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Ecosphere Discovery Center
Welcome to the Ecosphere Discovery Center, this Wall-E inspired pavilion takes up the wonders of life pavilion which holds 1 trackless dark ride, a counter service restaurant and an exhibit about humanity’s relationship with space. The counter service restaurant will be themed to the restaurant on the space ship and the exhibit shows the history of man’s history with space. Ecovoyage: A WALL-E Adventure is a trackless dark ride through WALL-E’s adventures through the movie and the history of space and how we should take care of our planet.
More Space would help tie World Discovery together and fit in nicely with Mission: Space and Cosmic Rewind. More space also runs the risk of feeling repetitive, but centering it more around Wall-e and man's relationship with the stars really helps distinguish it. It isn't about space, its about mankind's ongoing dream of being out in space that has stayed with our species since the beginning of time. I just wish I could get slightly more detail on what the exhibit shows versus what the ride shows. Not much, this is the 1SC afterall, but just a bit of clarity on what might be in the exhibit or how the ride is about the movie and a history lesson and an environmental lesson all at once. There's some lofty goals here which I really appreciate it. And lets face it, at the end of the day, "I want to read more about your ideas" is a compliment lol
Love Pavillion
Behold the new idea of something so centric to Disney reborn and presented to you cleanly, in the magnificent form of the Love Pavillion, dedicated to Disney’s most romantic moments and couples!
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The Love Pavillion has inspiration from Valentine’s Day, but is here all year round, so the history of Valentine’s Day can be accessed convincingly from the get -go when you’re here, to the point a statue of the saint is at the front. This doesn’t begin to cover the attractions found at the Pavilion; on top of meet and greets, there are rides including I See The Light, a boat ride taking you across many romantic Disney moments, A Whole New World, a motion simulator, and the return of Videopolis!
I See the Light in your Valentine's Pavilion might be a little similar to the boat ride featuring the I See the Light scene I made for our Valentine's Land in the Manor of Mysteries just last week. But I'll allow it since "boat ride past disney scenes" isn't exactly a groundbreaking idea lol. I like that in your research on valentines for our team's project you clearly came up with more ideas and fell in love with the love theme. Tracking influences like that is always a lot of fun! This is definitely an unconventional theme for an EPCOT Pavilion and one that might be more comfortable closer to Imagination rather than the more scientific side of the park. But overall I think the theme could definitely work with a more emotion based pavilion being a fun change of pace!
A new version of Horizons would've been my submission for this - and it's a natural, for sure - but someone else beat me to the punch, so time to improvise...
A replica of Rolly Crump’s kinetic Tower of the Four Winds marks the entrance to a new pavilion hosting “it’s a small world”, moved here from the Magic Kingdom for a further renovation of Fantasyland and embracing the attraction’s origins as a pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. In addition to the main attraction (reimagined so guests can opt to sail around the world by boat or take flight in a makeshift hot-air balloon), guests can also dine in a “small world” bistro, tour an exhibit where they can learn more about the countries represented in the attraction, and design their own dolls, while younger guests can burn off some energy in a colorful play area in the stylings of Mary Blair’s signature city collages.
“small world” pavilion
Small World at Epcot just feels right especially with the Tower of the Four Winds out front! I really love the idea of making it a dual ride too with the option to do the classic boat of the suspended hot air balloon. A Mary Blair themed play area would be great for Epcot especially in this spot right near Cosmic Rewind, Mission Space, and test Track where young kids need something to do. Designing your own Small World doll is also a really fun concept. My only real issue is that this feels more like a gateway to the World Showcase than a natural addition of the front part of the park. But then again the same could be said about Soarin' Around the World. Epcot has never been big on labels lol
Technology Pavilion
The World of Discovery’s focus on science and technology will be on display at the Technology Pavilion (sponsored by the world-famous interdisciplinary MIT Media Lab, whose mission is to positively impact society). This educational dark ride (which uses futuristic-looking vehicles designed by the Media Lab) journeys through scenes describing the history of scientific discoveries (such as Louis Pasteur’s discovery of the rabies vaccine in 1885) before showcasing some modern research from the MIT Media Lab (such as the tool of Artificial Intelligence and providing access to educational innovations especially for those in impoverished situations) including an interactive world map exhibit (including live data) that allows guests to see the effects of pollution. Similar to Chevrolet’s sponsorship of Test Track, MIT will be able to ask Disney to update sections of the attraction at Disney’s expense to reflect the newest developments in technological research.
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This feels so "Epcot" and would be a great way to bring new energy to World Discovery while keeping the same theme! It feels almost like Innoventions as a full Pavilion with just a dash of Horizons, but without feeling like a rehash of either. The post show exhibit that makes this a full pavilion instead of just a ride is a little underwhelming, but the ride that anchors the pavilion is very strong! With a very interesting choice of sponsor that makes a lot of sense! I don't have a ton to say about the ride, but that's not a criticism. Just not much else to say beyond "well done!"
+1 Bonus - Very cool ride vehicle
+1 Bonus - Very cool ride vehicle
The Robotic Pavilion
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Over the last 40 years, Honda has been one of the forefront leaders on humanoid robotic designs with the E-series in the late 80's, to the P-series in the early 90's leading up to ASIMO in the 2000's and their new Avatar robots that are their current project. Throughout the pavilion, guests can work through the interactive attraction of the P1 Instruction Junction where guests "work" with an old Honda P1 robot through a series of instructions to complete basic tasks (walking through a door, picking something up, etc.). Guests can also board onto The Gears of Progress: A Robotic History, a dark ride designed to take guests through the history of human and robotic connections and advancements from the beginning of time, to the present, and into the future Honda has planned with their new avatar-based robots in the mid-2030's.
Robots are just plain cool. A robot pavilion would be a blast! Getting to see these real life high tech robots in person in a fun setting (before we as a society inevitably have to fight off an army of them in 2035) is just a cool idea that really takes advantage of EPCOT as permanent world's fair giving Honda a chance to show off some of their coolest technology to the general public in a way that is so much more engaging than a simple tech demo on YouTube. The History of Robots dark ride is also really cool, although I would've loved to hear slightly more on what makes it special since Epcot has a had a couple of "History of..." dark rides over the years, but even as is it feels like a great continuation of that legacy! Afterall, as mentioned earlier, robots are just plain cool!
+1 Bonus - An excellent logo!
+1 Bonus - An excellent logo!
The Wonderful World Of Art is a pavilion taking guests into an art gallery filled with famous works. Guests can go on a trackless carriage similar to those of Mystic Manor or they can explore the gallery on foot. Works in the gallery include The Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train by Monet, The Young Shepherdess by Bouguereau, Portrait of Madame X by Sargent, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Manet, Vanitas paintings In the style of the Dutch masters meant to remind us of our miserable mortal state, Las Meninas by Velasquez, The Gold Fish by Matisse, Portrait Of Jeanne Hebuterne In A Large Hat by Modigliani, Sun Flowers by Van Gogh, and Dora Maar by Picasso.View attachment 761245
Another art pavilion, but this one is much more of a traditional museum. Which might be a bit out of place in World Discovery (Putting this in World Celebration would fit a lot better), but as I've said before epcot has never really cared much about that lol. And a museum in epcot really does make total sense! I love the idea of being able to ride in a guided tour dark ride or to be able to wander at your own pace. I have some questions about the safety and practicality of that, but if it could be pulled off that would be an awesome idea!
+1 Bonus - some excellent work there!
+1 Bonus - some excellent work there!