Project Gemini - The Cancelled Plans To Fix Epcot's Future World | ReviewTyme
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- In the early 2000s plans were set in place to fix the issues of Epcot, Future World would have been gone, replaced by the timeless nature of Discoveryland home to new spins on old favourite attractions and brand new experiences.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Coaster and the Ratatouille dark ride are only band aid solutions to the EPCOT's problem, EPCOT needs a billion dollar fix like DCA got. There is space in World Showcase for more pavilions of Nations so put them in plus rides like the Mt Fuji Coaster for Japan and the Rhine River ride that Germany was suppose to get for starters
Vision is much needed at Disney
Are you saying they should hire Paul B as a park spokesperson because I am fine with that.
I was so glad I went to Epcot when I was older. Doing the food and drink tour (getting snack and glass of wine at each pavilion starting in Mexico and finishing in Canada’s pavilion and dinner at the Germany restaurant) was a time I’ll never forget
@D. F. That sounds awesome - didn’t think of that one. Need to try that one next time.
There are plenty of bars and restaurants you don't have to pay to get into. Why would you pay to go to these?
Again, Disney+'s Imagineering doc notes these "Dark Ages" of low costs and such hurting everything and regret so many missed opportunities.
I enjoyed Epcot as a kid. But then again, they still had the original Journey into Imagination, which was my favorite.
Disney will not ever be a favorite in my eyes. No rides geared towards teens and or adults. One inversion coaster, and no coasters really at all. No thrill rides. Never worth the money they steal from you
@Leo Watley unfortunately I totally disagree with your point. But since it’s the adults that are paying for the trip and everything then there should be rides for them aswell. 8 boat rides is too much. I get they want great reviews but holy hell there is one ride that goes upside down out of 4 parks! Too many mine rides bro. They need a major overhaul and new staff members aswell I’ve been to Disney 7 times now and never had a worse experience.
@Leo Watley nope no point missed I know how the parks are. They are adding two new roller coasters and neither are exciting or cool. I would rather take my child to six flags. Pay less, eat, hangout, and do whatever they wanted to do. Like u said many parks that are adult oriented but at the same time $4,000 is a lot for just shit for children. You can enjoy that shithole all u want I will not return. Let’s also touch on how inconsistent everything is with Covid. Yea let’s social distance on buses but not clean after people get off and new come on but let’s make them wear masks? 😂 makes no sense. Yea let’s not put umbrellas out for our guest while it’s 97 degrees out and people are already hot from being suffocated from the mask. They don’t care about anything but there money. Screw Disney I can take a child to Dollywood here in Knoxville and they can have just as good of an experience and it’s only $110 a person. Way better rides for all, aswell as coasters that invert and have great theming aswell so Disney fails.
Me too! Figment was the best!
I really hope that they finish the overhaul in the front half of the park. It truly isn’t the same as now it’s very narrow and there isn’t much to look at.
That said though, what is at Epcot currently is a great lineup that isn’t boring at all. They just need to finish construction.
I can never understand people saying they found it boring as kids, I loved it.
Ben Jacobs me neither:(. Epcot was heaven for me
@@owensanto4004K ... Love Epcot👍🏻👍🏻
Yep, loved Horizons, Imagination (including the awesome rainbow tunnel and interactive games), the one with the dinosaurs, etc. World Showcase was fascinating, to feel like you were traveling around the world in a day. The Living Seas took it to another level, I really believed we were all going to be living underwater someday! 😄 The Land might have been a little boring for me, but mostly I loved Epcot.
@@LL-bl8hd ..... Not having that..
I love “Living With The Land” 😉😉😁😁
I’m more than happy wandering round any part of Epcot just exploring👍🏻👍🏻
Universe Of Energy
I bet they could have left it exactly as it was in 1987 and it would be more popular than it is today.
