News New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

Indy_UK

Indy_UK

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This entrance area shouldn't really take too long to do though surely. Once leave a legacy is gone, you just half and wall up half the entrance at a time. Then all your doing is digging up and replanting
 
jklakeview

jklakeview

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Hey everyone, Quick question @marni1971 and anyone else willing to help out. I'm going to Disney the last week of August with my wife and 2 sons (5 and 8 years old). Both children have been there over 10 trips and have already established their favorite things, memories, and traditions. Its actually really amazing to watch and see develop. Anyway, their favorite park has always been Epcot for the little things (Club Cool soda spot, the light up tiles in the ground, etc.) I was wondering, do you think those two things will still be open when we go or do you think we will be out of luck? Just wondering how deep into this exciting time in Epcot we will be as far as closures and demolition. Thanks
 
marni1971

marni1971

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jklakeview said:
Hey everyone, Quick question @marni1971 and anyone else willing to help out. I'm going to Disney the last week of August with my wife and 2 sons (5 and 8 years old). Both children have been there over 10 trips and have already established their favorite things, memories, and traditions. Its actually really amazing to watch and see develop. Anyway, their favorite park has always been Epcot for the little things (Club Cool soda spot, the light up tiles in the ground, etc.) I was wondering, do you think those two things will still be open when we go or do you think we will be out of luck? Just wondering how deep into this exciting time in Epcot we will be as far as closures and demolition. Thanks
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Club Cool debatable. The floor tiles should be okay but no guarantee.
 
jklakeview

jklakeview

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marni1971 said:
Club Cool debatable. The floor tiles should be okay but no guarantee.
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Thank you! The other day the boys told me they weren't sure that they wanted to go back because "all the cool stuff is changing". I told them that's what happens and then you have memories of the things that you loved. Do you like the plans of some, most. or all that you see happening in Epcot? I know the original idea of Epcot is pretty much gone, it seems like SE will be ok after the refurb, I'm not sure about GOTG but we like coasters (and they should be tall enough by the time it opens) Rat should be a cute family ride, I'm not sure if the UK attraction is even happening anymore and what it is, and the space restaurant seems neat, Not hopeful for the play area as it sounds like a meet n greet, and the entrance area looks great and the O Canada update that no one seems to even mention. Did I miss anything @marni1971? Do you like the rest of the potential spine that you see happening or will we be rather disappointed?

Also (off Topic) Do you konw if the speedway will be opened by Aug and do you see much of a change when it re-opens? Thanks again
 
pdude81

pdude81

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jklakeview said:
Thank you! The other day the boys told me they weren't sure that they wanted to go back because "all the cool stuff is changing". I told them that's what happens and then you have memories of the things that you loved. Do you like the plans of some, most. or all that you see happening in Epcot? I know the original idea of Epcot is pretty much gone, it seems like SE will be ok after the refurb, I'm not sure about GOTG but we like coasters (and they should be tall enough by the time it opens) Rat should be a cute family ride, I'm not sure if the UK attraction is even happening anymore and what it is, and the space restaurant seems neat, Not hopeful for the play area as it sounds like a meet n greet, and the entrance area looks great and the O Canada update that no one seems to even mention. Did I miss anything @marni1971? Do you like the rest of the potential spine that you see happening or will we be rather disappointed?

Also (off Topic) Do you konw if the speedway will be opened by Aug and do you see much of a change when it re-opens? Thanks again
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scheduled to reopen 5/18
 
cozminok

cozminok

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jklakeview said:
Thank you! The other day the boys told me they weren't sure that they wanted to go back because "all the cool stuff is changing". I told them that's what happens and then you have memories of the things that you loved. Do you like the plans of some, most. or all that you see happening in Epcot? I know the original idea of Epcot is pretty much gone, it seems like SE will be ok after the refurb, I'm not sure about GOTG but we like coasters (and they should be tall enough by the time it opens) Rat should be a cute family ride, I'm not sure if the UK attraction is even happening anymore and what it is, and the space restaurant seems neat, Not hopeful for the play area as it sounds like a meet n greet, and the entrance area looks great and the O Canada update that no one seems to even mention. Did I miss anything @marni1971? Do you like the rest of the potential spine that you see happening or will we be rather disappointed?

Also (off Topic) Do you konw if the speedway will be opened by Aug and do you see much of a change when it re-opens? Thanks again
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We are in the same boat as you. Going in July and Club Cool is literally the first thing my youngest mentioned when asked what she wants to do in EPCOT. Really sad to see it's going away.
 
TOCPE82

TOCPE82

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cozminok said:
We are in the same boat as you. Going in July and Club Cool is literally the first thing my youngest mentioned when asked what she wants to do in EPCOT. Really sad to see it's going away.
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I would think COKE wouldn't want to lose that promotional space. Just like Ice Station Cool -> Club Cool, I'm sure something else like it will exist somewhere.
 
cozminok

cozminok

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Paper straw fan said:
Yeah I’m pretty miffed about losing club cool. Like you it was usually a first stop to get a Kuat shot, take a pill, pretend to like Beverly in front of some unsuspecting tourists, etc. really hoping they just relocate it, it’s always been a fan favorite at Epcot
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Ha! I’ve either somehow escaped trying the Beverly or have blocked it from memory. One more reason to hope they’ll find another place for it.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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The Moles Family said:
This entrance area shouldn't really take too long to do though surely. Once leave a legacy is gone, you just half and wall up half the entrance at a time. Then all your doing is digging up and replanting
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It depends entirely on what they are digging up. Even just replanting requires irrigation lines to be installed. There may also be other utilities that require work or are to be added to the area. Not to mention any surprises they find in the ground.
 
Paper straw fan

Paper straw fan

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MisterPenguin said:
Free soda from Club Cool. Free chocolate from Ghiradelli's.

Some people are pretty hard core about losing their freebies...

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The chocolate gets to be a bit much, you see hordes of nice people who have never heard of “The View” lining up like it’s Frozen to get that square of chocolate, then beeline out of that place. I didn’t blame them for trying to nix that, and I even assumed it would help their bottom line.

Cola is extremely cheap by comparison, while I don’t think Club Cool itself really made Coke money, I imagine as sponsorships seem to be dwindling there, that one remained for many years, so I assume the brand awareness was worth it to them.

That said, if they went to refillable mugs/ coke freestyle machine route like Universal I wouldn’t be too sad, but it would be nice if they still had some of the CC flavors available
 
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