News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[celluloid]

The issue I have is the now-muddled theme makes this difficult to pull off. Having a sort of creation of the EPCOT central model could have been cool. But I don't know what you would do at the front of current Epcot to make sense. It's not future any more. International would work - but at the back of the park where there isn't room. Natural design maybe, but that would need to be West.

Unlike classic Hollywood, whimsical Victorian or African Lodge - there isn't a defining "Epcot" style that works at the current front of the park other than vaguely "modern". And that will look dated quickly, let alone just be Contemporary 2.

Away from the hotel thought for a moment:
They should get away from the concept of "theme" so much in a transportive sense and do a presentation sense.

Modern panels up the wall to provide use and aesthetic could work. If the building were not so dang tall it would be a lot better.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Away from the hotel thought for a moment:
They should get away from the concept of "theme" so much in a transportive sense and do a presentation sense.

Modern panels up the wall to provide use and aesthetic could work. If the building were not so dang tall it would be a lot better.

Given it's size, I still think disguising it as WDI's offices would have been the easiest way. Sadly, anything that size can't really be handled. I totally get your point, but it would still stand out a lot.

It was a very poor choice IMHO, especially for a park without a berm or grade (like the Utilidoor).

 

[celluloid]

Given it's size, I still think disguising it as WDI's offices would have been the easiest way. Sadly, anything that size can't really be handled. I totally get your point, but it would still stand out a lot.

It was a very poor choice IMHO, especially for a park without a berm or grade (like the Utilidoor).

And a park with an icon like SSE so close to it that is designed to be the attention.

Thanks for seeing the point though. The coaster was also launched propelled based and never has many drops so the height of the building always seems odd as the screens rarely seem that big either but I guess are. The coaster never needed much gravity.

And how sad is it that the WDI faux building idea, so large would be one of the better ideas as the real Imagineering art is not as trusted anymore.

 

[gerarar]

Thought this is worthy enough to cross-post from the VQ thead..

GOTG: CR just had its worst performing day ever since the ride opened more than a year ago.

Yesterday on Thursday 8/17, the ride was down for 301 mins, or ~5 hours. This beats the long standing record held on Aug 7 of 2022 with 272 mins.

Here's a list of all the record downtimes the ride's had:

• Aug 18 '23 - 301m (new)
• Aug 7 '22 - 272m
• Aug 6 '22 - 262m
• Jul 26 '22 - 246m
• Apr 18 '23 - 240m
• Jan 24 '23 - 219m
• Feb 27 '23 - 211m
• Aug 3 '23 - 207m
• Aug 1 '22 - 206m

Seems like August is a really bad month overall for the ride..

Final Day 447 Stats (8/17):
7am: 21.2 secs
1pm: 8792.2 secs, or ~2 hours 27 mins

BG 125 (-35) is the last BG called for the day at 8:25pm.

Notable stoppages:
9:46 - 10:16am
12:05 - 1:29pm
1:44 - 2:50pm
3:12 - 3:28pm
3:52 - 5:05pm
6:54 - 7:26pm

Note: Really bad day for Comsic Rewind today, ~301 mins of total downtime, about 5 hours! This is now the worst day operationally for the ride since it opened more than a year ago.
Highest ranked downtimes:

Average pace: 3-4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 12m -> 12m (+0)
1pm: 2hr 14m -> 2hr 12m (-2m)

That does it for Day 447 of GotG: CR!
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[Henry Mystic]

Thought this is worthy enough to cross-post from the VQ thead..

GOTG: CR just had its worst performing day ever since the ride opened more than a year ago.

Yesterday on Thursday 8/17, the ride was down for 301 mins, or ~5 hours. This beats the long standing record held on Aug 7 of 2022 with 272 mins.

Here's a list of all the record downtimes the ride's had:

• Aug 18 '23 - 301m (new)
• Aug 7 '22 - 272m
• Aug 6 '22 - 262m
• Jul 26 '22 - 246m
• Apr 18 '23 - 240m
• Jan 24 '23 - 219m
• Feb 27 '23 - 211m
• Aug 3 '23 - 207m
• Aug 1 '22 - 206m

Seems like August is a really bad month overall for the ride..

Any idea why it’s been having issues?

 

[gerarar]

Any idea why it’s been having issues?

