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

[CastAStone]

Assuming this project really is dead, do we expect them to ever reuse Wonders at this point? I get this bad gut feeling that it won't be touched for another decade, and when the time finally comes to do something they'll just put a new building in that plot. The only thing making me think otherwise is how much they invested in structural work.

I mean they’ll probably redo the roof two or three more times, which, to be fair, creates jobs.

 

[_caleb]

I mean they’ll probably redo the roof two or three more times, which, to be fair, creates jobs.

They should paint it gold

 

[J4546]

Interior.

thats cool info, i didnt know that. I always thought it was supposed to be a water walk through from early concept art. And before that I remember concepts with a rainforest rollercoaster in that spot. Never heard of a theater.

 

[marni1971]

thats cool info, i didnt know that. I always thought it was supposed to be a water walk through from early concept art. And before that I remember concepts with a rainforest rollercoaster in that spot. Never heard of a theater.

Theatre was in the not-demolished-Communicore version.

The coaster was adjacent and part of The Land, not where the splash pad is going.

 

[TwilightZone]

Just saw this preview trailer and I thought it would be perfect for a reworking of PLAY!, move it to world nature and boom, got a nice new elements pavilion or weather pavilion.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

While the ship has sailed, I actually thought it could have been a much better premise for JoW.

 

[Mikomike12]

hm…

 

[Surferboy567]

So…is this project dead?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

So…is this project dead?

In other words....yes.

 

[CastAStone]

So…is this project dead?

See:

I would still classify it as an indefinite postponement. It’s a subtle distinction from the guest perspective but one nonetheless.

I’d expect it to open some day when they need something to market since they could quickly finish it.

I’d classify the Mary Poppins ride the same way.

Main Street Theater is truly canceled.

 

[TwilightZone]

Judging by the inside out test, I think the project may be heavily reworked, and some of the tech may still be reused in the reworking. Not sure if that means by the end of the day we will get PLAY, but we will get something that reuses what infrastructure they have made for it at least.

 

[Skibum1970]

Judging by the inside out test, I think the project may be heavily reworked, and some of the tech may still be reused in the reworking. Not sure if that means by the end of the day we will get PLAY, but we will get something that reuses what infrastructure they have made for it at least.

It's another spinner ride as they copied the ride from DCA. Actually, I'm just kidding. I have no idea.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Still holding out hope for a World's Fair pavilion.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Still holding out hope for a World's Fair pavilion.

Well that used to be the whole park.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Figment‘s meet and greet location

 

[Bocabear]

At this point, why do they even make announcements at D23 when a good portion of what they are hyping will either not happen or will be so heavily modified during development it will not even resemble the concept art... You would think when they got to the place where they were making announcements, they would have already developed the idea and funded it's production...
and in the end I think it makes TDO look unstable and unable to manage things...especially with the placement of attractions in the wrong parks...

 

[Andrew C]

At this point, why do they even make announcements at D23 when a good portion of what they are hyping will either not happen or will be so heavily modified during development it will not even resemble the concept art... You would think when they got to the place where they were making announcements, they would have already developed the idea and funded it's production...
and in the end I think it makes TDO look unstable and unable to manage things...especially with the placement of attractions in the wrong parks...

With Bob 1.0 back, who the heck knows what happens to projects like these.

 

[CastAStone]

Anakin meme

 

[Vinnie Mac]

At this point, why do they even make announcements at D23 when a good portion of what they are hyping will either not happen or will be so heavily modified during development it will not even resemble the concept art... You would think when they got to the place where they were making announcements, they would have already developed the idea and funded it's production...
and in the end I think it makes TDO look unstable and unable to manage things...especially with the placement of attractions in the wrong parks...

With Bob back and spending up a good 30% from last fiscal year I don't think it's entirely impossible for this (and maybe a couple of other things) to be started back up

 

[retr0gate]

I just hope if this project is being reworked, they get rid of the god awful disney emoji theming. How are those things still relevant.