Epcot (General Discussion)

[snayberry]

Bummer that Fountain Of Nations is closing down.

 

[belloq87]

Spaceship Earth. Please.

 

[Scott W.]

A Muppets takeover would be great, Nobody will convince me any different. :tease:

 

[belloq87]

 

[Mad Dog]

Moment of silence for Electric Umbrella - the quick-service that gave Orlando United its first big break. :usa:

:thumbsup:....Can you elaborate? Curiosity and all.

 

[Nick]

All of this work is starting pretty much a week after the D23 Expo, so i'm assuming they'll be sharing a ton of information regarding all of this during the Parks panel.

 

[Doug A.]

All of this work is starting pretty much a week after the D23 Expo, so i'm assuming they'll be sharing a ton of information regarding all of this during the Parks panel.

Nice catch I didn’t even realize the dates were that close together.

 

[shiekra38]

A Muppets takeover would be great, Nobody will convince me any different. :tease:

I was thinking more Imagination pavilion

 

[UNIrd]

All those closures and the only loss I feel is for the fountains.

 

[Brian G.]

:thumbsup:....Can you elaborate? Curiosity and all.

Keep in mind, social media was very much in its infancy and not the tool it is today.

We were about a month old. Forums had been up, but the actual main site may have been 3-4 days old? I was still living in Miami at the time, and drove up to Epcot to meet up with the co-runner of the site. For lunch, we went to the Umbrella and he couldn't believe that chicken nuggets had been added to the menu.

Apparently, there was a big deal made within the DisCommunity that Disney removed chicken strips from the menus of most of the QS spots. So we wrote an article about how the strips became nuggets, and a lot of people were happy to see the news.

 

[Spaulding]

So very disappointed that the Baymax M&G seems to be closing just 2 weeks before our trip. Bah!

 

[Nick]

All those closures and the only loss I feel is for the fountains.

Yeah, really shows how much of a waste most of that space currently is.

I’m not a fan that they’ll be tearing down Inno East, but leaving up Inno West. The asymmetry is gonna really drive me crazy.

 

[Mad Dog]

Just about anything is better than most of that concrete wasteland. But will miss the fountain & Club Cool.

 

[Nick]

Just about anything is better than most of that concrete wasteland. But will miss the fountain & Club Cool.

They did make mention that Club Cool will return in one form or another. Hopefully closer to what’s currently there rather than the Coke building near MIB.

 

[Magic Feather]

Yeah, really shows how much of a waste most of that space currently is.

I’m not a fan that they’ll be tearing down Inno East, but leaving up Inno West. The asymmetry is gonna really drive me crazy.

Inno East is Staying up and West is Getting torn down. They are just waiting a little bit on west (probably until Southwest comes down)

 

[Nick]

Inno East is Staying up and West is Getting torn down. They are just waiting a little bit on west (probably until Southwest comes down)

So the whole CommuniCore structure will be down by the end? That makes the most sense, but had just been hearing that the MouseGears side was staying up.

 

[Yabbadabba Doh]

So the whole CommuniCore structure will be down by the end? That makes the most sense, but had just been hearing that the MouseGears side was staying up.

That’s what I had heard as well. Just a fix up and repurpose for the MG side.

All I can say is I’m glad they are finally doing some substantial work instead of bits and pieces. Looking forward to more design info!

 

[awhen]

Yes. The Muppets are.

 

[belloq87]

The Muppets are sacred... in Hollywood Studios.

Anyway, here's the real loss with the changes coming to the general Innoventions/Fountain area of Epcot: the amazing music loop will very likely be going away.

 

[shiekra38]

The Muppets are sacred... in Hollywood Studios.

That's a weird way to say on the chopping block