Well, you missed something special, to be sure--and Kitchen Kabaret was even better than Food Rocks. I try to console myself by saying that while EPCOT Center was meant as a permanent World's Fair, it was instead a temporary one, like all the others: the best and last World's Fair. Or as I like to think of it, the theme park where the theme was "optimism." That's not to say that today's Epcot is without merit. It's still worth a visit. But we will probably never see the like of the original EPCOT Center again.
Looks like they're trying their best to get out of the sun. I don't see any attempt to give them a dignified space to perform.
no such thing as hi-def back then, with the right optics you can read a dollars' serial number from orbit on a non-digital camera
I apologize for not putting an IMO on my post - it was just my theory on why the direction changed. I was awed by the original EPCOT but it seemed like most people I spoke with just talked about "drinking around the world" and not the edutainment. I know plenty of people went but the park is massive - did they do larger numbers than MK on a consistent basis? Seems like it was built with the intent to be the biggest theme park draw ever.
No worries
And it worked - I've always liked the feeling of walking through large open areas in EPCOT. Most relaxing park by far.No worries
EPCOT Center was a huge park. Very spacious, and like nothing that had come before it. The large open areas and lavish landscaping alone were amazing for the 80s. But this was the plan. A calming, open and almost parkland setting. The plan was deliberately not to have buildings built up against each other. And with enough walking and "neutral" areas between each to allow guests to digest what they had just seen before moving onto the next epic attraction.
The walkways were deliberately wide and uncluttered to avoid any crushing as seen in the castle parks, confusion about directions, and to promote a calm and unrushed visit.
Also remember it was two parks melded into one, both with as much space as planned when they were separate entities.
But I had an AP until 2007, we were there at least once a month for 3 years.
Perhaps lower considering something like half of those rides are gone and replaced with ones with less capacity and less efficient loading. Of the main high capacity rides at Future World, Spaceship Earth remains mostly intact at least. And Universe of Energy to a certain extent (which I assume to have fairly high capacity at least). Not sure if Living with the Land is included as a "main" ride there in Martin's words, but it does seem to keep lines down despite a constant stream of people boarding it. World of Motion and Horizons are gone, and i'd say Imagination is only still around in name alone considering the drastic changes to the track and how the ride system moves.
