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

[Unplugged]

Any recommendations on how to make adults shut up? Asking for a friend.

That's what the Airlock will be for. Too bad it's considered a hard ticket event. On the bright side, you do get a cupcake with it!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

 

[kurtk]

I like how they used a previously non-guest area to build this restaurant. The view obviously doesn't matter so what better place for a restaurant without real windows.

 

[marni1971]

Now where have I seen that shape before....

Have one of my patented, accurate but also at the same time deliberately vague iPad sketches:

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Copyright me.

 

[Creathir]

Now where have I seen that shape before....

So, obviously your source shares at least artist renditions/blueprints.

Are they usually highly developed renders, or simple crude drawings, or a mix?

 

[marni1971]

So, obviously your source shares at least artist renditions/blueprints.

Are they usually highly developed renders, or simple crude drawings, or a mix?

I’m very good at guessing.

 

[JoeCamel]

We don't have to look far to find the inspiration for the exterior shape of the building. I wonder if they started with that and thought "curved building outside wow, we can have a giant screen inside"?

 

[Prototype82]

For Epcot, this whole project is still too good to be true. It’s going to be nice to have a new original Future World experience without IP. The amazing food in World Showcase has kept me from dining in FW for years. I’m excited to see what Patina comes up with.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

For Epcot, this whole project is still too good to be true. It’s going to be nice to have a new original Future World experience without IP. The amazing food in World Showcase has kept me from dining in FW for years. I’m excited to see what Patina comes up with.

I’m looking forward to it as well. We never eat in FW as it is now.

Do we know yet where this falls along the spectrum of TS restaurants? Are we more in Y&Y territory or Tiffins territory, menu/price-wise? Or with an Epcot example, are we more Chefs de France or Monsieur Paul? I’m guessing the former...?

 

[nickys]

For Epcot, this whole project is still too good to be true. It’s going to be nice to have a new original Future World experience without IP. The amazing food in World Showcase has kept me from dining in FW for years. I’m excited to see what Patina comes up with.

Nothing to say there won’t be IP involved. Somewhere in this thread there are several pages worth of discussion about the IPs that could be used! We’ll have to wait and see just what the projections end up being.

 

[Rteetz]

I’m looking forward to it as well. We never eat in FW as it is now.

Do we know yet where this falls along the spectrum of TS restaurants? Are we more in Y&Y territory or Tiffins territory, menu/price-wise? Or with an Epcot example, are we more Chefs de France or Monsieur Paul? I’m guessing the former...?

The Patina group is running it. Same group that runs Via Napoli, Maria and Enzo's, Morimoto, Tutto Italia, and Edison.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

The Patina group is running it. Same group that runs Via Napoli, Maria and Enzo's, Morimoto, Tutto Italia, and Edison.

That's right -- I didn't recall offhand which other restaurants they ran. Hmmm... we really like Via Napoli, were entirely unimpressed with Morimoto, and haven't tried the others. We'll definitely try it once no matter what... I'm really hoping that it ends up being solid.

 

[rocketraccoon]

Ground level view from today.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Pardon me if it's already been discussed, but where is the entrance for this going to be? In the ride? or will it have a separate lobby and entrance?

 

[trainplane3]

Pardon me if it's already been discussed, but where is the entrance for this going to be? In the ride? or will it have a separate lobby and entrance?

Off to the right of M:S. Separate from the ride.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Off to the right of M:S. Separate from the ride.

will it be apart of the MS building at all?

 

[lazyboy97o]

will it be apart of the MS building at all?

The entrance is a small expansion of the Mission: SPACE building that was intended to be used as a show and conference space for Compaq / HP that was rushed to be added before opening but then never fitted out and used. You can see the entrance from the overflow queue and a connecting catwalk from the main queue room.

 

[Rteetz]

From Bioreconstruct

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

The entrance is a small expansion of the Mission: SPACE building that was intended to be used as a show and conference space for Compaq / HP that was rushed to be added before opening but then never fitted out and used. You can see the entrance from the overflow queue and a connecting catwalk from the main queue room.

Glad that's getting put to good use! My real concern however is that Disney must see MS as an adequate enough attraction to remain in it's place for some time if its going to have a restaurant attached to it...