Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Well its not empty right now! The inside of the building looks incredible! Spotless, absolutely spotless. Right now the Pavallion is being used for some of the wine tasting events during the Food and Wine Festival. So you can mingle with wine owners ( no Fess Parker, drat!). You can buy many different wines sans Iron Horse Fairy Tale Shiraz. There is a welll stocked gift shop ( we found a Reme stuffed rat, has to be the most difficult to find Disney stuffed chracter right now ). And of course a portion or the Pavallion has been dedicated to selling the new DVC's over at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Check it out! In terms of the rides found in the Wonders of Life... looks like they all might still be there. It just looks like they walled off the corridors going to one of them, Body Wars was roped off. I'm really pleased to see that Disney is putting that building to good use. And since the temps right now in Orlando are in the 90s. This building is a pleasant "hidden" oasis from the the rest of EPCOT. It looks like the Odessy building is being used for cooking demonstrations right now. In terms of the Food and Wine Festival apparently the "must eat item" is the Buffalo shank with wild onions which is being presented by Oklahoma next to the American Adventures Pavaillion. Who knew Olkahoma had winerys? I sampled the Lamb Sliders in the New Zealand stand, yum!
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I had put photos up of it, but I thought it was not the best pavillion for the Food and Wine (too far off the beaten path). I would prefer to see it used for it's original purpose! The Odyssey is always used for the Demo's, and I recommend the Kefta and Baklava in Morocco. Combined with the mint green tea, it's plenty for a nice meal. Denise
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I would prefer this pavillion be totally gutted if not used for it's intended original theme.
Originally Posted By monorailfan We used to live in Central FL and remember Oct-Nov as being the slow months. So we booked a trip and were there last week and it was nuts. Insane. One cast member told me is was the busiest since New Years. I also noticed and talked to a lot of folks from Alabama? Apparently the whole state was on Fall Break? And yes, tons of Europeans, especially British, tourists. But when the US Dollar is collapsing and they get $2 for every pound, can you blame them? If I were a Brit I'd be living it up at the Grand Floridan. American's sure can't afford to stay there anymore.... One more thing for another post - last week we flew Soutwest and they suddenly changed their family pre-board policy. Combine that with their new boarding policy, much higher prices and non-participation in the Disney Express transportation from the airport, they have certainly turned un-family friendly. Unbelieveably, I now have a reason to go back to the legacy airlines.....
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Sorry. I can't get excited at all about a pavilion that featured THREE major attractions, 1-2 minor exhibits, a shop and a snack bar being repurposed as a glorfied conference room. I just expect more from Disney. I know. It's 2007. And we live in a WalMarted nation and I should just acccept it and ...save your breath.
Originally Posted By MPierce I never was a fan of WoL pavillion. However. I'm really less of a fan of Epcot turning it's buildings into special events, and convention facilities. So far we have WoL,Odyssey, Millenium Village. throw in the upper floor of the Imagination pavilion being used for nothing. What a waste of facilities that use to be open to regular guest.
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Originally Posted By cmash95 with the epidemic in childhood obesity, I hate to see this povilion turned into a conference center. there is so much they could do with the space. and you can update body wars and cranium command as well as add a couple of small shows on nutrition and excersize that kids would love to watch. maybe even do a cooking show with minnie and you could trade out the old excersize equipment and even have an area where you could play the next generation of wii games that get you moving. heck maybe you could get nintendo to be one of the sponsors. lots and lots of possibilities.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I just expect more from Disney. I know. It's 2007. And we live in a WalMarted nation and I should just acccept it and ...save your breath.>> As if Wal-Mart would ever let space go unused. You'll need to come up with a new slam there Spirit!!
Originally Posted By dshyates I agree completely. There is this game coming to the Harry Potterland up the road where you buy a wand and then run around zapping things. It is the MaigiQuest technology. We did this at a Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg and it involved going up and down flights of stairs, and going down long hallways, down to the lobby, in the restaurant and so forth. My 2 kids, 6 & 10 a the time, ran til they were pink in the face, and still wouldn't stop. Nintendo, instead of making game stations, could wire up the entire building as one big EduWorkout. You buy one of those wii hand thingys for $14.99 theres one giant wallsized video screen and Golf balls and T-Balls, pitcher mounds throughout the pavilion and when you knock a ball it shatters a video window. You can stand in the paint ball pitch chose a color and size ball and fling. There could be shattering window target. Bulls-Eye target that do different things when you hit them. There could be wii activated AAs throughout the place. Body Wars update could be to go in and distroy cholesterol blocks in the neck and heart. I like the Minnie cooking show idea.
