EPCOT Spaceship Earth refurbishment coming soon?

[Jrb1979]

I think have a roller coaster overhead in the middle of EPCOT (okay, not quite the middle, but one half of Future World) would have been a disaster.

I disagree, starfall racers at Epic blends into the land well.

 

[UNCgolf]

I disagree, starfall racers at Epic blends into the land well.

It was designed to go there from the start, though. I think something like Slinky Dog works fine at Toy Story Land too (even though Toy Story Land is pretty terrible). I do not think adding a coaster to that section of EPCOT (which was not originally designed for a roller coaster) would have been a good idea at all; it would have fundamentally changed that whole section of the park.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

The planned coaster was just around The Land...not the core of Epcot...it was part of the Pavilion from what I understand....

Oh Time Racers wasn't just inside SSE. You just don't see track on that Gemini overview.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

It was designed to go there from the start, though. I think something like Slinky Dog works fine at Toy Story Land too (even though Toy Story Land is pretty terrible). I do not think adding a coaster to that section of EPCOT (which was not originally designed for a roller coaster) would have been a good idea at all; it would have fundamentally changed that whole section of the park.

I do think the suspended coaster near the Land pavilion could have been cool if done well with a ton of foliage blocking much of the track, etc and could have been more off to the side.

But yeah, track coming out of the sphere and being overhead as you enter the park just doesn't fit in my mind

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Oh Time Racers wasn't just inside SSE. You just don't see track on that Gemini overview.

Is there more info about Time Racers that shows more track outside?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Is there more info about Time Racers that shows more track outside?

Not publicly, no. But it's an EPCOT project, I'm sure more will leak eventually.

 

[UNCgolf]

I do think the suspended coaster near the Land pavilion could have been cool if done well with a ton of foliage blocking much of the track, etc and could have been more off to the side.

But yeah, track coming out of the sphere and being overhead as you enter the park just doesn't fit in my mind

I'm not sure how much they could block the track with foliage there. If they'd built it somewhere that is currently backstage maybe it would have worked, but the concept plan had it right in front of the pavilion and up against the Seas, too. It looked like guests may have potentially walked directly underneath it to get inside the pavilion.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'm not sure how much they could block the track with foliage there. If they'd built it somewhere that is currently backstage maybe it would have worked, but the concept plan had it right in front of the pavilion and up against the Seas, too. It looked like guests may have potentially walked directly underneath it to get inside the pavilion.

yeah, obviously we will never know and if it would have had a ton of track very visible then wouldn't be great ... just think that one had potential to be cool