Small Epcot Update: 3/07/11

[SeaCastle]

Is that picture showing a bygone water feature in Communicore/Innoventions Plaza itself?

Ponds were on the NW/NE sides of the plaza. They've since been filled with concrete and planters.

 

[HMF]

Is that picture showing a bygone water feature in Communicore/Innoventions Plaza itself?

Yes but the point is the area had become so cluttered that you could barely see many of the elements because the whole plaza was too busy.
Less is more.
http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/2006/09/communi-clutter.html

 

[JustInTime]

Sometimes simpler is better.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HKuPxi0r7C4/SsakFAYo8sI/AAAAAAAAAiI/lN4VW4He8Hs/s400/Communicore.jpg

Ugh. I hate those 80's clunky buildings.

I know, kill me. Burn me at the stake.

 

[thelookingglass]

Sometimes simpler is better.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HKuPxi0r7C4/SsakFAYo8sI/AAAAAAAAAiI/lN4VW4He8Hs/s400/Communicore.jpg

Huh. I never knew there were ponds there at one time!

 

[djkidkaz]

Well the over-hang will soon be gone as well.

There removing the big poles and the triangle tarps? Is that the overhang your referring too?

 

[Scuttle]

Thank god this is happening. Epcot needs a reimaging just as bad as AK needs a new ride.

 

[dreamfinder]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions...ions-Plaza-concrete-walkway-refurbishment.htm

This would explain all the cuts in the concrete I saw a few days before that report.

 

[Vernonpush]

What are these whirlygigs that have been removed y'all are talking about. I go to Epcot all the time and I just can't picture them.

 

[TestTrack]

Another thing checked off the list of things to restore Epcot to its original glory

Done:
Wand off SSE
SSE's supports lose LaL design
Tarps(hopefully) and spinny things come down

To go:
LaL blown up
Remove Nemo and donald from rides
Fix Imagination

We're getting closer...

 

[jDoor]

Another thing checked off the list of things to restore Epcot to its original glory

Done:
Wand off SSE
SSE's supports lose LaL design
Tarps(hopefully) and spinny things come down

To go:
LaL blown up - Soon
Remove Nemo and donald from rides - Not gonna happen, especially seas.. it's a very popular tie-in
Fix Imagination - soon

We're getting closer...

check your quote above for info.

 

[HMF]

There removing the big poles and the triangle tarps? Is that the overhang your referring too?

Yep.

 

[007mickey]

Are the areas with the fiber optic lighting embedded in the concrete still there or is this work in a different area?

 

[Mickey_777]

Spinny things for the win! :ROFLOL:

 

[wdwmagic]

Are the areas with the fiber optic lighting embedded in the concrete still there or is this work in a different area?

They are still there currently, work has not got that far over yet.

 

[thelookingglass]

To go:
Remove Nemo and donald from rides

I don't mind the use of Nemo in The Seas pavilion, but I think the main ride should have been something different than a Fantasyland-style re-telling of the movie.

 

[TestTrack]

I don't mind the use of Nemo in The Seas pavilion, but I think the main ride should have been something different than a Fantasyland-style re-telling of the movie.

Exactly...Epcot is about having fun while learning, Not for cutesy as you say "fantasyland" stories. I wouldn't mind the characters being involved just because it is an appropriate tie in(similar to turtle talk) but it all just seems kinda pointless. Especially Donald and friends in Mexico.

 

[007mickey]

They are still there currently, work has not got that far over yet.

Are they planning on keeping that effect in place if the concrete in that area is replaced?

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

I don't mind the use of Nemo in The Seas pavilion, but I think the main ride should have been something different than a Fantasyland-style re-telling of the movie.

Exactly...Epcot is about having fun while learning, Not for cutesy as you say "fantasyland" stories. I wouldn't mind the characters being involved just because it is an appropriate tie in(similar to turtle talk) but it all just seems kinda pointless. Especially Donald and friends in Mexico.

Agree completely. Adding the characters from Finding Nemo into The Living Seas was a no brainer. The problem is that the characters, instead of being incorporated into the pavilion, took it over and completely changed its theme. What should be a pavilion focusing on the oceans has instead become focused on Nemo.

Good to see the repaving progress in Innoventions. And only one more whirly gig/twirly pole/spinny thing to go! :lol: I never minded those things, but the plaza does look much better without them.

 

[DocMcHulk]

Are the areas with the fiber optic lighting embedded in the concrete still there or is this work in a different area?

The fiber optic lighting in the concrete is something that is something I LOVED as a kid. i hope it stays.

 

[montyz81]

It seems that Epcot is very slowly transferring back to Epcot Center. Is this true? Obviously it won't happen all the way without the Prisms, or Horizions, but they could reinstall elements of WOM in the test area of test track, redo Imagination to original form and then leave the rest as is (maybe a redo of Energy).