News Soarin' Over California returning to EPCOT for a limited time

[DCBaker]

As part of the Disney100 celebration, Soarin' Over California will return for a limited time beginning September 22.

Original Soarin' Over California film to return to EPCOT's The Land pavilion

Original Soarin' Over California film to return to EPCOT's The Land pavilion

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[cmarten]

Hopefully limited time means all the time

 

[JoeCamel]

Wait, I thought the reason they changed was the film was damaged?

 

[hopemax]

Yeah, if satisfaction and ridership counts go back up to what they were, I think "limited" could become quite long. Too many times we've been in The Land, not during the peak part of the day and looking at 20 minute waits and still walked away because we don't want to see bendy towers and turrets.

 

[WDWBryan]

Wait, I thought the reason they changed was the film was damaged?

It turns out there are copies of the film in the libraries of the Middle East. Call it the first backup system.

 

[MichWolv]

They should do more of this, on a rotation. Show Magic Carpet Around the Word or America 360 in a circlevision. Put Magic Journeys into a theater for awhile. Bring back “classic“ CoP. Country Bear Vacation Hoedown. The Mickey Mania parade — ok, maybe not. But i would show up for Castle Cake 2.0 anytime!

 

[vikescaper]

Awwww….I am going to miss the bendy Eiffel Tower.

 

[HMF]

Why? The World theme fits EPCOT better.

 

[jeanericuser001]

They should probably do what they do with the theater in France. First half of the day its World and later on its California. That way guests will come in during both times depending on which show they prefer.

 

[doctornick]

Still like the idea of different theaters with different film. Why not permanently have both California and World available?

 

[jeanericuser001]

They should do more of this, on a rotation. Show Magic Carpet Around the Word or America 360 in a circlevision. Put Magic Journeys into a theater for awhile. Bring back “classic“ CoP. Country Bear Vacation Howdown. The Mickey Mania parade — ok, maybe not.

I would not mind seeing Magic Journeys in 3d. Seeing how many kids or adults wet their seats after that witch scene will certainly be a good laugh.

 

[DisneyDreamerxyz]

They definitely want to avoid the complaints about the end of the film being outdated and showing the old Future World when World Celebration opens

 

[doctornick]

They should probably do what they do with the theater in France. First half of the day its World and later on its California. That way guests will come in during both times depending on which show they prefer.

Doesn’t really work I don’t think since the smellilizers at least would need to be prepped for a specific show. But you could do different theaters with different shows as I mentioned and then just run it like M:S and offer both options

 

[aladdin2007]

They should probably do what they do with the theater in France. First half of the day its World and later on its California. That way guests will come in during both times depending on which show they prefer.

they should just ditch that awful singalong and just show the France film, one time at night is pathetic.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Still like the idea of different theaters with different film. Why not permanently have both California and World available?

Probably logistically a challenge. Unless it’s random and you don’t know what you are getting until the ride starts. Otherwise you need two different lines… that guests can choose which one they want.

 

[UNCgolf]

Why? The World theme fits EPCOT better.

Yeah, California doesn't really make sense at EPCOT.

That said, I think this is fine as a temporary measure if they're going to use this time to fix the world film (or create a new, better one).

 

[AndyS2992]

Ugh, Around the World is much better, it actually has some (half arsed) transitions rather than lazy jump cuts. I'd rather they randomise it and you could get either, rather than just the one.

 

[Squishy]

Could they be redoing the around the world ending to include the new Epcot hub?

 

[UNCgolf]

Could they be redoing the around the world ending to include the new Epcot hub?

That's probably all it is, but I wish they'd come up with a whole new film. Or at least fix all the other glaring problems with the existing one.

 

[JohnD]

As part of the Disney100 celebration, Soarin' Over California will return for a limited time beginning September 22.

Original Soarin' Over California film to return to EPCOT's The Land pavilion

Original Soarin' Over California film to return to EPCOT's The Land pavilion

www.wdwmagic.com

As a production, it was always the better version even when limited to CA. Goldsmith's music was in sync, no weird buildings at odd angles, better smells (who can forget CA orange groves?), no obvious CGI transitions which you could spot immediately. Soarin Around the World was great in concept but failed to deliver. Glad the original is back for a while.