History question: Was MGM the first contemplated 3rd gate?

[FettFan]

And guess whats in that proposed space now, Soarin. So we will never see a new pavilion as such between the Land and imagination. Between the Land and Seas is all thats left, well wonders of life too.

Too be fair, if you look at the satellite image of Epcot, there wasn't much space to work with. The Living With the Land greenhouses forced a bottleneck opening into a small wedge of land, not big enough for an actual pavilion.

Had they built "Movies", it would have been much, much smaller than the final GMR that wound up at Disney-MGM.


If you really want to talk expansion of FutureWorld....there's a much larger space between The Land and The Living Seas, and it could easily be doubled by simply re-routing Avenue of the Stars. (actually not that simple...looks like a water treatment plant behind Living Seas. Can anyone confirm?)


EDIT -- Or they could just go ahead and, you know...tear down Odyssey....

EDIT II -- Or convert Odyssey into the Australia Pavilion, and come up with something new for Lame Duck Innoventions.

 

[abeachchick]

What used to be in the Odyssey bldg?

 

[FettFan]

What used to be in the Odyssey bldg?

It used to be a restaurant.

Nowadays, it's mostly just rented out for private events.

 

[abeachchick]

Thanks @FettFan, I did not know that.
Wow, what a what of a building huh?

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I grew up in Central Florida, had many school friends whose parents worked for Disney as well as contractors during Epcot's construction. (I could roll your heads about 1 particular CM who worked with costume design.) Anywhoo, around the time Universal and WDW built their respective studios it was all the talk about town how Orlando would be the new Hollywood of the East. I never heard anything about other parks at WDW. It was Epcot then MGM. Nothing else. I recall on MGMs opening day the general thought was Disney opened it too soon and only because (like a petulant child) Disney couldn't stand to let anyone beat them to the punch. I remember that clearly.

 

[FettFan]

I grew up in Central Florida, had many school friends whose parents worked for Disney as well as contractors during Epcot's construction. (I could roll your heads about 1 particular CM who worked with costume design.) Anywhoo, around the time Universal and WDW built their respective studios it was all the talk about town how Orlando would be the new Hollywood of the East. I never heard anything about other parks at WDW. It was Epcot then MGM. Nothing else. I recall on MGMs opening day the general thought was Disney opened it too soon and only because (like a petulant child) Disney couldn't stand to let anyone beat them to the punch. I remember that clearly.

Please do. Just change the names to protect the innocent.

 

[FettFan]

Wow. I wasn't expecting that....

 

[marni1971]

Not enough room for a full pavilion, but it seems like there is space between M:S and TT that could be used for an additional attraction attached to one of those buildings. Wasn't the Jr Autopia meant for somewhere in that area as part of Project Gemini?

Its a squeeze now. With Horizons the plot was triangular shaped, a narrow entrance opening out into a wider pavilion area. TT just about killed it with the exterior loop.

That Gemini project had Autopia on the grass between TT and Mousegear.