News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[sedati]

Did they contract out the pedestal work to someone else? Why would they hang the ship so quickly and then the cladding be on an entirely different schedule?

Maybe there's electrical work to be done before buttoning it up?

 

[HauntedPirate]

Has anyone else heard they fixed the stand today?

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We now have both a blue box and a blue stand (it's a joke).

I'll see myself out for giving y'all heart attacks.

IT'S FLOATING!!!

 

[celluloid]

I have always argued that if Soarin was instead Soarin over Hogwarts, it would have a very short line, and be looked down upon as phoning it in like Kong. I’ll absolutely never understand the folks who wait an hour or two to experience Soarin or FoP for anything but the first time. Soarin’ isn’t worth a 15 minute wait with the mind numbering preshow.

I agree. Soarin also suffered for years over lower capacity for being the only big new thing and Horizons and Back to the Future in my eyes did Soarin better before it even existed.

Flight of Passage is not exactly a people eater for capacity either, to say the least.

I do think this is the best new attraction EPCOT will have gotten in years, but that does not mean I can instantly think it will be the standard once set pre Mission Space additions to the park. Here is hoping.

 

[splashtest]

Has anyone else heard they fixed the stand today?

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We now have both a blue box and a blue stand (it's a joke).

I'll see myself out for giving y'all heart attacks.

The grey was 100% better. This blue is awful!

 

[ToTBellHop]

The grey was 100% better. This blue is awful!

They still have 17 more colors to try out. I’m looking forward to periwinkle day.

 

[brihow]

They still have 17 more colors to try out. I’m looking forward to periwinkle day.

It will be stunning in ROSE GOLD!

 

[ToTBellHop]

It will be stunning in ROSE GOLD!

If it isn’t iridescent, someone is getting fired.

 

[RSoxNo1]

It will be stunning in ROSE GOLD!

Careful, that's how DisTwitter fights get started...

 

[Mac Tonight]

"Look Ma... no stand!"

 

[UNCgolf]

I have always argued that if Soarin was instead Soarin over Hogwarts, it would have a very short line, and be looked down upon as phoning it in like Kong. I’ll absolutely never understand the folks who wait an hour or two to experience Soarin or FoP for anything but the first time. Soarin’ isn’t worth a 15 minute wait with the mind numbering preshow.

That actually describes a significant portion of Forbidden Journey, IMO. Of course there are some places with animatronics, but the majority of that ride is just Soarin' over/around Hogwarts on a broomstick.

 

[wdwmagic]

Today

 

[James Alucobond]

Ooh, paneling starting to cover the last bit of vapor barrier.

 

[Casper Gutman]

And Flight of Passage was downplayed as "only" Soarin 2.0. It is indeed Soarin 2.0, but most would rate it a great success even 5 years later. (yes some will say it's terrible, some will also say oxygen is overrated).

Cosmic Rewind - label it how you want, it means nothing until we can experience it. Coaster? Screen Based? Not Enough AA? Too many screens? Space 3.0? Gringott's with different theme? All garbage summarized guesses.

We are basing our knowledge on quite a lot of information, ranging from insider reports to Disney’s own words and actions (their alteration of the EW article, for instance) to past experience to actual photos from inside the ride.

I absolutely hate this attitude with a passion that goes beyond anything theme-park-related. It reeks of the anti-intellectualism that is contorting this country, the idea that informed people can’t piece together evidence to form an opinion. You want to challenge that opinion with contrary evidence? Fine. Do it. But don’t try to dismiss the entire concept of using evidence to form opinions.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Today

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THE LADDER! The lord has cometh to save the day.

 

[gorillaball]

We are basing our knowledge on quite a lot of information, ranging from insider reports to Disney’s own words and actions (their alteration of the EW article, for instance) to past experience to actual photos from inside the ride.

I absolutely hate this attitude with a passion that goes beyond anything theme-park-related. It reeks of the anti-intellectualism that is contorting this country, the idea that informed people can’t piece together evidence to form an opinion. You want to challenge that opinion with contrary evidence? Fine. Do it. But don’t try to dismiss the entire concept of using evidence to form opinions.

I don't live by rules that say a ride has to have x # of AA to be a good ride, you do. It could have zero and be a great ride, it could have 400 and be a crap ride (same for the other criteria used as reasoning). You are basing your opinion on "quite a lot of..." speculation, and taking that one step further and saying if the ride does not X then it blows, don't need to actually see it.

 

[gorillaball]

We are basing our knowledge on quite a lot of information, ranging from insider reports to Disney’s own words and actions (their alteration of the EW article, for instance) to past experience to actual photos from inside the ride.

I absolutely hate this attitude with a passion that goes beyond anything theme-park-related. It reeks of the anti-intellectualism that is contorting this country, the idea that informed people can’t piece together evidence to form an opinion. You want to challenge that opinion with contrary evidence? Fine. Do it. But don’t try to dismiss the entire concept of using evidence to form opinions.

And "anti-intellectualism that is contorting this country"? That's quite a stretch, but I guess I should consider the intellectualism behind the keyboard that is linking my saying your judgment on a ride is premature to what is wrong with our country. Kudos to your wisdom.

 

[No Name]

Because you realize this ride has been mega hyped by the Diznoids, and it is likely going to be little more than Space Mountain 3.0?

I have never heard anyone call anyone a Diznoid except you.

In any other parks, Soarin would not be nearly as popular.

In Shanghai it’s incredibly popular.

 

[Incomudro]

Flight of Passage is most certainly Soarin’ 3.0. What that means depends on if you think Soarin is an amazing ride or not. In any other parks, Soarin would not be nearly as popular. Even in CA as opposed to FL it’s not nearly as popular. Both rides’ popularity are heavily dependent on the WDW crowd.

I have always argued that if Soarin was instead Soarin over Hogwarts, it would have a very short line, and be looked down upon as phoning it in like Kong. I’ll absolutely never understand the folks who wait an hour or two to experience Soarin or FoP for anything but the first time. Soarin’ isn’t worth a 15 minute wait with the mind numbering preshow.

People who like Soarin' like its gentle, easy nature.
All ages can ride it, there's no thrill and in this case that works.
On a forum where so many people hate IP's, it's preferred over what a Soarin' over Hogwarts would be partially because that's not what it is.
It takes people on a journey over natural settings, it doesn't recreate a movie.
For me it's classic Disney - reminiscent of those surround, screen films that Disney used to have (do they still have them?) but updated with a technology to allow guest to fly through the scenes.

 

[wutisgood]

Universal cloning soarin would actually be a great idea. It's a ride system they are allowed to use and probably cheap to implement compared to whatever disney pays for a major ride.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Universal cloning soarin would actually be a great idea. It's a ride system they are allowed to use and probably cheap to implement compared to whatever disney pays for a major ride.

Universal has a flying theater (that they ridiculously touted as the first) attraction in Jimmy Fallon. They’re also popping up in most major tourist destinations making them a lot less unique.