EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

[Unbanshee]

sign says there will be restrooms within the attraction? I didnt realize that. Also seems to having a "bathing" capacity of 151?

Here's a closer look at the signage

Pond Refilled, Finishing Touches Underway for 'Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana' at EPCOT

Take an updated look at Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana construction as the finishing touches are applied

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[GimpYancIent]

sign says there will be restrooms within the attraction? I didnt realize that. Also seems to having a "bathing" capacity of 151?

I do not believe guests would go au Naturale behind the shrubbery!

 

[Disstevefan1]

I hope we get a back stage tour of the water treatment plant!
The true journey of water!

 

[GimpYancIent]

I hope we get a back stage tour of the water treatment plant!
The true journey of water!
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And ladder is on the job!

 

[Ayla]

The more foliage and landscaping they add, the more out of place it looks.

 

[James Alucobond]

The more foliage and landscaping they add, the more out of place it looks.

From the monorail, sure, but within the park, it’s sealed in on 3.25 sides by traditional EPCOT landscaping. You basically only see it from The Seas and Coral Reef, and only a bit of it at that.

 

[MagicWDI]

So it looks like they are virtually done with the major work involved with JoW. Sounds like they are now doing tests and adjustments of the final show, which leads me to wonder if we may see a late Spring opening. Or do they plan on sitting on this like Ratatouille? I don't see why they would want to. Perhaps keep the same opening timeline and just soft open?

 

[KeithVH]

So, at this point, I'm going to start a new office pool. Will be guessing the number of days it takes before someone tries to get an urn into the area (instead of POTC or HM). Any takers? You know someone is gonna try . . .

 

[Ayla]

So it looks like they are virtually done with the major work involved with JoW. Sounds like they are now doing tests and adjustments of the final show, which leads me to wonder if we may see a late Spring opening. Or do they plan on sitting on this like Ratatouille? I don't see why they would want to. Perhaps keep the same opening timeline and just soft open?

They plan on sitting on it.

 

[MagicWDI]

They plan on sitting on it.

Lame. There's gonna be thousands of small, upset kids having to use the normal bathrooms.

Seriously though, I'm not crazy about this thing but I do have a trip in Sept and would rather at least try it. But if it's not open by then I'm not gonna be at all upset. I also don't like walls everywhere

 

[Ayla]

Lame. There's gonna be thousands of small, upset kids having to use the normal bathrooms.

Seriously though, I'm not crazy about this thing but I do have a trip in Sept and would rather at least try it. But if it's not open by then I'm not gonna be at all upset. I also don't like walls everywhere

The walls have been up for over 5 years. They ruin the park experience at Epcot.

 

[UNCgolf]

The revelation that it's going to have a large water play area makes me much less optimistic about what this is going to be.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Walt Disney World's third water park confirmed!!!

 

[Incomudro]

The revelation that it's going to have a large water play area makes me much less optimistic about what this is going to be.

Yeah, apparently I was wrong in believing that there weren't any areas kids could enter the water.
I personally don't believe that this attraction is really going to depict the water cycle much at all.
Not that I care.
I'm ok with this simply being a landscaped area with moving water.

 

[threvester]

Walt Disney World's third water park confirmed!!!

Now maybe we will have 2 open at the same time

 

[James Alucobond]

The revelation that it's going to have a large water play area makes me much less optimistic about what this is going to be.

The signage says there’s a dry path, which I assume is why it splits two or three ways at certain points. I would assume the dry path holds the majority of the edutainment content, and you’re then invited to veer off path in a few places if you want to personally interact with the water.

 

[GimpYancIent]

The signage says there’s a dry path, which I assume is why it splits two or three ways at certain points. I would assume the dry path holds the majority of the edutainment content, and you’re then invited to veer off path in a few places if you want to personally interact with the water.

Must admit that interacting with water on hot days (of which there are many) sounds good.

P.S. Will there be precautions in place to prevent personal electronic devices from interacting with the water?

 

[UNCgolf]

The signage says there’s a dry path, which I assume is why it splits two or three ways at certain points. I would assume the dry path holds the majority of the edutainment content, and you’re then invited to veer off path in a few places if you want to personally interact with the water.

The 151 person limit makes it sound like there's going to be a relatively large play area.

I also wonder how they are going to police it. Are they only going to allow 151 people into the entire walkthrough at any given time? That would be abysmal for capacity. Or are they going to have some kind of secondary gate inside the walkthrough for the actual play area so they can keep tabs on the number of guests specifically in that area?

 

[James Alucobond]

The 151 person limit makes it sound like there's going to be a relatively large play area.

I also wonder how they are going to police it. Are they only going to allow 151 people into the entire walkthrough at any given time? That would abysmal for capacity. Or are they going to have some kind of secondary gate inside the walkthrough for the actual play area so they can keep tabs on the number of guests specifically in the play area?

There seem to be multiple areas with interaction points, so I'm not entirely sure how it'll work. The largest one seems to be right before the exit where there are 3-4 paths, so perhaps they'll either direct folks in excess to exit through the dry path there or allow them to circulate near the leaping fountains if they want to wait for the area by the kakamora.

 

[Timothy_Q]

I feel like after the intial crowds die down this will work like any other walkthrough attraction, like the Treehouse and Alice's Labyrinth at DLP, with not much control over capacity or time spent inside. Guests should be able to dictate how long they wanna stay inside