EPCOT Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

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Hawg G

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gorillaball said:
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.
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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.
 
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flutas

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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.
 
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celluloid

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Hawg G said:
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.
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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.
 
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Hawg G said:
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.
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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.
 
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Casper Gutman

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gorillaball said:
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.
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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.
 
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gorillaball

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Casper Gutman said:
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.
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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.
 
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gorillaball

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Casper Gutman said:
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.
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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.
 

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