Do you think the boxes are permanent?
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Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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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.
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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 Moanawww.wdwmagic.com
... 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.
I don't understand why they turned it off. It's a water curtain. It's supposed to part so you can walk thru and remain dry, but if it doesn't part when you walk thru it, it's STILL a water curtain. You'll just get soaked.
I'd find watching someone walking thru a water curtain to be both very entertaining and educational, both of which fit neatly into Epcot's original intent.
I'd find watching someone walking thru a water curtain to be both very entertaining and educational, both of which fit neatly into Epcot's original intent.
DisneyDodo
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Particularly if they expect it to part
PlutoInOrlando
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Disstevefan1
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Moana the journey of water is truly well themed.
The attraction its self is as unpredictable as the weather.
Drew the Disney Dude
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I really wish they had better placement for the meet and greet. In its current spot, the line has a tendency to create a choke-point on that walkway when things are busy. Or when you have a couple of families with double-wide strollers and they don't see the need to move close to the side.
James Alucobond
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I'm hoping they intend to swap the queue to the opposite side between the M&G and Coral Reef once that area is done. They're doing a lot of paving over there that wasn't in the original site plan, so I have to imagine it's in support of the M&G, which also wasn't in the plan.I really wish they had better placement for the meet and greet. In its current spot, the line has a tendency to create a choke-point on that walkway when things are busy. Or when you have a couple of families with double-wide strollers and they don't see the need to move close to the side.
That would definitely be a preferable area for that queue.
James Alucobond
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If you look back at the plan from when the festival center was still a thing, it did appear to include the M&G oriented in that way (see below for flow). We basically have the exit area on the right, and I suspect they're working on some variation of the proposed queuing area right now, though it might ultimately be a bit more of a straightaway that also provides backstage access rather than what was originally proposed. I could be wrong, though.
That would make much more sense, and I sincerely hope your guess is correct and that there is work being done in that area to move the queue. Without a change in the queue placement, that walkway is going to be miserable during busier times. Even when it's not terribly busy, it only takes a few families and a few dozen people going each way to clog things up.
SoFloMagic
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Or just ban double wide strollersI really wish they had better placement for the meet and greet. In its current spot, the line has a tendency to create a choke-point on that walkway when things are busy. Or when you have a couple of families with double-wide strollers and they don't see the need to move close to the side.
CntrlFlPete
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I found it crazy when I was there the other day in the way they had Pluto out in the walkway right across from Daisey (who was in one of the sections). Each time I needed to go through that area, I needed to dodge folks going between the two characters while the crowd is trying to walk in the walkway.
Just looked/felt like a cluster that did not need to be.
Just looked/felt like a cluster that did not need to be.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Disstevefan1
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I don’t know what this means, but the mounds of cement the designers chose as lamp post bases in World Malformation in EPCOT was a tripping hazard and they looked ugly.
It makes you wonder, did they run out of time and/or money and the cement mounds was just a cost cutting mistake?
Maybe a CFTOD inspection flagged it and made them fix it? LOL!
Whatever the reason, they are ending up spending even more money to correct it.