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

[Brer Panther]

Sure if you stay in the headquarters it would be boring but you know there is the entire rest of Riley’s brain

Hence why I said "unless it's a book report". You'd need to have another excuse for them to be ejected from Headquarters again, but then you risk turning it into an attraction that takes place after the movie(s) but still rehashes it, like Frozen Ever After and the Seas With Nemo and Friends.

 

[Agent H]

Hence why I said "unless it's a book report". You'd need to have another excuse for them to be ejected from Headquarters again, but then you risk turning it into an attraction that takes place after the movie(s) but still rehashes it, like Frozen Ever After and the Seas With Nemo and Friends.

And what makes you think they won’t do that? I’m not trying to be rude

 

[Brer Panther]

And what makes you think they won’t do that? I’m not trying to be rude

Nothing, honestly. I don't know what the plan for their hypothetical Inside Out replacement of Journey Into Imagination With Figment was.

They do seem to be moving away from book reports, though.

 

[Agent H]

Nothing, honestly. I don't know what the plan for their hypothetical Inside Out replacement of Journey Into Imagination With Figment was.

They do seem to be moving away from book reports, though.

IMO that’s a good thing except for Tiana’s

 

[Brer Panther]

IMO that’s a good thing except for Tiana’s

Not so much when they still just rehash the movie. Like, for example, Elsa singing "Let It Go" out of context in Frozen Ever After.

 

[Agent H]

Not so much when they still just rehash the movie. Like, for example, Elsa singing "Let It Go" out of context in Frozen Ever After.

Fair enough I suppose I think little mermaid galaxies edge or pandora are the best at expanding the story

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Spawn was pretty fond of Mr. Toad tho... (no guessing why)

 

[etc98]

Hence why I said "unless it's a book report". You'd need to have another excuse for them to be ejected from Headquarters again, but then you risk turning it into an attraction that takes place after the movie(s) but still rehashes it, like Frozen Ever After and the Seas With Nemo and Friends.

It could also be a more atmospheric ride that’s just a tour through Riley’s mind. Doesn’t have to be super story driven at all.

If they want a backstory, maybe we’re new workers in Riley’s mind and as part of our onboarding/orientation we get a tour. So we travel by the personality islands, memory banks, secret vault, dream productions, imagination land, the train of thought or stream of consciousness, to the back of mind, down into the sense of self lagoon thing, and up into the control room where we finally meet the emotions.

Could lean into the edutainment part of it and give an overview of each section of the mind as we travel past it too.

 

[Nobody nobody]

With the fact that this building is probably gonna be demolished, interesting question for y’all. Will future world ever get a brand new Pavillion (in a traditional Epcot form) ever again? Or will it be more individual attraction style from now on?

I do think a new world showcase pavilion is gonna happen eventually. At least one. Whenever a viable ip comes along, I’m sure we’ll get a new country.

 

[aladdin2007]

With the fact that this building is probably gonna be demolished, interesting question for y’all. Will future world ever get a brand new Pavillion (in a traditional Epcot form) ever again? Or will it be more individual attraction style from now on?

I do think a new world showcase pavilion is gonna happen eventually. At least one. Whenever a viable ip comes along, I’m sure we’ll get a new country.

Personally I don't think we will see either one in the traditional sense of how the park was originally designed, sadly.

 

[Figments Friend]

Agree.

Today’s ‘Disney’ is incapable of building a uniquely shaped, creatively engineered, breathtakingly beautiful Pavillion like the days of yore.

Today you get giant square boxes with some decoration added to the front.
That’s it…

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[DreamfinderGuy]

With the fact that this building is probably gonna be demolished, interesting question for y’all. Will future world ever get a brand new Pavillion (in a traditional Epcot form) ever again? Or will it be more individual attraction style from now on?

I do think a new world showcase pavilion is gonna happen eventually. At least one. Whenever a viable ip comes along, I’m sure we’ll get a new country.

