Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

Disstevefan1

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Fear said:
I read it more like a "stress test". Make sure the thing can run with a decent amount of people and see where maintenance needs are. I doubt they've had any decent amount of crowd through yet.
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Good point about a stress test.

I am guessing this will have boarding groups to start?
 
monothingie

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Disstevefan1 said:
Good point about a stress test.

I am guessing this will have boarding groups to start?
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Disstevefan1

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monothingie said:
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🤣 it does seem "highly illogical" at first.

Let’s say they treat this as a free walk through, no boarding groups, no G+, no ILL.

Because it’s new, it’s gonna be a MOBBED “conga line” with the standby snaking through EPCOT.

The good thing is EPCOT handles snacking lines very well - see figment popcorn bucket.
 
monothingie

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Disstevefan1 said:
It’s possible.

Let’s say they treat this as a free walk through, no boarding groups, no G+, no ILL.

Because it’s new, it’s gonna be a MOBBED “conga line” with the standby snaking through EPCOT.

The good thing is EPCOT handles snacking lines very well - see figment popcorn bucket.
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Child guest: Wait a second there is no Moana ride and I don’t get wet? This is boring I want to go to Frozen.

Adult Guest: Where’s the booze at? Where do they keep Tropical rum drinks in this boring place?
 
TheMaxRebo

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monothingie said:
Child guest: Wait a second there is no Moana ride and I don’t get wet? This is boring I want to go to Frozen.

Adult Guest: Where’s the booze at? Where do they keep Tropical rum drinks in this boring place?
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that would be great if they added a tropical drink stand right out front to carry with you while you journey with water
 
Disstevefan1

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monothingie said:
Child guest: Wait a second there is no Moana ride and I don’t get wet? This is boring I want to go to Frozen.

Adult Guest: Where’s the booze at? Where do they keep Tropical rum drinks in this boring place?
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I get you on this.

My prediction is when it first opens it will be mobbed because its new.

After a while the word will get around and it will get casual traffic, a nice place to check your app for the NEXT attraction you want to go to.
 
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MrPromey

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MagicHappens1971 said:
They are for sure. If I’m honest I’m not old enough to remember Epcot pre-all the festival madness.

I’m sure it was much more peaceful. I avoid Epcot as much as possible but it’s also my least favorite park…
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It's not just the festival booths, either. Over time, they've eroded space on that walkway by putting more and more for-real permanent stuff on the water side, too, narrowing the walkway and reducing the lagoon view in many areas which, added to the booths' near-permanent status makes the whole thing just that much worse.

Keep in mind, for the Millennium Celebration, they actually ran a parade through there.

Let that sink in.
 
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MrPromey

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TheMaxRebo said:
definitely an option - though the entrance for this faces the Land/Seas so isn't really part of the central spine work or flow

Plus that work seems like multiple months off - are they really doing CM previews now and then letting that just sit for 6 months? (I mean, maybe, but seems silly). If the other work would be done within 2 months, sure, but doesn't look close at all - but maybe they surprise us in a positive direction
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Rat sat completed and unused for roughly six month before opening so I wouldn't put anything past them.
 
TheMaxRebo

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MrPromey said:
Rat sat completed and unused for roughly six month before opening so I wouldn't put anything past them.
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Absolutely - and I why I am not confident at all it will be open for my trip the end of August

Though even for Remy the CM previews were Aug 19-Sept 2 - so it didn't sit unused for that long after the previews, it was mostly before
 
Fear

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One of the things I'll be interested in is how they'll meter interactive elements. I could see some bottlenecking at points if people queue up for a specific element or water feature. When I did Omega Mart I got annoyed that everyone gets sent to continue the story on one of three computers, so each one had a line. I fear they may run into similar issues with this, but not as extreme since the interactivity seems lower than digging around on a computer interface.

So, I bet tuning the crowd tempo may also be part of these previews.
 
Disstevefan1

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I am guessing cast members will be trained to let in a number of guests in, allow them to get to a point inside, then let more in, and so on.

The problem is some folks may move through slower than others.

This is going to be interesting to watch.
 
Bocabear

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Disstevefan1 said:
Agreed, all the young new EPCOT guests are going to absolutely LOVE the Moana walk through.

They will be staring at their phones as they walk through.
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That is the truth...my last trip there I saw no less than 3 different people walk into walls while staring at their phones...and many kids in strollers with their phones open to cartoons to watch instead of just looking around...
It is a different world now...people seem so much less engaged...
 

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