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News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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ToTBellHop
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Test Track is most-accurately a giant slot-car ride. If we must fit it into an existing ride category, it’s a high-tech (for the ‘90s) powered car ride. But Disney honestly invented its exact ride type and has built a couple more of them.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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Why do we need a classification other than "thrill ride"? We've gotten to the point where the attractions that Disney/Universal adds blur the lines so much between what most would consider "traditional classifications" that they really are just attractions of a classification of their own. Would you consider Escape from Gringots a roller coaster? I mean, it certainly has roller coaster elements, but it also has dark ride elements and simulator elements.
Omission? As in an error? How so? The words "theme" and "park" are in no way indicative of "roller coaster". Epcot has entertained and captured the hearts of millions of guests for decades without having a roller coaster. I enjoy roller coasters as much as the next guy, but I do not think they made an error in not building one at Epcot. Fear not though, Disney has thrown the creative towel in the ring and decided to turn Epcot into MK 2.0. You will have what you desire in a few years.
I would echo the comment that the idea of a "coaster" at Epcot is not the issue. It is where it fits and is it within the theme and spirit of the park? Im not sure GotG is a thematic fit and appears more of an excuse just to put a roller coaster in, rather than being creative and putting one in where it makes sense. I love coasters. The bigger, the faster, the better. But, lets not just say add a coaster for the sake of adding one.
Coaster Lover
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To add to that, the addition of a coaster is not always indicative of a great park or not. Tokyo Disney Sea operated with no major coasters (only a smaller family coaster) for the first four years it was open and when they finally did add a major coaster, it was arguably one of the worst (if not the worst) roller coasters that Disney has ever built. If/when they ever do decide to remove Raging Spirits, I doubt there would be anyone out there who would argue that Disney Sea is still one of the best amusement parks in the world.
FrankLapidus
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Agreed. I'd have been on board with something like the Mt. Fuji attraction that was once on the table.
Guardians of the Galaxy...not so much.
Agreed. I think this was done more or less as a call to arms to up the coaster count in response to Uni. Throwing in Guardians was just a bonus. lol Story comes second, if at all.
The Empress Lilly
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Imagination is a coaster. 
Myth Maker
Active Member
Imagination is a coaster.
When I rode the new imagination ride and saw the new ride system I was extremely surprised that they never made it actually coast up and down hills at some point in the ride... since really it is coaster track with a tire drive.. very disappointing use of a ride system. (and well everything else about the ride too)
The 1983 version was designed and built to have three coaster sections. The RCS of the day couldn’t handle it properly and so it was axed. As it was it was a very complex (for 1982) ride system.
Today’s ride still uses the original track, cars and most of the hardware.
EPCOTCenterLover
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Let's hope that if / when it gets reImagined that the turntable and extended track reappear.
EpcotMark
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Call me a nerd, but I wonder, the exact spot where the turntable was in Imagination, what is in that exact spot now?
Mainahman
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I believe it was filled in? I know Martin did a full write up on that exact thing.
The current loading zone, I believe.
trainplane3
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It's part of load and the Imageworks. I actually made a point of looking for the turn table on my last trip. It's really disapointing to see how it's "used" now. You don't get a good idea of how large it is until you're standing in Imageworks though. Railings and the rounded edge in the ceiling mark the turntable. What a waste of some really neat tech.
Watch at the 38 minute mark, specifically 38:30.
I asked about the possibility of that happening a month or so ago. Extremely doubtful since it'd be more trouble then WDW wants. It's been filled with concrete, wiring removed, but apparently the electric motors to spin it are still in place. You'd have to probably gut everything around it to just to "unstick" it. And even then, it'd probably just be easier to be rebuilt. I think the closest we could get so to have the track go around it, without the moving turntable. The original "extended" track path is still there, just covered.
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EpcotMark
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Yeah, when I worked there, basically the answer I got is that it would be too expensive. Though I still think that some type of ride could be constructed to recapture the original spirit of the ride. I especially like the original voice of figment. Marc Lawrence. Unfortunately he died in 2005. Maybe they could use the original recordings and come up with something new. If you want to hear his voice, check out a movie called Foul Play from 1978. He was the traveling bible salesman. He has quite a funny role in that movie.
trainplane3
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I agree. You don't need the turntable. The ride needs the wonder and enjoyent the the original had. I still like the idea I read from someone. Stick a Kuka arm in the middle of the turntable room with the Dream Machine slowly flying around, interacting randomly with the ride vehicles that surround it. It'd be a neat effect. Oh and of course keep the ride system and extend it back to its original length.
mikejs78
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Wait, what? How was the ride planned to work?