Purduevian
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Went in with no spoilers last week and really really enjoyed it. Although it was pretty busy, I still got to try most of the effects and was very impressed by all of it. Great addition to EPCOT!
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EPCOT Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot
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1. Symmetry is no longer an issue. The Hub is no longer a flat lawn with some ponds, nor a concrete parking lot. The Hub is now nearly a wooded park with trees taller than people. You can't see across the Hub anymore (except from World Plaza looking towards SSE) to see any asymmetry.
2. The content themed for Future World was never fully realized to begin with, and those attractions that were 'future' themed became outdated way too soon. The future theme is gone. The space is now nicely themed to 'celebration.'
3. Those indoor attractions were mid at best and had the worst capacity in the whole resort. A dozen computer stations is useless in a park with tens of thousands of visitors.
The water chimes are often not working. In B-Mode, it's just constant chiming.
The "wave to the water" either doesn't work, or, the Imagineers didn't understand what a 'wave' is. Water just randomly pops up in a small fountain with an occasional fountain leap.
Other than that, I haven't seen gags not working.
Tho, the funniest gag to not work would be the curtain of water that's supposed to stop when you walk thru it.
The "wave to the water" either doesn't work, or, the Imagineers didn't understand what a 'wave' is. Water just randomly pops up in a small fountain with an occasional fountain leap.
Other than that, I haven't seen gags not working.
Tho, the funniest gag to not work would be the curtain of water that's supposed to stop when you walk thru it.
DreamfinderGuy
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Hardly, you have these other massive attractions to draw those huge crowds. CommuniCore/Innoventions exhibits were simply "off the beaten path" things for guests to discover, and the ease of swapping them out made it so that there was always something new to see. You never saw a thousand people queued for an Innoventions attraction because they weren't designed for that purpose.
Actually it was lol. It closed in anticipation of work starting imminently for the new plaza, then the work didn't start and it sat SBNO until work finally did start in 2019. Make no mistake, it absolutely was removed for the spine project.
doctornick
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It was closed for the Spine project, sure, but not for JoW. Sum of All Thrills was in the (still standing) Innoventions East building.
Because they gave up waiting on line when they saw it'd be an hour wait because the kids at the consoles were just messing around.
Or they thought it wasn't even worth it while in a giant theme park.
No Name
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Agree on it being great! While it’s not sitting on the same land as JoW, since the new center involved expanding shopping and dining to take over that whole building and moving entertainment elsewhere, I feel that it was essentially replaced. And a note to those saying it wasn’t really replaced since it closed 7 years ago… Disney started talking about this Epcot project in 2017. The thread about it on this site is from 2015.
Also one thing I don’t miss is having a thing called Innoventions East is on the left and West on the right. I get it but I never liked it.
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DreamfinderGuy
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Yeah I was going to mention this but didn't want to split hairs. It's a restroom now, getting the Food Rocks treatment lol
Disstevefan1
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I fondly remember that roller coaster simulator, it was great.
Its Ironic that Disney Quest (which was great) was replaced by The NBA experience??????
I knew from the moment The NBA experience was announced, it would fail.
Its becoming typical that Disney tears down good things, spends a lot of money and replaces then with something lesser or not even wanted.
When we lost Horizons to be replaced by Mission Space, that was really sad, and everyone would have liked to keep Horizons, but I will say, the Mission Space building is beautiful and I love the theme, love the queue and I love the ride and I love that they made the less intense and more intense with different missions. They turned one attraction into two attractions. And of course, the addition of the Space 220 restaurant is also great.
Bocabear
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I would say that Mission Space kind of misses the mark. It was originally envisioned as a grander pavilion with multiple attractions...the ride portion was just to get you to the pavilion. I think if they had actually built that version, it would have become an instant classic...Even now, if you got out of your space pods and exited into a people mover that would take you over to the Wonders Of Life building and exit you into Mars Base Alpha with multiple attractions and show, it would feel like a more complete experience....Which it has never quite felt like to me.
I also love the exterior of the building...
I also love the exterior of the building...
EricsBiscuit
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They should have built rides inside the massive Communicore buildings but alas here we are.
Disstevefan1
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A trophy worthy post
Disstevefan1
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This was a very early concept rendering. We see all Innoventions in tact, we have some garden space, and a beautiful fountain. I wish it went this way.
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Epcot82Guy
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I even would have been ok with the gardens we got (albeit a small fountain would be nice). And, pushing JoW back into World Nature a bit more would have been an additional perk.
Disstevefan1
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FIFY
Epcot82Guy
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FIFY
I actually enjoy JoW much more than I thought I would. It has the wrong tone and is very poorly placed (physically). But, a version of JoW as an ADDED attraction vs. replacement would have been a nice thing.
Rich Brownn
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Especially since the buildings were designed to be expanded out to three rings more.
Mickeynerd17
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This is what should have happened. The fact it was scrapped for what we have now is extremely disappointing.
SplashJacket
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Done JoW a few times before, but did it again tonight with a larger grouper in a more observational role.
I did not see a toddler, child, teen, adult, or senior walking through JoW without an ear-to-ear grin.
Gorgeous night package, but truly, everyone seemed to be having a fantastic time.
We’re long past the vloggers at this point. Families and everyday guests were having a fantastic time, and it was surprisingly crowded for a chilly night. Honestly a huge success.
I did not see a toddler, child, teen, adult, or senior walking through JoW without an ear-to-ear grin.
Gorgeous night package, but truly, everyone seemed to be having a fantastic time.
We’re long past the vloggers at this point. Families and everyday guests were having a fantastic time, and it was surprisingly crowded for a chilly night. Honestly a huge success.
Disstevefan1
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I am looking forward to walking through it. It’s there and it’s new so folks will want to see it. It does look to be a cute little walkthrough attraction.