Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

[gerarar]

"elements" in the plural? What's shut off besides the cannons?

The ceiling vent in final Kylo AA has been shut off/broken since early 2021. It's suppose to "fall" when the hull of the ship depressurizes. I consider this effect somewhat major.
One of three light spinners (that replicates blasters coming from stormtroopers) in AT-AT room has been broken for a while. Same goes for the red light tips on the blasters next to Finn AA. On Track B/side AT-AT, some of the tube lights in the ceiling that flash red when the stormtroopers inside the AT-AT shoot at you are broken. These are somewhat minor, but would be nice to be fixed.

Also been noticing more and more audio queues are being missed as the months/years go by. Like the alarms that get raised by Gen. Hux at the bridge. Post-fall dialogue from Finn and Resistance after the escape pods, etc.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Apart from the Moana theme, which only becomes blatant at the end, it felt pretty Epcot-y to me: interactive and (ostensibly) educational.

You take out the Te Fiti photo op and it feels like a perfect Innoventions exhibit just outdoors. The Moana theme is WAY more subtle than expected and the edutainment/epcot vibes are less subtle than expected.

 

[Disstevefan1]

This is a nice little walk through attraction for the kiddos to play in the water.

Another little win for WDW.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I agree. JoW has a little bit of unnecessary Moana, but more in the vein of Regal Eagle. It's more unnecessary than forced. I do wish it leaned a little more modern to blend into that side of Epcot, but it's good. The main issue continues to be its placement IMHO. If it was shifted into World Nature, leaving room for something in World Celebration in that area (physically), it would be a great addition that strikes a good balance between Epcot and IPcot (with emphasis on ADDITION not replacement).

 

[disneyC97]

I noticed a pic from someone on social showing a beautiful night shot towards Spaceship Earth from this attraction with palm trees in silhouette…great excuse to bring them back to the entry flanks of SE and remove the perpetually half-dead looking trees there now.

 

[DonniePeverley]

When you take into account the sheer volume of time it took to make, the reported cost of this :

This is absolutely terrible.

It does not belong in Epcot. Never ever.

Whoever greenlit this deserves to never ever be involved in a Disney project again. Quite frankly i'd put this absurdity as one of the worst value additions to any Disney park.

A sheer utter waste.

 

[Disstevefan1]

When you take into account the sheer volume of time it took to make, the reported cost of this :

This is absolutely terrible.

It does not belong in Epcot. Never ever.

Whoever greenlit this deserves to never ever be involved in a Disney project again. Quite frankly i'd put this absurdity as one of the worst value additions to any Disney park.

A sheer utter waste.

T r O p H y

 

[J4546]

When you take into account the sheer volume of time it took to make, the reported cost of this :

This is absolutely terrible.

It does not belong in Epcot. Never ever.

Whoever greenlit this deserves to never ever be involved in a Disney project again. Quite frankly i'd put this absurdity as one of the worst value additions to any Disney park.

A sheer utter waste.

sorry you feel this way, most people seem to really enjoy it.

 

[Disstevefan1]

sorry you feel this way, most people seem to really enjoy it.

It is a cute water play area for the kids and adults also like to walk through it too.

 

[MisterPenguin]

When you take into account the sheer volume of time it took to make, the reported cost of this :

This is absolutely terrible.

It does not belong in Epcot. Never ever.

Whoever greenlit this deserves to never ever be involved in a Disney project again. Quite frankly i'd put this absurdity as one of the worst value additions to any Disney park.

A sheer utter waste.

What did you think of it when you saw it in person?

 

[Bocabear]

but now seriously when they take literally years and hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new attraction do you think "Cute" is the response they were going for? "they raved about it saying it was "pleasant"...lol

 

[J4546]

It's a walkthrough edutainment attraction about the cycle of water, in front of the seas pavilion, I think it's a great fit, but I still haven't seen it in person, planning on a trip back to FL when the communicore plaza is open!

 

[Disstevefan1]

but now seriously when they take literally years and hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new attraction do you think "Cute" is the response they were going for? "they raved about it saying it was "pleasant"...lol

TWDC spends hundreds of millions on movies that are legit BAD and that was not their intent either.

The good thing about a bad movie, after the damage is done, you can forget about it.

A bad attraction will be around for a long, long time.

 

[Horizon1]

It's a walkthrough edutainment attraction about the cycle of water, in front of the seas pavilion, I think it's a great fit, but I still haven't seen it in person, planning on a trip back to FL when the communicore plaza is open!

I think it would have been a better fit at AK instead of randomly placed at Epcot.

It‘s a cool walkthrough but just feels out of place. I know world of nature etc but I just think a better fit would have been AK

 

[Centauri Space Station]

When you take into account the sheer volume of time it took to make, the reported cost of this :

This is absolutely terrible.

It does not belong in Epcot. Never ever.

Whoever greenlit this deserves to never ever be involved in a Disney project again. Quite frankly i'd put this absurdity as one of the worst value additions to any Disney park.

A sheer utter waste.

Absolutely incorrect it builds on Epcots original edutainment purposes and adds a fun aspect for all ages. It is the most Epcot fitting addition in ages

 

[osian]

Absolutely incorrect it builds on Epcots original edutainment purposes and adds a fun aspect for all ages. It is the most Epcot fitting addition in ages

"Here, human achievements are celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting benefits for all. May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire and, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man’s ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere."

Not quite sure how it showcases human achievements, industry and shaping the world of the future but there you go. "Edutainment" was never the aim, the end goal. It was a way in which the aim can be achieved, which is to celebrate human achievements, enterprise, shaping the world etc. EPCOT isn't the "edutainment" park, as if there can only be one and that's where edutainment lives, Disney has always done it through edutainment. Animal Kingdom also does things through edutainment, and given the subject matter, the theme and the execution, that's probably where Journey of Water should have gone, if not Magic Kingdom.

Yes, EPCOT is changing. No official word on into exactly what, but trying to claim that JoW fits in with EPCOT's original vision is misplaced.

 

[Mireille]

Don't really understand how JoW is more fitting in AK... water isn't an animal.

 

[osian]

Don't really understand how JoW is more fitting in AK... water isn't an animal.

No it's not (I attended that lesson in school when they explained the difference between water and animals), but it's not a human achievement either.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Don't really understand how JoW is more fitting in AK... water isn't an animal.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is about the power and value of nature. Animals also need water to survive.

 

[Mireille]

But it is part of the Nature of the World, which, while not part of the original missions statement of EPCOT Center, does fit the theme of the current World Nature. Honestly, I don't really care where it is. My first WDW trip was in 1985 or 1986... I'd been to Disneyland before, but EPCOT is what actually made me a fan of Disney Parks. I loved Horizons and Dreamfinder and World of Motion and I miss it and wish it was all still here... but it's not and there's nothing I can do to bring it back. I just like WDW and am happy when they make new things that are fun or interesting. If it had ended up in AK, I'd feel the same about it. I dunno... Disney's corporate profit maximization strategy makes it hard for anything good to ever happen and I hate it but it's not a Disney problem, it's a capitalism problem, an America problem, and corporate poopy-heads directing the world at the behest of investors problem.