Originally Posted By gaston lives I remember hearing rumors years ago about how they were going to put in an e-ticket roller coaster in China. Obviously, that's never happened, and I'm guessing it probably never will. Did anybody else ever remember hearing these rumors? Anything in the works for the future? Also, great food at the Nine Dragons or whatever it's called...a must stop for anybody hankerin' for a hunk o' chicken!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Nine Dragons takes a beating here sometimes but I have always enjoyed it -- especially for lunch. I never heard the the coaster thing for China....but that surely doesn't mean there wasn;t a rumor out there
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I remember hearing about a Mt Fuji coaster for Japan, and a mini Matterhorn for the proposed Switzerland pavillion, but nothing about China.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Is it possible that you're confusing China with the proposed coaster for Japan? I don't think I've ever heard about one that was planned for China, either.
Originally Posted By RandySavage There was a proposed coaster for Westcot in California called "Ride the Dragon" that was to be themed to the Great Wall of China. Seems like that could also work in Epcot's China.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Maybe it was for Japan, I'm not 100% sure. But I know that I did hear something out there.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 It must have been Japan and if I remember right there was even a porposed Godzilla tie in......
Originally Posted By irishfan Yeah, I remember the coaster rumour for Japan. Dont think Kodak would have been happy though with an attraction called Mt Fuji!
Originally Posted By brotherdave It was more than a rumor, Irishfan. There was actual artwork created for it. It showed the current Japan pavilion with a towering Mt. Fuji in the background. About midway down the mountain, a coaster vehicle (looking very similar to the current Matterhorn Bobsled/Space Mountain vehicles) was seen diving out of a tunnel in the side of the mountain down a 'terrain' hugging curving drop. Inside the mountain, the trains were supposed to race through the neon district of Tokyo (ala Rock n' Roller Coaster), and, reportedly, a large Godzilla was supposed to be in one scene. Of course, none of this materialized. It was proposed in the mid to late 1980s. On a similar note, the proposed Switzerland pavilion, to be located appropriately between Germany and Italy in World Showcase, featured Epcot's version of the Matterhorn, complete with it's own Bobsled coaster. This, too, was proposed in the late 1980s. It's too bad that neither one of these attractions were ever built.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Is there anything out there that's been proposed lately to spice up the World Showcase? I love it, but it needs some more attractions or rides. It's sad that the only rides are in Norway and Mexico.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^IIRC the Canadian pavilion has a circlevision show and the US pavilion has an audio animatronic show.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Yes, but those are not rides. That's what I was referring to. The American Adventure has a show as well.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 There was the rumor of a Grizzly Run into Canada, mostly to cover up the sight of the back of Soarin' -- but haven't heard anything about that since Soarin' opened.
Originally Posted By irishfan And of course remember the raft ride which was planned for Germany. A trip down the Rhine....
Originally Posted By brotherdave There was also a dark ride planned for the proposed Russian pavilion based on Peter and the Wolf. Also, the proposed Denmark pavilion would have had a small re-creation of the famed Tivoli gardens, complete with carousel, Ferris wheel, and a gondola ride through beautiful gardens (saw the model of this a few years ago at traveling exhibition about the Architecture of Disney). Other countries proposed over the years for World Showcase included Poland, Australia, Ireland, and Spain. In one prepoduction painting for all of World Showcase, iconic structures for India (Taj Mahal) and Egypt (pyramids) could also be seen, though this may have just been for basic representation of the concept for World Showcase.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden While I still enjoy WS, they really need some new blood there. Any of those proposed pavillions would be exciting.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring But where would another country pavilion fit? Maybe wedged between France and Morocco. Otherwise, an existing one might need to be bounced from Mickey's League of Nations.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I thought there was room between France and UK - off in that direction also.. anyways, reading all these cool things that never happened, and seemingly never will is kinda sad
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<But where would another country pavilion fit?>> I'm not sure where I remember seeing it, but I recall some map of WS that detailed where additional countries could go. It looked like behind certain existing pavilions there was room left behind them. For instance, a pathway between USA and Japan would be created to lead you to a new pavilion. Never having seen the areas behind the pavilions, I'm not sure if it could even be done. But it sure is fun to speculate.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh There's room for about a half dozen more countries in the World Showcase.
