I feel like Epcot does not have enough "future" rides.

Gullywhumper

Gullywhumper

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I feel like Epcot was meant to showcase how the world could be in the future, except for the facts that there aren't that many rides showcasing it at all! Some of the classic ones like Horizons are gone, along with many others. It would be nice if Disney added more future oriented rides.
 
DontCallMeJr

DontCallMeJr

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They should just retheme it at this point, it's going to be too costly to keep up with technology. Since there are no plans for the next few years it's only going to look worse in 2020.
 
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KaneMarko

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I agree.

What's interesting is the first time I went to EPCOT as a kid back in the 80s, I remember that park blowing my mind with all the future stuff. Again, this being back in the mid 80s. It seemed so real back then and something out of a sci-fi movie (Even Tomorrow Land in MK). I remember not being able to get enough of Space Ship Earth

But, the future, as it was back then, is here now. And the question imagineers have to answer is what does the New Tomorrow look like? What technology don't we currently have now that we "could" in the future? I know with all this stuff that we have at our fingertips now it may be a little difficult in envision what future technologies may exist years down the line. But that's what all those imagineers are getting paid big bucks for. Right?
 
got2lovedisney

got2lovedisney

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Gullywhumper said:
I feel like Epcot was meant to showcase how the world could be in the future, except for the facts that there aren't that many rides showcasing it at all! Some of the classic ones like Horizons are gone, along with many others. It would be nice if Disney added more future oriented rides.
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I agree and I feel the same about "Tommorrowland". There's not much future or tomorrow going on.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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morningstar

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To be honest not everything about Future World was about the future even from the beginning. Spaceship Earth is a ride through history. So was World of Motion. Universe of Energy went the furthest back to the past, back to the dinosaurs (well, even to "the deluge"). It did have some message in the post-show film about solar energy or something I think. Imagination is not tied to any particular time period. So really the only futuristic original pavilions were The Living Seas, The Land (a little bit, about hydroponics and such), Horizons, and Communicore. Then Wonders of Life when it was added.

At least, however, all the pavilions were quite educational. They seem less so now.
 
JIMINYCR

JIMINYCR

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Disney's had the same problem all along since the beginning of Tomorrowland. How do you predict what the future will be and how do you continue to add futuristic attractions that are believable. Coming up with sci-fi type themes that are futuristic but not going too bizarre, keeping it plausible enough that guests can see it possibly coming true in the near future.
 

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