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

[No Name]

That's actually not a bad idea. Disney will never do it, no ROI for them, but if done right would be pretty nice.

The ROI would theatrically be a big fat check from Coca Cola. Soft drinks cost pennies whereas labor is expensive so I could actually imagine this working financially.

Plus, If you thought there were a ton of complaint of a Guardians of the Galaxy pavilion in EPCOT, I can only imagine the complaints we would get from what is essentially a "Coke" pavilion.

The color of World Discovery is red, and also, the color of Coke is red. It’s perfect.

 

[MAGICFLOP]

I go with the old standby: Something Star Wars themed... perhaps a spinoff of the defunct Hotel that would inspire those that experienced the hotel and give a glimpse to those that couldn't afford it/ experience it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I go with the old standby: Something Star Wars themed... perhaps a spinoff of the defunct Hotel that would inspire those that experienced the hotel and give a glimpse to those that couldn't afford it/ experience it.

I'd rather have a Muppets Happiness Hotel in the UK Pavilion even if Star Wars stepped a small foot within the confines of Epcot.

 

[Rhinocerous]

I'd rather have a Muppets Happiness Hotel in the UK Pavilion even if Star Wars stepped a small foot within the confines of Epcot.

No matter where you wander, you will never do as well.

 

[HauntedPirate]

If they put Star Wars into Epcot, turn out the lights. The party is over.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

If they put Star Wars into Epcot, turn out the lights. The party is over.

Didn't we forget that they did.......Once.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Didn't we forget that they did.......Once.

Yeah, but I was ok with a projection at the end of the night (but it still was ugly as hell). Temporary thing. A physical presence? That's one of the signs it's time to kiss the parks goodbye.

 

[Bocabear]

What if connectors were built so that both Mission Space and Guardians exited into the old WOL building and it was reimagined as a Intergalactic Space Port or Cosmos Pavilion...with a few new attractions and shows... to tie the Outer Space/Space Travel concept into the quadrant of World Whatever it is called this week.

 

[cranbiz]

What if connectors were built so that both Mission Space and Guardians exited into the old WOL building and it was reimagined as a Intergalactic Space Port or Cosmos Pavilion...with a few new attractions and shows... to tie the Outer Space/Space Travel concept into the quadrant of World Whatever it is called this week.

That makes too much sense. It will never happen.

 

[Ayla]

I go with the old standby: Something Star Wars themed... perhaps a spinoff of the defunct Hotel that would inspire those that experienced the hotel and give a glimpse to those that couldn't afford it/ experience it.

Absolutely not.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Just put in a new omni-mover dark ride of some kind in the WoL pavilion.

I know, I know, they don't want to spend money on this, they need the money to make movies that lose money.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Wasn’t there a phase two Marvel plan rumored for the Wonders building at one time??

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Can’t tell if this is a joke or something actually planned….

I forgot to add the , My apologies. But never say never.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Wasn’t there a phase two Marvel plan rumored for the Wonders building at one time??

Yes. But the source, Martin, also said it was killed and it was definitively decided that CR will be the only Marvel attraction in EPCOT.

But, things can always change. Especially since there was a rumor a year or two ago (one I'm very skeptical of being in serious contention) that the African refreshment post was in consideration to become Wakanda.

I'm looking forward to a Shang-Chi stunt show in the China Pavilion, tho!!!

 

[mysto]

I think this would be an excellent location for an ultimate Club Cool. A huge rotunda of free drink machines serving every single drink under the entire Coca Cola umbrella from every single nation around the earth. A beacon of unity in a divided world. The current Club Cool is an okay start but much too small.

Can we fill our 72 oz mugs?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Yes. But the source, Martin, also said it was killed and it was definitively decided that CR will be the only Marvel attraction in EPCOT.

But, things can always change. Especially since there was a rumor a year or two ago (one I'm very skeptical of being in serious contention) that the African refreshment post was in consideration to become Wakanda.

I'm looking forward to a Shang-Chi stunt show in the China Pavilion, tho!!!

Would love to know if there's anything more @marni1971 can say considering its been so long. Heck, we're coming up on half a decade since the final proposal was announced and the site has been more or less stagnant for more than half that time. Wondering when more people are gonna talk about what would've been for that alone.

 

[marni1971]

Would love to know if there's anything more @marni1971 can say considering its been so long.

Not really. Aside from hello, how are you doing ?!

And something else to file in the “botched Epcot transformation” folder.

 

[Bocabear]

which is getting thicker by the year...lol

 

[celluloid]

What if connectors were built so that both Mission Space and Guardians exited into the old WOL building and it was reimagined as a Intergalactic Space Port or Cosmos Pavilion...with a few new attractions and shows... to tie the Outer Space/Space Travel concept into the quadrant of World Whatever it is called this week.

This was kind of the original pitch of the concept to help justify guardians. I love the use of WOL done for that. Dang we need a modern health pavilion somewhere.

Your idea
It would be great for the whole real becomes fantastic and the fantastic becomes real.

And spot on with pavilion to neighborhood nanes Ha.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Not really. Aside from hello, how are you doing ?!

I am well! More of the same, continuing to fish for Wonders info. The rejected proposals both fascinate and elude me, I know there were several over the last decade that entered at least some state of development before being canned.

And something else to file in the “botched Epcot transformation” folder.

This may honestly be the worst offender in the whole project to me, second to what happened with CC West. At least a replacement attraction has opened/will open for everything else, the Wonders site is sitting in a state of purgatory that it may not leave for several years yet. Such a shame.