Originally Posted By DlandDug >>One of Disney's most stagnate sections of any park! Last attraction to open - The Maelstrom back in 1988. That's 24 years! Pathetic. No reason to return!<< Hey, hey! They added a Princess meet 'n greet to the Akershus restaurant!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Hey, hey! They added a Princess meet 'n greet to the Akershus restaurant!> Because nothing says 'Norway' than Disney princesses.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA True that! Some of the cutest cast members on the WDW property are from Norway and work at that pavilion.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I saw the Mt Fuji Mountain coaster at WDI in Glendale many years ago. It looked cool. At the time I asked what was going on with it and a friend told me that there was a lot of push back from the Japanese because the mountain is sacred plus I heard that Kodak was pushing back because of it's rivalry with Fuji Film. I tend to believe the first one because the source was fairly reliable at the time. Though stranger things have happened in business.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Some of the cutest cast members on the WDW property are from Norway and work at that pavilion. << Especially if you think STDs are hot.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I heard that Kodak was pushing back because of it's rivalry with Fuji Film. << I think this has been debunked as an urban legend.
Originally Posted By Scutr >> Can you imagine the US government footing the bill for the American Adventure?<< Not unless it featured a $30,000 toilet and was built using $10,000 hammers...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA >> Some of the cutest cast members on the WDW property are from Norway and work at that pavilion. << Especially if you think STDs are hot.> Huh? Care to explain?
Originally Posted By CDF2 A Swiss pavillion with a Matterhorn coaster would have been terrific - but given the scale of things it would have had to be scaled down from even the Disneyland version. The idea of having countries sponsor a pavillion is pretty much dead - kind of like the European economy right now.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Now don't go hating on Epcot's World Showcase... it is a GREAT place. Of course the Left Coasters never got DCA 1.0 either, so what can I say? The Showcase is great the way it is... PLEASE don't add more "rides" to that section of Epcot. At present the Showcase is the most beautiful outdoor dining/shopping/entertainment mall in the United States and that is just how I like it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I agree that World Showcase is a beautiful park I agree, Roadtrip. And, it shouldn't be immune to the 'never be completed' mantra of other Disney Theme Parks. It needs new attractions more frequently than every 24 years.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I would agree that it needs new pavilions. I just really don't want to see that area of the park made home to a headliner attraction. The Showcase is one place at WDW where you can almost always find a place to just sit and relax, enjoy a glass of wine, and soak up the atmosphere. I'd hate to see that change... it is what makes Epcot unique among the U.S. Disney Parks.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA True that, Roadtrip, true that. World Showcase and EPCOT Center were truly mind-blowers when I visited them for the first time in 1986. Really spectacular.
Originally Posted By dagobert If Disney decides to add new rides to World Showcase, I just hope that the rides will be about the country and not about characters. For example WDSP in Paris gets a Ratatouille ride housed in a building themed to Paris. That building would look fine when added to France in EPCOT. However I think the ride based on a Pixar movie shouldn't be added to that country.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I also like the World Showcase. I can understand some folks complaint that it is just one restaurant after another. I also believe the World Showcase would benefit from some rides and attractions. One concern I have always had was that it seems there were way too many movies in it for my taste. And movies do not make up for an attraction. If Disney ever had a "movie" park then EPCOT is their movie park. I do like a few offerings that EPCOT has over some of the other parks. EPCOT has several festivals during the year when various music groups come in and preform for guests. Nice touch! Another great thing about the World Showcase is that there is plenty of land available for more rides and attractions. My understand is that there are several countries like South Korea that would gladly come in and build a pavalion in the World Showcase as their expense if only Disney would let them do it. Apparently there is at least one country out there willing to foot the bill.
Originally Posted By fabshelly They also do things like the Phineas and Ferb/Kim Possible adventure and have redressed the films in China and Canada. I like the promenade feel of that part of the park. While the Rhine ride and Meet the World would have been interesting, I think it's fine with low-impact attractions. South Korea approached Disney, offering to pay for a pavilion, but Disney said no, opining that no one would be interested in it.
Originally Posted By HauntedMansionFan I always thought it was sort of interesting how some pavilions are considerably more extravagant than others. In the Norway pavilion, you get an attraction, a restaurant, a movie and several shops -- meanwhile, you can traverse all of Morocco in about five minutes. I'm definitely in favor of plussing some of those pavilions with additional attractions and other points of interest, especially since there are no plans to ever add new pavilions.
