trainplane3
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It was on when I was there a few weeks ago but it seemed much weaker then it used to be. Could just be a "me" issue though.
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Updates to the Seas Pavilion
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trainplane3
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Ok so it wasn't a "me" issue. It looks much better then when I was there like 3 weeks ago. It was barely working on the left side of the sign and did nothing on the right.
cheezbat
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Ban?
raymusiccity
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I'm so glad they listened to you! Please work your way down the list of things that need to be operational again. I was surprised that the shark popping out of the submarine's bow is working again! (Nigel ?)
Animaniac93-98
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The Great Gonzo
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I don't think anything will be IP free anymore. We can only hope they don't put anymore unrelated IP's.
oogie boogie man
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I actually thought the same thing when I first visited Epcot as a child. I thought it had too much Edutainment. But then I found Maelstrom and I feel deeply in love with Epcot.
.... And I still have stuck with her to this day.... And will continue to despite all of the surgery she's had to look younger.
Little Green Men
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The Land, Test Track, Mission: SPACE are all IP free
MonorailCoral
Active Member
During a recent visit to a local aquarium, at the tank with the clownfish and blue tangs, there were several "Baby shark!" for every "Nemo!" and "Dory!".
There weren't even any sharks in the tank.
TeriofTerror
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Who pays all of that money to punish their children? My father had cheaper, far more effective methods. Disney, including Epcot, was really the only joy I experienced in my childhood.
MonorailCoral
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The early memories of Epcot in the 80s as a young child I still retain are:
-The loading/unloading of the Spaceship Earth ride and how the platform constantly moves with the seats, and the steep incline/backwards decline at the beginning and end. The ride itself inside I retain no memory of, except it was dark and it probably gave both me and mom a chance to nap.
-The Living Seas as it was meant to be seen, the feeling of going down underwater in the "hydrolators", and thinking that the diver was going to drown in the entry/exit chamber.
-Living With The Land...but nothing else about that pavilion.
-The Universe of Energy's unique "ride" system. Oh, and something about dinosaurs.
-Saw the Monorail every once in awhile.
-Too young to ride on Body Wars, and stuck waiting in that pavilion with grandma for what felt like hours while others in our group were in line for it. Incredibly bored.
-Waiting around to see some movie about (or starring) Michael Jackson.
-The jumping fountains!!(!)
-There's the Monorail again!
-Don't remember how a stuffed Figment came home with us, but it did.
I have no other memories from young childhood of anything else or any other pavilions that would have existed there in the mid-late 80s...And the entire World Showcase may as well have not even existed. Considering I can still recall lots of other fun memories around the same age (and even earlier), including the Magic Kingdom, River Country, and even the hotels we stayed at on US 192, that doesn't bode well for the appeal of early Epcot for young children. Although I wouldn't go so far as to call it a "punishment"...more like "always relegated to Day 2" (if there was a Day 2).
Animaniac93-98
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None of which were built when Iger was CEO.
I believe the point was that IP rides from now on will be the rule, not the exception.
Little Green Men
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Weren’t MS and TT updated when he was CEO? And the only IP in COL was removed and will be replaced with an IP free film as well
RSoxNo1
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Epcot's attendance 1987: 13,277,000
Epcot's attendance 1997: 11,800,000
Epcot's attendance 2007: 10,930,000
Epcot's attendance 2017: 12,200,000
RSoxNo1
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There has not been a new stateside ride approved under Iger that didn't include an IP. The closest things have been updates to Test Track and Mission: SPACE.
Little Green Men
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Which is exactly what I said.... plus awesome planet
RSoxNo1
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They've approved shows and divisionary things without IP, just not rides. The original Rivers of Light was also free of IP.
UNCgolf
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Even though I love EPCOT and think it was the best theme park Disney has ever built, that's a little misleading since EPCOT was the only other park on property in 1987. By 2007, people could skip EPCOT entirely and still go to three other parks. Of course EPCOT was also significantly worse in 2007 than it was in 1987, but there are multiple factors at work there.
peter11435
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Miss Adventure falls.... but that’s a bit of a stretch.
Steph15251
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Spaceship earth,soaring are not IP too