I saw it in ‘84, and even though the twin Communicore complexes were already a little dated by then (for instance, between ‘82 and ‘84, EVERYONE had seen touchscreen computers), as a tween interested in science and technology and conservation and city planning, I thought EPCOT Center was… THE GREATEST THING EVER!! I frankly far preferred it over Magic Kingdom. Disney really ought to have considered what a unique concept they had, and what a diverse clientele they cater to - including smart science kids outgrowing cartoon mice - before wrecking the whole thing.
Amen!
Same i'd love to see epcot as a big tomorrowland with that retro futuristic feel. And all that "pavilion division" with logos was amazing
Epcot has always been my favorite part, and last year when the plans for new Epcot came out, my heart broke. And now with covid, I'm even more worried for the park.
Epcot is my favorite too! I went for the first time a couple of years ago, it's like a time capsule from the 70's and 80's and I absolutely love it.
I miss the Epcot of the 1980s and 1990s.
Thank God Gemini never happened. It’s worse than what they’re doing now. And I’ve never understood this whole assertion online that EPCOT Center was never loved by kids. In the 80s and 90s every time I went it was packed by kids full of wonder and excitement of something unique. I absolutely loved it. It was optimistic and it felt real.
I also loved EPCOT as a kid. If I were to ever go back to Disney World (haven't been there since 2003), I would rather go to EPCOT since it's not Disney-fied and I outgrew Disney close to 15 years ago. Seeing as how they're trying to Disney-fy it, I feel right to have outgrown Disney World long ago.
@@BassGal92 me too I think this happened when they closed maelstorm and turned into the Frozen ride, and when I saw clips of other rides closed i actually thought the older version of Epcot was better and still is
I would have liked the rainforest rollercoaster. However KEEEP SPACESHIP EARTH IT IS A CLASSIC.
My kids always LOVED Epcot! My littles as well as my teens, and, of course, me.
Thank you for this video. I learned a lot, even for someone who used to work at Epcot
We visited EPCOT in November just after it opened.
It was fascinating.
Planning on visiting WDW and all parks in 2022.
Looking forward to seeing the changes.
A very interesting and informative historical perspective.
One of the greatest episodes on this channel! I love this channel so much!
"... that no kid wanted to spend a day in."
Nah, all the cool kids loved EPCOT center. 😎
Unfortunately pure greed for $ has doomed Epcot to become some hybrid IP driven park.
Great shame as Epcot Centre was a brave and very special park .
Project Gemini was just whats happening but in a different way .
Another great vídeo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And how I miss the old Epcot Center!!!! 😕
I have thought that Disney should open up a fifth main park in WDW Florida instead of trying to inject intellectual property into every attraction at Epcot. And yes, as much as Epcot is my favorite park, I still feel the spine of Future World has been outdated this entire century. But what they’ve done has taken away some of the best features, especially that fountain, only in favor of some of the worst.
@D. F. I don't find myself too excited by intellectual property branding on everything.
I haven't been over to EPCOT for several decades. I'll have to make it over there again sometime.
If they kept things and doubled down on the 80s aesthetic, they would have been the first Cassette Futurism park. That kind of stuff is cool again, in a sense not unlike Discoveryland at DLP.
I remember going to EPCOT when it opened the 1st year. I was AMAZES, fav rides - Journey into Imagination and Figment. I also liked The Land and Wonders of Life. I was looking forward to the new EPCOT redo but with what is being cut based on what the pandemic has done, I’m worried that EPCOT will be worse off than what it was prior to the start of tearing down and re-Imagineering the park.
Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow was Walt's vision. They should turn it into an apartment complex for employees of the fun part of the park, lol.
‘Spaceship earth was my kids favorite ride next to roller coasters
In regards to the Spaceship Earth Coaster. The ride designers found that the current track layout within the sphere adds to the structural integrity of the whole structure and cannot be sigfinatally modified for a high speed ride, and it would take a nearly whole reengineering and rebuild.
Sounds like something they should have checked for before they installed RocketRods in Disneyland
@@kelaEQ2 OH THAT RIDE WAS AWFUL IT GETS INFINITE THUMBS DOWN BRING BACK THE PEOPLEMOVER DISNEYLAND 😡😡😡👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
I was scared this was about epcot now and I thought Disney cancelled the overall
They already kind of did..
