The building to the viewer’s right is unchanged.
I did forget that the added the stone, medieval looking building as the entrance itself. But either side of it are modern buildings that in no way rsemble the same architecture that inspired Frozen.
Again, the Summerhaus is a great example of blending fantasy with reality and turned out perfectly as it matches real Norse architecture, blends well with the Stave church to transition to the rest of the pavilion, and also demonstrates how the animated world of Frozen clearly fits as a part of the real world of Norway.
The Frozen Ever After entry looks like someone dropped the entrance to castle inbetween two houses in a fishing village. You walk through the gate and you're in a different time period in a village that isn't visually consistent with the village of the pavilion with little to no transition.
If they made the queue look more like the rest of the pavilion or made the pavilion look more like the queue, it would've been fine. But they did neither. I exaggerate how jarring it is because it's a pet peeves of mine. But that is what makes it feel shoehorned in. I have no problem with Frozen in Epcot. I like the ride more than Maelstrom (which always seemed like perhaps the weakest ride in Epcot to me though it did have it's charm). I just feel like they didn't do a proper job blending the ride into the current pavilion to make it feel like a part of it instead of just patched onto it.
For reference, this is what the old Maelstrom entrance looked like.
I despise how tall and out of scale the FEA entrance is compared to what Maelstrom was...it's like it dropped out of the sky and squashed the ends of the smaller buildings.
I did forget that the added the stone, medieval looking building as the entrance itself. But either side of it are modern buildings that in no way rsemble the same architecture that inspired Frozen.
Again, the Summerhaus is a great example of blending fantasy with reality and turned out perfectly as it matches real Norse architecture, blends well with the Stave church to transition to the rest of the pavilion, and also demonstrates how the animated world of Frozen clearly fits as a part of the real world of Norway.
The Frozen Ever After entry looks like someone dropped the entrance to castle inbetween two houses in a fishing village. You walk through the gate and you're in a different time period in a village that isn't visually consistent with the village of the pavilion with little to no transition.
If they made the queue look more like the rest of the pavilion or made the pavilion look more like the queue, it would've been fine. But they did neither. I exaggerate how jarring it is because it's a pet peeves of mine. But that is what makes it feel shoehorned in. I have no problem with Frozen in Epcot. I like the ride more than Maelstrom (which always seemed like perhaps the weakest ride in Epcot to me though it did have it's charm). I just feel like they didn't do a proper job blending the ride into the current pavilion to make it feel like a part of it instead of just patched onto it.
For reference, this is what the old Maelstrom entrance looked like.
Towns like that have varying frontispieces from different eras throughout Europe. A medieval castle remains standing and so a 17th century building gets built next to it.
The castle-like facade is for a visit to a royal and more castle-y attraction, though, you do pass through an authentic Norwegian village, so, the facade could have remained the same. Maybe someone felt they had to do a new facade so as not to confuse people that it's still Maelstrom?
OTOH, you could always ask why Maelstrom's log flume trip though history was beginning at an ordinary town building facade...
I just wish they hadn't made it so awkwardly tall. And I feel like they robbed the building to the left of the central facade of any character it had by changing the style of the building (especially the windows) and painting it that awful two-tone color scheme.Towns like that have varying frontispieces from different eras throughout Europe. A medieval castle remains standing and so a 17th century building gets built next to it.
The castle-like facade is for a visit to a royal and more castle-y attraction, though, you do pass through an authentic Norwegian village, so, the facade could have remained the same. Maybe someone felt they had to do a new facade so as not to confuse people that it's still Maelstrom?
OTOH, you could always ask why Maelstrom's log flume trip though history was beginning at an ordinary town building facade...
Are there any plans (that you know of or could share) to give major refurbishments to many of the Future World rides? Because they seriously need it, and soon to give the park any life. Spaceship Earth, Imagination, and Nemo in particular all just feel so stale and the latter two entirely unimpressive.
Yep. There are.
I'm sure you'll enjoy The Land, Presented by Publix. Heard they are redoing the boats to make them into Publix Subs.
Completely understand if you can't divulge more, but any hints on what some of this might entail?
Don’t hold your breath though. We’re talking long term.
careful what u wish for
Long term as in for Epcot's 40th, or longer term than that?
Longer.
