tparris
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It also still calls the area Future World lol
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EPCOT New Play Pavilion to replace Epcot's Wonders of Life
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Goofy Ninja
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They should put in a Wall-E or Big Hero Six attraction. It seems to fit more with the area than Tech that will soon look out of date. Remember Innoventions??? Geez that became lame!
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Surferboy567
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On the topic of IP's that would (I believe) fit well. I think Big Hero 6 is a candidate.
Disstevefan1
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A Big Hero 6 omnimover dark ride would be great!
Cmdr_Crimson
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Or as a replacement for Buzz Lightyear Spin at MK. Then put Play Pavilion in old Stitch location. And leave EPCOT free for somethings better.Make it a target based game and use the name of the lesser known N3DS title..
Bocabear
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That would just mean leave the pavilion sit dormant for a decade to current management...
A Pavilion based on Space and THe Cosmos linked to the two flanking pavilions would make sense and be a great base for a couple new attractions.
They could go back to a health pavilion hosted by Big Hero 6...
an Eco-Magination pavilion sponsored by a major energy corporation would be interesting too...
but to leave it sit and continue to remain dormant is just ridiculous. It could end up a Meet & Greet character pavilion a la Fairytale Hall, or like Communicore West, they will probably just tear it down because they refuse to put the effort into developing it into something meaningful...sadly.
A Pavilion based on Space and THe Cosmos linked to the two flanking pavilions would make sense and be a great base for a couple new attractions.
They could go back to a health pavilion hosted by Big Hero 6...
an Eco-Magination pavilion sponsored by a major energy corporation would be interesting too...
but to leave it sit and continue to remain dormant is just ridiculous. It could end up a Meet & Greet character pavilion a la Fairytale Hall, or like Communicore West, they will probably just tear it down because they refuse to put the effort into developing it into something meaningful...sadly.
Epcot82Guy
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If we could redo the whole thing, I still think a space travel World Discovery that sectioned off Test Track and then had Guardians (fantasy), Mission:Space (reality) and Planet Play! Would have worked. The last being a look at history of space travel though a whimsical eye using the characters. Sort of combining the structure of WoL, the whimsical looks at the past of Horizons and World of Motion and the characters required. Seeing Goofy as Jules Verne could actually be pretty fun. And you could easily do an omnimover in classic Epcot style.
It would have created a cohesive narrative through the land and rounded out the offerings age wise.
It would have created a cohesive narrative through the land and rounded out the offerings age wise.
Bocabear
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We could have gotten that, but instead the budget for that and all other projects was absorbed to tear down a building and then build half of it back...also add trees and a splash-zone-water-walk-through-whatever...
aladdin2007
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That kind of imagineering and (management especially) doesn't exist anymore...sadly.
Epcot82Guy
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You forgot FLOORING!!!!!!
Skibum1970
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With the pavilion being in the "Discovery" neighborhood, they could design a nice dark ride that takes a tongue-in-cheek view of inventions and what the future may hold. It could be called Disney's New Horizons. Okay, that would be too easy
I like the planetarium suggestion although I would have the cars go through on their way to other scenes. Although it would fit better in the Nature neighborhood, the ride could explore a variety of locations including space, the north pole, the Amazon, Africa veldt, or other locations. I would say it could focus on inventions but we have Spaceship Earth that does that. Basically, embrace what Epcot was about just once.
I like the planetarium suggestion although I would have the cars go through on their way to other scenes. Although it would fit better in the Nature neighborhood, the ride could explore a variety of locations including space, the north pole, the Amazon, Africa veldt, or other locations. I would say it could focus on inventions but we have Spaceship Earth that does that. Basically, embrace what Epcot was about just once.
Cmdr_Crimson
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I would rather see it as a Weather Pavilion with Storm Rider from Disney Sea in the former Body Wars area.
And use Cranium Command as a new show called Storm Command by using the theater on how storms develop all over the world on a huge map with Buzzy becoming a new character named "Stormy Weather" showing the impacts and who, what and why about storms.
The centerpiece of the pavilion a huge indoor tornado you can control. Similar to the one here from Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.
And use Cranium Command as a new show called Storm Command by using the theater on how storms develop all over the world on a huge map with Buzzy becoming a new character named "Stormy Weather" showing the impacts and who, what and why about storms.
The centerpiece of the pavilion a huge indoor tornado you can control. Similar to the one here from Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.
Bocabear
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The
centerpiece could be the huge dome of the interior, projection mapped with ever-changing weather and effects going on all day, spits of rain and storm clouds, sunny day, winter show...It could be amazing...and follow the same for night time except the same things occurring in a night sky...thunder storms etc... Then a spinner attraction, then Storm Riders, a theater show and something else... It would make a spectacular pavilion...if only The Weather Channel would sponsor it... because Disney doesn't seem to want to build anything without sponsorship...
centerpiece could be the huge dome of the interior, projection mapped with ever-changing weather and effects going on all day, spits of rain and storm clouds, sunny day, winter show...It could be amazing...and follow the same for night time except the same things occurring in a night sky...thunder storms etc... Then a spinner attraction, then Storm Riders, a theater show and something else... It would make a spectacular pavilion...if only The Weather Channel would sponsor it... because Disney doesn't seem to want to build anything without sponsorship...
doctornick
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And in fact there apparently was some plans to make the WoL area into a weather pavilion just like you suggest. I think it was something like 10-15 years ago but it was considered and there are surely some blue sky plans that could be dusted off if desired.
DreamfinderGuy
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Even though it seems to be a very popular fan concept I have to say I am wholeheartedly against turning Wonders into a third Space Pavilion. Two is already too many, one doesn't belong and the other isn't very good. Rather than pumping money into solidifying a weird Space Land, they really should just level M:S and put up a proper Space pavilion on the plot (keep the restaurant). Then in time retheme (or since we're daydreaming here, remove) Guardians.
Of course none of the above is going to happen, and Future World will continue to have two not great Space attractions with a rotting dome in between for the foreseeable future.
Of course none of the above is going to happen, and Future World will continue to have two not great Space attractions with a rotting dome in between for the foreseeable future.
James Alucobond
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Cosmic Rewind would honestly be fine if they just excised the Marvel plot and it delivered on being a journey through the Big Bang (and I also vainly hope this happens someday). I feel like the formation of the universe and exploration of our immediate planetary neighbors are sufficiently differentiated topics to exist in independent pavilions. Kind of agree that WoL would ideally go in a different direction, though.