They only postponed it, probably until Magic Kingdom construction finishes
I enjoyed Epcot. Or at least the World's Showcase.
I do wish Future world was updated sooner
I just went back from Epcot today. As a communication major undergraduate student, I enjoyed Epcot so much especially Spaceship Earth.
I think it would be cool if Apple and Tesla would become sponsors of new attraction.
I felt Disney Hollywood Studios should update more and more immediately. Too long queue lines for everything, bad food, cheap theme, and the half of attractions are down( shows ) for COVID.
Magic Kingdom should update more. Compared to Tokyo Disneyland, the attractions at MK become old and cheap.
Animal Kingdom is doing alright.
Tokyo Disneyland is the only Disney Park not owned by Disney but licensed. It's owned by 3 companies as well as help from their government. The two in America are solely owned by Disney
@@princecharmingthemerman Thank you for the info! 😁
I now get it the originality Tokyo Disney parks have.
I felt Tokyo Disney Sea is a mixture of Epcot's world showcase and Animal Kingdom's sophisticating theming.
It is interesting how each Disney park in the world has developed differently based on management policy.
Now my interest is toward the difference between Hong Kong and Shanghai. And Universal Studio Japan, which would open Nintendo Mario area this year, and Beijing, which is finally going to open in 2021 as the biggest Universal Studio in the world.
Spaceship Earth is amazing, and as much as I don't like Tesla's I do think that they are a brand that should sponsor a ride, I think they would do something very unique. I think Magic Kingdom has a fine line they have to ride. If they add on to the park it self then it would be good, but I dont think you can do much adding without taking away, which is the problem. You have so many legacy rides such as Big Thunder/Space/Splash Mountain, Pirates of The Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and Small World to name a few. If any of these get touched I could see it driving people away as these rides have been enjoyed by generations of families. I think the other parks are for the cool new rides, and Magic Kingdom is the time piece dedicated to the era of Walt and the first generation of Imagineers that created some of the most timeless attractions.
I want more stuff coming to Epcot’s World Showcase sometime in the future!
That's American business for you, give the people just enough to get them to part with their money. Make sure the investors are happy!
that's not only American business , its all business of the world
This seems cool but i would want to keep Spaceship Earth
Great video! Epcot has always been my favorite park. I hope they add more countries to world showcase.
How were you able to use the background music?
Disney strikes my vlogs just for the music on the rides or during parades!
I feel like Guardians will be the Time Racers we never got
The permanent world's fair idea is what made Epcot special and the best of the WDW parks. Turning it into a haven for IP promotion and an imitation of Universal makes it just another roadside attraction.
The IP stuff, like what's happened with the Mexico and Norway pavilions along with the GG Rollercoaster, the Nemo overlay of Living Seas and Ratatouille, belongs in the Magic Kingdom. Future World needed a face-lift more than an overhaul. And Spaceship Earth is just about sacrosanct - Time Chasers or whatever it was called was a horrible idea.
I have been to Epcot several times and the first time was the year it opened, I always enjoyed it. I haven’t been in the last few years so it sounds sad that it isn’t what it used to be.
I loved EPCOT from opening to today. I hate the removal of Horizon and Dream Finder.
I think part of the problem for future world is that advancements in technology is outpacing Disney's ability to build on it. By time Disney completes construction on something, it's featured pieces are already outdated.
What about the other foundational goal of having people being optimistic about the future? Maybe they could make a future vision in which the problems we face today are solved. Stuff like climate change, world hunger, people living in poverty for example. Try to talk to experts to show which steps we can take to make that future a reality. I feel that people have a negative outlook on the future, because of the future troubles they see on the news and they can't see a way to get on the right track. Perhaps the park can still educate and by doing so give people a better outlook on the future.
