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Epcot (General Discussion)

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I'd die laughing if they added a fictional country to the World Showcase.
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Derek Burgan wants that land from Wreck it Ralph added to WS so...
 
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I'd die laughing if they added a fictional country to the World Showcase.
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Thematically, it's actually less offensive than Guardians. You could probably also argue than Frozen, because it's more rooted in reality. Culturally though, having your only legitiate representation of Africa in WS be a fictional country..... :bolt:
 
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Thematically, it's actually less offensive than Guardians. You could probably also argue than Frozen, because it's more rooted in reality. Culturally though, having your only legitiate representation of Africa in WS be a fictional country..... :bolt:
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The representation of Africa at DAK is a fictional country and is rooted in reality. I actually don't think there's an incredible difference between Harambe and Wakanda now that I think about it, but it's obviously more offensive to Africa as a nation for a representation of it to be a fictional comic book country.
 
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jtsalien said:
Thematically, it's actually less offensive than Guardians. You could probably also argue than Frozen, because it's more rooted in reality. Culturally though, having your only legitiate representation of Africa in WS be a fictional country..... :bolt:
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Pushes glasses up... well actually, Morocco is a part of the continent of Africa.
 
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The representation of Africa at DAK is a fictional country and is rooted in reality. I actually don't think there's an incredible difference between Harambe and Wakanda now that I think about it, but it's obviously more offensive to Africa as a nation for a representation of it to be a fictional comic book country.
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DAK being done so well is why I don't think we'll ever see Africa in Epcot.

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Pushes glasses up... well actually, Morocco is a part of the continent of Africa.
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You are 100%. That is a very intelligent way to look at it. However, as MIB taught us... A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it :lol:

I could just see the internet tearing it apart.
 
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DAK being done so well is why I don't think we'll ever see Africa in Epcot.
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Personally it's not overly needed. South American representation along with potentially Australia (although I can see that being a DAK thing) are things i'd like to see.
 
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Personally it's not overly needed. South American representation along with potentially Australia (although I can see that being a DAK thing) are things i'd like to see.
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Agreed. And because we can't have nice things, it's not like Disney doesn't have an extremely well loved Pixar IP to make a South America ride.
 
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Theres also that whole, Africa isn't a country thing.
 
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jtsalien said:
Agreed. And because we can't have nice things, it's not like Disney doesn't have an extremely well loved Pixar IP to make a South America ride.
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Yep. Up could work, but they won't do it.

We'll see if Brazil actually happens. I don't normally believe in the hype around pavilions, but it seems like there's legitimate movement with this and it could actually be a thing. It's just so hard to get hopes up considering the history with WS pavilions.

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Theres also that whole, Africa isn't a country thing.
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Yeah, it's kind of a continent.
 
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The continent of Africa is already represented by Morocco.
 
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Teebin said:
The continent of Africa is already represented by Morocco.
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I already said that. Beat you to it!
 
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Problem is it's hard to add another African nation as the US has rough relations with many currently. Egypt for example - i'm sure WDI would love that task, but there's just too many social issues there.
 
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:lol:

I'm actually not kidding about Spain and India, though. Both are in the pipeline for after Brazil (supposedly). India would be a good country to shoehorn the Jungle Book IP into.
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Odd that they would be looking at India for Epcot when Asia at Animal Kingdom already offers an opportunity for them to do India-inspired attractions. A Jungle Book attraction - being so inherently about animals - going anywhere other than AK would be a head-scratching move.
 
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Odd that they would be looking at India for Epcot when Asia at Animal Kingdom already offers an opportunity for them to do India-inspired attractions. A Jungle Book attraction - being so inherently about animals - going anywhere other than AK would be a head-scratching move.
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Indian food good. Epcot food better than rides. India good fit Epcot.
 
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Odd that they would be looking at India for Epcot when Asia at Animal Kingdom already offers an opportunity for them to do India-inspired attractions. A Jungle Book attraction - being so inherently about animals - going anywhere other than AK would be a head-scratching move.
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I was just throwing that out there about a JB attraction... certainly no info about that. Have to get a pavilion built first before they can even think of that and that's the tough part.
 
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Indian food good. Epcot food better than rides. India good fit Epcot.
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Certainly a compelling argument! Can't get on board yet, though!
 
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jtsalien said:
Come on guys, don't be ridiculous.
It's for Wakanda.
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Dammit, beat me to it!
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Indian food good. Epcot food better than rides. India good fit Epcot.
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Are you turning into the Hulk?
 
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Are you turning into the Hulk?
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LOL. No, more just explaining how the Disney execs' thought processes work when deciding these things.
 
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Honestly, Wakanda wouldn't be a terrible fit for EPCOT. It has a culture rooted in reality that's also a center of innovation and science. It'd almost be a decent bridge between FW and WS. That said, it'd still be a bit of a stretch.
 
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The question would be, does WDW have the ability to use Black Panther though.

To ask, has things been scaled back for the overhaul; following the problem that is the monorail?
 
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