Originally Posted By figment1986 It doesn't make any sense why they would seal off the theater and simulators, when they could at least send the simulators to hong kong or another park if Epcot doesn't need them. It was a great pavilion, just a little hidden. Think about the last time they opened it, did they tell you where it was or force you to look for it since they let the foliage grow in around the pavilion masking it.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror When you think about the fact that medical technology is advancing by leaps and bounds - I mean, they're soon going to be making blind people see! There's SO much in this field that can be creatively tapped... and the idea of zapping a virus... Ugh. It feels old fashioned. If you're going to do that - then go all the way with it and anthropormorphize the virus. Maybe kids will be inspired to become doctors. Let's do an attraction that IS like "Vintage EPCOT Center" - where instead of addressing what we can do today or in the next five minutes, we're taken on a bold vision where Cancer, AIDS, and Pandemics are eradicated, vaccinated, eliminated, through novel approaches. Let's see a UNIVERSE OF ENERGY approach to the subject. Dramatic and forward-thinking. I loved CRANIUM COMMAND, and a revisited version of that - with TIMELESS characters filling the roles once held by now-forgotten comedians - would balance such a dramatic approach. You could even integrate a new thrill ride - but let's lose the motion simulators, unless they're reimagined and seriously "plussed." They were never a great idea.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Exactly Figment. As with many other things, not only did they not promote it, they obscured it. After 13 years they are now experts at sabotaging their own assets.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Great ideas Blue, I really like the idea of Adventures thru Innerspace Version 3.0 More thrill than ver 1.0 but less than ver 2.0 (Body Wars)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The real bummer with Body Wars, is that it took SO MUCH pre-show explanation. Heck, it made 'Countdown to Extinction' feel like a spaceshot ride. They talked, talked, talked about miniaturing us and injecting us into the bloodstream, and what we were going to to -- it was like an Adult Learning Seminar. If the line was short, and you didn't see the little TV monitor presentations, you missed a good portion of the story. It's never a good thing when the pre-show has to be explained in such detail. One interesing thing... I remember seeing 'Body Wars' when it first opened -- maybe it was even just for Cast Members. The part where Elizabeth Shue's character floats out and lands on the giant splinter... When the splinter...splinters, they originally had her really scream and her voice sounded very worried and scared. They quickly changed the soundtrack so that when the splinter broke away, she gives more of a command -- a very authoritative 'oh no..' And they cut a good 5-6 seconds out of the trip through the body -- the breathing section where we're in the lungs went on a bit longer as I recall -- it was that section that they seemed to figure was causing most of the motion sickness. I used to get a little queasy in there...
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Body Wars rocked you people have no respect for classics. That ride seriously inspiried me to get more interested in medicine. I especially liked the part where you go into the neo cortex.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror >>>Body Wars rocked you people have no respect for classics. That ride seriously inspiried me to get more interested in medicine.<<< What does that mean? Are you in medical school? Are you taking analgesics? Do you now stock Theraflu, just in case?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ROTFLMAO !!! No, went into soda theft, but knows where to go in webmd.com if too much free soda is ingested. Body Wars a classic ??? Potc a classic / HM a classic - body wars an out of date flight simulator movie
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<What does that mean? Are you in medical school? Are you taking analgesics? Do you now stock Theraflu, just in case?>> It means he never misses an episode of House.
Originally Posted By twirlnhurl I didn't watch the queue tv monitors until after my 15th or 20th ride. It really is quite simple, shrink down really small, go in the blood stream, watch a doctor. It explains itself on the actual ride. And I could understand why Wonders of Life would seem out of the way. When it was open last year, the pavilion was behind the same trees they usually use to block the entrance. They were pushed to the side, but it still looked like a Cast Member only entrance. The first time we were there, we asked the CM at the entrance if it really was open. It wasn't on the map, but it is next to two of Epcot's biggest rides.
Originally Posted By dshyates They said they are gutting the inside of the pavilion but boarding up Body Wars and Cranium Command and leaving them alone. My guess is they will only turn it over to group sales until they are ready to rebuild it with an updated BW and CC. It could take a while to come up with a new script and programing for BW & CC. Eli Lilly could sponsor the old BW and turn it into a hyper space trip around the planet colleting things for drug research. zap to the top of the rainforest canopy for a pretty flower that cures cancer. zap your 7 miles down in the ocean getting a glowing shrimp that helps nerve growth. Plus a new, modern take on health sciences and the future for the interior remod of the pavilion may take a while. So my guess is while it is in the redesign phase they want to utilize the massive space.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 or it will sit waiting for 'enhancement' as 20K did for 11 years and turn into a playground
Originally Posted By ChiMike I doubt that BodyWars and the simulator cabins are coming back to EPCOT. They aren't boarding them up to preserve them, they are boarding them up to defer interest in them when people are using the main space. To conceal them. On first glance I bought into the idea that the cabins might be sent out HKDL, maybe that will end up being the case. On the other hand those cabins are so old that they might go with something new for their next simulator installation. Which as things are going, shouldn't be that far off.\ But in terms of EPCOT, with Soarin' and M:S, I doubt you will see the Body Wars ride system return.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> or it will sit waiting for 'enhancement' as 20K did for 11 years and turn into a playground << Excellent point! How long has it been since the Odyssey building was used by daily guest. How about Millenium Village. What are they going to do with Fountainview? If you have a plan to improve the parks please implement it. Don't pi$$ down my back, and try to tell me it's raining!
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<For what you ask ... a new attraction, perhaps? No.>> Oh well, another reason to head to Anaheim.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>How long has it been since the Odyssey building was used by daily guest. How about Millenium Village. What are they going to do with Fountainview?<< And to bring us back around to the original topic. With those three venues now being used for "special events" they need a 4th??!!?? The Marketing and Entertainment Dept. strike again. Their priorities continue to eclipse what should be offered under daytime operations.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<What does that mean? Are you in medical school? Are you taking analgesics? Do you now stock Theraflu, just in case?>> We have a winner for LP.com POST OF THE DAY!!!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<And to bring us back around to the original topic. With those three venues now being used for "special events" they need a 4th??!!?? The Marketing and Entertainment Dept. strike again. Their priorities continue to eclipse what should be offered under daytime operations.>> But it's all about $$$. Have you ever seen a group like Siemens come in to the Beach Club for a week ... parties with bars on the beach, cruises for fireworks, dinners at Yachtsmen ... expense accounts for everything else? Those are the kind of guests Disney favors nowadays. Rest assured, they won't be noticing the laundry room door that has been rotting for years to the point that a 4-year-old's tap could put a hole in it ... they won't be noticing the filthy carpet in the hallways ... or the fact that no one has cleaned under the beds or behind the nighstand since the room was last renovated ... but all those $$$. And Disney keeps attracting more and more of the convention business. So kill a pavilion that you can turn into a special events dining hall? Makes perfect sense to the people at TDO.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I know.. It's just sad though. To see it at this point. I guess I missed all the "special event" venues depicted by Herb Ryman.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror >>>We have a winner for LP.com POST OF THE DAY!!!<<< I'd like to take this chance to thank all the little people who helped get me to this place... Bilbo, Sneezy, DeVito. Paris.