Also, with regards to the technology, of course technology is advancing at a rapid pace and these attractions too expensive to keep updating them when something new rolls around. They could focus on bigger breakthroughs that can happen in a more distant future and their effect on the world. Fusion power for example which could provide clean energy without radioactive waste, or fields full of windmills or solar panels; or dna technologies that could allow more effective treatments of disease.
I wish they would do something like this instead of overhauling it in a way that loses its identity
ROFL at internet cafe being part of the future. Well before people thought we'd all have the internet in our pockets.
I am loving the soundtrack of this video
When I visited in February 2020, I still chose to spend most of my Park days in Epcot... even with all the construction walls
Maybe one day the company will have someone like Walt, come in and put things back on track. Till then I can only dream.
If Spaceship Earth became a rollercoaster I would have been so upset
10:30 FYI, many people love Soarin’ around the world. I personally think is a lot superior to Soarin’ over California. Also, WDW has 60% foreign guests who are not familiar with California, but they know world famous places.
Wonderful episode
That fact that technology growth started to explode exponentially around the time Gemini would have started construction is what probably caused them to pump the brakes on it. A park that’s supposed to showcase the future must be hard to stay on top of these days. I don’t envy the imagineers that have to design it so it’s sustainable for at least a decade or two.
For a second I thought Future World 2020 was cancelled, but the project is already underway and it wouldn't be logical to cancel it so far into development.
The sad part is that 2020 could have been an opportune year to revitalize EPCOT and other Disney Parks, especially since park attendance is low due to the pandemic (the California park is closed indefinitely). This could have been a grand opportunity to plot and build some things, but nope, Disney downsized their Imagineers and let go lots of creators. Oh well.
How excited were we all after D23 and all the new ideas for Epcot... and then 2020 happened and now they are backtracking on so many things. It's all so depressing and a sad, sad reality.
What did they backtrack on out of curiosity?
@@xixingpooh The new convention center, Mary Poppins to name two.
Were we excited? A big building meant to sell fireworks desert parties and a generic flatride? The Iger/Chapek version of Epcot is still boring and uninspired and meant to sell toys.
@@kingposeidon4535 I think people were excited overall about the changes... not just the center itself. At least at D23 it certainly seemed that way. If you were not, then it is what it is. :-)
@@xixingpooh The raised garden building in front of Journey into Imagination and the refurb of Spaceship Earth for starters. Also the Mary Poppins attraction in Great Britain is on hold.
I would LOVE to ride a roller coaster through Spaceship Earth. :-)
I always judge a park if it is any good to think if it could exist on it's own and justify the price of entry. When I came there in 1985 it could, I loved it even more than Magic Kingdom. But it got old and dated very quick. I don't see the current changes do anything to help it above the "at least they do something" but that shouldn't be the standard Disney is trying to sell. Worst crime is the horrible coaster building ruining the great architecture all other buildings have, another wrong diversion from what made this park the best into the worst of WDW.
An Internet cafe? Didn’t everyone already have internet by Y2K? By 2009, most people had smart devices that had internet, so by the time this update came out, people who truly needed such an internet connection, would have already had a blackberry or palm pilot years before Apple or android.
What would they do when internet became wide spread?
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices it already was. I still use my old aol email address I got in 1997. Just because internet wasn’t in your pocket or purse, does not mean it wasn’t used daily by most people. Those who didn’t daily use it assumed that those who did were nerds, but they now are doing the very same activities that we all were already doing. It wasn’t a novelty. Broadband however, was.
But a trip to WDW, back then, did mean that you were probably cut off from services until you got back. Not that big of an issue. I mean, you were going to have to get your pictures developed first anyway before you could share them with friends.
So much to say on this subject. My 1st visit was 2020. Yeah! So I missed EPCOT Center 101. Really wanted to experience it NOT thru YT. Did like 2nd version until 2008(my last visit). Can't wait 4 new version. Let's face it. Walt called Tomorrowland (Todayland) It's impossible to predict the future 01/01/2020 NO CV-19 in US, nowwwwww look where WE are???!!! LOL! But, not really LOL. Also, booze + Food/Wine festival. Set it apart from DL & WDW....so there!
