Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> While I would love to see all of Wonders of Life come back for the sake of my own nostalgia, I really wonder if it's worth it (i.e. looking back, part of me wonders if it was that great in the first place). <<< Back then, sure. It actually looked modern, though. I'd love to see it come back with a modern and futuristic look and attractions.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Body Wars had 4-5 hour waits the first year it opened. The queue looped around the Dome and they held guests outdoors on the slope up into the building to keep the dome from reaching capacity.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Oo.. did not know that.. Barry Braverman designed/supervised Wonders. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpnxsi5kRfI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...xsi5kRfI</a>
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<I'd love to see it come back with a modern and futuristic look and attractions.>> Which, with today's Disney, would probably mean having Disney or Pixar characters plastered everywhere.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> Which, with today's Disney, would probably mean having Disney or Pixar characters plastered everywhere.<<< Ugh. I know. I was hopefully thinking like Project Tomorrow. ...In fact, can we get ALL of EPCOT to look like that?
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Back then, sure. It actually looked modern, though.>> I always thought that the main area of the pavilion didn't quite match the rest of Future World very well. While Body Wars had the futuristic theme, the rest of the pavilion didn't, and I always felt that there were too many clashing styles going on.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<...In fact, can we get ALL of EPCOT to look like that?>> If only... I actually think they did a great job with that area - really brought back the old EPCOT Center feeling, but in an updated, 21st Century way. Would love to see that "feeling" expanded to the rest of Future World.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Of course, if they would just get rid of thise ugly purple tarps and tombstones at the entrance, that would go a LONG, LONG way towards making me happier with the aesthetics of Future World!!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> I always thought that the main area of the pavilion didn't quite match the rest of Future World very well. While Body Wars had the futuristic theme, the rest of the pavilion didn't, and I always felt that there were too many clashing styles going on.<<< Agreed. Though it was a very full and entertaining pavilion, it was a large departure from what they had done in the past. Before it's time, I guess. It was 5 years before the big EPCOT Center to Epcot'94 transition that brought us Innoventions, SSE94, and so many other "great" changes. However, I think, those 94 changes were good ones. They were just not carried out in full, and some were done in ways that dated themselves.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> If only... I actually think they did a great job with that area - really brought back the old EPCOT Center feeling, but in an updated, 21st Century way. Would love to see that "feeling" expanded to the rest of Future World Of course, if they would just get rid of thise ugly purple tarps and tombstones at the entrance, that would go a LONG, LONG way towards making me happier with the aesthetics of Future World!! <<< Again, agreed. It's all in the plans, but it just takes them so damn long. LOL.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Aren't they using the Body Wars cabins to program ST2? I thought I read that somewhere, which explains why they are able to do the switchover relatively quickly. They will only need to close the attraction for long enough to make the physical changes in the queue and cabins, and then just test the already-completed attraction out to make sure it all works as programmed.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Body Wars is identical to Star Tours. They could literally put the current Star Tours film into the projection system in th vehicle and load the movement profile and voila - Star Tours! << How come I got nauseated on BW, but never on ST?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> It fits EPCOT as much as a cartoon fish. << You really don't like Nemo in the fish tank.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Body Wars had 4-5 hour waits the first year it opened.>> Proving that Epcot had a lack of thrill in the early days, and that thrill rides get people through the turnstiles... <<How come I got nauseated on BW, but never on ST?>> Same with me. I think it had to do with the odd motions that accompanied BW. Like moving quickly forward then back with the pumping of the blood.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA My understanding is that Star Tours 2 will use all new simulators. Is that not the case?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I don't think so. The old ones will be upgraded fairly heavily, but not new ones.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA It's amazing that the simulators have held up -- with daily use -- for the past 20+ years.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> You really don't like Nemo in the fish tank. <<< can't stand it. It's not that it's a bad attraction, by any means....it's the placement. Where once was a grand, highly cohesive abs immersive experience is now a disjointed ride a ruined illusion.