I guess that really depends on what you mean. I think there's potential for Wonders, the next iteration of CommuniCore, and a far-future Mission: Space replacement to be multi-attraction spaces, but that's not really a defining trait of a traditional EPCOT pavilion either. Up until Wonders all of Future World East were single attraction pavilions (unless you count the Transcenter as its own thing).

I don't think we'll see a traditional EPCOT anything again unless it's a refurb of something that already exists. At best we'll see something decades from now if we ever do.

 

[Zak and Wheezie]

I guess that really depends on what you mean. I think there's potential for Wonders, the next iteration of CommuniCore, and a far-future Mission: Space replacement to be multi-attraction spaces, but that's not really a defining trait of a traditional EPCOT pavilion either. Up until Wonders all of Future World East were single attraction pavilions (unless you count the Transcenter as its own thing).

I don't think we'll see a traditional EPCOT anything again unless it's a refurb of something that already exists. At best we'll see something decades from now if we ever do.

The only thing that really strikes me as "traditional EPCOT" is the restaurant Space 220. It feels like something that could've easily existed in 80s EPCOT.

 

[LindseyDisney]

The only thing that really strikes me as "traditional EPCOT" is the restaurant Space 220. It feels like something that could've easily existed in 80s EPCOT.

Just no 80's prices!

 

[UNCgolf]

I guess that really depends on what you mean. I think there's potential for Wonders, the next iteration of CommuniCore, and a far-future Mission: Space replacement to be multi-attraction spaces, but that's not really a defining trait of a traditional EPCOT pavilion either. Up until Wonders all of Future World East were single attraction pavilions (unless you count the Transcenter as its own thing).

I don't think we'll see a traditional EPCOT anything again unless it's a refurb of something that already exists. At best we'll see something decades from now if we ever do.

I would definitely consider transportation a multi-attraction pavilion since the Transcenter offered several other things to see/do. Horizons and Universe of Energy were single attractions, although obviously UofE lasted as long as 4 attractions.

A single attraction is okay, but ideally it would be something much longer/more involved than Cosmic Rewind.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

The only thing that really strikes me as "traditional EPCOT" is the restaurant Space 220. It feels like something that could've easily existed in 80s EPCOT.

I’d say Awesome planet, Canada far and wide also fit that. Journey of water has the makings but the ip tie ins and more polynesian vibe definitely makes it less so.

 

[dmc493]

I’d say Awesome planet, Canada far and wide also fit that. Journey of water has the makings but the ip tie ins and more polynesian vibe definitely makes it less so.

journey of water is just poisoned by the memory of what it replaced, otherwise a fantastic addition. I'd wager there would be very little complaints if it was somehow squeezed somewhere else in future world

 

[RSoxNo1]

They'll 100% never do this, but now is as good a time as any...

This needs to be a World's Fair pavilion celebrating the 1964-1965 World's Fair. It would be the excuse to relocate it's a small world (and open another access point for Cars / Villains), Carousel of Progress and One Man's Dream. If we're getting truly pie in the sky you can also add Horizons Century 3 as a new build.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

They'll 100% never do this, but now is as good a time as any...

This needs to be a World's Fair pavilion celebrating the 1964-1965 World's Fair. It would be the excuse to relocate it's a small world (and open another access point for Cars / Villains), Carousel of Progress and One Man's Dream. If we're getting truly pie in the sky you can also add Horizons Century 3 as a new build.

Moving and rebuilding 3 non-IP attractions?? Is everyone smoking today? Lol! Only messing but I think whats more likely is a new version of Play Pavillion or Wonders of Life (with Baymax + Inside Out being perfect anchors to represent Physical and Mental health)

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Whatever goes into the Wonders plot at this point almost has to be a family-friendly attraction. There's not a single thing in that entire area of the park that little kids can do, which is a drastic departure from when there wasn't a single thing at EPCOT that a kid *couldn't* do. The Play Pavilion was somewhat of a knee jerk response to many things, but this was one them.