Originally Posted By mousermerf So.. you have an identical ride system. One still gets a line and people like to visit it, the other sits abandoned collecting dust. Why invest the money into upgrading Star Tours instead of fixing Body Wars first?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Star Tours= Synergy= $$$$$$$$$$ Besides, ST is still open, and MGM needs a draw. You make a good point, though. Maybe after this, they'll consider a new BW.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>Do they even open up WoL anymore?<< Nope. It's dead. It's only open for the Flower and Garden Fest, and the Food and Wine. They do seminars in there.
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<Do they even open up WoL anymore?>>> For events, but it's the space that is used, not the attractions. They're all walled off. Body Wars is identical to Star Tours. They could literally put the current Star Tours film into the projection system in th vehicle and load the movement profile and voila - Star Tours! Oh no.. oh no... horrible realization..
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA So, you're suggesting that they put 'Star Tours' into what used to the 'Wonders of Life'? (tapping microphone) Hello? Merf? You out there, buddy?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Didn't they do testing in there? >>> Oh no.. oh no... horrible realization..<< What? LOL.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Put Star Tours in EPCOT? That makes no sense. They have it in MGM.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer And by Cartoon Fish, I mean the fact that he's lacking in the futuristic theme, let's not get into that. ;-)
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I think it's really sad that Wonders of Life has been closed, and the attractions left to rot. Disney really needs to find a new sponser and do something with this space that doesn't involved using it for "special events". With that said, I think Body Wars has lived out its time, and should probably never make a comeback. It really wasn't that great of an attraction to begin with - and while I like the "Fantastic Voyage"-type theme, I think something totally new would be better for EPCOT. (Or maybe a ride-through like Adventures through Innerspace would be more interesting at this point - EPCOT is sadly short on those types of rides in Future World these days.)
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Why not Body Wars? Because they don't need to hose out the Star Tours simulators several times a day. BW was a decent enough attraction, but I for one came off it feeling ill every time I road and I wasn't alone in that. I can usually ride ST 2 or 3 times in a day before feeling a little queezy. I miss the WoL pavilion, but wouldn't ride Body Wars again if it returned.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> Who was that directed at?<<< The cartoon fish thing? It was an example of things that don't fit in EPCOT, which brings us back to the idea that ST would be put into the WoL.
Originally Posted By WDWFigment While I would love to see all of Wonders of Life come back for the sake of my own nostalgia, I really wonder if it's worth it (i.e. looking back, part of me wonders if it was that great in the first place). To the essence of what I think is your point, though, something substantive should go in that space. Unfortunately, I think it comes down to it being a valuable convention-center type location, and Disney figures the cost of running it year-round as attraction space isn't worth it given attendance at the park (as a whole; this is somewhat a question somewhat a statement). Although attendance numbers continue to go up, it seems that Disney doesn't really care about increasing capacity at EPCOT. Only TT and Soarin' ever have extremely long lines, so maybe they figure that there is no point in adding more capacity in the form of attractions that won't be big draws. However, that assumes that whatever is put into the pavilion wouldn't be a big draw. Do it right and there's no reason that it couldn't pack them in like Soarin' (after all, it's a non-thrill ride that has huge lines). Like I said, I know I'd love to see it receive attention.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Deb - Body Wars was designed as the more intense more thrilling upgrade to Star Tours. They ended up cutting out a chunk of the original ride sequence to calm it down and people still thought it too intense. Do you really think they'll not make the same mistake again with Star Tours 2?
