News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[mikejs78]

As for Guardians, fun flick. Slighty yesterday's fun flick, but ok.

But why would I want some random superhero junk in EPCOT? Why would I want WWE in Frontierland? Why would I want My Little Pony in DAK? (Expedition:Twilight Sparkle's Everest...)

I don't disagree here. Guardians is a poor fitnfor Epcot, even if I am a fan.

 

[marni1971]

Sure, but as I said before, many of the things you loved about UoE were destroyed 20 years ago...

That’s why it was one of the best rides out of Imagineering. What management decided to do with it later is their fault.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Sure, but as I said before, many of the things you loved about UoE were destroyed 20 years ago...

That much is certainly true.

No lost love for Ellen. The bitterness is that a relatively modest overhaul could've made this pavilion terrific again.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

In it's place we are going to have a ride about an interstellar gang of thieves who occasionally do the right thing when there are no other alternatives. By no means an even exchange for a majestic work of art by Disney Imagineering. All this ride needed was an update on the Dinosaur AA's using modern articulation and let's face it what boy (and a lot of girls) between 8-12 years old does NOT like dinosaurs and it was a great ride which showed what it was like when they roamed the earth.

Yes. Who doesn't love dinos? Not only do we now have a superhero dance party in WS and a superhero coaster in FW to appease those for whom even the primary school subjects of Mark Twain and solar power are too difficult concepts to grapple with, but Disney has also started a War on Dinosaurs. As we speak, Energy is being destroyed and over at DAK a Donald Duck hat stupidly placed on the dino fossil in the boneyard.

Disney is not just characters, Disney is and always has been about dinosoaurs. Disneyfication is not installing a dumb duck hat, or giant mouse hat, or giant mouse wand. Disneyfication is to present the world through a specific lens. Soft, gentle, interested, slightly sentimental, with a well-intended love and curiosity for the world about us.

 

[smile]

The post is back, but it leaves out anything about the coaster and just hypes the Awesome Mix Live show. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...laxy-awesome-mix-live-begins-june-9-at-epcot/

"Guardians of the Galaxy – Awesome Mix Live!” at the America Gardens Theatre at Epcot.

atrocious

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I hate how the Disney Parks Blogs articles are so short

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I hate how the Disney Parks Blogs articles are so short

Like their rides, modern Disney aims for the attention span deficit audience.

If you can correctly spell atrocious Disney doesn't identify nor want you as their customer.

 

[Winter]

Why would I want My Little Pony in DAK? (Expedition:Twilight Sparkle's Everest...)

This is the most horrifying thing to ever go through my mind

 

[The Empress Lilly]

This is the most horrifying thing to ever go through my mind

It is now my life's goal to built that ride and trick you into a train full of bronies.

 

[Winter]

It is now my life's goal to built that ride and trick you into a train full of bronies.

Congratulations, you have demoted that thought to the second worst thing to ever go through my mind.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Like their rides, modern Disney aims for the attention span deficit audience.

If you can correctly spell atrocious Disney doesn't identify nor want you as their customer.

I don't really think that's the case. The parks are not at capacity every day so Disney wants every customer it can get.

 

[smile]

If you can correctly spell atrocious Disney doesn't identify nor want you as their customer.

an underrated word with a lovely array of synonyms

use of the aa theatre really sticks in my craw...
so 'slappy' it's downright crass - hope they felt stupid writing it.

banal beyond satire, at what point is it officially snakes on a plane enough to fully embrace the humor?

 

[Sped2424]

That was the echo lake “facade” version.

I know! I would love to see what that would have looked like some day. Hopefully when star wars land is done some imagineers will put a coffee table book together.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I feel like I'm the only one that likes this.........

idk if I "like it" but I definitely don't disapprove of it. People will probably flame me for this but I didn't care for UoE at all (too young to ride it before Ellen, maybe that's why) and thought it was high time for a full gutting/demo and replacement. It does bother me that it's an IP and specifically a Marvel one but I'm kind of beyond caring with Future World at this point, it's so old and irrelevant that basically any modern changes to it at this point for fine with me (unless they touch Spaceship Earth)

 

[larryz]

If you can correctly spell atrocious Disney doesn't identify nor want you as their customer.

Disney would want you to say "Supercalifragilisticexpial-atrocious"...

 

[Incomudro]

Yes, It was to an extent an infomercial for the energy industry, Yet as a teen when I first rode it it really DID feel like you had gone back to the age of the dinosaurs and forward through history, The sense of awe even to this day made the ride 'worth it'.

It was 'infotainment' done well, Even the later addition of Ellen and Bill Nye failed to detract from the ride, and when you finished you ended up knowing just a little bit more about the petrochemicals which got you to Disney and alternatives which we will use going forward.

In it's place we are going to have a ride about an interstellar gang of thieves who occasionally do the right thing when there are no other alternatives. By no means an even exchange for a majestic work of art by Disney Imagineering. All this ride needed was an update on the Dinosaur AA's using modern articulation and let's face it what boy (and a lot of girls) between 8-12 years old does NOT like dinosaurs and it was a great ride which showed what it was like when they roamed the earth.

Alternatively if the kids wore you out it was also a wonderful place for an exhausted parent to take a nice cool nap so the ride worked on many levels to many audiences.

Last time we rode Uof E, the biggest flaw I could think of aside from the opening film being far too old - was how long the outgoing film was.
People's attention spans are not long nowadays.
The closing film kept the audience in their seats when they were "done" already.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Disney parks and dinosaurs? A match made in theme park heaven. Almost since the beginning of Disneyland, now all over the world. Read this historical look at the two.

 

[larryz]

Unless everyday is like this, they won't rest :

And all of them staying on-property and/or owning DVC...

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Disney parks and dinosaurs? A match made in theme park heaven. Almost since the beginning of Disneyland, now all over the world. Read this historical look at the two.

Fab, thanks!

Here is a bitter and bizarre thought: the nerd park, EPCOT, will now be the only US Disney park without dinosaurs.

 

[Bairstow]

... And even the original, although it had innovative show elements and cool concepts, it still at church times felt more like an infomercial for Except ok b than an attraction. ...

Can't tell if this is a typo, a Freudian slip, or a genuine commentary on the duration and excitement level of the original show.