EPCOT Morocco Pavilion redevelopment

[Disstevefan1]

looks like a Moroccan chain restaurant in Disney Springs

FIFY

 

[muteki]

Hope whatever contractor Disney rang up cut them a good deal.

 

[Horizons '83]

Don't mind the palm trees replacing the orange trees, but wow, missing the mark on the tile is an understatement. Not sure why they even need to replace it, but they certainly could have done a better job sourcing authentic tile from Morocco.

 

[mrerk]

"They're tourists, what do they know" -Rizzo the Rat

 

[prberk]

Authenticity at EPCOT used to matter.

 

[durangojim]

How it started and how it’s going. Sums up so much of Disney right now.

 

[DisneyHead123]

Authenticity aside, this just strikes me as a strange choice. Even if you're buying off-the-shelf tile, there are choices that fit the theming and color much better. There's a lot of white in those tiles and no dark reds to tie in with the rest of the pavilion.

 

[HauntedPirate]

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Don't mind the palm trees replacing the orange trees, but wow, missing the mark on the tile is an understatement. Not sure why they even need to replace it, but they certainly could have done a better job sourcing authentic tile from Morocco.

Leftover tile from the Cake Bake shop at Boardwalk…lots of buzzwords used at Disney in recent years, but OPTICS is not one of them…

 

[Horizons '83]

Leftover tile from the Cake Bake shop at Boardwalk…lots of buzzwords used at Disney in recent years, but OPTICS is not one of them…

Please they haven't even started tiling that place yet...

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I guess maybe they figured use them up before they break…

 

[lazyboy97o]

Hope whatever contractor Disney rang up cut them a good deal.

Most of this isn’t due to the contractor.

 

[trainplane3]

This wasn't a swing and a miss. There wasn't even a player or a bat. It was the afterhours janitor that threw the ball for fun in a random direction then went on about their business cleaning the area.

It contrasts so hard with the original tile work it isn't funny.

 

[aladdin2007]

voice opinions to GR, however unfortunately a lot of the time now you get a college intern writing back who knows nothing and they probably just discard it. But good to do anyway.

 

[Epcot81Fan]

Supposed theme park "fans" actually defend Disney. That to me is the saddest part of this tragic downfall of this once respected brand.

I get why a company wants to save pennies and treat their guests like idiot rubes. I just do not understand the rubes cheering them on and defending them.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Supposed theme park "fans" actually defend Disney. That to me is the saddest part of this tragic downfall of this once respected brand.

I get why a company wants to save pennies and treat their guests like idiot rubes. I just do not understand the rubes cheering them on and defending them.

Look up the psychological concept of "identification".

To be fair, it's also the reason why many of us who dislike the trends of the parks get so upset (and sometimes vilifying), since the company is disregarding what we understood to be their guiding principles.

(And I realize your statement may have been rhetorical. Just floating the idea generally.)

 

[LittleBuford]

So from someone that understands the culture of Morocco, what are suggestions that would make the pavilion more engaging than what we see today?

I think the pavilion was perfectly lovely and engaging in its pre-COVID state when the restaurant and souk were running and before they ruined the tilework. Not every pavilion needs a ride to be entertaining.

 

[Disstevefan1]

It's absolutely wild to me that somebody who is quite literally part of the culture in question is telling you that you are disrespecting it, and you have the entitled audacity to basically them that they're wrong?

Oh, and @Disstevefan1, as has been pointed out to you multiple times across several threads, posting sarcastic laugh reactions to posts is against the forum rules. It's also childish and rude.

Thanks for your thoughtful post.

It appears that my previous posts got deleted, but for the record and thanks to you, I will stop using the laugh reactions as I see it triggers folks. Its great of you to do some policing on the boards.

For anyone reading this, feel free to use the laugh reactions to any or all of my posts, its ok with ME, any reaction is OK with me! I like to read when someone disagrees with me as I actually read the posts and and try to understand the other persons opinion.

And to stay on topic, I do not like what Disney is doing with the Morocco pavilion.

 

[Drdcm]

I miss the old tiles

 

[LittleBuford]

I miss the old tiles

I’m still struggling to believe that Disney ripped them out so needlessly.