Incomudro
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I'd imagine few people would be interested.
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EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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gustaftp
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"I totally wouldn't want to go on that exciting high tech new rollercoaster, because I might learn something about blood platlets in the queue preshow! EPCOT is for pop cultural references!"
I see that clown face so I get the fecicious nature and agree, and I just wanted to add on"I totally wouldn't want to go on that exciting high tech new rollercoaster, because I might learn something about blood platlets in the queue preshow! EPCOT is for pop cultural references!"
the sad thing is, the two are not mutually exclusive. They used to have so much fun with it. Cranium Command and World of Motion were very different yet both not only inspired but featured pop culture and fantasy.
Epcot82Guy
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That's a very good point. While there are certainly a number of "no IP" people, the IP inclusion isn't the main issue. It's including IP at the abandonment of those ideas. Cranium Command and World of Motion weren't all that "educational" but were both inspirational for humanity and real world ideals. The same could be said for a Nemo attraction about ocean life, a Guardians attraction about space exploration or scientific innovation, Frozen and Norwegian culture, Rat with France and a cartoon-based attraction about digital life and creation. But they are actively choosing not to - and I'm not sure why (other than direct cloning for Rat).
flyerjab
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I see no reason why fiction, fantasy, or science fiction, cannot be used to convey facts about the actual, physical, moral reality in which we live. Why was Star Trek always as popular as it was? It took science fiction as a backdrop and applied the everyday challenges, emotions, struggles and triumphs of our shared humanity to them. That’s why it has held for as long as it has. The iconic episode - Measure of a Man - where Data’s very sentience is questioned- we studied that in philosophy class in college. Does the fact that it is science fiction make it less of a story or less impactful because it isn’t non-fiction? Hardly.
I admire Disney for a different approach. There is still edutainment throughout the bones of this queue. You will learn things if you want to: things that are actual - not everything is about Xandar in this Pavilion. Also, this is no attempt at changing other people’s minds. This is me offering an opinion, an interpretation of how this park is changing, but still offering great things.
I admire Disney for a different approach. There is still edutainment throughout the bones of this queue. You will learn things if you want to: things that are actual - not everything is about Xandar in this Pavilion. Also, this is no attempt at changing other people’s minds. This is me offering an opinion, an interpretation of how this park is changing, but still offering great things.
Epcot82Guy
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I can go along with this. What is the great shared human struggle being told through this experience and the main story of the attraction itself? (noting I agree with you on the general idea of the queue.) This feels more like a Saturday morning cartoon episode vs. the depth of a Star Trek episode.
Disstevefan1
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Horizons was my favorite attraction in EPCOT. I also like mission space and I wish we had both. Living with the land is also one of my favorites. I preferred the old Test Track to the new one, but I still enjoy riding the new one.
I prefer the old return to earth on SSE to the current one. I hear all the sets are merely behind black scrim and are in tact. It would be cool to bring that back. That said, I still enjoy the current version. I love the points of light on SSE! This is the way to plus an old attraction with today’s technology!
Yes, Guardians it total fiction. It’s too bad, I heard it was initially written to focus on the Big Bang and not at all tied to an IP.
WE get what WE get. What is said on these boards will NEVER change what TWDC will do, or not do.
We all must make our choice; never set foot in EPCOT because we dislike the choices TWDC makes, of try to focus on what’s still great about it.
Everyone’s personal choice is valid for them.
Incomudro
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Sorry, but are you going to compare the appeal of Guardians to riding through the bloodstream?"I totally wouldn't want to go on that exciting high tech new rollercoaster, because I might learn something about blood platlets in the queue preshow! EPCOT is for pop cultural references!"
Maybe if WDW existed without the competition of Uni just down the road, this idea would fly.
Those days are over.
Patcheslee
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Would installing more AC into the area and strategic ventilation/ducts help with motion sickness.