I only go to Epcot for the World Showcase and the Food and Wine Festival.
I wish the whole park were pavilions of countries.
Well from what I’m hearing they’re still determined to get the overhaul done when everything goes back to normal.
I really think that Epcot is better than Disneysea.
Disney just needs a kick in the pants when it comes to Epcot. Future world should/could be incredible showing off future technologies and what ifs for tomorrow. They really can't find companies to show off their prototypes for future products at a park that has millions and millions of visitors a year?? Or, get of their butts and come up with futuristic attractions and not stamp IP everywhere.
Could you see the new theming to be out dated pretty fast, since it's so heavily dependent on ips
My last visit to WDW was 2004, I went back in feb 2020, with only a 4 day pass I decided to skip Epcot and do Studios twice instead. Epcot isn't interesting is the problem.
Soarin’ is awesome
I personally like Soarin Around the World more. Soarin over California become so boring and the film was so old and outdated, you could still see specks of dust and hairs on the film. The new one has much better atmosphere, the film is much brighter and clearer, the scene transitions are seamless and the new sounds and even smells they added were an excellent touch. However, I think it would have been way better if they had it do what Star Tours the Adventure continues does, you have a different flight every time. Maybe in this one you see the Missouri Archway and Big Ben in London, and in the next one you'll fly over Tokyo and over Niagara Falls. Each ride would be different but would always end with the grand finale of flying right into a Disneyland fireworks display.
Glad I'm not the only one who finds Soarin Around the World to be superior to Soarin Over California for those same reasons that you mentioned. Those Soarin Over California fans who believe Soarin Around The World is inferior to the original are purists. They just don't understand why the ride had to be changed and improved upon. They always have to make up some ridiculous excuses to defend the original version and "justify" their distaste towards the new one.
the living seas legacy is much better respected as nemo themed than little mermaid thank god!
Epcot was always my favorite
Politics aside. It's too bad Walt's original vision never happened. Strange how something like Amazon has never adapted it.
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can confirm, as a child I did NOT want to go to EPCOT, in my mind, it was too "sophisticated" (i.e., boring) for me to enjoy it. Years later it is probably my favorite park at Disney World.
Although I wish I did, I never got to see EPCOT it it's original form. My first trip was around 2003 maybe (Test Track 1.0 and no Soarin yet). It was an enjoyable park but it definitely felt like a mixed bag. I came back the year Expedition Everest was just put into Animal Kingdom so the California version of Soarin was there and still had Test Track 1.0, so I believe it would have been 2007 maybe? I really enjoyed this version of the park the most. While I can say I really don't like the international version of Soarin, I really really don't like what they did with the Test Track update. I really liked the pre show queue with the factory setting and thought that that the ride itself felt so much more immersive compared to the new update, which just looks like a really cheap attempt to make the ride look futuristic. I hope they don't screw up Spaceship Earth in this new update and that they would leave Living On the Land alone. That's more or less the last two day one rides in tact that I know of and have earned their place there. Would have loved to have seen Horizons and World of Motion in their original state too.
I'm actually really, really excited for all of the new changes and construction going on, currently, around Epcot.
Knowing Disney and Imagineering, I would say....
Let's give it all until opening, AND THEN make our final opinions.
Disney has a way of under promising and over delivering, in terms of what they present for their parks, worlds and attractions.
Every detail isn't defined.
After seeing the Epcot experience, and some of the protestations from that presentation, I believe that the Imagineers truly have some of the original
ideals of what Epcot is meant to be, at heart, with bringing it into the future.
Ratatouille is actually a really good example. On the surface, sure. It seems, maybe, a bit odd to be putting this I.P., into World Showcase. However, after
actually placing myself underneath the sign of the Ratatouille main entrance, I could certainly see how cool it will be for one to thrust themselves into that world.
The whole angle of it shifted for me. I suddenly thought... Well... What's wrong with having some of the factual and some of the fictional, all in one place?
