News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
wdwmagic said:
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.
Click to expand...

Not to mention you felt like you could almost touch the yeti's claws as you passed under it. Such an amazing experience that sadly has left the ride missing the grand finale, as you mentioned. "Good enough" - TDO.
 
Mickeynerd17

Mickeynerd17

Well-Known Member
TalkingHead said:
Yes, flash pictures of the Horizons queue without show lighting definitely look worse than the manicured promotional images of the new queue. Talk about an unfair comparison.
Click to expand...
You misunderstand my intentions. I wasn't comparing show lighting, I was comparing the other physical elements of the queues like the walls and paint. I only picked pictures of Horizons without show lighting so you could actually see the queue in good detail. Horizons operated in the 80's and 90's when cameras had significantly lower quality imagery, which would make it harder to see in normal show lighting with photos.

Besides, I still like Horizons better because of the wider use of color and the unique travel poster presentation in the queue.
 
dovetail65

dovetail65

Well-Known Member
It would be so cool to have Project Kiwi type things up and working. Walking Groot robot's through/near the que interacting for me is the next evolutionary step for Disney. Not just stand still animatronic's, imagine Lincoln waking off the stage and through the isles while speaking.
 
TheEPCOTHistorian

TheEPCOTHistorian

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
Yes
So I'm going to assume Monday's announcement is the soundtrack, to which I throw my predictions in the ring.

- That's The Way (I Like It)
- Let's Groove
- Play That Funky Music
- Love Rollercoaster
- Get Down on It
- Brick House
- Give Up the Funk
 
retr0gate

retr0gate

Well-Known Member
Mickeynerd17 said:
Ok, with all the controversy already surrounding this first room of the queue, lets compare a "classic" epcot queue with the galaxarium:

Horizons:
View attachment 629765View attachment 629768

Cosmic Rewind:

View attachment 629770View attachment 629771

It won't be the most popular opinion in the room, but they honestly share a lot in common. Only differences are quality of video and a few more colors used in Horizons. Considering how short the very front of Energy is, I'm expecting this to be a smaller space than it looks. I might be wrong though.

Now, I'm not a fan of every single queue in EPCOT being purely blue lights. We need some variety in that department.
Click to expand...
Definitely not alone in thinking this, I got futureport vibes. The whole "from our world to yours" quote upon entry too definitely gave it that classic vibe, even if it is merely parody.
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
egg said:
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?
Click to expand...
Like someone else said, Tower of Terror wasn't intended to have animatronics. Many of us expected Guardians to have animatronics, especially after Mission Breakout did. Something that is worse than what I was expecting is, by definition, a disappointment.

And yes, I can criticize a company for making a profit-driven decision when it betrays the philosophy of the theme park.
Tegan pilots a chicken said:
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.
Click to expand...
I only think that TRON makes MORE sense than GotG. I don't think either one belongs in Epcot. I'm just saying if I were an Imagineer in the group that was discussing these additions to the park, I would have pushed for flip-flopping the two rides.

Time Racers—which I should note I would not have wanted them to replace Spaceship Earth with—is an example of a roller coaster that is at least trying to fit the theme of the park. Side note: @marni1971 did they ever get far enough on planning that for there to be blueprints?
 
PizzaPlanet

PizzaPlanet

Well-Known Member
dovetail65 said:
I found some articles it seems, "the Audio Animatronics were cut from the design early into development, partially for budget purposes but also partially because of the uncertainty surrounding “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
Click to expand...
The Guardians 3 excuse makes no sense. They didn’t know Rocket and Groot would be in the movie?
 
dovetail65

dovetail65

Well-Known Member
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
dovetail65 said:
I did not understand that either. I think they meant the uncertainty of Gardian's 3 being made at the time.
Click to expand...
Yeah, that one makes no sense. We're going to feature Xandar, which is in the first movie, but we don't know if the 3rd movie will be made so we need to cut the AA's. o_O The mental gymnastics around this whole project are just mind-boggling.
 
dovetail65

dovetail65

Well-Known Member
HauntedPirate said:
Yeah, that one makes no sense. We're going to feature Xandar, which is in the first movie, but we don't know if the 3rd movie will be made so we need to cut the AA's. o_O The mental gymnastics around this whole project are just mind-boggling.
Click to expand...
Maybe when Gunn was wishy washy on directing they ran scared which makes no sense either. Or just cut costs because heck we dont need do that, people will come anyhow, who knows.

I had no idea apparently there was some minor scandal related to the making of the 3rd movie./
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom