive, expanding nature of space
P_Radden
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Here are a couple others that show the east spur:
^The western routes on this one split around Land.. Odd.
donsullivan
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I'm curious the origins of that top one. The fact that it combines Google Maps images and a site plan are not consistent with any of the official documents that are out there. Also, if you look at the really tight radius of the west route depicted, they feel way too tight for safe routing of monorail. I have no facts to base this on but it has the feel of being a fan art mashup of a hypothetical route vs stuff like we've seen on the official site plans like the one I have.
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lazyboy97o
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Using aerial imagery to create official composite site drawings in context predates Google Maps.
FullSailDan
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I don't disagree at all with this sentiment, but I also think there's a time and a place for hand drafting. Speed and the ability to make changes on the fly win out these days. Though I will say I used to work for Autodesk and visited plenty of AECO offices and saw some stunning hand drafted work on display.