Update pics I promised (JII pics inside)!

mastif

mastif

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Figment632 said:
OK Can we see them?

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Hmm This room brings back memories of 2007 when i worked at epcot. They were using this room for something, not sure what, but there were people in it all day and night with bright lights on. There were also a bunch of computers set up in here. I never asked, but it reminded me of some kind of telelphone fundraiser lol. I know that's not what it is, but seeing this pic just made me remember that, wonder whatthat was all about...?


JIYI video
 
mastif

mastif

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Horizons1;3717028 I wonder if when JII closed in 1998 said:
hey, u might be on to something. I think it would be great for them to have a EPCOT Center exhibit like they did during the 25th. It seems possible they could do it up here. Like you said, they could fix up that old technology so that todays youth could see how far we've come in the last 20 years. seems like a fitting idea for epcot.
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marni1971

marni1971

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so as some one who never got to visit imageworks in its glory, what did all the things do? what were the pin tables? it looks so cool up there!
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See a full video tour at Mousebits in a week or so ;)
Can you PM me to how to get up there?
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Unless you are a CM, don`t try it.
 
Jerm

Jerm

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marni1971 said:
Unless you are a CM, don`t try it.
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Even if you are a CM don't try it!!!! I have gone up to the floor before, but Image Works was always a no no! I would like that PM of how you got up there also....December can only get better.

Here is how I would love to see the top of the elevator again!
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Oddysey

Oddysey

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For those asking how to get up there the easiest way is to take the Undiscovered FutureWorld Tour. I took it in 2005 and in 2009. In 2005 it was part of the tour, and the most exciting thing I got to do up there was play with the pin tables. The Rainbow corridor was on, but we didn't go inside. It seemed like part of the corridor was missing and it was much smaller, but that could be because I am looking at it from an adult perspective now.

They have sense removed this area from the tour, but if you ask your guide politely they will likely take you up there.
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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Horizons1 said:
...It's almost like going...Back to the Future! *Hit it Silverstri!

Great pics, and it's definately a shame all of that sits upstairs unused. It's funny to be honest. So many people mourn the loss of the original ride, but looking at the pictures of the upstairs, it's almost as though it never left. Everything is still the same.

I wonder if when JII closed in 1998, if there ever was a plan to redo the upstairs Imageworks. Surely there must have a been a plan from the initial start of the project. I'm sure some great things were proposed, but then $$ came into play, and it all went kaput.

Personally, I'd love to see the whole upstairs come back as an entirely new Imageworks. Keep the Rainbow Corridor, though. Just a homage to the original attraction, and a little tribute for those of us who were lucky enough to experience back in its prime.

But if the space were to be utilized for anything else, why not an EPCOT Center style exhibit, similar to the EPCOT Gallery. Think about it, they wouldn't even have to change much cosmetically. That whole color scheme and style IS EPCOT Center. It IS the 80s. If everything were to come back on and work, and you left anyone who got to experience it back in the day up there, I'm sure they would totally forget that the original ride isn't there anymore. Maybe even be tricked into thinking that we're back in EPCOT Center.

Point is, and it's been beaten to death, it's a shame that such a unique area in Epcot goes unused. We all the know the current ImageWorks is crap. Hell, the 1982 technology could beat the crap out of the technology in the current ImageWorks if were to suddenly come back on. What is supposed to be an interactive playground of the future is now just an ugly mismatch of McDonald's Playland tubing and some cheap Photoshop programming.
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Nope, it was always the plan to move it downstairs...:( Liability and insurance are to blame.:eek:
 

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