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

HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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MisterPenguin said:
SATW also re-orchestrated the score so that the music matched the part of the world you're currently in. Sorta like what IaSW does. Which, IMO, is a bonus.


My hot take: Both movies need to be updated.

Both have bendy issues (SAtW obviously more so). And both have parts where the forward motion doesn't match the view (camera looks sideways), which is disorienting.

SoC has graininess and weird fast-mo parts. Some of the sights are boring (golf course). And a naval port isn't exactly "Living with the Land." And the mechanical camera adjustments are too obvious.

SatW has some obvious CGI issues.

And both need to decide whether its about the natural wonders of the land or the wonders of human artifices. Mixing both in is odd.

And I guess there is nothing to be done to fix the conceit that we're hang-gliding over hundreds or thousands of miles and taking off from an airport -- in order to hang-glide.


But I'm just a pixie-snorting shill who always defends everything Disney does. So, what do I know?
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HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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Ideally, they'd create a third film, using parts of the original score, and focus on the natural beauty and landmarks and man-made wonders found around North America. Start in California. Soar over Pikes Peak. Some of the beauty in Canada. Fly down the Mississippi river. Smell the orange groves in Florida. End it with fireworks around the Statue of Liberty. You get the idea. Bob and Josh will never approve it, though.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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Brian said:
In general, they try to avoid single-file lines for safety purposes. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but in this instance, it's not necessary.
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Yes, they *try* to avoid that. But there are plenty of queues in which you really can't get a person to walk alongside an ECV.

Anyhoo, the left side queue has plenty of room. It'd be only 20 feet of wall to demo to divide that space evenly amongst four lines, giving the right side more room.
 
DisneyDodo

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I’ll literally be in Epcot the day this changes back. I’ve never ridden SoC. I’m very disappointed.

Also, I’m worried my almost-4yo will be scared by some of the transitions in SatW
 
DisneyDodo

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flynnibus said:
nah - they were designed for the simple.. so kids will suck it up no problem.
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Eh, she’s not the biggest daredevil and I think the airplane transition in particular may rattle her a bit. I’ll show her a video beforehand so she at least knows what to expect
 
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Mickey1982

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This is awesome news! I love Soarin' Around the World. Respect for the OG version, and I can see why it should live on at DCA. But I love "World," even the CGI transitions--like a DK Science Book come to life, in the spirit of 90's Epcot. And the finale sequence, from Iguazu Falls to the Eiffel Tower to Spaceship Earth, is stirring and triumphant with an incredible homage to Jerry Goldsmith's original score. I'm so excited Soarin' Around the World will be back--now I'll be spending more time at Epcot on my next trip so I can ride Soarin' Around the World multiple times. Heck, with Soarin' Around the World, Living with the Land, Awesome Planet, and the Behind the Seeds greenhouse tour, I could spend most of a day just at The Land pavilion. Now if they'd bring back the Listen to the Land song, that would be the chef's kiss. Epcot Forever! :)
 
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vikescaper

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SaucyBoy said:
I am kicking myself for not riding this on my December trip. I just assumed, in true Disney fashion, that its "limited time run" would be extended for five or six years. 🤡
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I’m beyond happy that I insisted on riding it this past Saturday. I told my sister that I had no idea when Soarin’ around the World would return but had a feeling that SoC’s time was coming to a close. It ended up being a fantastic ride as it seemed that the soundtrack was booming and everybody seemed to be having a great time!
 
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Greg from Philly

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It is a shame that SoC had such a short run, it was the true essence of the attraction and the experience. Maybe we are lucky and during this brief downtime the imagineers actually did something right and fixed SaTW. This way if you arent dead center in the exact theatre and the exact right row the whole film is distorted. Does anyone else besides me wonder how WDW even let SaTW be released in the condition it was in? My last trip i was in the 3rd theatre and the Eiffel Tower was literally at a 45 degree angle, just bad Imagineering
 
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PK2

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I like Soarin' Over California, it's charming in a way ATW isn't, but I have to admit that after getting used to ATW a trip on the old one in December made me feel a bit nauseous with how shakey the camera work is. So I'm not too gutted to be going back to the ATW version.
 
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