News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

Brer Oswald

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wdwmagic said:
I think coasters historically do very well at Disney, regardless of effects. Look at the lack of interest to do anything to fix Everest. They know that ultimately a lot of people will just be happy there is a new thrill ride at EPCOT.
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They traditionally do well because of how few there are at the resort. This should be a better themed coaster than the other themed coasters in Florida that have been around for 10 years or longer. If not, it was a poor use of money.
 
No Name

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imagineer97 said:
I won't have as much fun without animatronics. I've been beating that drum for a long time, and if the "site that must not be named" is correct, this is going to be very disappointing.

I still think Marvel characters have no place in Epcot. I'm not against a roller coaster in Epcot, but I am against attractions that don't have any basis in the original goal of Epcot. TRON could have made sense if it were a pavilion based on computer technology. But Guardians is being shoe-horned into Epcot. It didn't make any sense when they announced it, it still doesn't, and the only reason it's being done is because Disney doesn't care about what they put in Epcot anymore.

I'm sure the roller coaster will be fun (though reverse-launches aren't as thrilling in my opinion). But I can have fun and still criticize it mercilessly for the stupid, profit-driven decisions that have placed this ride in this park.

Oh yeah, and there are no animatronics. Oh, and I'll have to pay at least $10 extra to not wait 3.5 hours for it. No, I'm not excited for this now. The animatronics possibility was my last hope.
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The Tower of Terror doesn’t have animatronics, would you consider that a disappointing ride? Can you really criticize a company for making a profit-driven decision, which is the backbone of what they do?
 
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imagineer97 said:
I won't have as much fun without animatronics. I've been beating that drum for a long time, and if the "site that must not be named" is correct, this is going to be very disappointing.

I still think Marvel characters have no place in Epcot. I'm not against a roller coaster in Epcot, but I am against attractions that don't have any basis in the original goal of Epcot. TRON could have made sense if it were a pavilion based on computer technology. But Guardians is being shoe-horned into Epcot. It didn't make any sense when they announced it, it still doesn't, and the only reason it's being done is because Disney doesn't care about what they put in Epcot anymore.

I'm sure the roller coaster will be fun (though reverse-launches aren't as thrilling in my opinion). But I can have fun and still criticize it mercilessly for the stupid, profit-driven decisions that have placed this ride in this park.

Oh yeah, and there are no animatronics. Oh, and I'll have to pay at least $10 extra to not wait 3.5 hours for it. No, I'm not excited for this now. The animatronics possibility was my last hope.
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Why does TRON make sense but GotG doesn’t? No offense intended but that just seems like a personal bias tbh. Nothing in original EPCOT Center utilized preexisting IP.
 
Piebald

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I was hoping for AAs in the preshow. The Rocket at DCA is great and makes it fun. I mean Mermaid has the little seagull in the queue , FFS. How expensive could it be?

Now if they have a Groot character meetable like the concept art showed itd be cool. Just something to make it seem real and not all screens...make the area around it seem immersive.
 
No Name

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wdwmagic said:
I think coasters historically do very well at Disney, regardless of effects. Look at the lack of interest to do anything to fix Everest. They know that ultimately a lot of people will just be happy there is a new thrill ride at EPCOT.
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Quite frankly Everest is still one of the greatest rides ever built in terms of theming and I’m tired of people who pretend it’s not because a yeti you pass for 2 seconds no longer actually moves.
 
dovetail65

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wdwmagic said:
I think coasters historically do very well at Disney, regardless of effects. Look at the lack of interest to do anything to fix Everest. They know that ultimately a lot of people will just be happy there is a new thrill ride at EPCOT.
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Probably true they aren't coaster parks so any coaster will do well, look at Mine Train. This coaster seems far more like the Harry Potter coasters than a thrill ride coaster we would get Cedar Point though. For my wife and kids there are no thrill rides at any WDW park, they just do not consider any of the WDW coasters thrilling, with Space Mountain being the closest I guess. I don't even like the coasters, I like attractions.
 
Patcheslee

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egg said:
Quite frankly Everest is still one of the greatest rides ever built in terms of theming and I’m tired of people who pretend it’s not because a yeti you pass for 2 seconds no longer actually moves.
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The times I've been on it, the yeti doesn't really have my attention enough to notice if it moves or not. Before planning first visit, I wasn't even aware of there being a yeti inside the ride. Guess it's a matter of not knowing what I'm missing really.
 
wdwmagic

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Patcheslee said:
The times I've been on it, the yeti doesn't really have my attention enough to notice if it moves or not. Before planning first visit, I wasn't even aware of there being a yeti inside the ride. Guess it's a matter of not knowing what I'm missing really.
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Yes the lighting was heavily modified to mostly hide it. When it was working during the opening year it was VERY visible from the second you entered the cave.
 
dovetail65

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G00fyDad said:
I did and despite those that say it was a blink and miss it moment that did not matter to the ride I thought the moving Yeti was one of the most amazing things that they have done to a ride in a very long time.
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Well here is a video and it really is less than a second for the Yeti. I believe that if the shadow Yeti where he tears the track didn't work it would be more of a disaster. I believe the Yeti is shown around 3:10

 
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dovetail65 said:
Well here is a video and it really is less than a second for the Yeti. I believe that if the shadow Yeti where he tears the track didn't work it would be more of a disaster. I believe the Yeti is shown around 3:10

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Well, yeah, that looks pretty awesome! :D Would have scared me!

But I still love the ride, the theming, the music, the queue...one of the greatest!
 
ToTBellHop

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While AAs are not necessary to build a great ride, my greater concern here is: it was originally planned to have them. If they are replaced with screens, it will be a weaker attraction.

RotR when Kylo disappears for a cry is still a great ride, but it’s better with him.

ToT is among Disney’s best (although its current state is unfortunate) but it was never meant to have AAs (at least during the planning for the specific ride they built).

Even Mission: Breakout has Rocket. The lack of any AAs here is surprising. At least make a copy of him and a Baby Groot.
 

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