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Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
- Thread starter Rteetz
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Incomudro
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The chocolate in it might have caffeine.
Bring lots of water.
Comes to thread to read about the Journey of Water attraction. Gets educated about an altogether different Journey of Water.
Animaniac93-98
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Richie248
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Moana Journey of Water is better than what was there prior...underutilized buildings. I think this is a smart use of space in the hub which otherwise would be pathways and general landscaping. Am I clamoring to journey along with the water? No. But I look forward to walking through when it opens....
TheMaxRebo
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So I see there is a new Florida Resident Explorer ticket option out there which gives you 2 park days to be used at EPCOT and/or AK fro $159 and valid from Aug 1 to Sept 29 ... so maybe an indication this won't open until after Sept 29th?
Bocabear
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That is always the thing..."it is better than what was there"...and what was there had been left to sit and become stale for decades.... The building was large enough to house a fairly large attraction... Look at the footprint of the Fantasyland dark rides... you could have fit several in this space... or something on-theme with the park . All water under the bridge now and we will be stuck with the water walk-through forever or until maintenance becomes a bother and they quietly shutter it for another decade or so...
you cant build dark rides like they did in fantasyland anymore due to strict building codes. They may have been able to fit one though, but it woulda probably been something like little mermaid or something.....Im looking forward to JoW but I know some people def arent on this board.
RSoxNo1
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Some points of note on this that have been passed my way:
- Entrance/Exit will be near The Seas. It is not a cut through
- It is not entirely interactive but should be a step above the Imagination fountains
- There is a scene where you're instructed to wave at water (I'll withhold the commentary that accompanied that)
MagicHappens1971
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I think this is one of the biggest losses. A cut through wouldve been so nice
lazyboy97o
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Surely you can tell us which part of the EPCOT Building Code defines the minimum size of a dark ride.
no, Im just saying building codes are drastically different today vs 60 years ago. You could not build a fantasyland style grouping of rides as they were built 60+ years ago today
lazyboy97o
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You’re again just repeating something that is not true. There are no overall minimum size requirements for special amusement assembly occupancies. Nor are there prohibitions on having multiple rides right next to or even above/below each other. A cluster of small dark rides absolutely could be built today, they could even be built all within the same building.
Two rides in the same building? What kind of sorcery is this?? FoP and NRJ, for example, are in separate buildings... aren't they? Wait... they aren't???
So they couldn't have possibly utilized the existing buildings, that's what you're saying?
Bzzzt!!! Incorrect.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Just give it a few years when they give up on it like the imagination fountains...
Cmdr_Crimson
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Same thing with that Land place with them thar flying screens and boat rides people are going obsessed for and......Two rides in the same building? What kind of sorcery is this?? FoP and NRJ, for example, are in separate buildings... aren't they? Wait... they aren't???
Horizonsfan
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How many cut throughs do you really need in that spot? There’s a new one from the seas to SSE and the prior one from The Land to the center of world celebration. That area is more accessible now than it’s been in nearly 30 years.
lazyboy97o
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No, they do not. Small dark rides are still built in the US.