In a way, does this actually move Disney storytelling forward as well as speak to the future hopes and dreams of humanity? Does it speak to this idea of
people, around the world, living in peace and harmony? I think that it might, because that's the power of fiction.
I don't think that I am reading too much into this at all.
Give W.D.I. a chance, and let's see what the final thesis will be.
EPCOT is perfect because it changes!!
I want some fully-realized Project Gemini stuff to be brought to Epcot like an updated Soarin’ with a newer and more unique ride film, the Time Racers coaster adjacent to the Spaceship Earth dark ride, a rainforest coaster and hedge maze for The Land pavilion, more stores and restaurants, a gold sun-colored Spaceship Earth with a nighttime projection show, etc.!
Epcot was designed as a corporate business park. It’s not so much a theme park as a place to go to work as if it’s the 1960s or get educated at the 5th grade level.
Basically and to be honest, I wish they didn't get rid of the theme of sea base Alpha from the living Seas. I just wish they didn't get rid of the living Seas completely at Epcot.
Why, because as I said before in the 21st century. We would have undersea communities, however I have found out that underwater communities for the oceans have never been built yet. And of course I don't know when undersea communities will ever be built and finished.
I really wish they could have kept the living Seas at Epcot.
But they could have took out the Amli movers system, and replaced it with a motion simulator instead. So the motion simulator would make us think that we are boarding a Little Submarine, that would take us to Sea base Alpha.
I just wish that the living Seas could have still existed at Epcot, because I would have liked it if the Amli mover ride system would immediately be taken out. And a new ride would be put inside the Pavilion, making it half Thrill Ride and even educational at the same time. And it could have been a motion simulator, where we would think we are inside a Little Submarine. That would take us to Sea base Alpha.
And even if it would still be called The Living Seas and if they were to use the same theme of sea base Alpha, and still have the motion simulator submarine ride. They would think of putting Nemo in there, and even have the motion simulator submarine ride to be reprogrammed. By using both its sea base Alpha ride oh, and another one featuring Nemo and the other characters. So they would be to reprogramming changes, as seasonal overlays for the motion simulator ride of the living Seas. One about sea base Alpha, and another one featuring Nemo and the other characters from Finding Nemo.
And years later with Finding Dory which already came out, they could have put a Finding Dory themed reprogramming seasonal overlay in the ride as well. Where it would be about Dory. And even the new characters from Finding Dory, like the octopus, the whale shark Etc. And even the glowing giant squid.
This idea could have been done for a motion simulator submarine ride, to feature three reprogramming seasonal overlay changes for the ride. One about going to Sea base Alpha, another one exploring the ocean with Nemo and the other characters from Finding Nemo. And of course another one starring Dory, and the characters from Finding Dory.
I wish they really didn't replace the original living Seas with the Seas with Nemo and Friends, I wish they could have kept the living Seas at Epcot. And done it with these ideas.
Because let me tell you it would have been educational, thrilling and fun all together. Just two go on another Disney motion simulator ride, but to be as a submarine educational Thrill Ride, located inside the living Seas Pavilion.
Also they would also need to have Turtle talk with Crush as well, inside the living Seas. So that way that would be something for the little kids to have fun with inside the living Seas, and of course having their parents and other fans of both Finding Nemo and Finding Dory to do some interaction with the characters.
And if all of this could have been a tie in with both Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, the living Seas would still exist at Epcot. And The name sea base Alpha would still be use, even with these ideas to make the entire Pavilion work for a new generation.
Also it could have been possible, if the simulator submarine ride. Would be added a 4th reprogramming seasonal overlay change, with the theme of The Little Mermaid as well. And it would have had a story, to celebrate Christmas. So it would be in a tie in with the Christmas season.
I also do believe that, they should have a new interactive show like Turtle talk with Crush. Accept it would be an interactive show, where you could talk to Ariel from the ocean, and of course some of her friends would come like Sebastian and Flounder.
