Originally Posted By mousermerf Disney filed a permit to today refurbish the "Japan Castle" and according to the map on the permit that is the full warehouse building that's back there, as the permit covers just over 1 acre of land. Is this prep work for something bigger or does Disney need a high quality storage space?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Japan in Epcot? I sorry I must be lost. Or is there a Castle in the Japan palavon?
Originally Posted By MPierce That is very interesting. I still don't think it's a ride though. Disney just isn't very good about keeping things like that quiet very long. Except maybe that structure that is going up next to the Contemporary resort.
Originally Posted By hopemax My guess would be convention/special event facilities. I think people (leemac?) have said in the past Epcot Special Events wants more space.
Originally Posted By MPierce Now that I think about it, didn't you make mention of something scheduled for Japan last year Spirit?
Originally Posted By dshyates Well,...hmmm...... Spirit did say something about this about 10 months or so ago. Care to elaborate for us on your "interesting" comment in post #2, Spirit?
Originally Posted By dshyates Wait, first, let me try and remember. It is a ride, but not Fuji MT. OK Thats all I remember.
Originally Posted By jmuboy What a great place for a ride! Maybe a simulated bullet train ride through the history of Japan?
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Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Now that I think about it, didn't you make mention of something scheduled for Japan last year Spirit?>> Good memory. I believe I worded it as something being planned. Something BIG. <<Well,...hmmm...... Spirit did say something about this about 10 months or so ago. Care to elaborate for us on your "interesting" comment in post #2, Spirit?>> Nah. ... Not because I am hiding anything, just because I haven't heard about anything actually getting final approval. So, I guess what I'm saying is 'I know nothing!'
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is it possible that they have finally decided to put in Meet the World? They planned the space for it originally, but ran out of time and money, so they left the empty building waiting for the attraction to go inside. Now that Meet the World has closed in TDL, it seems semi-possible that they have finally decided to put it into Epcot.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Absolutely not on Meet the World. It was cut for all sorts of cultural and political reasons (they were worried what some people would think about only touching on Japan's role in WWII). Besides, Disney doesn't do 30-minute AA shows anymore. That's so 1980s!
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<I say "bring back the 80's">> Except for the mullets. I love the music, I like the cheaper prices, but the mullets are just awful. A Flock of Seagulls combover (combforward may be more appropriate) would be COOL though .
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp Meet the World was one of the most interesting "new" attractions we saw at TDL - wizzing by 2000 years of history, with this notable gap around the middle years of the 20th century. As Americans, we were interested in seeing how they were going to present Japan's involvement in WWII - simply, they just ignored it.
