tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.comments2014-04-28T05:34:55.871-04:00My Park, My Rides BlogJtsalienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05495597041376822547noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-3120479330123854272012-03-10T20:48:36.767-05:002012-03-10T20:48:36.767-05:00I was actuallt ticked when the attraction was remo...I was actuallt ticked when the attraction was removed. It was a classic that only needed periodic updates to remain fresh. Imagine that ride with all the new technologies they currently have at their disposal. Leaving that ride in would have kept Future World an easy to digest concept for new guests. With Horizons and World of Motion gone, two easily updatable attractions that could be enjoyed by the ENTIRE family changed the flavor of Future World for the worse. My 30 year old son went to the Imagination Pavillion and was stunned that his favorite childhood attraction was ruined beyond comprehension. He told me he now hated EPCOT. I'd be the first to say they have a handfull of good attractions there. But Eisner and the penny pinchers ran a great themepark concept into the ground. Then they left the company with millions and millions in their pockets as lower level employees had every possible benefit stripped away. The last time I was there, I saw way too much trash littered around the property and the monorail smelled of mildew. If Walt were alive today, heads would roll. The Fantasyland expansion is a step in the right direction. I hope they stay in that direction. It will insure their financial future by giving guests the experience Walt wanted them to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-52910759851882378292012-02-24T19:54:11.980-05:002012-02-24T19:54:11.980-05:00A long list of inane changes have caused my favori...A long list of inane changes have caused my favorite theme park to become my least favorite. Instead of continually updating those wonderful pavilions, the suits ruined Journey into Imagination by turning the original ride into a mundane experience. They removed the wonderful playground upstairs. The Universe of Energy was updated in a totally inappropriate way. When the Wonders of Life pavilion closed I was saddened as well. That building had some solid educational entertainment in it. All they had to do was update and it would have been something to be proud of. The original intent of EPCOT's Future World has been lost. And because the suits are pinching pennys, the imaginears have their hands and budgets tied. Sorry, but I don't see that bright of a future fot Future World.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-74283933653558830552012-01-27T19:08:29.693-05:002012-01-27T19:08:29.693-05:00Hello! So I have been looking for this video forev...Hello! So I have been looking for this video forever to show my cousin and smile reminiscing about our childhood, but it says the video is private.Jessica Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001411172106895621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-83239497177737578322012-01-14T08:39:03.374-05:002012-01-14T08:39:03.374-05:00Yup, like the idea. Don't hold your breathe, ...Yup, like the idea. Don't hold your breathe, though. At this point, I think they are going to use the pavilion for a futuristic domed in landfill :-)Meandering Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629360746767096798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-18177160564916792072012-01-14T08:34:06.417-05:002012-01-14T08:34:06.417-05:00Love the show...don't get me wrong. However, ...Love the show...don't get me wrong. However, it needs to DIE! WDW has been stuck in a rut of not changing anything for years and it needs to end. How long has "Wishes" been playing? Over 7 years...at least. Spectromagic and now bringing back the electrical Parade. CHANGE THINGS UP. If you've been to the Tokyo resort, you'd see exactly why change is awesome. They have freakin' parades for every Season of the year and they change them almost EVERY year...new music scores, themes, costuming, you name it. Dreamlights is the best Disney night time show next to WOC IMHO and they even updated that recently with some mind numbing new tech and floats. I love Illuminations to death but I'm just sick and tired of it. The lagoon can lend itself to another amazing show with amazing pyro and a new amazing score. Would be nice wouldn't it? I'm not holding my breathe as Future World sits there still looking like a 1970's community college campus and there's not an ounce of Imagination in said pavilion. What key aspect was the entire Disney Co. founded upon, again? Annnd, that's how the company showcases it? FAILMeandering Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629360746767096798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-5321191700585470242011-08-02T00:04:09.269-04:002011-08-02T00:04:09.269-04:00Apple + EPCOT would be a brilliant marriage. I'...Apple + EPCOT would be a brilliant marriage. I've seen other companies tie in with Innoventions, but none of them ever really did anything evo- or revo-lutionary with their technology the way Apple has over the years. If EPCOT means edutainment, then Apple is the king of promoting such culture and would close the feedback loop.darin kirschnerhttp://dkdzyn.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-72935202715558539972011-07-31T18:49:14.878-04:002011-07-31T18:49:14.878-04:00Yes, rehab it and bring it back online as a fully ...Yes, rehab it and bring it back online as a fully functioning attraction.Snow White Archivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715594290214114608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-43351055315174950502011-07-27T23:33:01.560-04:002011-07-27T23:33:01.560-04:00Agreed. They should definitely cut back on the twe...Agreed. They should definitely cut back on the tween-pop-sitcoms plaguing a doomed channel and get started with some Imagineering information - think 'how do they do it', as well as the history as in 'how did it get there?'