kmbmw777
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A/N: I know the idea of the Guardians of the Galaxy in EPCOT is controversial, and its basically hated. However, its happening, so we might as well make it as awesome as we can.
Introduction
Welcome to the greatest one man show on Earth, featuring fan favorite Star Lord, galactic hero. As him and his friends arrive in EPCOT for a sure to be fun adventure (in the Universe of Energy Pavilion), Star Lord will be taking guests on their own adventure via one of the two paths shown below.
Listen to the Music of the Experience Here!
Both paths start the same, so we can begin our tour there.
Star Lord (not actually Chris Pratt, unfortunately. Just a cast member who looks/sounds/acts like him - they have pretty good ones at Disney's California Adventure, so this is definitely realistic) comes out from behind the Universe of Energy Pavilion (soon to be a Guardians Ride). He carries his iconic Walkman (although it was destroyed in the second movie, who cares about the timeline!?
If you need an explanation, we can say that he got a new one on Earth).STAR LORD
Holy crud. There's a ton of people here. What are y'all doin' here?
-Pause. Wait for some kid to yell something about being on a vacation -
Woah, that's pretty cool kid(or other improvisational line, that fits with the response). You're a lucky duck. You know I was here once when I was a kid. My mom and I... Anyways, enough with the sappy stuff. I'm here on a secret mission. While the rest of the Guardians are prepping the ship to leave Terra, I have to recover the orb of imagination. Can I see a map?
He snatches a map from a random guest and draws a path on it with a sharpie. The path is either 'A' or 'B' as shown in the above map. He then shows the map to the audience.
See this here is the route to make it to the place where the orb is hidden.
He stuffs the map in his back pocket.
Say, you all could be of great help on this quest. He points to a small kid. After all, you're small and can fight into tight spots. Would you all like to join me? Pause. Great! Let's hook up some music though to EPCOT's speakers.
Star Lord runs to a large speaker 'hiding' in the bushes, and fiddles with the back of it. Suddenly the EPCOT park music stops, and is replaced by one of the iconic rock songs of Guardians of the Galaxy. Via location trackers inside of Star Lord's costume, the EPCOT park speakers will automatically change to play the music for SLAMA (Star-Lord's Awesome Music Adventure). Thus, although the experience uses advanced technology, it still appears to be a single man show - the guests are supposed to assume that Star Lord has wired his music throughout the whole park.
Path One (Red)
Wham Bam Shang-A-Langby Silver
Ooh, Child by the Five Stairsteps
Escape (The Pena Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Come a Little Bit Closer by Jay and the Americans
Path Two (Blue)
Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Suede
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass
Come and Get Your Love by Redbone
Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra
Now this all seems pretty standard right? Between both paths, there isn't much variation. The Peter Quill actor will sing the music, and he will encourage the guests to sing along with him. He uses his map as a microphone, guitar, drumstick, or whatever he deems the song requires. He will dance will female guests (like twirl them) with their consent ('May I have this dance, ma'am?'), and jump on benches to sing (assuming that there is no people sitting on them). Overall, Quill's performance has almost no depth but is very fun.
Random Interactions
During the show, most of Star-Lord's lines will be unscripted and goofy. I have listed two of the stories he could tell below. The first is for when Ooh, Child comes on in the red path and the second for Brandy in the blue path.
PETER QUILL
Ah! Good memories to this song! There was this one time the Guardians and I were trying to stop Ronan who was this dumb Kree warlord or something. Anyways he had the infinity stone and was about to win. I distracted him via a 'dance off.' In honor of that, *points to a random guy who looks uninterested in the tour* Dance off Bro! You and me!
PETER QUILL
This song always remind me of my evil dad who wanted to destroy the universe 'cause he thought he was a god or something stupid. But there was this one time, I was trapped by some Badoonian savages and this song came on - it was the first time I've ever heard this song, mind you - and they took my Walkman and analyzed it. They were confused as heck! So in their confusion, I grabbed my Walkman and jet pack and flew out of there. Before father Ego came around, the song always reminded me of that success. Screw Ego for taking that away from me, man!
You probably get the idea...
Finale Scene
When you finally do arrive at the Imagination Pavilion, Quill thanks everyone for rockin' out with him. He is about to leave, but then smiles and says that he can afford to stay for pictures and autographs. A cast member escorter will also join Quill at this time for the new session.
Logistics
Now by this point you're probably thinking: alright, kmb. This is cool, but what else you got? I see tons of problems here. First off, my beautiful EPCOT music will be interrupted by this Guardians crud. What the heck!?!?! Also, I see tons of crowd control issues here. I mean, a mob of people are going to be interrupting traffic throughout EPCOT. Also, what if there is too many people who attend this event? Would anybody be able to here Star Lord?
Well, the first and third questions are the easiest. To answer the first one, you can enjoy your peaceful music the other minutes of the day. This experience should be under 15 minutes per run. The third one, Star Lord will be miked and hooked up to the same speakers as the rest of the Guardians music. His voice will be heard over the music, but you will still be able to hear the music much more prevalent-ly. This experience is much more about the music than about Star Lord, himself. He is there to help everyone loosen up.
Your concerns about crowd control are noted, but not necessary. The movement will not cause any more interference in the park than a large tour group. It's not a parade after all.
Conclusion
Overall, I believe that this project is great in EPCOT for all ways. They have already confirmed a slightly less fun version of the party to come to EPCOT, so the ideal is very realistic. I tried to make it as fun for guests via having you move around the park, and including fan-favorite songs from the movies. Thank you for your time, and best wishes to all competitors!
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