News New Play Pavilion to replace Epcot's Wonders of Life

[tirian]

EPCOT Center is dead remember.

One of the most short-sighted, foolish decisions they’ve made in a long line of bad decisions stretching back to 1995.

 

[zooey]

Now with this....How much life support is on the Purple Dragon?

Honestly I’d be surprised if they’d give him up. He still sells a ton of merch.

 

[NormC]

I heard Buzzy will be the concierge in the new pavilion.
Just kidding

 

[jt04]

Taken directly from the Castle of Illusion Remake cover

This should be a C ticket omnimover IMO.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Sounds fine to me. Its better than a dumb, useless, festival center. Anything that breathes life into the worst theme park land at WDW is welcomed!!

Aren't Toy Story Land and Dinoland fighting for that title though?

 

[HMF]

Honestly I’d be surprised if they’d give him up. He still sells a ton of merch.

They already tried.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

Im here for the “They’re destroying EPCOT” comments.

 

[TwilightZone]

I for one welcome the play pavilion. It reminds me of disneyquest and innoventions at their best, with a modern spin. Disney needs more of this!

 

[Disney Maddux]

Mickey Views thinks the ceiling of the dome will be entirely projected now to make it feel like you're in the colorful and futuristic city, do we think this will happen?

 

[jt04]

Im here for the “They’re destroying EPCOT” comments.

the most vocal critics have suddenly become the biggest cheer leaders. It's Twilight Zone today. Cynicism really does blind people. What the heck were they expecting? Empty plots of land?

D23! Can't get here soon enough.

 

[wdwmagic]

Mickey Views thinks the ceiling of the dome will be entirely projected now to make it feel like you're in the colorful and futuristic city, do we think this will happen?

Looking at the concept art it appears that lighting will be very much controlled, so it wouldn't surprise me at all to see something like that done.

 

[jt04]

Mickey Views thinks the ceiling of the dome will be entirely projected now to make it feel like you're in the colorful and futuristic city, do we think this will happen?

Yes. Concept art proves it. Possibly.

 

[JohnD]

Now with this....How much life support is on the Purple Dragon?

He was all over the Festival of the Arts. AP Holders got a magnet with him on it.

 

[JohnD]

Hopefully with this entrance redesign they figure out how to fix the double security stops when transitioning from the resort monirail loop to epcot loop.

It’s in the works.

 

[momandmousefan]

That actually excites me - the Sorcerer's workshop was freaking cool, and my family and i spent an afternoon in that area having a blast. Epcot needs experiential things far more than rides.

Oh I’m not complaining. I’m just guessing it’s nothing ground-breakingly new in concept. I personally like having the little areas where there aren’t enormous waits and you can just play around and explore. I always loved the Epcot of old where as a kid you could just immerse yourself in a creative environment and let the imagination run wild (old communicore exhibits, the image works playground above the original Imagination, etc...) anything that brings back even a snippet of something a little more interactive is a plus imo. Agreed, Sorcerer’s workshop was kind of neat.

 

[matt9112]

Honestly I’d be surprised if they’d give him up. He still sells a ton of merch.

demolish building build whatever they want and he still sells a bunch of "nostalgic" merch... see?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Anyone know who these characters are?

 

[networkpro]

Thank you! I can never remember her name. Not sure I've ever seen the movie, come to think of it.

It's worth watching just for the music alone. It was the last feature the Sherman Brothers were significantly involved with after Walts death.

 

[TwilightZone]

Anyone know who these characters are?

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The one on the far right looks like lumiere to me.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Anyone know who these characters are?

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Goofy, Sora and Donald from Kingdom Hearts?