EPCOT Test Track to be reimagined

[HMF]

Insiders have mentioned they *could* create a whole new Yeti with a different swiping routine that wouldn't bend rods and pop pistons, and dislocate joints. The old Yeti is easily removable and, thus, a new one could easily be put in its place. ("easily" being relative)

Problem one: If the Yeti is still over the guests, then there is a whole slew of updated safety codes it has to pass. No one wants a one ton AA dropping on guests.

Problem two: There is internal conflict over whose budget this comes out of.

And both problems don't seem insurmountable (pun intended), but, yet... they seemingly are. Not even Deadpool could shame them into fixing it.

Problem Three-WDW doesn't like to shut down attractions until it is critically needed for refurbishment because they fear upsetting international or one-time visitors. Anaheim gets routine refurbishments all the time and their rides are mostly in objectively better shape because of it.

 

[HMF]

The more I reflect on it the more deeply I agree as well. That one should have been kept in perpetual storage (to emphasize, I realized immediately they just wanted to cash-in from MJ death) ...The cringeworthy parts I forgot about (or never noticed as a child) are indeed exponentially greater than the nostalgic slivers I remembered. I watched its predecessor, Magic Journeys, online with a friend a few weeks ago...same thing happened to me as when I watched EO in 2010...the cringe was ten times greater than the nostalgia EO was my attempt at an analogy. Still would like something done with that Magic Eye Theater besides "shorts festival"

Well, Magic Journeys was probably the closest thing to a vehicle to promote LSD to children at the time.

 

[HMF]

The more I reflect on it the more deeply I agree as well. That one should have been kept in perpetual storage (to emphasize, I realized immediately they just wanted to cash-in from MJ death) ...The cringeworthy parts I forgot about (or never noticed as a child) are indeed exponentially greater than the nostalgic slivers I remembered. I watched its predecessor, Magic Journeys, online with a friend a few weeks ago...same thing happened to me as when I watched EO in 2010...the cringe was ten times greater than the nostalgia EO was my attempt at an analogy. Still would like something done with that Magic Eye Theater besides "shorts festival"

HISTA would be preferable to the shorts festival and that literally inflicted more damage to the pavilion and led to the sad state it is in now.

 

[HMF]

2007 ending was "OKish...ONCE." I loved 1994 ending. I LOVED 1986 ending. No memory of 1982 ending

I am just going to put the final sentences from the 94 and 07 versions here for comparison.
94-Since the dawn of recorded time communication has revolutionized our lives and changed our world. We now have the ability and the responsibility to build new bridges of acceptance and cooperation between us. To create a better world for ourselves and our children as we continue our amazing journey aboard Spaceship Earth.
07-Well, I think the future you created looks quite promising, don't you agree? So here's to the next thirty thousand years on Spaceship Earth. While no one knows for sure what we will see or do, I do know it will be quite an adventure, an adventure that we will take and make together. See you in the future!

 

[HMF]

If they never brought back Captain EO, do you think they'd still have Shrunk the Audience in the Magic Eye Theater? Or would it have still eventually turned into the Disney Shorts Festival?

To be fair the one redeeming aspect to versions two and three of the ride is that they did bring a consistent overall concept for the pavilion along with HISTA. The problem was the rides sucked.

 

[HMF]

It's sad to see such a huge complex sit completely unused.

I am personally perplexed why Disney has not put two and two together and used the popularity of Inside Out to revive Wonders Of Life. I have had that idea since the day the first film came out and most of the time I am not fond of shoving characters into EPCOT for no reason. But this one was too painfully obvious.

 

[Brer Panther]

I am personally perplexed why Disney has not put two and two together and used the popularity of Inside Out to revive Wonders Of Life. I have had that idea since the day the first film came out and most of the time I am not fond of shoving characters into EPCOT for no reason. But this one was too painfully obvious.

Because it'd be too much work for Iger's cheapo Disney?

 

[HMF]

Because it'd be too much work for Iger's cheapo Disney?

It is legitimately fascinating because I am famously usually against IP integration into EPCOT and I am literally pleading them to put the Inside Out IP into EPCOT.