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News New Park Entrance coming to Epcot
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trainplane3
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Zach - Mary Blair wouldn't hide them because removing the panels was against Walts wishes.
There, that's how they'll justify it. With a bunch of PR nonsense.
TikibirdLand
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We use those cables on stage lighting all the time. It is possible to tuck them away behind the fixture and into that groove. Kinda sloppy, IMO. Also, painting them black to hide in those channels would help too. Should be interesting to see these fired up. Much better looking -- even with the cables showing -- than the Stargate/Tacos in WS.
Father Robinson
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So gross.
SpectroMagician
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Wow those look bad. How do you not design those to fit in the vertices instead of sticking out multiple inches? LEDs are small, they could have done it.
Just like the barges they do not seem to care at all what stuff looks like in the day, only at night.
Just like the barges they do not seem to care at all what stuff looks like in the day, only at night.
gerarar
Premium Member
An imagineer explained here why they designed it to stick out, so each LED on the sides of the fixture “shines across the different faces of Spaceship Earth”.
Maybe it could have been smaller, who knows.
jt04
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Not and provide the same effect.
Fortunately Disney no longer dances to the troll's tune.
Ironic that the park that is supposed to represent change is in the eyes of some never supposed to innovate anything.
No wonder Eisner wanted to give the front of Epcot a rethink. All the vocal fans were stuck in the early 1980's. Clearly some still are. Probably listening to Epcot Center music loops on their Walkman right now.
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EPCOT Center was never, ever about “change”. Have you ever visited Epcot in person?
yensidtlaw1969
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The point is that doing things even if most guests wouldn’t notice them, like using real gold leaf on the Castle spires instead of just gold paint, used to be the standard.
Guests may not consciously notice the accumulation of details that go the extra mile, but they absolutely feel the absence of them.
MaximumEd
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@marni1971 , what was/is the life expectancy of the Alucobond panels?
Whose lifetime?
jt04
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Whose lifetime?
Not Yoda.
jt04
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Ummmm, what?
The lesser spotted Amazonian goldfish.Whose lifetime?
'Pin Traders and Camera Center' area beneath Spaceship Earth closing for several weeks as concrete work continues at EPCOT'S main entrance
'Pin Traders and Camera Center' area beneath Spaceship Earth closing for several weeks as concrete work continues at EPCOT'S main entrance
Work continues on completing the new EPCOT main entrance area.
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I still think the lighting on SE isn't that noticeable, but I'll have to see for myself when we get there. It's kind of hard not to notice things now, after it's pointed out over and over here!
I'm so excited to see the new entrance, the lighting, finally see those barges for myself that we are making Epcot our arrival day park! See firsthand in October.
I'm so excited to see the new entrance, the lighting, finally see those barges for myself that we are making Epcot our arrival day park! See firsthand in October.
DisneyJeff
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Oh no!! Now where do I go to buy my film???'Pin Traders and Camera Center' area beneath Spaceship Earth closing for several weeks as concrete work continues at EPCOT'S main entrance
'Pin Traders and Camera Center' area beneath Spaceship Earth closing for several weeks as concrete work continues at EPCOT'S main entrance
Work continues on completing the new EPCOT main entrance area.