EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[wdwmagic]

The original concept art did show the support… it had an extra fin at the bottom connected to a small thing at the bottom which looks like it would’ve provided a more discreet form of support. They clearly cheaped out at some point during the process.

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This is a much better look IMHO.

 

[UNCgolf]

I think it all boils to expectation that Disney being Disney would make this thing appear to float and not sit on a stand, especially given the concept art. It seems like this would be one of those challenges that given the time and money could have been done. Although perhaps having already spent $450m on this thing the money just wasn't there to do it. Yet it then begs the question, isn't the reason it cost $450 because of things like floating ships?!?

I think this is just one of many recent examples that people need to recalibrate their expectations for what Disney is going to do/willing to spend money on in the future.

 

[Purduevian]

It certainly can "float" if enough money is put into design and materials. Think about the pandora "floating" mountains or even the "floating" speeders in SWGE. AT DLR they even have floating Jack-Jacks

 

[Mac Tonight]

Who is she supposed to be?

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think it all boils to expectation that Disney being Disney would make this thing appear to float and not sit on a stand, especially given the concept art. It seems like this would be one of those challenges that given the time and money could have been done. Although perhaps having already spent $450m on this thing the money just wasn't there to do it. Yet it then begs the question, isn't the reason it cost $450 because of things like floating ships?!?

It doesn’t need to look like it is floating. Examples of much more elegant pedestals have been provided. This is sitting on a giant box that has no relation to the actual prop. The top plate is wider than the cockpit. A small city park next to a highway shouldn’t have a more elegant design than a half billion dollar ride.

 

[Disney Analyst]

This is going around now, which seems to match the design? But with all the concept art we've had, hard to know if they will wrap the support in something?

I have to imagine they want to mask the obvious bolting of the ship into the support?

 

[VicariousCorpse]

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Who is she supposed to be?

A random Xandarian visiting the pavilion.

 

[mitchk]

Looks good

 

[wdwmagic]

This is going around now, which seems to match the design? But with all the concept art we've had, hard to know if they will wrap the support in something?

I have to imagine they want to mask the obvious bolting of the ship into the support?

Its going to be interesting to see the finished product

 

[mightynine]

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Who is she supposed to be?

Starcruisin’ passenger park hopping after her Disney Springs visit?

 

[Mac Tonight]

A random Xandarian visiting the pavilion.

Ah... how conceptual. I thought maybe she just got a really bad sunburn.

 

[michmousefan]

This is a much better look IMHO.

Indeed. That industrial support structure just doesn't fit with the presented backstory of the Xandarians showcasing their "advanced" technology in this pavilion at Epcot. At the very least some sort of graceful arching support could have been used that would at least indicate the otherworldly design and the superior tech that you are promised to encounter inside.

This looks like a really nice model that you spent a long time working on, only to have to support it with some of your little brother's Duplos.

 

[dreday3]

Its going to be interesting to see the finished product

I thought the consensus was it was finished?

 

[mitchk]

Looks good

 

[TikibirdLand]

This looks like a really nice model that you spent a long time working on, only to have to support it with some of your little brother's Duplos.

Hey, that's insulting... We got him real Lego this year. And, this is exactly what he built with them!

 

[Disney Analyst]

I thought the consensus was it was finished?

The main install of the ship is finished, doesn't mean all the finishing touches are completed.

 

[wdwmagic]

I thought the consensus was it was finished?

I have to believe something is going to happen with the support column. We'll see.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I have to believe something is going to happen with the support column. We'll see.

Okay I wasn't sure where that came from, so I asked:





So that is a post from Zach's IG in December. Looks like it's the most up to date concept art.

 

[wdwmagic]

Okay I wasn't sure where that came from, so I asked:





So that is a post from Zach's IG in December. Looks like it's the most up to date concept art.

It looks more like its a themed stand as opposed to being a part of the actual ship?

 

[durangojim]

The original concept art did show the support… it had an extra fin at the bottom connected to a small thing at the bottom which looks like it would’ve provided a more discreet form of support. They clearly cheaped out at some point during the process.

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This is why I didn’t remember the support