Certainly not. Eisner rushed the opening so he could beat Uni.
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EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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Certainly not. Eisner rushed the opening so he could beat Uni.
Rich Brownn
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Including the fact that park''s signature ride was an originally conceived as an EPCOT pavilion, and repurposed to give the park something to ride.
I remember something about that now. Wasn't it supposed to be built between The Land and Imagination back in the day?
Epcot82Guy
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To be totally historically accurate, it was just a blue sky concept. It was never green lit or fully developed, so that spot was just an idea. The idea for Studios came more from Universal Studios. But, the concept certainly was a precursor to GMR.
Right, there was a movie ride concept proposed for FW at some point in the 80's, which ultimately became GMR. IIRC. Didn't want to imply it was planned for FW or anything.
Goofnut1980
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Not sure I would want to stand around in that congested area to ride a 3 minute attraction.
Epcot82Guy
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Right, there was a movie ride concept proposed for FW at some point in the 80's, which ultimately became GMR. IIRC. Didn't want to imply it was planned for FW or anything.
Oh totally. There was a long-standing belief that the pavilion was actually fully developed and then became the GMR and the inspiration for the whole of DHS. That's not historically accurate. But, the idea of a Movies/Movie Production attraction for Epcot in future world was certainly in the ether.
Marc Davis Fan
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Why such a long queue if the wait time is only 40 minutes? Isn't there queue space inside?!
Magic Feather
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The real question of importance:
Did the Single Rider queue open today?
Did the Single Rider queue open today?
gerarar
Premium Member
The indoor queue (once you pass the ticket booths and CMs) isn't that long. Iirc it's only like four switchbacks until you reach loading. Majority of the queue is right outside with the covered switchbacks.
I read elsewhere that there is currently no single rider line open.
doctornick
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Right, there was a movie ride concept proposed for FW at some point in the 80's, which ultimately became GMR. IIRC. Didn't want to imply it was planned for FW or anything.
Can you imagine if a movie themed pavilion were announced for Future World today? I can already picture the gnashing of teeth and complaining about it...
But since it was being considered in the 80's in the Epcot heyday, I can only assume that it obviously is a perfect fit and would have been embraced by all had it opened then. Probably would have been hyped as the next evolution of Epcot's celebration of human achievement or somesuch.
No. Not at all.
RSoxNo1
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At some point that switched and MK and DHS became about rides with EPCOT and DAK being about experiences.
Epcot82Guy
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Actually, the concepts were either focused on how films were created or the creative process around the artistry of film. So, it would be much more about film creation or film history. It would have been made to fit Future World's story, and there actually were concerns on whether it would fit - INSIDE the company, not in the fandom. So, I don't know that your assumption would reflect reality either then or now.
Ginzuishou
Active Member
poor planning looks like
raymusiccity
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Back in the day, there were artist concepts of The Great Movie Ride, located in EPCOT.....oh, get me some smelling salts !☺
Epcot82Guy
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That's actually my point. There were a couple of initial renderings of a movie focused pavilion for Future World. They were exploring new pavilion ideas. It was not nearly fleshed out as legend makes it seem. Namely because all of the concepts moved over to the new high priority studios park. So, it's not really accurate to think GMR (as we know it) was going to be in Future World.
No Name
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The difference is the original movie pavilion idea was about movies (like DHS was), today it would just be based off of a movie/movies but have nothing to do with the actual medium. It would be purely an excuse to stick more movie IP in the park.