News New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

[tirian]

It's like there's three teams. One that wants to bring the old back as new but fresh, one that wants to change just because they have the money to burn but not actually improve anything, and another that has a lot of paint and kind of dumps it all over the place.

Until there's pictures from @wdwmagic ...

Detailed Look at EPCOT Entrance Fountain Prism Pylons

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Restoring the original entrance was the easy part; it’s not as if Zach’s team designed any of this themselves. The spine and such will be the truly new parts of Epcot.

 

[msteel]

The steel bars are temporary supports, right?

 

[Master Yoda]

The steel bars are temporary supports, right?

Yes.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Now, if we could only walk to the original World of Motion (but also retain Test Track version 1.0) and then onto Journey into Imagination!

 

[brb1006]

Hope the pylons change colors like the original one.

 

[brb1006]

So happy to see this!! They are perfect in that space....
Why did we go so many years without them?

Good riddance to the ugly tombstones!

 

[jaxonp]

This is wonderful. I hope this spreads to the spine.

 

[Flynnwriter]

The new (old) Epcot pylon fountain looks AMAZING!!! Imagine if they just restored Epcot to its full-pavilion splendor!

 

[Thelazer]

Cant wait to see who was involved with fabrication of these.

 

[Clamman73]

It’s like the first good day of 2020.

 

[trainplane3]

I imagine like the old pylons, there's backups on standby for if (or when?) these crack? Or do we assume they figured it out to make that a non-issue?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Oh, too late. Two are cracked from birds flying into them!!!

 

[Horizons1]

I wonder if they’re the same size to the original. It’s been what, 21 years? They seem smaller in front of SE, but that could be due to photos.

 

[durangojim]

I wonder if they’re the same size to the original. It’s been what, 21 years? They seem smaller in front of SE, but that could be due to photos.

I'm not sure how old you are but is it also possible that you last saw them when you were a child so they seem larger?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I imagine like the old pylons, there's backups on standby for if (or when?) these crack? Or do we assume they figured it out to make that a non-issue?

They look a lot more glassy and reflective than the originals do in photos. Granted I never saw them in person so I could absolutely be wrong, but is the new fountain perhaps not made of lucite?

 

[Horizons1]

I'm not sure how old you are but is it also possible that you last saw them when you were a child so they seem larger?

I would have been...about 10 when they were ripped out. Sadness.

 

[Master Yoda]

They look a lot more glassy and reflective than the originals do in photos. Granted I never saw them in person so I could absolutely be wrong, but is the new fountain perhaps not made of lucite?

That could be due to their "newness". Polycarbonate weathers pretty easily.

Compare a set of headlights on a brand new car vs one just a few years old and you will see a notable difference.

 

[Horizons1]

They look a lot more glassy and reflective than the originals do in photos. Granted I never saw them in person so I could absolutely be wrong, but is the new fountain perhaps not made of lucite?

The RETROWDW Podcast did a show with the guy who made the originals. I believe he states that they were shiny when new but of course wore down after being exposed to the elements over time.

 

[aladdin2007]

One would hope this is a good sign of things to come, but like others mentioned it feels like there are one too many teams involved and none of them are in correlation together; some understand the original, some want to ditch anything epcot for only disneysprings 2.0, others are clueless and just throw left over paint around, like in Tomorrowland. I hope maybe they see some of these positive comments and get on board together, i dont know.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

That could be due to their "newness". Polycarbonate weathers pretty easily.

Compare a set of headlights on a brand new car vs one just a few years old and you will see a notable difference.

The RETROWDW Podcast did a show with the guy who made the originals. I believe he states that they were shiny when new but of course wore down after being exposed to the elements over time.

I wonder if waxing them with a high-quality wax would offer some protection the same way it does on a car...