Not really, just seems to be random these days.

Could be there's an issue with one of the sensors that's triggering the breakdowns, and it can't really be worked on until park close. Like today it had a pretty good run, so it's not like the ride is plagued with reoccuring issues everyday.

 

[Mouse3268]

Based on anecdotal reports on Twitter, it appears that the ride is only playing September by Earth, Wind & Fire today, which is awesome if true.

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

Based on anecdotal reports on Twitter, it appears that the ride is only playing September by Earth, Wind & Fire today, which is awesome if true.

It was! Cast Members got a memo about it this morning.

 

[SpaceMountain77]

Based on anecdotal reports on Twitter, it appears that the ride is only playing September by Earth, Wind & Fire today, which is awesome if true.

Yes, that was our experience yesterday. Our Star Jumper cruised to September as did the Star Jumper that arrived after we unloaded. Someone, somewhere in TWDC understood the assignment and delivered some extra pixie dust yesterday.

 

[DisneyAndUniversalFan]

Based on anecdotal reports on Twitter, it appears that the ride is only playing September by Earth, Wind & Fire today, which is awesome if true.

I was on it that day (September 21st), and can confirm this.

 

[J4546]

I cant wait to go back to epcot and ride this again next year, it was such a blast when i got to ride about a month after it opened. great ride imo, cant wait to see tokyos version for their new space mountain as well.

 

[tparris]

Cosmic Rewind is currently down, although I’m not sure how long it’s been. As I was entering the park about 30 minutes ago, I saw guests being evacuated from the ride and back into the park through a backstage gate next to the restrooms on the east side of SSE.
Edit: the ride is back online as of 12:20pm.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Cosmic Rewind is currently down, although I’m not sure how long it’s been. As I was entering the park about 30 minutes ago, I saw guests being evacuated from the ride and back into the park through a backstage gate next to the restrooms on the east side of SSE.
Edit: the ride is back online as of 12:20pm.

 

[NelleBelle]

We just got back from our trip and on our Epcot day we purchased a ILL and got both a regular and after-hours VQ. During one of the rides, it broke down while we were in the ride. It tried to go up an incline and slid back. We sat there in the dark for about 5 minutes before it started back up, sans lights, music/dialogue. When we pulled I. To unload I asked if we could have a reride due to the breakdown—at first the CM said no, but when guests started to complain, he called a supervisor who had NO IDEA the ride had even had a breakdown. Thankfully those of us who wanted to reride were escorted back in line with minimal wait. Unfortunately, we got “everybody wants to rule the world” again from the day before.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Does anyone know if there is a Wonders of Xandar pavillion loop playing on the outside of the pavillion or is it just the music were hearing normally in the park around that area? I Don't recall if they had planned of having one but, it sure would made sense to keep with theming..

 

[tparris]

Does anyone know if there is a Wonders of Xandar pavillion loop playing on the outside of the pavillion or is it just the music we’re hearing normally in the park around that area? I Don't recall if they had planned of having one but, it sure would made sense to keep with theming..

Yes, there is a unique music loop that plays in the main courtyard in front of the building.

 

[tparris]

This is random but I just noticed this while walking by: the Disney 100 mural at EPCOT uses the during construction look for the Energy building, with the rust-orange ribs and fully dark grey exterior. I just thought it was interesting to note.

 

[DisneyCane]

If not for the motion sickness this would be one of my favorite rides at WDW. Going to try upping the dose of Bromine next time. My biggest complaint is the song choices. The first time I ever rode was Conga and that was awesome. The last two times were Everybody Wants to Rule the World which is way too mellow for a rollercoaster.

 

[NelleBelle]

If not for the motion sickness this would be one of my favorite rides at WDW. Going to try upping the dose of Bromine next time. My biggest complaint is the song choices. The first time I ever rode was Conga and that was awesome. The last two times were Everybody Wants to Rule the World which is way too mellow for a rollercoaster.

I so bummed that our ride broke down while we had Conga—totally great. When we did the deride, we got Everybody Wants to Rule the World and we had heard the same song the day before. Another reason to ride!

 

[imagineer97]

Photo from another thread, but I wanted to put this somewhere:

This is really ugly. Look at the black smears running down the launch tube! They could have built something with a themed-front instead of trying to make it blend in.