Haymarket2008
Well-Known Member
When're we thinking this could potentially open? They COULD have it ready by 10/1, but that won't happen. Spring 2022?
@MansionButler84 @marni1971
@MansionButler84 @marni1971
As you know I have zero interest in this so haven’t been asking.When're we thinking this could potentially open?
And endless festivals! Don’t forget the endless festivals (as much as I do enjoy them admittedly).I am as well. The park has needed a refresh for a long time. I just miss the days when it was focused on education and culture and not Disney IP or characters. Gave a nice variety to WDW.
I’d guess this is a 10-1-22 project, honestly.When're we thinking this could potentially open? They COULD have it ready by 10/1, but that won't happen. Spring 2022?
@MansionButler84 @marni1971
Fitting then that the legacy became a giant hole in the center of Epcot that nobody seems to know what to do with due to budget cuts.Politics was one proposal being chose over the others so someone has their “legacy” in the park after they leave / left.
As for the Communicore buildings themselves, I'd say their beauty came from their adaptability. You could expand them, alter or add to their facades, divide them or leave them open - and all of that was by design so they could become whatever you needed them to be in service of their next usage. While the old buildings certainly wouldn't win any architectural awards for their exterior appearance, I doubt whatever replaces the SW quadrant will come close to matching their flexibility; at least the Moana splash area is easy to rebuild on in the future.
The flip side of this coin: the “adaptability” of the communicore buildings was a function of their generic (maybe boring) facade in which an excellent attraction such as Sum of All Thrills could hide for more than a decade only getting scant attention. Were SoaT in a futuristic/distinctive building (maybe not as elaborate as M:S but still compelling) it would have been extremely popular; as it was, I only found it because of a review from someone who was enthusiastic about it. In retrospect, its location was the worst thing about it (although it kept its lines shorter). Similarly, it took me a decade to find Club Cool (mostly because I never spent the time to explore the giant indoor structures)
As much as I miss Horizons, WoM and the original Imagination pavilion/ride, there are many things in Epcot which have been improved. I don’t love the asymmetry of the new plan, but I really didn’t appreciate the communicore buildings.
No one is paying $100+ to visit a public park...
The day this is a gain is the day I stop going to WDW (which gets closer each year)
Thank you for this Fawlty Towers reference! One of the best episodes of the lot."You can see the Sea, its over there between the Land and the Sky."
Suppose not. But I really prefer my vacation in a lush, outdoor setting rather than in a pair of giant generic semicircular buildings. It’s kind of a weird discussion: that we’re mourning some metal structures. I assume that many on this site had some really great memories of them. Having been to Epcot throughout my life (born in ‘72), I will not miss the one which is gone. I truly wonder how I will feel about the one left.
“Facts” that you completely made up as usual.The Communicore buildings were mostly money pits for most of their history. The competition would of course not want the mouse to move beyond such a hindrance to growth.
Epcot is growing again. (heh) These are facts. Although the pace is slow, it is unstoppable.
“Facts” that you completely made up as usual.
Out of curiosity, how will "The Communicore buildings were mostly money pits for most of their history" be proven by attendance numbers?Prove any of them wrong and I will accept that. Attendance numbers will be my proof.
The same way the sky isn’t blue because Oreos aren’t square.Out of curiosity, how will "The Communicore buildings were mostly money pits for most of their history" be proven by attendance numbers?
Out of curiosity, how will "The Communicore buildings were mostly money pits for most of their history" be proven by attendance numbers?
Prove it right.Prove any of them wrong and I will accept that.
Depends what alternate universe you inhabit.Out of curiosity, how will "The Communicore buildings were mostly money pits for most of their history" be proven by attendance numbers?
Prove it right.
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