I’m surprised by the way the entrances and exits appear to be placed here. Am I the only one that thought one would enter on the dreamer’s point side of the plaza and exit near the living seas? I thought of this more as a plused-up path than a closed loop attraction. But it seems from the core, you’ll be seeing trees and maybe a retaining wall on the side near the new festival center.
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Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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yensidtlaw1969
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I mean, I would have complained about it replacing Chester and Hester
My point was just that there's no shortage of thematically-appropriate places to put Moana, they just chose not to.
Epcot82Guy
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I would even say there were thematically-appropriate ways to have created this attraction, and they also chose not to.
The big issue is Epcot doesn't have a theme any longer (just like TL). I get the argument it was dead in 94 and needed updating. But, CHANGING the theme is different than ABANDONING theme into the mishmash it is today. And each of these additions make it more and more muddled.
The big issue is Epcot doesn't have a theme any longer (just like TL). I get the argument it was dead in 94 and needed updating. But, CHANGING the theme is different than ABANDONING theme into the mishmash it is today. And each of these additions make it more and more muddled.
JohnD
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Exactly. And that's new because. . .? (Not asking you specifically).
MrPromey
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That was never a problem when you had multiple pavilions offering hour-long worth of things to do in AC space.
Hold up - does shopping and waiting in line count as hour(s)-long things worth doing?
Asking for Bob.
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What do you mean?
MrPromey
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So much for the 'thematic fit" of having a water path that leads to the Living Seas.
Without an entrance on the other side, this thing seems like it's going to be a roadblock (maybe no less than an abandoned Innoventions building) and a big patch of nothingness to walk past from the center spine. Honestly, it feels like they're essentially abandoning the concept of the center spine with all of this.
Oh wait, I forgot about the attraction-less Dreamer's Point...
At least Epcot will have their own fireworks bypass exit, now - straight down the center.
If only they'd fix the fireworks show...
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JohnD
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There's already a jumping fountain at Imagination. This is new?
Can't have another one?
lazyboy97o
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Color me surprised that this isn’t huge, doesn’t connect The Seas and The Land, and doesn’t even really connect to The Seas.
mightynine
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That would require an actual plan instead of just doing triage to get the center back open at this point, IMO.
No Name
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I was/am looking forward to seeing how the colors work together, even if only at night, and if that gives the center of the park a distinctive feel. Furthermore, during the day, I wonder how the warmer-color look of Creations/Connections will balance with the presumably cooler colors of Journey of Water. There is a lot I’m still optimistic or at least curious about here.
MrPromey
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If there is a Meet-and-Greet in there, I wonder how much of the path ends up being used as an outdoor queue for that.
MrPromey
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Since based on this concept art, it doesn't appear there's going to be an entrance to this from the center, I don't think how the colors might work together matters much... not that their final products always match the concept art - hopefully that'll be the case, here. (in more ways than one)
Incomudro
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That's what I've thought from the beginning.
It looks like there are some three different water features as well - very nice.
It's larger and more involved than I thought.
No Name
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Oh I didn’t notice that. Well that’s dumb. I’m back to thinking they’re clueless fools.