Hurrican Simulator coming to Epcot in Summer 2008?

[epcot85]

If I remember correctly there is a hurricane simulator at Wonderworks on intl drive, it's more like a booth that you stand in with a huge fan.

 

[mousermerf]

If I remember correctly there is a hurricane simulator at Wonderworks on intl drive, it's more like a booth that you stand in with a huge fan.

Same exact thing MOSI in Tampa has. If this is what Innoventions gets, it'll be a sad day.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I would like to apologize for the statment i had made above . As i now think about it, The exibit is probably the best way to safely educate the public on this subject. Again, sorry for my ignorance as I have not expirienced a hurricane (though i have had one share a name with me ) or even a noticible earthquake (and when one occured where I lived, which is rare, I was in Las Vegas).

Thank you.

Same exact thing MOSI in Tampa has. If this is what Innoventions gets, it'll be a sad day.

No offence Merf,but is the MOSI version so bad?What's wrong with it?I've never been so I'm just wondering what they are trying to put in Innoventions.

 

[WDWGuide]

I would like to apologize for the statment i had made above . As i now think about it, The exibit is probably the best way to safely educate the public on this subject. Again, sorry for my ignorance as I have not expirienced a hurricane (though i have had one share a name with me ) or even a noticible earthquake (and when one occured where I lived, which is rare, I was in Las Vegas).

No need to apologize... it's what Disney does... kind of like building a theme park about California in... California.

As someone who has experienced something like three hurricanes, multiple hurricane-strength extratropical storms and an F3 tornado, I am not particularly interested in any sort of weather simulator ride. Nothing could come close to the real thing (especially a strong tornado), and the real thing is neither fun nor entertaining.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

No need to apologize... it's what Disney does... kind of like building a theme park about California in... California.

As someone who has experienced something like three hurricanes, multiple hurricane-strength extratropical storms and an F3 tornado, I am not particularly interested in any sort of weather simulator ride. Nothing could come close to the real thing (especially a strong tornado), and the real thing is neither fun nor entertaining.

But it might educate people about what unfortunatly happens in Florida...And that's good.Unfortunatly some people think that a hurricane is just a big thunderstorm.

 

[CubsRock]

But it might educate people about what unfortunatly happens in Florida...And that's good.Unfortunatly some people think that a hurricane is just a big thunderstorm.

But it will most likely eduacate Notherners like me who aren't in hurricane country more that the ones who really need the educating. Sadly, from what i see on the news is that the best way that has educated people on this subject is real life, not simulation. I think this could also apply to other weather phenomenon like the possibility of tornados striking big cities and the occasional but rare Midwestern earthquakes.

 

[WDWGuide]

But it might educate people about what unfortunatly happens in Florida...And that's good.Unfortunatly some people think that a hurricane is just a big thunderstorm.

Education is hugely important, but I don't think a theme park attraction is going to keep people from buying beach-front property or surfing in the storm surge.

 

[photoflight]

Does Central Florida really need a hurricane simulator? Can't you expirience the real thing there?

Been there, done that, don't need a simulator