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Poll: What's the worst mistake that imagineers could make at Epcot?
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Figments Friend
Well-Known Member
Well let's see...i think poor EPCOT has been messed up a bit already. I suppose i would find things worse then they are now if these things happened:
Graveyard is expanded, and stretches all the way to the Lagoon
Spaceship Earth is totally gutted and some vitual reality based speed/thrill ride attraction is built inside instead :fork:
Figment is retired yet again....as it was proven in some study that today's kids no longer have an imagination so no such character ( or attraction based on such a now non-exsistant thing..) was nessesary.
MORE bloody TIPBOARDS!!!!! :zipit:
EPCOT further loses it's original intended focus and becomes character infested to the point that a name change is needed....... "EPCOT: the NEW Exciting Permanent Character Orientation Thempark!! "
The lagoon is filled in with sand, and a new hotel in built on top of it offering a killer view and the ultimate location for about $12,000 a night ( sad thing is...people we both know would probably pay it! :lol: )
Illuminations:ROE is retired and yet another fireworks show incorporating video images is shown in it's place....:snore:
The Wand is hit but lightning by the Gods and just when everyone thinks it is gone for good, those magical elves who live in the Disney shrubbery build a new one....only twice as big!!
EPCOT closes for good as people finally get tired of the Park...now THAT would be THE WORST mistake EVER ( EPCOT closing!!! NOOOoooooooooo!!!!!! )
What Audio-Animatronics remain in the Park are rounded up and disposed of. All remaining attracions showcasing them are gutted and video screens are used as replacements. All attractions are shortened to last no longer then 1 minute, due to future Guests' increasingly short attention spans. :zipit:
Someone at Corporate gets the brilliant idea that SSE would make a much better Park Icon if it was painted Day-Glo orange. Forever afterwards it would be nicknamed "The Florida Orange"
All the Gift Shops ( including those in WS) will only sell the exact same items.....which in total equal about 20 individual things...
Giant video screens are installed around the park...to make it look more "comtempory" to today media addicted Park Guests.....so yeah, it looks more like a outdoor shopping mall then a themepark.
Journey Into Imagination is totally leveled and no trace of it in any form is left. In it's place is built a stroller parking lot.
Now for some positive ideas:
These things EPCOT really needs i think:
EPCOT nods to it's past by reintroducing it's original purpose but in a way that today's Guests can appreciate. It needs to recapture some of that great "futuristic" feeling it used to have in the 80's. Surely there are ways of doing this with today's advanced technology, or has WDWI just gotten lazy??
The Wand has to go...sorry. It was cool for the Milleniuem but it is now a eyesore. Maybe i can accept it better if they change out the "Epcot" text to a "25" for the upcoming anniversary.
Leave a Legacy ( foundly referred to as 'The Graveyard") must go too. Return the entrance to a similar state it was in previously, with trees and a cool new lighted fountain. The LAL stones don't have to be trashed ( all those folks who paid to add a tile would be angry about that) just move them somewhere else. The look absolutely horrid as you walk into the park. The impression one gets is this: "The Future is Dead". I guess some pursits might find that statement quite ironic when taken into context with the current EPCOT.
Wonders of Life: Either level it or bring it up to date with some exciting options. It is really embarrassing to see what it is today.
Universe of Energy: A new show..drop the Ellen theme ( though entertaining it needs refreshing) and introduce a new concept. Just DON"T make it another character based attraction.
Add some type of new ride or attracion to World Showcase. It really needs something. I think EE at AK showed everyone how a new high end attracion can drive up Park attendence, and EPCOT could use that boost.
Introduce a new Parade for EPCOT. I have read that there IS plans in the works to do so, and it will be something totally NEW, not rehashed.
Update the final scense in SEE....and get rid of the annoying monitors in the ascent tunnel! They totally ruin the introduction!
The ULTIMATE improvement to EPCOT is no doubt having Journey Into Imagination changed into something much more creative and exciting then what it is today. I loved the original like many here, but i won't kid myself thinking it will come back. It never can....but we CAN see a all new updated version along the same lines. Of all Disney attractions, this one needs the most dire makeover.
Re-open The Oddessy!
How about some sort of new futuristic attracions? Darn shame they closed Horizons as all it really needed was a new makeover to bring it up to date.
Graveyard is expanded, and stretches all the way to the Lagoon
Spaceship Earth is totally gutted and some vitual reality based speed/thrill ride attraction is built inside instead :fork:
Figment is retired yet again....as it was proven in some study that today's kids no longer have an imagination so no such character ( or attraction based on such a now non-exsistant thing..) was nessesary.
