Graveyard of the Future to be no more?

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    Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

    So, I've seen plenty of pictures across the webs with walls around some of the Leave a Legacy "sculptures". It begs the question of whether they are set to com down.

    Personally, even though I have one, I can't wait to see them go, and hopefully see the return of a beautiful, green Epcot entrance.
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    If it's the front left, they were hit by a truck during overnight work and the tiles from that block were moved next to guest relations.

    It's been like that for a very long time though.
     
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    Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

    Really? Damn.

    How long?
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    WDWmagic has a thread from around when it first popped up - was before Flower Garden, so at least early this year if not late last year.
     
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    Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

    Dang...Didn't notice when I was there last.

    This is what I get for getting excited. Haha
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    A mid to late April thread over there says "a few months" so I'm thinking it happened around February.
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    The interesting bit being that they seem to have no intention of fixing it.
     
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    Originally Posted By MPierce

    I can't believe they haven't fixed that yet. Now that's extremely bad show. Almost everyone that enters Epcot must pass by there.
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    >>> The interesting bit being that they seem to have no intention of fixing it.<<<


    exactly, and I can back up the "Hot by a Truck" claim.


    I hope that they are just walled of and not repaired...and that this speeds up that process.
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    The legacy stones are not massive solid slabs sticking out of the earth - they're panels glued together with what can best be described as bathroom caulk around a metal form.

    A truck hits it, it shatters, and all Disney needs to do to fix it is have a new sheet cut at their local home center - the same way they make granite counter tops.

    For some reason they chose not to.
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    ^^^Shhhhhh. They might not know that.

    And hopefully they'll be gone soon.
     
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    Originally Posted By CaptainMichael

    Who wants to apply for Future World 3rd shift truck driving to have a demolition derby in the entrance plaza?
     
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    Originally Posted By mousermerf

    3rd shift trucks break so much stuff at Epcot it's not funny.
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    ^yezplz
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    That post was for Mike...we so need quote.
     
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    Originally Posted By Manfried

    I wish they would just make it a nice clean entrance again.
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    Bringing back the original aesthetics, lighting, but in a more modern way (Think M:S with plants and water!) would really be nice.
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    * AND lighting.


    referring to SSE Color changing, of course.
     
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    Originally Posted By MPierce

    As long as my face adorns one of those tombstones they are not going away. My little plaque has become an iconic image at the entrance to Epcot!
     
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    Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

    Aren't you creeped out that your face is on a toombstone?
     

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