News Space 220 Restaurant dining experience at Epcot's Future World

[marni1971]

What other parks have sinkholes?

MK, DHS to my knowledge.

 

[brb1006]

Horizons had a massive sinkhole under it. It was getting removed, one way or another. (This has been confirmed by a certain military/sci fi author whose father was a concrete engineer, did a lot of work for the original MK/resorts build, was probably one of the most knowlegeable people in the world on dealing with Florida's tricky substrate, and was NOT consulted for Epcot.. till it came to fixing the problem that developed under Horizons.)

It never had a sinkhole!

 

[brb1006]

Recycled Urine and Freeze Dried food. Heck maybe the bathrooms will be vacuum cleaners. I'm hopping they don't keep perfectly to theme.

Please have the food be decent in quality.

 

[brb1006]

I heard the restaurant might be operated by the same people behind Via Napoli.

 

[peter11435]

I heard the restaurant might be operated by the same people behind Via Napoli.

That was announced

 

[cindy_k]

ok so they may not be able to name it Restaurant at the end of the Universe, but they could call it Big Bang and have a show displaying it. It would be a nice call back to the current energy ride.

 

[wdwgreek]

Interesting all the windows are going to be space viewing as are the star wars resort.same technology for the windows i think! Also that means they can plop the showbuildiny anywhere bsckstagr and not worry sbout what guests will see out the windows

 

[George]

This only works for me if all my food is floating and I get to do zero G pirouettes and turns as I try and chomp on my lo mein.

 

[Nemo14]

This only works for me if all my food is floating and I get to do zero G pirouettes and turns and I try and chomp on my lo mein.

and don't forget those zero G restrooms!

 

[WDWbuff2001]

and don't forget those zero G restrooms!

Ew I immediately thought of floating poop and pee

 

[Nemo14]

Ew I immediately thought of floating poop and pee

Ever ride the subway?

 

[KBLovedDisney]

A space restaurant in Epcot...

 

[The Empress Lilly]

It'll be separate.

What a bummer. Show and illusion are everything, you should arrive through M:S into a space station with restaurant.

 

[Coaster Lover]

I wonder if they will have some sort of pre-show/Space Elevator Simulator (like the hydrolators or the elevators on Escape from Gringots) type thing that will take us from EPCOT's Future World into the restaurant, or if we will just go from the bright Florida sun directly into the restaurant...

 

[raven]

Interesting all the windows are going to be space viewing as are the star wars resort.same technology for the windows i think! Also that means they can plop the showbuildiny anywhere bsckstagr and not worry sbout what guests will see out the windows

It won't be placed backstage.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

That's not what @marni1971 just hinted at. Seems Animal Kingdom will get something in time for the 50th as well.

Yeah...they'll jerk the yeti out of Expedition Everest and put in a new restaurant that's ran by Chuck E. Cheese.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

That's common knowledge about Florida, with respect.

Horizons had minor structural issues that were an easy fix. What it didn't have was a sinkhole to force its closure in 1994. For one, how could it have reopened just over a year later and remain open until 1999 if it had a sinkhole?

Would you build a ride system dependent on fast spinning vehicles with tolerances down to a few inches on the exact land known to be prone to sinkholes?

Energy has a sinkhole. There's one next to Odyssey. But there was not one between these two locations.

A third party wanted to build a thrill ride. Said party also offered to pay to take the thematically problematic 1983 Pavilion off the companies hands. Disney killed two birds with one stone. They didn't have to pay to update Horizons and someone else would pay them the privilege of removing the problem.

So...in other words:

 

[marni1971]

So...in other words:

Aww. Uncle Mike. With hair.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Aww. Uncle Mike. With hair.

Despite his...decisions...on occasion...I do miss the guy once in a while.

 

[Seabasealpha1]

Rudy T's fries in space?

Anyone who gets that reference gets a cookie.

I could have a big mac attack in orbit...