Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt <<When my kids get older I have to come by myself so I can take in the things they refuse >> last trip my kids were 7 & 9 & EPCOT was there favorite park!!
Originally Posted By danyoung >...still haven't figured out how they do the projections in living seas.< Very thin, very clean glass, with the exact same ph as the water around it, so that it's almost invisible. Very well executed! > I miss the little chariot too in the scene of Rome. Funny how a little thing like that can change your view on the entire attraction.< This one really bothers me, because as I see it there was no reason at all to discontinue it. The same projection that carried the chariott also carried fire along the roadways, making this scene really stand out. Now it's just kinda blah. Bad show, Disney!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I miss the little chariot too in the scene of Rome. Funny how a little thing like that can change your view on the entire attraction. << Yeah, that was one of the best details in the old SSE. I guess I'm not enamored with Epcot like a lot of you are. SSE, the Seas, and the Land/Soarin' are the only attractions I always visit in Future World. Maybe Test Track, but only if I'm killing time for something else. I almost always skip Energy, M:S, Imagination. And without fail I skip Innoventions. It's funny how a few years can change your perception of a place. A few years ago I thought Epcot was in pretty good shape, but now it seems like it needs more attention--especially Imagination, Wonders of Life, and Energy (and if we were honest, Test Track does, too). I guess that's the problem with having four theme parks. It's like the circus act with the spinning plates. Epcot could use some updating, but so could MK and DAK and MGM. I think the entire WDW Resort would have been so much better off if they only had three theme parks to manage and keep up to date.
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl Epcot is my favorite park too! My kids and grandkids love to spend time there. We usually spend at least a third of our trip wandering the world!
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<This one really bothers me, because as I see it there was no reason at all to discontinue it. The same projection that carried the chariott also carried fire along the roadways, making this scene really stand out. Now it's just kinda blah. Bad show, Disney!>> They got rid of it because it looked like a ghost, and WDI didn't have the money to upgrade it during the refurb. Can't say I disagree with their decision.
Originally Posted By danyoung I completely disagree with it! It always had a ghost-like look, and that's what made it so cool. And knowing tech as I do, I can't see the need for anything other than a new projector bulb to brighten the image. Seems like kind of a cheap move to me.
Originally Posted By MPierce <<When my kids get older I have to come by myself so I can take in the things they refuse >> >> last trip my kids were 7 & 9 & EPCOT was there favorite park!! << >> Epcot is my favorite park too! My kids and grandkids love to spend time there. We usually spend at least a third of our trip wandering the world! << You both have exceptional Kids, and Grandkids. While I love Epcot now, I'm afraid I would have been totrally bored with it as a child.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >> Street perfomer in France as well-- this stuff makes EPCOT work evenmore IMHO-- wish there was more of it << What was the street performance in France this year? -------- a combo mime and balancing act-- stacking 6-10 chairs up and standing atop -- was entertaining
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >> JII - I really like the concept of Figment ( although I still think it worked better with Dreamfinder than Eric Idle) - surprisingly was about a 20 minute line each time we went << The parks must have been packed. ------------- they were
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I completely disagree with it! It always had a ghost-like look, and that's what made it so cool. And knowing tech as I do, I can't see the need for anything other than a new projector bulb to brighten the image. Seems like kind of a cheap move to me. ---- agree and that scene completed the thought there to move on with the dark ages.. also I love Judy Dench as an actress in almost anything she's been in..but the narration is kinda flat
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<What was the street performance in France this year? -------- a combo mime and balancing act-- stacking 6-10 chairs up and standing atop -- was entertaining>> Didn't see any live entertainment in France, but we saw a mime/juggler in Italy this summer who was really good. But he used a whistle. He blew it so much I wanted to shove it down his throat. Except for the whistle he put on a really good show.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 this guy was good- no whistle -- LOL! and street performers in UK still doing the King Arthur deal choosing someone from the audience- got picked a few years back- was great fun
Originally Posted By MPierce >> a combo mime and balancing act-- stacking 6-10 chairs up and standing atop -- was entertaining << We saw him a few years back. Pretty entertaining. I still miss Bubbles Nicholas though. <a href="http://www.worldgateentertainment.com/Bubble%20Nicolas.htm" target="_blank">http://www.worldgateentertainm...olas.htm</a>
Originally Posted By MPierce >> agree and that scene completed the thought there to move on with the dark ages.. also I love Judy Dench as an actress in almost anything she's been in..but the narration is kinda flat << I so agree. It's almost as if her heart really isn't into it.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Didn't see any live entertainment in France, but we saw a mime/juggler in Italy this summer who was really good. But he used a whistle. He blew it so much I wanted to shove it down his throat. Except for the whistle he put on a really good show. << Saw him before too, and felt the same way.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I so agree. It's almost as if her heart really isn't into it.>> Personally, I can't blame her. I just think it's a poor, poor script. The past ones were very dramatic and sweeping. This one seems to try and be much more light hearted, which is a poor decision.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I think it's the script itself, not her. If it had been serious, Bond-esque, and actually dramatic, as SSE is supposed to be, her voice would have accented that. We need her "M" voice! Otherwise, the attraction is still my favorite.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 it's got to be-- I have seen her in so many BBC things- she is always fairly dynamic--at the very least eloquent
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I should also point out that the music has a LOT to do with her intonation and how the message is portrayed. Someone made a mash-up of the Dench Narration to the Irons score, and the mood was TOTALLU changed.
