Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1161.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Epcot Update</b></a> Pictures taken on February 17th at Epcot including Flower and Garden Festival installation, the new Pixie Hollow Fairies Meet and Greet and much more.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 I will be there in two weeks. I am really looking forward to being at WDW during Flower & Garden Festival. The last time was in 1995. Thanks for the "sneek preview"!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Who cares about Faeries and FG!? I see some whirligigs are gone!!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting that they moved the butterfly tent. I guess it's so they have some more room for Pixie Hollow, but it looks like there's also the benefit of a larger tent this year. The one in the past was pretty neat, but a little on the small size. It will be interesting to see if it's still as easy to spot the butterflies in the new one. And do any of the other countries have their own merchandise lines like the Germany shirts and mugs? I always like seeing more specific merchandise in the parks, so it's great to see these, but they do still manage to have a pretty generic look to them somehow.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I loved all the pictures. The only thing is on the butterfly, when I first looked at it I saw a spider.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I thought it looked like a spider too. Brings back great memories of the Flower and Garden Festival.
Originally Posted By jodiefra Thank you so much for the beautiful pictures! I've never been to Epcot during the festival but these make me feel like I'm visiting from a few states away. Love it!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Wait - are they actually re-painting the legs on Spaceship Earth to remove the stupid, fake "Leave a Legacy" monoliths? Does this signal the start of the eventual removal of the graveyard stones??
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It could be. If they would finally paint the OTHER one... It's been almost a month!
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<It's been almost a month! >> You're kidding??! Have standards actually fallen so far? This thing is one of their most photographed icons, and they leave it half painted for over a month? Yikes!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When did they shut down the Leave a Legacy program? Wasn't it around 2006? The contracts say that the photos will be displayed for at least 10 years, so we have a while before the last ones expire. That said, the first photos have already met their requirements and could be removed from the park. I remember reading somewhere that the photos could be moved somewhere else in the park if Disney chooses to (though that would cost money to temporarily relocate them until they expire, so I doubt that will happen), so they could redo the entrance any time now. I would guess that they'll wait until at least when the last ones expire before they make any drastic changes, but we'll see. Personally, I thought that the painted ones on the legs of SSE made the whole thing work. It did a good job of continuing the visuals from the smaller ones onto the existing structure, and really connected the area. I'm not sure if it would have looked any better if they had used real stone, since it would be glued on the side of the legs, but I guess that might have made a difference. But it would be nice if they could at least make the two sides match now. It doesn't really matter to me which one they choose, but they really should be consistent.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>You're kidding??! Have standards actually fallen so far? This thing is one of their most photographed icons, and they leave it half painted for over a month? Yikes!!<<< Yup. Isn't that insane. Reportedly, they *have* painted other parts of the building since then. But they left the most notable part undone. Idiotic.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>When did they shut down the Leave a Legacy program? Wasn't it around 2006?<<< June 2007. (I remember because I was there. LOL)
Originally Posted By jmuboy Oh well, one more or 3 months - just happy those silly brown stripes are going away!!! When will LaL blocks become planeters and trees again? With all the changes in Innoventions Plaza there is a lot of the EPCOT circa 2000 that's going away and parts of streamlined EPCOT circa 1982 is returning. EPCOTS entrance will never be fully restored to the original glory. TDO does not have the vision for that. But just the smallest bits of progress are well - still progress.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I'd be a heck of a lot happier if they would just get rid of the ridiculous purple tarps in Innoventions Plaza. Those things just look tacky - and have from Day 1!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The awing in the plaza is particularly nice when it rains! Instead of keeping folks under it dry, the edges of it simply collect the water from each panel, and dump it on the ground, waterfall style. Good thing it rarely rains in central Florida, or that could get really annoying...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer LOL ^^^^ >>>>Oh well, one more or 3 months - just happy those silly brown stripes are going away!!! When will LaL blocks become planeters and trees again? With all the changes in Innoventions Plaza there is a lot of the EPCOT circa 2000 that's going away and parts of streamlined EPCOT circa 1982 is returning. EPCOTS entrance will never be fully restored to the original glory. TDO does not have the vision for that. But just the smallest bits of progress are well - still progress.<<<< Well, in the time they've taken to do the little bit of work that they've done in the plaza... 3 years... In that same time, from 1994 to 1997, the WHOLE pavilion had been overhauled. Horrid, huh ?
Originally Posted By danyoung >d be a heck of a lot happier if they would just get rid of the ridiculous purple tarps in Innoventions Plaza. Those things just look tacky - and have from Day 1!< In your opinion. I think they look great, and add a fun, kinetic element to a large somewhat sterile place.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<In your opinion. I think they look great, and add a fun, kinetic element to a large somewhat sterile place.>> I realize we're dealing with opinion here, but what "kinetics" do the tarps add? Kinetic implies motion, and those tarps are pretty stationary. They don't add any movement to the plaza. I'll grant you that the plaza hasn't looked very good since they removed the lovely pond and trees that used to be there, but the ugly purple tarps are not a good remedy to the plaza's problems. They really need to go.
