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

brb1006

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Waste of money...and ugly...
Cinderella Castle can only be the main stage show for who knows how long.

WDW deserves it's own version of the "Fantasyland Forest Theatre" like Tokyo Disneyland.
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Or The Hyperion Theatre at DCA
 

Brer Panther

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So, this cancellation, assuming there's any truth to it... it was cancelled to fund the Splash Mountain retheme, wasn't it?

Meh, it was a dumb idea anyway...
They had their shot to fix Imagination. We got a meet and greet.
I've said this before, but I really don't think we should trust Chapek's Disney with a new version of Imagination. If the Figment movie they're making is unsuccessful, that'll likely be enough for them to gut the ride and shove an IP in there.
I’m concerned that they may feel EPCOT is “fixed” now and not touch the park for another 5-10 years.
They probably do. Same goes for Hollywood Studios, even though that park still desperately needs more capacity and has a lot of wasted space.
I'm still waiting for CBJ and Tiki to be converted into a new attraction.
Don't worry, I'm sure they'll eventually greenlight an Encanto replacement for the Tiki Room and a Zootopia replacement for the Country Bear Jamboree. I wouldn't put it past them at this point.
 

Cmdr_Crimson

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If they aren't going to go ahead with the play pavilion why not go back to using as a festival center. At least it gets used and gives guests something more to do.
Pretty much this is what it will be....The more spots the bigger the festival can expand into the world areas..
 

UNCgolf

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I would say the park is in better shape than it was in 2015 on

That's probably true, but with the amount of money they've spent (or at least originally planned to spend; who knows what they've actually spent), it should be closer to what it was in the late 80s-mid 90s. It's not even close to that -- the park's functional capacity is almost certainly lower now (and probably significantly so) than it was then, outside of dining.
 
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UNCgolf

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Remember: The cancelation of PLAY! is still a rumor. And consider the source.

It is, and that's obviously not a quality source, but it already felt like they were on the verge of quietly canceling it when they said nothing at D23. It hasn't been mentioned when they've discussed EPCOT in quite a while.

None of our insiders have refuted it, either.
 
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Vegas Disney Fan

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This was the project I was least excited about so I won’t be too upset if it’s actually cancelled, I just hope it’s being cancelled to reallocate the money to SSE, Poppins, or another project and not just being cut out of the budget.

I’d rather see a ride go into the building than a play pavilion anyway but my guess is it’ll sit empty for another decade, or go back to convention space. It’s pretty sad I’ve been to Epcot a couple dozen times over the last decade and never even had the chance to step foot in the building.
 

UNCgolf

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This was the project I was least excited about so I won’t be too upset if it’s actually cancelled, I just hope it’s being cancelled to reallocate the money to SSE, Poppins, or another project and not just being cut out of the budget.

I’d rather see a ride go into the building than a play pavilion anyway but my guess is it’ll sit empty for another decade, or go back to convention space. It’s pretty sad I’ve been to Epcot a couple dozen times over the last decade and never even had the chance to step foot in the building.

I've actually hoped it would be canceled, because it sounded like such a waste of the pavilion. Once they'd built it and opened it, it was almost guaranteed to sit as-is for well over a decade, which means the space wouldn't be used for anything worthwhile (including the shuttered attraction space that they weren't even using for Play).
 

saxamoophone

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I've actually hoped it would be canceled, because it sounded like such a waste of the pavilion. Once they'd built it and opened it, it was almost guaranteed to sit as-is for well over a decade, which means the space wouldn't be used for anything worthwhile (including the shuttered attraction space that they weren't even using for Play).
This.
 

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