Casper Gutman
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I guarantee I am one of the biggest Marvel and MCU fans on this forum and have spent an inordinate amount of time reading the comics and watching the films and TV series. The GotG IP slapped on the new EPCOT ride holds no appeal to me for several reasons. Unlike the California reskin, CR is a bad Guardians attraction. The main characters only appear on TV screens (and a TV screen size hologram in an empty room), the aesthetic is not recognizably Guardians, and the storyline breaks the MCU in comical fashion.
But even were CR a strong use of the Guardians IP (like, yes, Mission: Breakout), the allure of the IP is minimal. Because films (and comics) are a completely different type of media then theme parks and work in completely different ways. IPs don't translate directly. I adore Cars Land. I don't like the Cars films. I love the Harry Potter lands. I think the Potter films and books are fine. I prefer Universal to WDW now. I have almost no emotional attachment to any Universal IP outside of the classic monsters (which aren't really represented in the parks yet) but I LOVE Disney animation, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. In a theme park land I want a distinct, appealing visual aesthetic. In a film, book, or comic I want excellent plotting, characterization, scripting, etc.
The IP I want in EPCOT is EPCOT, however strange that may seem to some. So yes, riding through a bloodstream CAN be more appealing then slapping a GotG label on a ride, since one represents an IP intended for a theme park attraction and the other an IP intended for film and comics.
Also, I find it endlessly ironic that embracing modern EPCOT requires a deep, almost nihilistic cynicism about humanity and our future. Sure, at one point, humanity was hopeful about the future and a theme park could be popular by offering edutainment and optimism, but around the late 90s all mankind became aggressively hopeless and anti-intellectual and the future died so now we all just want to ride roller coasters featuring bored Hollywood stars on TV monitors while the world circles the drain. I don't really buy that.
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ElvisMickey
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Just my two cents…went on earlier today and really enjoyed it. And that’s coming from an 80s EPCOT Center purist. Because of all of the motion sickness comments I’ve been reading, I took two Bonine about an hour before I went on and was completely fine. The ride was fun, smooth and I got to rock out to Blondie 
Incomudro
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I'm not a huge MCU fan, though I have had my share of fun watching some of the films - Guardians in particular.
I'm actually a big nature and science.
Nature, science, exercise and eating right (sort of natural and biological things) fishing (more nature) etc...
Despite all of that, I don't want a body wars in Epcot - and I'm 100% confident that virtually no one else would want it either.
Casper Gutman
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How are you 100% sure that people don’t want classic EPCOT style rides? Because, from the amount of nostalgic merchandise on sale, Disney isn’t nearly that sure. In fact, between GotG’s backstory and the merch, Disney has apparently decided EPCOTs current theme is “The park that used to be good.”
lazyboy97o
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More specifically, the theme of Evolved EPCOT seems to be “The park that used to be EPCOT Center.” Disney is going to great lengths to create parallels. They absolutely want people to think of EPCOT Center when they think of the “new” EPCOT. Ford isn’t reviving the Edsel brand.
vikescaper
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The videos of this ride do it no justice…it is amazing!
flyerjab
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Ha! Excellent point! Sometimes I need my hyperbole to be more subtle I suppose. I gather that another purpose for this ride is to intertwine some edutainment with some of the Guardians irreverent humor. I would never argue that the educational aspects of this ride compete with the heavy-handedness of the original EPCOT Center rides. My notion is to offer a counterpoint that a different approach can still yield similar, if not equivalent goals. Will this be a linear progression about the concept of energy and fossil fuels, delivered via a long drawn out omnimover? Not really. However, if you are willing to learn about the formation of the universe, or when Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, and so on, you can definitely do that here.
Casper Gutman
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“Heavy-handedness,” “long drawn out”
Taste is subjective, but I’m genuinely curious, did you ever visit the original EPCOT?
Casper Gutman
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WoM wasn’t at all heavy-handed either. Nor was Horizons. Honestly, the most heavy-handed EPCOT rides are the ones that survived the longest, the Land, UoE, and even SSE (which is nonetheless one of the greatest rides ever built).
Ironically Land's attractions became dryer.and straight forward in presentation without as much fancifulness.