Did this the other day and our group, along with nearly everyone else, was speculating that a lot of the effects are just on timers if the sensors weren't working (which most weren't). The sprays and things seemed random, at best. Some of the effects towards the end and the wall of water worked as intended though.
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EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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EricsBiscuit
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Just experienced this for the first time today and I absolutely loved it! Very high attention to detail. I noticed the kids really liking it too. The only thing that shocked me is how much of a slip and fall hazard this attraction is. I would hate to see how much it costs to insure this attraction.
DreamfinderGuy
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I don't think anyone doubted this. It was designed for kids, of course kids are going to like it. The biggest complaints have always been and always will be that it was not worth what was lost for it and that it's misplaced. On its own it's perfectly adequate for what it set out to accomplish.
Disstevefan1
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Kids love water play areas. Some adults do too.
I hope they duplicate this for Animal Kingdom. maybe theme it to Avatar: The Way of Water.
AK really needs a water play area!
Incomudro
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Remind me what was lost?
Vegas Disney Fan
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2 big empty buildings that housed a Starbucks, a Coke store, and a meet and greet, also a lot of concrete on the ground, and a sail overhead.
With the exception of the fountain everything else is an improvement, and it could be argued Moana is an improvement over the fountain.
Brian
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Some of the water features/interactive "stations" were having issues from the get-go, including even before the affinity group previews.
DreamfinderGuy
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Symmetry of the park's core and a coherent theme for Future World, not to mention a nice indoor attraction and the potential for said indoor attraction to become so much more than both it ever was and JoW ever will be.
Incomudro
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I still see symmetry, though I'm less concerned with its importance than other people.
Likely because I like the move away from the very regimented modern look we thought the future was going to have.
A new building will open soon, offering more flexibility than what had been going on in that location for decades.
When it all ties together - much of which we saw last night - it's going to be (already is) a far more warm and inviting space than what we've had in a generation.
No Name
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Disgruntled Walt
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Why did they have to make the simulator skin colored? Never noticed that before.
doctornick
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A building that had a bunch of (dry) play areas for kids.
Because we know adults were flocking to The Great Piggy Bank Adventure and Where’s the Fire?
Disstevefan1
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I LOVED THIS ATTRACTION!!!!!!
Incomudro
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That was lost 40 years ago.
Disstevefan1
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No, The Sum of all Thrills opened in 2009 and closed in 2016. A a really, really cool attraction where you designed your own roller coaster.
doctornick
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That is Sum of All Thrills. It closed in 2016 and was awesome and great for Epcot. I'd argue it was really the only thing in Innoventions in the past two decades or so that was really worth keeping (or being sad it is gone).
That said, it was in Innoventions East, so it was not replaced by JoW
Incomudro
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They had something like that at DisneyQuest.
My son's created the most nausea inducing ride for themselves.
They emerged ok though.
In any event Sum of All Thrills wasn't removed for this re-do.
It had been gone for seven years.
Disstevefan1
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It was really cool. Yes it was removed before they accidentally tore down the building.
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Epcot82Guy
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I hear it was a sink hole...