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TEAM REALITY BRAINSTORMING THREAD
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pix
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Wait which one am I?Tegan and Pix about to wreak havoc on this thread
REAL QUICK!!!!
At the end of the day, traditional FW means there is a consumerism angle in play. So, considering the topic, the two consumer products that immediately come to mind are jewelry and purified water.
We can do whatever we want with the ride but we’re gonna have to incorporate some of this into it, and that’s gonna dictate the storyline of the original version of the ride.
Does anyone else have an idea for a major consumer product that could be related to anything geological??
I think a jewelry company would be the most realistic sponsor, but I’m totally open to suggestions.
A mining company perhaps too. That’s more industrial, but it could have a Universe of Energy vibe. “Hey this is all the cool stuff we do and stuff we make that you buy.” Rather than like a direct consumerism angle.
At the end of the day, traditional FW means there is a consumerism angle in play. So, considering the topic, the two consumer products that immediately come to mind are jewelry and purified water.
We can do whatever we want with the ride but we’re gonna have to incorporate some of this into it, and that’s gonna dictate the storyline of the original version of the ride.
Does anyone else have an idea for a major consumer product that could be related to anything geological??
I think a jewelry company would be the most realistic sponsor, but I’m totally open to suggestions.
A mining company perhaps too. That’s more industrial, but it could have a Universe of Energy vibe. “Hey this is all the cool stuff we do and stuff we make that you buy.” Rather than like a direct consumerism angle.
D Hulk
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Got some visual concept work completed...at least for the early, geology-focused pavilion. Here's an EPCOT Center style logo.
And here's a concept for the pavilion entrance & exterior, inspired by volcanic shapes crossed with World's Fair architecture (ran it through some '80s photo filtering):
And here's a concept for the pavilion entrance & exterior, inspired by volcanic shapes crossed with World's Fair architecture (ran it through some '80s photo filtering):
DeBeers? Sure they're evil, but what Disney sponsor company wasn't?
TwilightZone
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Well to be fair epcot has some oddball sponsors.
The land presented by kraft/nestle
Imagination presented by kodak
both companies barely cover what the pavilions are about. Kodak is a bit more forgiving than kraft and nestle however
Love the logo! Love that design!Got some visual concept work completed...at least for the early, geology-focused pavilion. Here's an EPCOT Center style logo.
And here's a concept for the pavilion entrance & exterior, inspired by volcanic shapes crossed with World's Fair architecture (ran it through some '80s photo filtering):
DeBeers? Sure they're evil, but what Disney sponsor company wasn't?
But, I’ll let you know because I feel like you’d want to that The Land’s glass structure is literally supposed to represent a volcano. Why? I have no idea. Nowhere within the pavilion do they address volcanoes. But that was the inspiration for it.
For sure! I mean at least The Land has the greenhouses where they grow the food you can then eat. So a food company sponsored the food pavilion. I just basically need to be able to tie it all together somehow.
D Hulk
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CURSE YOU LAND PAVILION!
Alright then, any other concepts for our pavilion architecture?
TwilightZone
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TwilightZone
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One of my thoughts is a Mountain....but might be too similar to Imagination's pyramid
Another is a jagged rock
Well I LOVE the rest of that entrance structure.
Maybe a portion of a cross section of the planet? Idk. I’m trying to think of something cool that isn’t too literal, only loosely related. Maybe it should look like a gem??
This was the facade for the geology thrill ride I conjured up for my own personal EPCOT project on here a few years back. Totally stole the name from the old Disneyland Tomorrowland walkthrough exhibit. But I called it a tribute, it really kinda was.
TwilightZone
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This is doable!
Once again a bit worried though it might be too similar to imagination but the striking shape could be enough to set it apart
@D Hulk that looks AWESOME!!!
Sooooo. I’m thinking these scenes (not necessarily in this order, but we’re gonna show all these things and talk about the byproducts they produce).
• Earth forms
• Plate tectonics
• Glaciers
• Water cycle
• Limestone caves
• Diamond mining (we didn’t all think it was evil in 1982).
• Diamond rain on Neptune
• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Finale of some sort
A portion of the post show could include a museum style exhibit on types of rocks and minerals. And probably what they’re most used for.
We could include a high end jewelry store because consumerism.
We could have a play area and/or a film attraction.
Sooooo. I’m thinking these scenes (not necessarily in this order, but we’re gonna show all these things and talk about the byproducts they produce).
• Earth forms
• Plate tectonics
• Glaciers
• Water cycle
• Limestone caves
• Diamond mining (we didn’t all think it was evil in 1982).
• Diamond rain on Neptune
• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Finale of some sort
A portion of the post show could include a museum style exhibit on types of rocks and minerals. And probably what they’re most used for.
We could include a high end jewelry store because consumerism.
We could have a play area and/or a film attraction.
D Hulk
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All rock solid ideas, Tegan. (Heh heh 
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The ride narrative could be traveling progressively deeper into the earth’s crust, through the many different layers all the way to the molten core. The various human interest topics you covered above could still appear.
Ride system? The standard omnimover, or something else? It might be on-theme to do a large group train, like Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland.
Reposting my earlier geology pavilion ideas.
)The ride narrative could be traveling progressively deeper into the earth’s crust, through the many different layers all the way to the molten core. The various human interest topics you covered above could still appear.
Ride system? The standard omnimover, or something else? It might be on-theme to do a large group train, like Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland.
Reposting my earlier geology pavilion ideas.
Or the geology idea, the Inner Earth Pavilion. Designed like a conical manmade volcano, surrounded by more naturalistic rock work and lush volcanic soil landscaping. Entered via underground lava tube. (Volcano also = fire! @pix) Main 1980s ride is a typical EPCOT long slow dark ride, themed to probing the increasing depths of the earth’s layers. Maybe an original mascot to go with it? Maybe preceded by a “terravator” pre-show, which is very “Living Seas” and also used on DisneySea’s JTTCOTE.
Post-ride exhibit, The Rock Works, on unique rock types, plus interactive excavation pits (playground a-la Boneyard?). And an overall pavilion common space like a geology HQ miles underground.
Into the 2000s, there’d be a short-lived Atlantis overlay perhaps, since that’s precisely the era when Imagineering hoped that movie would hit big. Maybe more...the 2000s are the hardest for me to grasp.
Come the 2020s the OG ideas are restored and modified for FW’s new “nature” are that I haven’t researched, with perhaps a thrill ride added into an expansion pad - maybe a variant on the Geyser Mountain “spaceshot” concept of riders being launched vertically from the volcano. Maybe a small C-ticket with IP, like e.g. Rock Talk with Korg (& Miek) - Disney cannot use Avengers in Orlando, but these guys I think are OK.
And the main ride gets a new narrator in each era, going from a Tom Brokaw / Dan Rather type (Cronkite is used already, right?) and ending today with, naturally, The Rock. We can never use him enough!
Pavilion interior inspired by You Only Live Twice
pix
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IM THE BRUNETTE THEN!
I like the idea of somewhat in between jewelry and mining with a focus on gemstones and rocks.
Oh jeez we had a lot of similar thoughts!! Awesome!!All rock solid ideas, Tegan. (Heh heh
The ride narrative could be traveling progressively deeper into the earth’s crust, through the many different layers all the way to the molten core. The various human interest topics you covered above could still appear.
Ride system? The standard omnimover, or something else? It might be on-theme to do a large group train, like Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland.
Reposting my earlier geology pavilion ideas.
Yeah I’m a sucker for Omnimovers, and they LOVED them in EPCOT. But even in 1983 FW has four of them so I’m game for having something else if it works!