In fact if all of these ideas could have happened, the living Seas would still exist at Epcot. If it could have had tie ins with the franchise of Nemo and Dory, crush the sea turtle and of course the Little Mermaid. And and these ideas would still have the living Seas to exist with these ideas making new generations to visit the living Seas at Epcot, with different changes. So that they would still keep the name the living seas, and the name sea base Alpha.
And like I said, I haven't heard of a undersea community or even a undersea research facility with marine biologist built yet in any of the oceans. I don't know when those ideas will ever get built, but it's going to take a long time for them to be completed or it could be possible in the 21st century.
And the living Seas could have still showcase all of that, with sea base Alpha. And the fantasy ideas of Nemo, Dory and crush the sea turtle and of course the Little Mermaid. So the living Seas could have showcased reality of marine biology, technology, the thrill of a submarine and fantasy.
Please give me some replies of what you think that Disney could have done, like what I explained on this comment👍😉
One of the reasons I've always loved Epcot since I was little, was because it wasn't IP heavy, except for a few things here and there when it made sense "getting to see Mulan at the China pavilion the year the movie came out, was the one and only time I had that "magical" character moment and I was 12!! What is happening at Epcot will honestly bite them in the ass in a few years. Since they are throwing IPs at the park that are "in" right now, doesn't mean they will be in still in 10 years.
I mean the current revitalization plans are starting to get cancelled as well
I went there four years ago and thought the place was ready for demolition. It was the seventies view of three future with architecture of the time.
As a 90s kid, Epcot never looked exciting enough for me when there were plenty of other places that had thrilling attractions. Call me a coaster enthusiast lol 🤷🏻♀️
Never been in epcot but i must say they medd up the rde of the norway and change and put the frozen they mess up half of the epcot never been any of Disney parks in the world just saying my opinion
Great to have an opinion on somewhere you’ve never been🤔🤔
We have been to the Disney parks in Orlando & have loved every minute spent there👍🏻👍🏻
Bring Barbie back to Epcot.
NO
EPCOT has been a money grab for years... sadly.
Here’s to the simple hope Disney corrects this travesty, and soon.
I was there once as a kid in 1989 and even then it looked outdated and was the most boring experience I ever had. Even purely educational theme parks were a lot more interesting. I think you need a completely new park as the whole concept - especially world showcase - is essentially a 19th century concept.
It sucks that most of the updates announced from the 2019 D23 Expo is cancelled. Sure they said “delayed indefinitely,” but that means cancelled in theme park lingo.
I real liked Epcot till they changed the ride in Mexico and turned the Viking ride into a frozen ride
Future World now has been divided into World Celebration, World Nature, and World Discovery. 😑
If they got aproved all the same pepole complaining would still complain like pepole cryed over the idea of spaceship earth just geting a minor update. They would have fliped if it got gutted.
glad project Gemini never came to conclusion, cause looks awful and really boring, as a matter of fact, people will enjoy more the Vintage look of 1982, re-opening of Horizons , not a jungle world. but then you have a Animal Kingdom park for lush fake rain forest , make World Pavilions more attractive , and bring future world as it was before
I wish that they would either switch or add other countries such as Australia, India, and Ireland. Canada is the most boring and changing the film hasn't made it anymore appealing.
Well... other than the ride pavilions, future world was kind of lame. The countries still rock
Boo, Paul Pressler
Proooject x 234.
Paul Pressler was terrible. People literally died because of him.
"Most Unique Theme Park Ever"? What? Unique is unique, you cannot have more unique, nor most unique. But let's get to the real issue here... The narrator said it, and I reinforce it. "Antiquated." "Outdated." I'll add a couple more adjectives. "Sophomoric". "Presumptuous". Who cares that Disney's view of Tomorrow Land seems to be hopelessly anachronistic now? I view the exporting of such parks and resorts to foreign countries to be the worst examples of Ugly Americanism at work. Our country can, and should, do a lot better. Such as not exporting such juvenile dreck in the first place.
Epcot looks as boring as a 1960s Paris suburb.
that is great news money hungry Disney is finally loosing
Ellen Degenerate and Bill Nye the fascist guy? That did NOT age well.