EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

wdwmagic

wdwmagic

Administrator
Moderator
Premium Member
Last edited:
Phicinfan

Phicinfan

Well-Known Member
D

dreday3

Well-Known Member
michmousefan said:
A fairly comprehensive and fair assessment of the new attraction:
blogmickey.com

Moana Journey of Water First Impression Review

We were able to attend an early preview of Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana at EPCOT. Here's our first impression review!
blogmickey.com blogmickey.com
Click to expand...

I'm putting this review firmly in the "this is gonna be great!" column, even though it addresses all of the issues laid out here. :D
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

Well-Known Member
michmousefan said:
A fairly comprehensive and fair assessment of the new attraction:
blogmickey.com

Moana Journey of Water First Impression Review

We were able to attend an early preview of Journey of Water - Inspired by Moana at EPCOT. Here's our first impression review!
blogmickey.com blogmickey.com
Click to expand...

"Journey of Water acts as a breath of fresh air and an opportunity to slow your day down a bit ... [It] doesn’t care about drinking around the world or being a headliner attraction"

Maybe not the exact right IP for the location but the function of it is something I think will suit EPCOT quite well
 
Last edited:
FutureCEO

FutureCEO

Well-Known Member
Epic Universe will be open by the time this opens. I kid but it feels that way. It's obviously easier to build from empty land but Tron was empty and it took six years.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

Well-Known Member
HauntedPirate said:
The year is 2025.

Disney - "We've built and opened Communicore Hall and Moana's water exploration trail, plus the BRAND NEW!!! Tiana's Bayou Adventure!"

Universal - "We've built and opened an entire theme park during the time it took them to do that. ;) "
Click to expand...
Trophy.png
Trophy.png
Trophy.png
Trophy.png
 
Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

Well-Known Member
I mean, what are people expecting? It's a walkthrough with water effects. This isn't going to be groundbreaking, or some epic new attraction. It's just a normal, walkthrough experience. It adds something extra and chill to do in a park.

Of course, maybe due to the amount of time this has taken, peoples expectations are way out of whack?
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
Disney Analyst said:
I mean, what are people expecting? It's a walkthrough with water effects. This isn't going to be groundbreaking, or some epic new attraction. It's just a normal, walkthrough experience. It adds something extra and chill to do in a park.

Of course, maybe due to the amount of time this has taken, peoples expectations are way out of whack?
Click to expand...
It cost a small fortune and is taking up prime real estate in the middle of the park. This could have easily fit where so many inaccurately described it as being located between The Land and The Seas.
 
wdwmagic

wdwmagic

Administrator
Moderator
Premium Member
Some of the issues that I've heard so far:

- Almost no shade or covering for sun or rain. Like it was designed with California weather in mind?!? (TSL again)
- Not very interesting from an education perspective.
- Not very fun as a play area.
- Most activities can be experienced by a small group, and the next group waiting sees the effect happen before they get there.
- Low capacity.

Maybe the masses won't agree - we'll see :)
 
wdwmagic

wdwmagic

Administrator
Moderator
Premium Member
Disney Analyst said:
I mean, what are people expecting? It's a walkthrough with water effects. This isn't going to be groundbreaking, or some epic new attraction. It's just a normal, walkthrough experience. It adds something extra and chill to do in a park.

Of course, maybe due to the amount of time this has taken, peoples expectations are way out of whack?
Click to expand...
I think it has had a good amount of promotion from Disney, which has certainly built expectations. Its prime location, and the amount of time taken, will certainly add to that. I would expect that a lot of guests who don't follow this, but are aware its happening are very likely to be expecting some kind of ride as part of this. The walkthrough part being the queue.
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom