News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[marni1971]

If only they had put Storybook Circus (or something very similar) off of MSUSA where it is a better fit thematically, they could have developed a better flow between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland.

Really not good especially for a Disney park. They just can't seem to let go of those two circus tents.

Jokers

Please stop it

I agree with you again.

I remember measuring up the tents to find Frozenstrom would have fitted perfectly.

 

[jt04]

Please stop it

I agree with you again.

I remember measuring up the tents to find Frozenstrom would have fitted perfectly.

So much land available. Even the placement of Tron further back opens up a lot of potential real estate.

 

[DisneyDreamerxyz]

Big Top Souvenirs was protected because of its sales.

really? I have a friend that used to work there and she said they were almost never profitable. When I worked on Main Street and we were busy I would try to send guests back there but they didn't want to walk that far

 

[UNCgolf]

There’s still two sizeable plots

I missed the parking lot to the south -- don't see any other spot, though! Looks like there are existing buildings everywhere else other than south of Space Mountain if they could fill in that pond (I would assume they couldn't, but who knows).

It looks like there could be room for two things in that parking lot area, though.

 

[marni1971]

I missed the parking lot to the south -- don't see any other spot, though! Looks like there are existing buildings everywhere else other than south of Space Mountain if they could fill in that pond (I would assume they couldn't, but who knows).

It looks like there could be room for two things in that parking lot area, though.

Ideally Buzz would be rethemed to something better and of higher quality (or just higher quality) and a new build would go in the car park. Capacity and all that. But with the SGE mess we know that won’t happen.

I’ve trotted this out before too from 1980:
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[UNCgolf]

@marni1971 So I guess that means they can fill in the pond?

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 So I guess that means they can fill in the pond?

 

[UNCgolf]

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It doesn't look like there's even that much space available on a satellite image -- but I guess that's because I'm seeing the existing stage/bathrooms. If those were demolished and that area incorporated as part of the attraction (thus pushing into the existing Tomorrowland footprint) then there would be plenty of room.

 

[artvandelay]

Ideally Buzz would be rethemed to something better and of higher quality (or just higher quality) and a new build would go in the car park. Capacity and all that. But with the SGE mess we know that won’t happen.

I’ve trotted this out before too from 1980:
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Was the cancelled Main Street Theatre supposed to be built in the parking lot?

 

[marni1971]

Was the cancelled Main Street Theatre supposed to be built in the parking lot?

Yep.

 

[Mickeynerd17]

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What in the world was this supposed to be in the red??

I'm probably just ignorant, but I've never seen a model of MK with that building there. Could you explain? Thanks!

 

[lazyboy97o]

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Not impossible but that pond was adjusted to handle more as part of TRON. Moving that much capacity would probably hurt the costs of any project trying to follow that concept.

 

[marni1971]

What in the world was this supposed to be in the red??

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I'm probably just ignorant, but I've never seen a model of MK with that building there. Could you explain? Thanks!

I’ve never gotten a definite answer but it’s believed to be the fabled Mary Poppins dark ride. I must chase it up again.

 

[UNCgolf]

Not impossible but that pond was adjusted to handle more as part of TRON. Moving that much capacity would probably hurt the costs of any project trying to follow that concept.

Well that explains why it didn't look like there was much space there on current satellite imagery.

 

[marni1971]

Not impossible but that pond was adjusted to handle more as part of TRON. Moving that much capacity would probably hurt the costs of any project trying to follow that concept.

It was, but only in the vicinity of the COP. The (long dead) proposal didn’t involve extending into the lake. It was more illustrative, as also seen by the extended water courses north of SM and one that entered Tomorrowland by the (also never built) railroad station.

 

[DisneyDreamerxyz]

I’ve never gotten a definite answer but it’s believed to be the fabled Mary Poppins dark ride. I must chase it up again.

I feel like the spaces on the left are logistically not very accessible, and the Storybook Circus redo is a pipedream I'm sure, so that leaves the vacant main street theatre/old stage plot as the only pad it seems.

I would love to see them expand Adventureland (I know the Fire Mountain idea is long rumoured but not sure how true it really is. They would have to redo the access road back there and the train track again.

The area behind Big Thunder would be hard to expand to but not impossible, I don't see them getting rid of Rivers of America/Tom Sawyer Island. What would be really cool is a bridge from Frontierland to Haunted Mansion. That way when you go up to Big Thunder you don't have to just turn around and go back the way you came.

 

[J4546]

i think that giant pond just north of the new tron building would be a pretty cool side to expand into, they could raise the rr tracks and create a tunnel underneath it to access an entire new land.....i suggest tritons kingdom because its indoors so you wouldnt see the massive tron building. something like this i drew up in ms paint lol.

 

[Rich Brownn]

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Wasn't that the building for the weirdly named "The Feel of the Wheel" future attraction? (I never did figure out what that was supposed to be)

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

This isnt roller coaster tycoon, they cant just move stuff with a copy paste. They arent going to spend that kind of money, and it doesnt fit epcot. It does fit a kiddie area and fantasy which is where it is.

Small World has become entwined with Fantasyland’s DNA. Everyone getting along is a fantasy anyways.

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

Ideally Buzz would be rethemed to something better and of higher quality (or just higher quality) and a new build would go in the car park. Capacity and all that. But with the SGE mess we know that won’t happen.

I’ve trotted this out before too from 1980:
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I think a mere retheme would be cheap and lazy, ultimately feeling temporary. A new long term attraction should go there when they can develop one.