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Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
- Thread starter Rteetz
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I'm almost certain they just recycled the wording from the same post from "Princess Week" last year, which at the time was a late 2023 opening. So I'm not reading too much into it.
DreamfinderGuy
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It's really crazy to see these photos of it almost finished. Even looking directly at that first one it does not register in my brain that I'm looking at a photo of EPCOT. It looks like something from a completely different park.
TheMaxRebo
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Yeah, that is probably just it ... Just jumped out at me for them to highlight this but then if anything have a more vague/further out timeline (but probably just copy-paste)
GimpYancIent
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Ok, ok please clarify, what is the water doing?
Skibum1970
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It's bubbling along a manmade path via forced currents created by manmade pumps and down manmade mini-falls across artificial rocks. See? It's playing!! Playing at being something it isn't.
TheMaxRebo
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Per a report from the CM previews, some features include:
- Water harps that you can play by passing your hand under a series of water strings
- A waterfall curtain that parts for you when you pass through it
- Leaping fountains that you can direct
- Collaborative effects where more people gathering around creates larger fountains
- The ability to high-five the water, with the fountain aiming for your hand to meet you high or low
- A children's play area with spitting kakamora"
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
This sounds cool.
GimpYancIent
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Yes! it does, an elaborate themed splash pad.
Surferboy567
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Wonder how they pull the high five effect off. Both these sound fun, hoping this opens up soon.
Rhinocerous
Premium Member
Location disputes aside, I think the biggest issue here is how it is being presented.
Using “magic” to give a thing fun characteristics it doesn’t normally possess is expected. That’s, like, page 1 in the edutainment playbook. The problem is suggesting those gags are legitimate in a teaching context.
Water is an inert substance which obeys the laws of physics. It doesn’t have a “playful personality.” It would be like advertising the Figment ride with a blurb saying “learn about how your imagination loves to make you smell skunk.”
Using “magic” to give a thing fun characteristics it doesn’t normally possess is expected. That’s, like, page 1 in the edutainment playbook. The problem is suggesting those gags are legitimate in a teaching context.
Water is an inert substance which obeys the laws of physics. It doesn’t have a “playful personality.” It would be like advertising the Figment ride with a blurb saying “learn about how your imagination loves to make you smell skunk.”
doctornick
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You mean like pretending there’s little people in your body controlling various body parts?
Animaniac93-98
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I'll open December 31st at 11:59pm
Animaniac93-98
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In the meantime, the water will be substituted with Coke Zero.
No Name
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Are you talking about Inside Out, which gives character to emotions in a way that serves to strengthen the message of the movie? Ironically Moana’s use of water works too. But trying to tie this magic to the basic scientific process of the water cycle… that makes absolutely no sense and is also just really lame.
This would be like if Aladdin tried to incorporate a message about the gravity of carpets. Or if Toy Story was about the properties of plastic. Or if Iron Man was about the anatomy of the heart. Or if Star Wars… okay I’ll stop.
Disney is good at using magic to further themes, not to literally explain science.
No Name
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Do you consider the water cycle to be loads of fun?
No Name
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But why include the water cycle at all? I think you may have missed the entire point.