MK Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath

[DznyRktekt]

I'd take Luna lobby over Communicore Hall..

 

[bpiper]

Universal's reliance on stock fixtures versus spec fab is one of the waning areas where Disney maintains an edge.

(DL's Haunted Mansion garden shed AI art giftshop notwithstanding)

You sure about that?

Most of the hotel refreshes look like they were standard items out of a standard interior design catalog, not custom created items.

For instance, those "custom created" wardrobe cabinets at the Contemporary with the Incredibles stickers in them.

I am dreading the upcoming hard goods refresh for AKL. All the furniture (tables, chairs, headboards) was custom created, with all the carving marks and notches to give it richness.
I am expecting all that to be gone.

 

[S.I.R. the Robot]

I just want S.I.R. back (voiced by Corey Burton... even if his N Tropy sucked. He's Brainiac so he could do good!)

 

[Jrb1979]

You sure about that?

Most of the hotel refreshes look like they were standard items out of a standard interior design catalog, not custom created items.

For instance, those "custom created" wardrobe cabinets at the Contemporary with the Incredibles stickers in them.

I am dreading the upcoming hard goods refresh for AKL. All the furniture (tables, chairs, headboards) was custom created, with all the carving marks and notches to give it richness.
I am expecting all that to be gone.

All these changes feel like what's happened to Vegas. They were all in on themed and unique resorts. In the last 10 years they have all become generic and similar.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Completely agree, I understand Disney wants IP's, but there's just not that many for Tommorrowland that are strong IP's to justify expansion/new projects. That said I have a personal theory they are waiting to see how ELIO, FF: First Steps, and Hoppers to see what futuristic sci-fi films do good to green light an expansion. Even though I think Wall-E, Wreck-It Ralph, and Incredibles can all fit inside Tomorrowland if done correctly

Is it controversial to say I actually think, provided theme of WALL-E, it would actually do better at EPCOT?

 

[UNCgolf]

Is it controversial to say I actually think, provided theme of WALL-E, it would actually do better at EPCOT?

Wall-E would have been a much better fit at EPCOT than Guardians of the Galaxy, even if they'd built a good Guardians ride (not arguing that Cosmic Rewind isn't a good ride in general, even though I'm personally not a big fan -- just that I don't think it uses the Guardians IP well).

 

[ChrisFL]

I still don't think Wall-E fits anywhere in EPCOT, it's dystopian, not utopian

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I still don't think Wall-E fits anywhere in EPCOT, it's dystopian, not utopian

It ends very utopian and carries a very strong message of sustainable development and discusses mankinds relationship with tech. All hallmarks of EPCOT.

Wall-E would have been a much better fit at EPCOT than Guardians of the Galaxy, even if they'd built a good Guardians ride (not arguing that Cosmic Rewind isn't a good ride in general, even though I'm personally not a big fan -- just that I don't think it uses the Guardians IP well).

I am not at all an insider and what I’m about to say is based on nothing but pure vibes: I have feeling in the next 10-15 years (if that) there will be a big empty building already carrying a space motif that WALL-E could move right into.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I still don't think Wall-E fits anywhere in EPCOT, it's dystopian, not utopian

Entirely depends on the framing. The Axiom is dystopian, yes, but one of the core messages of the movie is that there is hope for a better tomorrow as long as we work for it. That's about as EPCOT as you can get.

 

[James Alucobond]

I still don't think Wall-E fits anywhere in EPCOT, it's dystopian, not utopian

Kind of hinges on whether you center it on the content of the main film or the content of the credits.

 

[S.I.R. the Robot]

I wanna see S.I.R. (the 1995-2003 incarnation, NOT T.O.M. or 90210) be retconned into a Bishop-type badass (c'mon, Bishop later voiced Brainiac!)