MrPromey
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Are we talking about before or after FP was introduced?.. Because Innoventions predates that by a lot.
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Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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Are we talking about before or after FP was introduced?.. Because Innoventions predates that by a lot.
Centauri Space Station
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Well by 5 years
Movielover
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Don't know why you are surprised? This was always known to have rockwork involved.Rockwork? The price tag on this just jumped up $100 million.
I guess I should have used the sarcasm font?
I thought they were just building a very bumpy splash pad.
The Great Gonzo
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It's amazing that it used to only take a year to build a whole park. Now it takes 5 years to build a water fountain.
MrPromey
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Six but who's counting?.. Although I forgot that by modern Disney standards, anything a decade or less old in the parks is still considered new, right?
My point is, the conversion of Communicore was not intended to be set up as a holding ground for anything. When FP was first introduced, most attractions in Epcot didn't even use it.
This was before FP+ when they started slapping it on absolutely everything whether it needed it or not. (Looking at you Spaceship Earth)
People absolutely were going into Innoventions to do the stuff in Innoventions... but that's because it didn't suck back then.
15 years later is another story, completely.*
*I admit, I'm probably being generous not saying 10 years later.
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Incomudro
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There's that gross over simplification people are so fond of again.
Buildings had to be demo'd before any construction began.
We also went through covid restrictions, so even when work was resumed - crews were often very small.
Disstevefan1
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Agreed, but it's still taking too long. I am not looking forward to Moana. I am looking forward to the walls coming down..
Some day.... Some day...
Vacationeer
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How much of the park front will be finished by Oct 1st, Epcot’s 40th Anni? I’m hoping at minimum there’s much more to enjoy than what’s left of distracting construction areas and walls. The 5 month countdown… let it rip!
Holy cow. Its 40 this year??? I was living in Florida when it was being built. I was there the 2nd week it was open. WOW. 40 years went by when I wasn't looking.
Don't feel bad, look at what all happened to Peter Quill after he visited in the early years!
OG Runner
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Let's round that up to ten.
Incomudro
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I don't disagree with the fact that it is indeed taking a long time, and that WDW takes a long time.
OG Runner
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I don't like to start or be involved in arguments but now you are being delusional.
Disstevefan1
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Did we forget it took 7 years to complete Pandora, just a land within a park?
Are we forgetting how long the WDW RR is closed?
OG Runner
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The RR for four years, partially due to the pandemic, since no construction could be done on Tron.
As for Pandora, can you truly not understand why that kind of construction took as long as it did?