News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

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Purduevian

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Dan Deesnee said:
That ship just looks so bad in person. I had a work meeting down in Orlando recently and swung in since I have an AP. All you notice is the giant metal stand holding it up. Like I've said before, that is a 20-30k prop and I believe they cheaped out on it. If you can build a Mazda for 20k, you can build this "star ship" for the same, if not less. It reminded me of something I'd see in Universal and is not up to Disneys standards.
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They might have cheapened out on the ship. However, comparing a 1 off hand built custom prop to a vehicle that rolls off the assembly line is not really fair. Economies of scale vastly reduces the price on anything that is made in bulk (like a mazda).
 
retr0gate

retr0gate

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People are complaining about how the style of this first preshow room matches that of test track and mission space- is that supposed to be a bad thing? I mean if you don't like how it looks, that's a matter of personal preference and it's fine, but imo this helps to make World Discovery feel more like a cohesive area. The neighborhood concept is still weird, but at least these areas are starting to have some semblance of individuality and I imagine Journey of Water will do the same for World Nature once that's open. I actually appreciate how this side of (the area formerly known as) future world has more of a space age / industrial look whereas the former future world west has / will have a more natural look once it's complete.
 
trainplane3

trainplane3

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largealbert said:
People are complaining about how the style of this first preshow room matches that of test track and mission space- is that supposed to be a bad thing? I mean if you don't like how it looks, that's a matter of personal preference and it's fine, but imo this helps to make World Discovery feel more like a cohesive area. The neighborhood concept is still weird, but at least these areas are starting to have some semblance of individuality and I imagine Journey of Water will do the same for World Nature once that's open. I actually appreciate how this side of (the area formerly known as) future world has more of a space age / industrial look whereas the former future world west has / will have a more natural look once it's complete.
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Not really a bad thing but guests already get things confused because of similarities. Making a blue tinted room with a ceiling projection will only add to the confusion I hear about Space Mountain and Mission: Space. I've known people that get Test Track and the Speedway confused, 7DMT and BTM, Star Tours and M:S, etc.

It's easy for most of us to know the difference but the game of 20000 questions to figure out what they rode is a issue.
 
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gorillaball

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Dan Deesnee said:
That ship just looks so bad in person. I had a work meeting down in Orlando recently and swung in since I have an AP. All you notice is the giant metal stand holding it up. Like I've said before, that is a 20-30k prop and I believe they cheaped out on it. If you can build a Mazda for 20k, you can build this "star ship" for the same, if not less. It reminded me of something I'd see in Universal and is not up to Disneys standards.
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Everyone has their own opinions, rightly so. I think the ship itself looks great, the stand not so much. And if you think that prop only costs 30k you are in lala land. (I know that goes the opposite of your point, but still, wildly off base would be my guess)
 
montyz81

montyz81

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Dan Deesnee said:
That ship just looks so bad in person. I had a work meeting down in Orlando recently and swung in since I have an AP. All you notice is the giant metal stand holding it up. Like I've said before, that is a 20-30k prop and I believe they cheaped out on it. If you can build a Mazda for 20k, you can build this "star ship" for the same, if not less. It reminded me of something I'd see in Universal and is not up to Disneys standards.
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To be fair, it takes three or more years and millions of dollars to "build" a Mazda before you get it. That being said, I see your point. And that point is that Disney only has to be barely as good as Universal now; they do not need to spend the money to exceed them. BTW, this is the same philosophy that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler took in the 80s. They rested on their laurels for so long they all went bankrupt in 2008. Bob Cheapik and Bob Iger have started Disney down that same path.
 
GoombaGoomba

GoombaGoomba

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Casper Gutman said:
It's a largely featureless room with a curved plastic aesthetic. As Monty said, its very reminiscent of TT in what seems to be the emerging, generic Future World style. Nothing about it reads Xander, and ABSOLUTELY nothing about it evokes Guardians. Show those images to someone unfamiliar with what WDW is currently building and I highly doubt they are even able to identify this as a Marvel attraction.
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I mean isn't that the point?
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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gerarar said:
Some more footage here from Disney, includes some closeups of the loading and other areas.

As a software developer, I like how they're using some old crusty laptop to program/code on-site lol..
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Those plants definitely know they are loved but who will stroke them ever so gently after WDI hands this off to Ops? Is that why the International Program must restart? More Cast so we can ensure someone is available to love the plants?
 
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Sir_Cliff

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UNCgolf said:
Yeah -- I was thinking along the lines of, "Yes you're in the right place this is Guardians don't worry!!"
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This came up in response to a poster (no disrespect!) criticising the queue for having nothing that would suggest it was a Marvel attraction. So, I can kind of see how they have gone with a more restrained aesthetic to fit the park but added this to reassure people that they are going on a fun attraction based on Guardians of the Galaxy. In that context, it doesn't seem like a terrible choice.
 

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