EPCOT Why no New Updates to EPCOT?

["El Gran Magnifico"]

The constant snark on this board is tiresome and unoriginal.

I tried to be less snarky, once. People thought the server got hacked.

 

[HMF]

They’ve finished wrecking the park.

To me that happened 6 years ago.

 

[HMF]

We can only hope that the descent animation will be updated since that is something they could have already been working on, but that might even be asking for too much.

Why bother? They are probably going to take out the screens anyway. The best thing they can realistically do to improve the ride is edit out the stupider parts of the narration and turn the paper boy around and that probably is asking for too much.

 

[HMF]

LOL!!! Imagination feels like it is being purposely ignored....maybe until no one can remember what was great about it at one time.....sort of like they did with Tom Sawyer's Island over the years...
The Fountain issue is unrelated to Imagination in particular but EPCOT in general... And has become a symbol of the failed rebirth of EPCOT project... At this point, they should realize that portion (among others) is a dismal failure and just do whatever it takes to fix it...Make it the beautiful, kinetic heart of the area.... instead of an odd planter with completely uninspired plantings and broken lighting effects...The park deserves better....and so do the guests.

Communicore Hall tells everything I need to know regarding this transformation. sure they are using the trappings and nomenclature of EPCOT Center but they don't know or care why people liked it so much. When you think about it, The jump from EPCOT Center in 1982 to Epcot 94 wasn't that big a jump. Yes the signage was more in your face and tacky as things were in the 90s but they still aspired to entertain, inform and inspire. The jump from Epcot 94 to EPCOT today is much wider since yes they brought back the old logos and aesthetics but they clearly are not aiming to inform or inspire anymore and what they consider entertaining would be no less entertaining if it was at the Magic Kingdom.

 

[HMF]

I agree, this is Disney's Mode of Operation! This is how they orchestrated the mu*der of Muppets 3D.

Its only a matter of time for Imagination. Some day we will be saying RIP Figment...

It's how a lot of classic attractions were murdered. Even the ones that are supposedly "sacred" are not immune to being messed with. (Pirates, Mansion etc.) The only reason we don't have Disney characters in Small World is because TDO is too cheap to pay for them.

 

[HMF]

unless they plan on streaming the Jeremy Irons version onto those screens,

That would be preferable actually.

 

[Moth]

Patience.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

To me that happened 6 years ago.

For me it's way further back. Mid 90s when Horizons lost its sponsor and went seasonal (culminating in eventual closure) and World of Motion closing. Followed by Imagination. I knew the writing was on the wall even at that point, and I was still a young child at the time. I cringe just thinking about what they wanted to do to Spaceship Earth (but thankfully couldn't due to apparent structural issues)... Things just kept getting worse and worse from there. Malestrom and Wonders of Life were the last good additions to the park that mostly honored the original intent IMO. And maybe a handful of the Innoventions exhibits (though not as many hits as one would hope).

 

[Bocabear]

For me it's way further back. Mid 90s when Horizons lost its sponsor and went seasonal (culminating in eventual closure) and World of Motion closing. Followed by Imagination. I knew the writing was on the wall even at that point, and I was still a young child at the time. I cringe just thinking about what they wanted to do to Spaceship Earth (but thankfully couldn't due to apparent structural issues)... Things just kept getting worse and worse from there. Malestrom and Wonders of Life were the last good additions to the park that mostly honored the original intent IMO. And maybe a handful of the Innoventions exhibits (though not as many hits as one would hope).

Project Geminii had some good ideas...Time Racers was just not one of them... It was still a grand reimagining... Adding a rainforest coaster to The Land would have been great....A Mini Autopia added to the World Of Motion would also have been a great addition... Rwetaining the symmetry of the park, adding things VS replacement.... There were some good ideas...