EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

[The Lochness Monsta]

I think they've gone way too far away from the idea for the park. The front is supposed to be about the future. Most of what they've done has nothing to do with that subject matter.

.... And before anyone says something... yes Epcot the city and the park are 2 different things. But both have an emphasis on the future. ... or they at least should (see Spaceship Earth and Horizons).

 

[Kev1982]

Outside looks great and new. Now the insides of basically everything in the land, the seas and imagination + spaceship earth.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I think they've gone way too far away from the idea for the park. The front is supposed to be about the future. Most of what they've done has nothing to do with that subject matter.

.... And before anyone says something... yes Epcot the city and the park are 2 different things. But both have an emphasis on the future. ... or they at least should (see Spaceship Earth and Horizons).

"Future" as a unifying theme is no longer part of EPCOT (not that everything that used to be part of Future World was actually about the future). It is intentionally abandoned.

So, "the front" isn't supposed to be "the future," unless it just happens to pop up as part of "Discovery," which isn't necessarily "the future."

 

[Vinnie Mac]

I think they've gone way too far away from the idea for the park. The front is supposed to be about the future. Most of what they've done has nothing to do with that subject matter.

.... And before anyone says something... yes Epcot the city and the park are 2 different things. But both have an emphasis on the future. ... or they at least should (see Spaceship Earth and Horizons).

The future is such a hard concept to base a theme park off of. There's a reason Epcot has had to reinvent itself entirely possibly more than any other Disney park in the world. I mean it's practically a different park each decade.

The future is ever changing especially nowadays where things advance so quickly. We went from chatgpt being a basic chat model to AI being able to perfectly deepfake videos, generate incredibly realistic images, and be used on a daily basis for various purposes and task. Technology growth is much quicker now than it was 30-40 years ago.

I'm not saying a future oriented Epcot isn't possible it definitely is. There's so much of our modern world to explore. It's just the fact that it would be outdated again in 5-10 years

 

[Disstevefan1]

I think they've gone way too far away from the idea for the park. The front is supposed to be about the future. Most of what they've done has nothing to do with that subject matter.

.... And before anyone says something... yes Epcot the city and the park are 2 different things. But both have an emphasis on the future. ... or they at least should (see Spaceship Earth and Horizons).

 

[HauntedPirate]

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January 9, 1999, if we’re being exact.

 

[Tuvalu]

My 5 year old granddaughter just returned from a week at the parks. When she is asked what was her favorite thing, her reply is “Moana water at Epcot.”

Seems the imagineers know their next-gen target audience well.

 

[Disstevefan1]

My 5 year old granddaughter just returned from a week at the parks. When she is asked what was her favorite thing, her reply is “Moana water at Epcot.”

Seems the imagineers know their next-gen target audience well.

Totally agree. Any 5 year old in EPCOT would like Moana the best.

5 year olds love to play in water.

 

[Bocabear]

Well if the 5 year old likes it, I would say it is a smashing success! Huzzah! Water play areas everywhere!

 

[LittleBuford]

It's the perfect new brand identity for Epcot! Target 5 year olds! Take on Legoland directly!

Take out that boring Land pavilion and put in bounce houses and ball pits! Get rid of Seas and put in Slip 'N Slides!

The brilliant strategy writes itself!

#epcot2024

I liked it too, and I’m in my 40s.

 

[pigglewiggle]

My 5 year old granddaughter just returned from a week at the parks. When she is asked what was her favorite thing, her reply is “Moana water at Epcot.”

Seems the imagineers know their next-gen target audience well.

That is very sweet. I have my own memories of Disney parks from when I was young. That is how it starts.

 

[Ayla]

I liked it too, and I’m in my 40s.

I hope it wasn't your favorite thing and the highlight of your trip, though.

 

[tparris]

I hope it wasn't your favorite thing and the highlight of your trip, though.

So what if it was? Let people enjoy things.

 

[LittleBuford]

I hope it wasn't your favorite thing and the highlight of your trip, though.

5-year-olds tend to have different favourites from adults, so no. But I nonetheless think it’s unfair to mock the attraction as infantile in scope and appeal.

 

[plutofan15]

5-year-olds tend to have different favourites from adults, so no. But I nonetheless think it’s unfair to mock the attraction as infantile in scope and appeal.

We just returned Sunday evening. When we visited the Moana attraction, nearly everyone from toddlers to high school/college kids to parents to grandparents and smiles on their faces going through. Seemed like a success.

 

[LittleBuford]

We just returned Sunday evening. When we visited the Moana attraction, nearly everyone from toddlers to high school/college kids to parents to grandparents and smiles on their faces going through. Seemed like a success.

That was my experience also when I visited a few weeks ago.

 

[J4546]

Seems like 90+ percent of people visiting Epcot really enjoy the edutainment walkthrough about the lifecycle of water. Though some people on here are mad because they dont like what park its in, imo I think it fits Epcot very well. Also I like the new overall community gardens layout in the core of the park and cant wait to see it myself in person next year after Communicore Plaza opens!

 

[_caleb]

From the Epcot Journey of Water thread:

From the Tiana's Bayou Adventure thread:

These recent posts are far from being the worst offenders and I am not indent to pick on any individual members, but I think they are good examples of how a small, but prolific number of people consistently suck all the fun out of participating on this site.

Someone posts, "my 5 year old liked the new thing Disney built" and it's met with this type of rude, condescending, mocking posts dripping with scorn. I believe it stifles participation here for innocuous posts to be met with this sort of bitter sarcasm.

Look, we get that Disney hurt some fans feelings by changing. It's clear some feel disappointed by the Company over the years. But this is a Disney fan site; if its not safe to post about what we (as fans) enjoy or appreciate about the parks because anything positive is going to be met with derision, people aren't going to post.

And then there are those who may not post mean spirited content themselves, but routinely "like" those sort of posts. This only pours fuel on the fire.

My hope is that we can do a better job of creating a friendly environment around here that expresses disagreement in more agreeable ways. Every positive post shouldn't be seen as an invitation to respond with negativity.

 

[DisneyNorthFan]

I love to hear that the little kids are loving JOW. Of course it's important that it appeals to that set, so kudos to WDI for creating an attraction that resonates with them AND older kids AND adults. It's a joke to compare this to anything at Legoland. No shade intended, but I enjoyed Legoland with my young children, but no need to return outside of that. Their water playgrounds can't (and don't try) to compete with the all-ages appeal of JOW. And it's not like Epcot doesn't already have an entire adult playground aka World Showcase ... so even if this skews "younger", that seems appropriate for a family theme park that might be a little light on attractions skewed to this set. Is this what everyone wanted or where they thought it should go? Of course not. But is it a well done attraction that is a big crowd pleaser ... it certainly seems so!

 

[celluloid]

I sure hope it is a five-year old's favorite thing at EPCOT.

There is not as much that they can do these days with West half of the front of the park being entirely height requirement and abandoned or the East being The Land Pavilion, squeaky skunky dark ride and Nemo.

Was not really difficult bar to set.

EPCOT needs this more.