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Originally Posted By plpeters70 This is great news!! Let's just hope that this means that the cemetary will be coming down sometime soon as well. Can't they just move these pictures somewhere else at EPCOT?? But more important - when is that WAND coming down???!!!!
Originally Posted By danyoung I'm glad they're staying up, at least for now. I enjoy the concept of my smiling face greeting thousands of visitors daily while I slave away here in Dallas!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I wish Disney had announced that earlier... we would have bought one last January. I actually kind of liked the "graveyard". I thought the slabs were somewhat reminiscent of the monoliths in '2001, A Space Odyssey', and thought they fit the future theme well. They won't be taking it down any time soon... people who just spent the money to buy one will want it around a while. I believe Disney guaranteed buyers that it would stick around until a certain date, but I forget what that date is.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I believe the guarantee on the bricks was 10 years -- I do have one of those
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I preferred when the entrance to Epcot was crowded with flower beds full of beautiful, vibrant color. The monoliths are just cold.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I totally agree Nikki. The current Epcot entrance just seems so barren and lifeless - like a desert. Way to much brown and not enough green. It's amazing how much a little grass and a few small trees will help an area seem more lush and inviting.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<The current Epcot entrance just seems so barren and lifeless - like a desert.>> Exactly - it's not happy, it's not cheerful, and it certainly doesn't make me want to explore the area.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It could be easily fixed by adding planters to the top of the monoliths.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I preferred when the entrance to Epcot was crowded with flower beds full of beautiful, vibrant color. The monoliths are just cold.>> Yep ... it does feel like a memorial. The entrance to EC used to feel grand in scope, but also pleasant with trees, flowers and assorted greenery. Now, if you get seperated from your party, it's like playing hide and seek in a cemetary!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 for a short period of time - the Flower & Garden show, the entrance once again comes alive.....
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<It could be easily fixed by adding planters to the top of the monoliths.>> Then it would REALLY look like a graveyard - flowers on top of tombstones! <<for a short period of time - the Flower & Garden show, the entrance once again comes alive.....>> I love what they do to the entrance for Flower and Garden. The topiaries are truly amazing.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Not flowers. I was thinking of greenery only; grass, hanging vines, etc.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> It's amazing how much a little grass and a few small trees will help an area seem more lush and inviting. << You do know that the Legacy stones didn't displace all the greenery, don't you? There's still a lot there. I'm actually more disappointed that something hasn't taken the place of the removed crystal pieces in the frontside fountain.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 "You do know that the Legacy stones didn't displace all the greenery, don't you? There's still a lot there." Yes, but it's all pushed to the sides and mostly blocked by the tombstones. The old entrance had low areas of grass and small trees in the middle, as well as that large planter. It was all so much greener, and a lot more inviting.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Yay! I just want to see the wand gone now. LOL has never sold well. They did give out free ones with packages a few years back, so that helped get more images up. But in the 8 or so years the stones have been there, even "free" didn't fill them.
