EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

Bocabear

Bocabear

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Disstevefan1 said:
I am looking forward to walking through it. It’s there and it’s new so folks will want to see it. It does look to be a cute little walkthrough attraction.
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the "cute little walkthrough attraction" that appears to have eaten the budget of everything else promised for the revitalization of EPCOT...Still don't know why it could not have been designed to fit the space between the Land and Seas pavilions on that side of the walkway...making a better visual connection between the two pavilions and leaving space for a real attraction one day... or the show building that was there for another attraction...
 
OSUBMac555

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Bocabear said:
the "cute little walkthrough attraction" that appears to have eaten the budget of everything else promised for the revitalization of EPCOT...Still don't know why it could not have been designed to fit the space between the Land and Seas pavilions on that side of the walkway...making a better visual connection between the two pavilions and leaving space for a real attraction one day... or the show building that was there for another attraction...
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I doubt JOW ate the budget so much as the budget was slashed and JOW was one of the items they could afford to keep.

By the time Covid hit the demolition work had started so something needed to go there, sticking with the existing plan rather than going through expensive redesigns probably actually saved them money. The rest of the cancelled projects could be cancelled without a major impact to the park.
 
Bocabear

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OSUPhantom said:
I doubt JOW ate the budget so much as the budget was slashed and JOW was one of the items they could afford to keep.

By the time Covid hit the demolition work had started so something needed to go there, sticking with the existing plan rather than going through expensive redesigns probably actually saved them money. The rest of the cancelled projects could be cancelled without a major impact to the park.
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i did say "appears to have eaten the budget" meaning to the otherwise uninformed, the billion dollar 5 year makeover of Epcot seems to have netted a re-landscaped center court, color changing lightbulbs, a water walk-through, and not a whole lot else... And they can only blame Covid for so many years... Prices continue to rise for everything at the parks, they are always busy, they should be doing fine as far as that is concerned...
 
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doctornick

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OSUPhantom said:
I doubt JOW ate the budget so much as the budget was slashed and JOW was one of the items they could afford to keep.
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A significant portion of the budget went to Tiana instead. And it seems like a huge amount ended up going to replacing the expensive Harmonious barges to create Luminous.

I don’t think JoW took up all that much of the approved budget for Epcot really. At least not to an extent that it prevented anything else that was substantial being done.
 
Disgruntled Walt

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Bocabear said:
i did say "appears to have eaten the budget" meaning to the otherwise uninformed, the billion dollar 5 year makeover of Epcot seems to have netted a re-landscaped center court, color changing lightbulbs, a water walk-through, and not a whole lot else... And they can only blame Covid for so many years... Prices continue to rise for everything at the parks, they are always busy, they should be doing fine as far as that is concerned...
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From what I've heard, Tiana may be responsible for the adjustments in Epcot budgeting.
 
DisneyNorthFan

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I don't remember the "design a ride" arm thing, but that looks like a failing mall attraction. Certainly fun, but only for the dozen or so guests an hour that would be able to enjoy it. JoW, on the other hand, looks beautiful, and is a family experience that can be enjoyed by hundreds an hour without any wait at all. You can debate location, what else could have been built, budgets ... but this is undeniably an upgrade. Fair to say that it's not the upgrade that everyone wants, but it's a vast improvement.
 
SplashJacket

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WondersOfLife said:
Sum of All Thrills should have expanded into its own grand attraction building. Such an awesome ride and concept especially for Epcot.
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SoaT was atrocious as an attraction. Cool as a tech demo.

Make a Kuka Aladdin ride if you want Kuka in Epcot, or a manufacturing edutainment attraction where the factory goes “rouge” and then you do some weird shenanigans on a Kuka, basically original Test Track concept from a different angle.
 
WondersOfLife

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SplashZander said:
SoaT was atrocious as an attraction. Cool as a tech demo.
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It was pretty a freaking awesome attraction AND it was cool as a tech demo. Definitely should have expanded it to its own thing.

I was also a tween when I got to enjoy it. And I'm pretty sure that was the demographic. So I guess I get the privilege of saying "okay, boomer."
SplashZander said:
Make a Kuka Aladdin ride if you want Kuka in Epcot,
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Oh god, no. You just lost all credibility right there on your imagineering spectrum. Lol

Either that, or you just did the opposite and got 20 different promotions based on Disney's new standard of imagineering. 🤐
 
flyerjab

flyerjab

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This was an absolute home for my wife and I. We simply could not get enough of this walk through attraction. It is interactive, fun and provides an educational value with its messaging regarding the water cycle. And the adults were right there next to the kids laughing and having fun. As far as my opinion goes, this fits this park right in between The Living Seas and The Land. We went on Nemo (2nd worst ride), JoW and then Living with the Land and it all works together.
 
hpyhnt 1000

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tparris said:
Walls are up blocking the pathway adjacent to JoW that leads from World Celebration to World Nature, and tape is covering up JoW and World Nature on the directional signage. For the past week or so, there’s been a utility cover in the ground absolutely rocketing air out of it, so I’m assuming these walls are so they can completely rip up the pavement and redo it. Stuff like this and other random maintenance fails happening more often are really leading me to believe the penny pinching is about the worst it’s ever been at the parks right now…View attachment 758539View attachment 758540
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Isn't that bottom arrow in the first sign pic pointing in the wrong direction? Or maybe they turned it around temporarily for this closure (but didn't do that for the other side)?
 
SplashJacket

SplashJacket

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tparris said:
Walls are up blocking the pathway adjacent to JoW that leads from World Celebration to World Nature, and tape is covering up JoW and World Nature on the directional signage. For the past week or so, there’s been a utility cover in the ground absolutely rocketing air out of it, so I’m assuming these walls are so they can completely rip up the pavement and redo it. Stuff like this and other random maintenance fails happening more often are really leading me to believe the penny pinching is about the worst it’s ever been at the parks right now…View attachment 758538View attachment 758539View attachment 758540
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We live in an imperfect world. There can be many number of reasons things need to get redone, most of which have nothing to do with cheaping out the first time around.
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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tparris said:
Walls are up blocking the pathway adjacent to JoW that leads from World Celebration to World Nature, and tape is covering up JoW and World Nature on the directional signage. For the past week or so, there’s been a utility cover in the ground absolutely rocketing air out of it, so I’m assuming these walls are so they can completely rip up the pavement and redo it. Stuff like this and other random maintenance fails happening more often are really leading me to believe the penny pinching is about the worst it’s ever been at the parks right now…View attachment 758538View attachment 758539View attachment 758540
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Kind of looks like they need to close up everything they opened and try again at this point.
 

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