Originally Posted By mousermerf Does anyone know what's next for Epcot? It seems to just be sitting there ready to stagnate, with a noticeable trend in guest opinion already going back toward the "boring and outdated" comments which it had stayed away from between Soarin and Nemo's opening. We'd all like them to overhaul Imagination but it's look less and less likely - they just redid the floors that cover the area of the old ride path and did their best to extend the shelf life of the Imageworks. And what about Energy? It's lookin pretty ancient. Will they EVER build anything in World Showcase? Things seem quite bleak at Epcot. I refuse to be excited about yet another Innoventions addition - those things are about as interesting as watching paint dry. What else is coming? Anyone know?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Not long ago, my sisters and I had heard a rumor in regard to some sort of white water river rafting experience for Epcot--between the new Soarin' Building and Canada--which would, supposedly, block the view of the Soarin' building from behind Canada. But we refuse to cheat by looking into our crystal ball to see if it's true or not. You'll all just have to be patient and wait...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I had also heard the idea of a Canadian raft ride, but I think it may have been mostly based in just internet fantasizing. People were coming up with ideas for how to disguise the Soarin' building, and the mountain idea came up several times. Since we all know Disney wouldn't want to spend the money to just build a mountain on the side of the building, there would have to be more to it. Insert the raft ride and a Brother Bear (pretty current at the time of the discussions of it) theme, and it sounds pretty great. These rumors have continued popping up since then, but I don't think there is any real substance to it. The DAK raft ride seems to be enough to fill WDW's need for a get-you-soaked type attraction, so I would be pretty surprised to see another one any time soon.
Originally Posted By mousermerf So, any other viable leads? Burnham Institute has yet to appear in Epcot despite a 10year contract that was part of the negotiation to bring them to the Orlando area. The Kim Possible thing keeps showing up as construction permits, but no one really knows what they're up to or when it'll open. The Waste Management games were beta-tested upstairs in Imagination, as was KP. It's like they have an affinity for the location but wont open it for guests. Spirit said something behind Japan was rumored, but there's no sign of that. Wall-E might need a home, though i've heard his "living character" is going to DHS. But wouldn't an attraction most likely end up in Epcot?
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 I heard a rumor of a third concourse going into soarin to try an alleviate the running of the bulls that happens every morning.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun ^^^good way to put it. We have our first thing in EPCOT tradition. Getting a Soarin' FP, go ride SE, get the TT FP, then ride Soarin'. Actually DH gets the FP for Soarin', the kids and I wait outside. Is there anyway they could make an direct entrance to Soarin'? It would clear out the Land some and I may actually want to go in!
Originally Posted By DisDream I've heard a few different rumors. I heard that Joe Rhode is working on a new Mt. Fugi thrill ride for Japan. This may be different from the plans from the 90s. - Jim Hill claims that the next country will be Russia.
Originally Posted By SFH They main thing that will make anything a reality is a sponsor. If the Russian mob is willing to put up $$$, then a Russian pavilion will happen. SFH
Originally Posted By magic0214 <<Is there anyway they could make an direct entrance to Soarin'? It would clear out the Land some and I may actually want to go in!>> That would be a great idea! Instead of you walking in to soarin that would be like a post show. I mean you could still go there without riding the ride but it would be cool to spit you out there and enter from outside
Originally Posted By oc_dean I would love to see the Mount Fuji idea (Matterhorn Bobsleds) for the Japanese pavilion revisited.
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 Wow. I was just looking at Google Earth for views on this Soarin building, and noticed that Imagination isnt a pyramid at all, just part of one! Thats Disney Magic right there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They're pretty much just the corners of the building but dresed up a bit. From the front it looks like they are entirely above the rest of the building, and just sort of sit on top of it, but from the aerial photos, you can see that they are a large part of the building, and only really look like pyramids at the bottom from two sides, but are 3D at the top. It works out quite nicely, considering you can see the tops from the World Showcase over the trees, but the bottom is blocked out. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2g5l4v" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2g5l4v</a>
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror I don't want WALL-E in Epcot. The whole world they created for the movie, says that the future is trash. I don't want "Future World" communicating that kind of bleak forecast - it's the exact antithesis of what Epcot was meant to be about.
Originally Posted By oc_dean You could say it backwards which is suoicilraxip ... but that is going a bit too far don't you think? Pixar that is!
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 That was such a nice word, I thought it was spelled backwards at first! Mainly because its so late though. Seriously though, Im tired of the "over pixarization". Yay they have rights to Pixar. But its not that major a part of Disney.