MORE bloody TIPBOARDS!!!!! :zipit:
EPCOT further loses it's original intended focus and becomes character infested to the point that a name change is needed....... "EPCOT: the NEW Exciting Permanent Character Orientation Thempark!! "
The lagoon is filled in with sand, and a new hotel in built on top of it offering a killer view and the ultimate location for about $12,000 a night ( sad thing is...people we both know would probably pay it! :lol: )
Illuminations:ROE is retired and yet another fireworks show incorporating video images is shown in it's place....:snore:
The Wand is hit but lightning by the Gods and just when everyone thinks it is gone for good, those magical elves who live in the Disney shrubbery build a new one....only twice as big!!
EPCOT closes for good as people finally get tired of the Park...now THAT would be THE WORST mistake EVER ( EPCOT closing!!! NOOOoooooooooo!!!!!! )
What Audio-Animatronics remain in the Park are rounded up and disposed of. All remaining attracions showcasing them are gutted and video screens are used as replacements. All attractions are shortened to last no longer then 1 minute, due to future Guests' increasingly short attention spans. :zipit:
Someone at Corporate gets the brilliant idea that SSE would make a much better Park Icon if it was painted Day-Glo orange. Forever afterwards it would be nicknamed "The Florida Orange"
All the Gift Shops ( including those in WS) will only sell the exact same items.....which in total equal about 20 individual things...
Giant video screens are installed around the park...to make it look more "comtempory" to today media addicted Park Guests.....so yeah, it looks more like a outdoor shopping mall then a themepark.
Journey Into Imagination is totally leveled and no trace of it in any form is left. In it's place is built a stroller parking lot.
Now for some positive ideas:
These things EPCOT really needs i think:
EPCOT nods to it's past by reintroducing it's original purpose but in a way that today's Guests can appreciate. It needs to recapture some of that great "futuristic" feeling it used to have in the 80's. Surely there are ways of doing this with today's advanced technology, or has WDWI just gotten lazy??
The Wand has to go...sorry. It was cool for the Milleniuem but it is now a eyesore. Maybe i can accept it better if they change out the "Epcot" text to a "25" for the upcoming anniversary.
Leave a Legacy ( foundly referred to as 'The Graveyard") must go too. Return the entrance to a similar state it was in previously, with trees and a cool new lighted fountain. The LAL stones don't have to be trashed ( all those folks who paid to add a tile would be angry about that) just move them somewhere else. The look absolutely horrid as you walk into the park. The impression one gets is this: "The Future is Dead". I guess some pursits might find that statement quite ironic when taken into context with the current EPCOT.
Wonders of Life: Either level it or bring it up to date with some exciting options. It is really embarrassing to see what it is today.
Universe of Energy: A new show..drop the Ellen theme ( though entertaining it needs refreshing) and introduce a new concept. Just DON"T make it another character based attraction.
Add some type of new ride or attracion to World Showcase. It really needs something. I think EE at AK showed everyone how a new high end attracion can drive up Park attendence, and EPCOT could use that boost.
Introduce a new Parade for EPCOT. I have read that there IS plans in the works to do so, and it will be something totally NEW, not rehashed.
Update the final scense in SEE....and get rid of the annoying monitors in the ascent tunnel! They totally ruin the introduction!
The ULTIMATE improvement to EPCOT is no doubt having Journey Into Imagination changed into something much more creative and exciting then what it is today. I loved the original like many here, but i won't kid myself thinking it will come back. It never can....but we CAN see a all new updated version along the same lines. Of all Disney attractions, this one needs the most dire makeover.
Re-open The Oddessy!
How about some sort of new futuristic attracions? Darn shame they closed Horizons as all it really needed was a new makeover to bring it up to date.
ilovepluto23
New Member
Well, they already got rid of Dreamfinder...
I agree, getting rid of SSE would be the worst...but I doubt that'd happen.
I agree, getting rid of SSE would be the worst...but I doubt that'd happen.
Figments Friend
Well-Known Member
( bows gracefully)
Thanks!
:wave:
Thanks!
:wave:
Scooter
Well-Known Member
Here's a thought:
Why don't we paint the "Wand" at EPCOT with some special paint and hand out special glasses at the entrance to EPCOT so all the wand haters can put on the glasses and the wand won't appear to be there and the wand Lovers can leave the glasses off and admire it in all it's splendor.
If it works maybe we can do the same thing with the "Hat" at Disney/MGM:animwink:
Why don't we paint the "Wand" at EPCOT with some special paint and hand out special glasses at the entrance to EPCOT so all the wand haters can put on the glasses and the wand won't appear to be there and the wand Lovers can leave the glasses off and admire it in all it's splendor.
If it works maybe we can do the same thing with the "Hat" at Disney/MGM:animwink:
ears2you
New Member
im with you 100%