Phicinfan
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Uh its just next to seas and just short of land. I don't think that is an accurate comparison
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EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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Uh its just next to seas and just short of land. I don't think that is an accurate comparison
TrainsOfDisney
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I’m talking about how it looks compared to the rest of the area. It looks like it’s from Polynesian hotel, Adventureland, or Avatar land.
Phicinfan
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but it is a lush tropical look, IN the world of nature. So yeah that..
TrainsOfDisney
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If the only reason it fits is because they renamed it “world of nature” I’m not sure that’s a good justification.
RoysCabin
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Seeing it for the first time this week (daytime only) and...yeah, it was cute, I imagine it's a godsend if you're there with kids during the summer, and it did a bit to discuss the water cycle while not feeling like it was completely shoving the IP in your face the whole time, so all in all not too shabby. I imagine it looks pretty great all lit up at night.
But yeah, location-wise and how the whole "neighborhoods" thing is supposed to work? Eehhh...having the whole garden setup in the middle is better than the concrete wasteland that had been allowed to develop after the mid-90s, but the loss of the Fountain of Nations is a bit painful, and yeah, just saying "this area is a 'neighborhood' now" without really doing anything to create a consistent aesthetic feels more like shoehorning an idea in rather than really taking a bottom-up approach to a big project like this.
But yeah, location-wise and how the whole "neighborhoods" thing is supposed to work? Eehhh...having the whole garden setup in the middle is better than the concrete wasteland that had been allowed to develop after the mid-90s, but the loss of the Fountain of Nations is a bit painful, and yeah, just saying "this area is a 'neighborhood' now" without really doing anything to create a consistent aesthetic feels more like shoehorning an idea in rather than really taking a bottom-up approach to a big project like this.
Epcot82Guy
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Having been in the park tonight, revising this to be World Celebration (or Discovery) and World Showcase would be far better. I think they can group the pavilions a bit better, but having it be one big area just solves many current problems IMHO.
And I still think retheming the 5 rings to tie the pavilions together could help as well.
And I still think retheming the 5 rings to tie the pavilions together could help as well.
Chef idea Mickey`=
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Then what should be there for it to fit? If you know? All I can think of is symmetry and the gardens like World Celebration is right now being there. I think the main issue with JOW to people who see in the day as a backdrop is by how forest it looks.. the palm trees aspect will always fit Epcot.
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Bocabear
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The existing pavilions should be dressed (new landscape work) in a way that visually ties Land, Seas, and Journey Of Moana together... Visual cohesion is missing. Perhaps the whole esplanade between the three attractions could become a courtyard of interactive play structures...tying the themes together... But visual cohesion between the three things is the most important... THEN it would feel like a neighborhood...
castlecake2.0
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It should have just been World Showcase and Discovery World
TrainsOfDisney
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The area around it, including the living seas, should have a similar design feel.
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
www.wdwmagic.com
Disstevefan1
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By the time I get to see it all the effects will be broken and turned off.
A fun feature, imo. Tried it some days ago. Hope they work at fixing it, and not turn it permanently off.Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Do you think the boxes are permanent?
Disstevefan1
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I don't understand what you are talking about.
My apologies, I got confused over where the photos of the boxes came from. They weren't from www.wdwmagic.com, but 'some other place.'
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Disstevefan1
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Oh boy, I did not see this.
Well, they are in theme with the boxes that now adorn World
The moment EVERYONE (except for the very talented designers of this space) saw the mounds of cement at the base of the poles KNEW they were tripping hazards.
Now covered with WDW's favorite building material, plywood.
Before: ______________________________________After:
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MrPromey
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Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
Water curtain effect closed-off at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana
... and so it begins.
I'm sure it'll be fixed and reopened and obviously, many attractions go through issues in the beginning but given the nature of what this is, it'll be interesting to see how much they care for the space over the years to come vs. eventually just taking away signage and hoping people don't realize an effect is missing.
Incomudro
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Unfortunately.... and so it begins.
I'm sure it'll be fixed and reopened and obviously, many attractions go through issues in the beginning but given the nature of what this is, it'll be interesting to see how much they care for the space over the years to come vs. eventually just taking away signage and hoping people don't realize an effect is missing.