News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[geekza]

By the time my family went in the summer of 1983 (I just figured out last night that we went in 83 instead of 84. Brain getting old.), everything seemed to be working in the park. At least I don't recall any breakdowns. We didn't get to see everything that year because the lines were crazy. People think FoP has long lines; most of the Future World ones stretched out of the pavilions and through outdoor switchbacks. No covered, interactive queues, either. It's a miracle my parents survived the trip without murdering my brother and me. Still glorious.

 

[P_Radden]

In regards to the technological marvel that was EPCOT Center, I highly recommend Building a Better Mouse by Steve Alcorn.

Great read. It blew my mind, the work that went into AA. I would pay good money to watch everything in motion from the pit.

 

[Bender123]

By the time my family went in the summer of 1983 (I just figured out last night that we went in 83 instead of 84. Brain getting old.), everything seemed to be working in the park. At least I don't recall any breakdowns. We didn't get to see everything that year because the lines were crazy. People think FoP has long lines; most of the Future World ones stretched out of the pavilions and through outdoor switchbacks. No covered, interactive queues, either. It's a miracle my parents survived the trip without murdering my brother and me. Still glorious.

I remember waiting 15 whole minutes for Mexico!

 

[Truk777]

Here is the Guardians ride area on May 8 from Nearmap.

 

[geekza]

I remember waiting 15 whole minutes for Mexico!

Lol. Yeah, even back then I kind of thought, "it's a small mundo after all!" I much prefer the current incarnation.

 

[Prince Thomas]

There’s plenty of discussion like this from the past. Perhaps a thread search will give you answers.

Always with that snarky attitude SMH

 

[marni1971]

Always with that snarky attitude SMH

At least I took the effort to be polite.

 

[Timothy_Q]

Here is the Guardians ride area on May 8 from Nearmap.View attachment 285619

@marni1971

Any idea why they cleared so much land for this?
Seems a lot more than other recent projects.

Will trees be returning once construction is over or could this be used to expand parking?

 

[WEDwaydatamover]

I hope they let the pavilion retain its original name. U of Energy and allow Guardians be a secondary + another mission breakout an after thought. There are too many missions or starrings in Epcot.

That pavilion has earned its respect and title.

Let us learn from Journey into Imagination.

 

[lazyboy97o]

@marni1971

Any idea why they cleared so much land for this?
Seems a lot more than other recent projects.

Will trees be returning once construction is over or could this be used to expand parking?

New detention ponds for stormwater management.

 

[montyz81]

I hope they let the pavilion retain its original name. U of Energy and allow Guardians be a secondary + another mission breakout an after thought. There are too many missions or starrings in Epcot.

That pavilion has earned its respect and title.

Let us learn from Journey into Imagination.

So did Horizons!

 

[smile]

New detention ponds for stormwater management.

stormwater mgmt? drats...
for once i was hoping they'd use the detention ponds to toss all the loons into that dive in the world showcase lagoon (or any of epcot's smaller pools and ponds, for that matter).

 

[Timothy_Q]

I hope they let the pavilion retain its original name. U of Energy and allow Guardians be a secondary + another mission breakout an after thought. There are too many missions or starrings in Epcot.

That pavilion has earned its respect and title.

Let us learn from Journey into Imagination.

Isn’t the rumour “Guardians of the Galaxy: Infinite Universe”?

 

[Rich Brownn]

Lol. Yeah, even back then I kind of thought, "it's a small mundo after all!" I much prefer the current incarnation.

We used to call it the "If you had wings you could fly through its a small mexico" back then

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Was just in-park today. More steel wall has been raised, only visible from outside the park. Anywhere from spaceship earth south you can't see anything.

Ratatouille is funnily enough the opposite, but I'm keeping that in the other thread.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Was just in-park today. More steel wall has been raised, only visible from outside the park. Anywhere from spaceship earth south you can't see anything.

Ratatouille is funnily enough the opposite, but I'm keeping that in the other thread.

Using Google Earth modeling, the gravity building will be almost invisible walking around in the park. It will be visible from the monorail and from the parking lot, though.

 

[Dunston]

Rocket raccoon actually really fits in Disney World. He is a funny animal.

 

[geekza]

I hope they let the pavilion retain its original name. U of Energy and allow Guardians be a secondary + another mission breakout an after thought. There are too many missions or starrings in Epcot.

That pavilion has earned its respect and title.

Let us learn from Journey into Imagination.

Don't count on it. They aren't exactly focused on maintaining any sort of focus or central theme at the parks any longer. It's pretty much, "Where do we have space to shove IP?" Hollywood Studios doesn't even have a central theme any longer, but then again it hasn't for some time. Animal Kingdom has Avatar. Liberty Square has Tiana. Now, Epcot has Frozen and, soon, the Guardians.

 

[trainplane3]

I hope they let the pavilion retain its original name. U of Energy and allow Guardians be a secondary + another mission breakout an after thought. There are too many missions or starrings in Epcot.

That pavilion has earned its respect and title.

Let us learn from Journey into Imagination.

I'm think one of the hinted at names was "Infinite Universe". If is that, then it would probably be something like "Guardians of the Galaxy: Infinite Universe".

 

[montyz81]

Don't count on it. They aren't exactly focused on maintaining any sort of focus or central theme at the parks any longer. It's pretty much, "Where do we have space to shove IP?" Hollywood Studios doesn't even have a central theme any longer, but then again it hasn't for some time. Animal Kingdom has Avatar. Liberty Square has Tiana. Now, Epcot has Frozen and, soon, the Guardians.

To be fair the logo for AK does include a dragon. It does almost look like a banshee