Journey of Water featuring Moana coming to Epcot

[J4546]

im surprised how well that gotg box blends in in the pics honestly

 

[gerarar]

Looks like soft openings have started last night for Moana: Journey of Water..

 

[vikescaper]

Looks like soft openings have started last night for Moana: Journey of Water..

This reminds me of the time when I walked through the lake in Tomorrowland during a storm. Can’t remember my shoes ever being that soaked before.

 

[Rich Brownn]

Looks like soft openings have started last night for Moana: Journey of Water..

Did someone forget to include a drain in the bypass? LOL (I remember in the 70s this was daily in Fantasyland... seems the engineers forgot that it rains a lot here, versus California)

 

[MisterPenguin]

As usual, Universal built their Journey of Water faster than Disney built theirs...

 

[dennis-in-ct]

I don’t disagree. I would argue that IASW would also fit (perhaps be a better fit) in EPCOT but that doesn’t mean it is “in the wrong park”.

Just because some could also reasonably be placed in a different park doesn’t mean it inappropriate for where it is built.

Reading your comment that It’s a small world would be a better fit in Epcot makes me wonder if the Magic Kingdom needs that space to expand into the unused land behind Rivers of America.

Small world would fit in Epcot seeing as it originally Debuted in the 1964 worlds fair which is Epcot’s inspiration.

 

[OvertheHorizon]

Here’s some updated photos of progress or lack there of from our trip earlier this week…..View attachment 584879View attachment 584880View attachment 584881View attachment 584882

 

[OvertheHorizon]

The best part of these pics is seeing that ugly paint scheme finally gone from the former Innoventions East.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Here’s some updated photos of progress or lack there of from our trip earlier this week…..View attachment 584879View attachment 584880View attachment 584881View attachment 584882

Thanks for the photos. They kept the EPCOT Monorail loop closed as long as they could so we would not see the construction site. What a mess. This looks to be years away from completion...

 

[J4546]

yeah but where would IASW go?

 

[RSoxNo1]

yeah but where would IASW go?

Showcase Plaza

 

[J4546]

is that the world showplace pavilion? The massive inflatable building?

 

[James Alucobond]

is that the world showplace pavilion? The massive inflatable building?

No, the Showcase Plaza is right where you enter the Showcase from Future World. Port of Entry is located there among other things.

 

[J4546]

ah i gotcha. thatd be a cool place, but SW is such a massive building, maybe if they sunk it a bit

 

[MisterPenguin]

ah i gotcha. thatd be a cool place, but SW is such a massive building, maybe if they sunk it a bit

A new and improved IaSW could replace Imagination pavilion (Figment imagines world peace) or the Seeing Eye Theater.

Fancy architecture or facade can hide the building easily.

 

[Phoenician Thanker]

Thanks for the photos. They kept the EPCOT Monorail loop closed as long as they could so we would not see the construction site. What a mess. This looks to be years away from completion..’m understanding the concept of this correctly it’s just landscaping and water features and landscaping right? The show elements don’t seem to be terribly intricate.

Should it take that long? Not at all if it’s water elements and landscaping without too many intricate show elements.

Will it take that long? Probably .

 

[Communicora]

It's a small world is fine where it is in Magic Kingdom. It belongs in the castle parks.

 

[SteveAZee]

I don’t disagree. I would argue that IASW would also fit (perhaps be a better fit) in EPCOT but that doesn’t mean it is “in the wrong park”.

Just because some could also reasonably be placed in a different park doesn’t mean it inappropriate for where it is built.

It seems like the interest in getting IASW into EPCOT is twofold... get the attraction out of Fantasyland so that space can open up and expand, perhaps northward. The other part is that the concept of it (we're all in this together) makes more sense with World Showcase. Disney's not opposed to repeating concepts (Tomorrowland vs Future World, etc) so if IASW stays at MK, perhaps a more thoughtful, mature version of the concept could find a home at EPCOT. It doesn't solve the problem of IASW bottleneck/expansion issue, but it would be a nice attraction to have at EPCOT if done well.

 

[RSoxNo1]

It seems like the interest in getting IASW into EPCOT is twofold... get the attraction out of Fantasyland so that space can open up and expand, perhaps northward. The other part is that the concept of it (we're all in this together) makes more sense with World Showcase. Disney's not opposed to repeating concepts (Tomorrowland vs Future World, etc) so if IASW stays at MK, perhaps a more thoughtful, mature version of the concept could find a home at EPCOT. It doesn't solve the problem of IASW bottleneck/expansion issue, but it would be a nice attraction to have at EPCOT if done well.

I would also argue that so many of us state that characters belong in Fantasyland and the opposite might also be true. Non-character based attractions don't really belong in Fantasyland.

If we're playing the game where we can pick up and re-locate attractions at will, I'd have both Soarin' and it's a small world be Showcase Plaza attractions.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Showcase Plaza

How would that work? The show building for iasw is massive.

Not to mention that the entrance to the Utilidors is built into the back of it, so it can't really just be "removed."