WALL-E @ Mission: Space?

[spacedog]

since the official downloadable program @ pixarweekend.com doesn't say anything about it, i'm guessing it was too difficult to pull off logistically. (the 700 lb. animatronics were never able to meet and greet fans during their tour of science museums in 2008, due to safety concerns; even assuming they'd fence off the roll-in and roll-out and park it for the sake of pictures, it still seems like it would be a tough amount of crowd management.)

and i'd imagine the roped-off area for entrances and exits of an animatronic of that size would be obvious whether he was out at the moment or not.

so (heavy, heavy sigh) this is probably not happening.

BUT, has anybody actually been to mission:space today to confirm one way or another?

i'm arriving @ MCO at 8:30 am tomorrow morning, and the path i take out of the airport will be significantly different if i know whether there's actually an animatronic wall-e on site. (no: casually drive to the hotel, check in, maybe take a nap, head over to epcot eventually. yes: drive DIRECTLY TO EPCOT.)

EDIT: apparently my plan B is to head directly for star tours... :sohappy:

 

[Contrast]

I would love to see some inclusion of WALL-E in Epcot, it's a real classic Pixar film and I think a lot of people would appreciate more WALL-E there. A whole ride dedicated to it? Maybe not but I do think if they could come up with something really creative and fun for all ages then sure.

 

[Andy01]

I would love to see a Wall-E animatronic in a similar way to the Luxo Jr that used to be in Pixar Place. It would be cool to see him interacting with objects, since interacting with guests seems to be impossible.