Major Epcot Update: Kodak Out?

[Future Guy]

One little spark,
can give you treasure.
One corporation,
can give you pressure.
Looks like Kodak
bit off more than it could chew.
Get the heck out,
we don't want you~

Good one! :ROFLOL:

 

[FigmentJedi]

Because Pixar has no buisness being in Epcot, it was never meant to have characters thats just idiotic to think. Just imagine Lion king singing circle of life inside Spaceship earth with a jimminy cricket animatronic telling us about our nations history. It is BS i tell you.

Please. If there were to be any characters holing themselves up into Spaceship Earth, they would be the Robinsons. And you'd ride the hell out of it because Tom Selleck narrating the ride would be glorious.

 

[montyz81]

I am pretty sure this picture would be removed if they had pulled out. This is far easier to remove then the physical signs at the park. When changes happen, they happen overnight on a website. http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/imagination-pavilion/

 

[trr1]

I am pretty sure this picture would be removed if they had pulled out. This is far easier to remove then the physical signs at the park. When changes happen, they happen overnight on a website. http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/imagination-pavilion/

I doubt it that picture still has honey I shrunk the audience on it

 

[Horizons1]

Why is everyone so exicted? If Kodak has pulled out do you honestly think Disney is going to pump money into this pavilion just because of this? Hardly a chance. Remember what happened to SE once AT&T pulled out? We got a boarded up post-show. And this is probably what's going to happen with Imagination.

Now if the pavilion does get a new sponsor that wants to pump money into it, fantastic! But odds are that won't happen for a while. Unsponsored pavilions don't bode too well at Epcot.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

I am pretty sure this picture would be removed if they had pulled out. This is far easier to remove then the physical signs at the park. When changes happen, they happen overnight on a website. http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/imagination-pavilion/

Not for WDW. :lol: On OTHER websites, this may be the case, but you might be surprised how little the official Disney website is actually updated, especially when it comes to pictures.

 

[misterID]

So, kodak may or may not be out of Imagination. Depending on what guide book you look at...

This is the most confusing thread ever.


EVER.

RIP Horizons.

 

[Grizzly Hall 71]

Well if Kodak is out (I HIGHLY DOUBT IT) I want Apple for Imagination. Now that's a company with some imagination.

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

Well if Kodak is out (I HIGHLY DOUBT IT) I want Apple for Imagination. Now that's a company with some imagination.

No thanks :hurl:

At least if a new company would come in they should be diverse. Apple is hardly a diverse company. Apple is more like the current version of the ride, lets see how we can lock your imaginations to our way and our way only!

 

[twilight mitsuk]

how about crayola

 

[WoL89]

I'm not sure if i'm off base here but doesn't kodak own the rights to figment and/or the "figment purple" color?

If so would they take figment with them in the event the vacated they Imagination pavilion?

 

[cdunbar]

Well if Kodak is out (I HIGHLY DOUBT IT) I want Apple for Imagination. Now that's a company with some imagination.

You still haven't *poofed*....it's time to *poof*

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Im sure this is more do do with Kodaks finances and market pressures rather than anything Disney related.

 

[JimboJones123]

I doubt it that picture still has honey I shrunk the audience on it

Last I checked, the Epcot site still played the old music from the Mexico boat ride with pix of the new ride.

 

[duff527]

Doesn't Kodak also sponsor Muppet Vision?

 

[SpaceMtn#1]

One little spark,
can give you treasure.
One corporation,
can give you pressure.
Looks like Kodak
bit off more than it could chew.
Get the heck out,
we don't want you~

This is hysterical!! I literally laughed out loud! :ROFLOL::sohappy:

 

[ScorpionX]

Dreamfinder, EO, and Polaroid, too!

 

[Mr. Spock]

This leaves GM as the only original EPCOT Center attraction left.

 

[Oddysey]

Why on earth would you be opposed to having something new if it means Pixar?

1.) Figment will never leave Imagination pavillion. He is an established and well known character that WDI is famous for creating.

2.) Pixar are the modern Disney movies everyone knows. It's perfect for attracting a modern generation and a new generation.

1. He left the pavilion in the first rehab so saying he will "never" leave is a strong statement.

2. Not in Epcot. Leave that for DHS.

 

[ChrisM]

No thanks :hurl:

At least if a new company would come in they should be diverse. Apple is hardly a diverse company. Apple is more like the current version of the ride, lets see how we can lock your imaginations to our way and our way only!

Please leave your anti-Apple fanboyism out of a legitimate conversation.

Apple has a pile of cash, is the current market leader in industrial design, and happens to be headed by one of the largest individual owners in Disney stock and who sits on the Disney board.

I'm flabbergasted that Apple doesn't have a visible presence in Epcot. I can only assume they do not for brand perception reasons.