Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2014/10/06/epcot-update-a-first-and-a-last/" target="_blank"><b>10/6/14: Epcot Update - a First and a Last!</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Those queues were pretty crazy! I wonder how they'll deal with the queue once the Frozen ride opens, since it will certainly be a big draw among a certain subset I'm still wondering how the lumberjack show got past the legal team; it just seems like an accident waiting to happen. How long until an axe slips out of someone's hands into the crowd, or the head of an axe breaks off, or a chainsaw malfunctions, or a woodchip hits somebody in the eye? It just seems like so many things that could go wrong! I can't tell how far away the audience was, but it seems like guests were relatively close In general, I agree that the premise of the lumberjack show can work in this location (though the venue clearly wasn't designed for it) but this show needs some serious work. I was never especially fond of Off Kilter (especially how you could clearly hear them across the lagoon), so I'm open to change, but this result leaves me somewhat cold
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn The most recent attraction added to World Showcase is the first to go.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip A Lumberjack Show is certainly more reflective of Canadian culture than a bunch of guys in kilts playing bagpipes... for those of you who care about such things.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: True. It's just easier to see what's under a man's kilts than it is to see what's up his pant's...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Oh, really? Somehow that's not what turns my engine on....
Originally Posted By Rsey103 >>The most recent attraction added to World Showcase is the first to go.<< I don't know what that means. >>ORDDU: Oh, really? Somehow that's not what turns my engine on....<< I know what that means. Sassy..
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I don't know what that means.<< Maelstrom was the last completely new attraction added to World Showcase (in 1988), and is the first to be completely removed. One could argue that the El Rio/Grand Fiesta changeover had a big enough impact that they're 2 completely different things (same with the 360 film updates in China and Canada), but it seems like the Maelstrom changes will be far more significant than those. At the very least, I would expect entire scenes to be rebuilt from the ground up, rather than simply swapping out one set of film for another
Originally Posted By danyoung I think out of protest I'll not be stopping to watch the lumberjack show. I'm sure there were good reasons for this change, but I really loved Off Kilter, and will miss them very much. I was there for their last set, and it totally bummed me out to walk by over the next few days, peek through the canvas, and see a big ol' empty stage . . .