<br /><br />That is one aspect of the DC that's missing RIGHT now.RabidLeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573965837784134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-91159009963123836622011-07-27T23:00:06.684-04:002011-07-27T23:00:06.684-04:00If only the staff behind Disney Channel would slow...If only the staff behind Disney Channel would slow down with the tweeny-bopper-sitcom fare and consider some history, 'how it happens' and some interesting facts about the resorts and the parks.RabidLeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573965837784134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-76999836391318570362011-07-27T22:55:38.400-04:002011-07-27T22:55:38.400-04:00Captain Buzzy of Cranium Command. Despite being th...Captain Buzzy of Cranium Command. Despite being the class klutz, he still manages to get things right in the end!RabidLeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573965837784134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-18545137456912012052011-07-27T22:48:58.763-04:002011-07-27T22:48:58.763-04:00Some further research, as well as a full-on redesi...Some further research, as well as a full-on redesign and rehabilitation might as well help bring back WoL from the 4 year coma. But all I must know it'll take a lot of work. Wait. It'll take a lot of determination, commitment and (although nostalgia is acceptable in the right ways) a focus on the future will help ensure things will go right for the Wonders of Life pavilion.<br />Of which, my Imagineering website at http://wol4eva.blogspot.com for some more information and essays.RabidLeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573965837784134084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-26122884802673396802011-07-13T22:47:31.125-04:002011-07-13T22:47:31.125-04:00Great blog btw. Care to exchange links with www.co...Great blog btw. Care to exchange links with www.coaster101.com and http://amusementauthority.blogspot.com/Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585454339530843458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-37480350392289288442011-07-08T23:29:41.645-04:002011-07-08T23:29:41.645-04:00I agree. I was in WDW in May, and the current reso...I agree. I was in WDW in May, and the current resort TV just didn't get me excited for the parks the same way that the WDW tour did.<br /><br />-cfredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-16295470587963085592011-06-15T18:11:55.105-04:002011-06-15T18:11:55.105-04:00Interesting posting and, actually pretty important...Interesting posting and, actually pretty important. The difference isn't trivial but part of a large cultural change. I tried to address a bit of it in what I wrote about the opening of California Adventure and is posted here<br /><br />http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2010/7/12/out-with-the-walt-in-with-the-new.html<br /><br />Thanks for writing this. Mike LintonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-14825604426836882952011-05-24T18:05:02.478-04:002011-05-24T18:05:02.478-04:00Agreed.........of course.Agreed.........of course.Hoot Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367360688231345425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-24829246572326427632011-05-11T11:05:48.779-04:002011-05-11T11:05:48.779-04:00UGH YES! When I was a wee lass this was my favorit...UGH YES! When I was a wee lass this was my favorite area. I think it is especially important also because of the health problems that have been growing in our society... no pun intended. But yeah, I find that if it is to be used just for events it is a little bit... lame.The Disney Diaries Podcasthttp://disneydiaries.libsyn.com/webpagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-11743217540711913642011-04-09T01:04:55.023-04:002011-04-09T01:04:55.023-04:00What, you mean the Odyssey building? I guess that ...What, you mean the Odyssey building? I guess that could work, but I have to give it to them on the reasons I mentioned. EPCOT is turning into an event park, for special stuff, food and drink. Not to mention, its original beliefs have been twisted and removed, in order to cater to a new park goer, who most likely wont care about the masterpiece that used to be EPCOT CENTER. Wonders of life will most likely not become anything, because it's so much easier to leave it gutted and used as a center; not to mention the costs of creating a new ride and pavilion (not done since M:S; i consider LS a makeover really). I doubt it's anywhere on their radar.Mewhunter67https://www.blogger.com/profile/04874228378298606022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-58646792939351589272011-03-27T21:39:23.496-04:002011-03-27T21:39:23.496-04:00I understand the business reasons, but on a theme ...I understand the business reasons, but on a theme park perspective, I think it could be better suited as an attraction. Leave something like the Millennium Celebration building for events.Jtsalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495597041376822547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-1943229340096709492011-03-27T01:35:52.462-04:002011-03-27T01:35:52.462-04:00Because it offers excellent space as an event pavi...Because it offers excellent space as an event pavilion without the cost of setting up a new one, not to mention, it was languishing before being dismantled.<br /><br />Paraphrasing something I'd been told by some one I know on a tour of EPCOT.Mewhunter67https://www.blogger.com/profile/04874228378298606022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-586417116868268392011-03-24T10:28:02.012-04:002011-03-24T10:28:02.012-04:00Thanks for reading Melissa! And that's why we ...Thanks for reading Melissa! And that's why we should be so thankful for Youtube hahaJtsalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495597041376822547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-55258870142835399582011-03-24T08:52:39.537-04:002011-03-24T08:52:39.537-04:00I feel so cheated that I never got to ride Horizon...I feel so cheated that I never got to ride Horizons.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-3400199251648354712011-03-22T23:58:01.252-04:002011-03-22T23:58:01.252-04:00You represent the other side of the coin pretty we...You represent the other side of the coin pretty well Scott. While I never experienced a true form of EPCOT, I understand the ideals pretty well. And you're right, corportations are not the answer either. I would just like to see a return to the old EPCOT spirit. Where it wasn't about being another theme park.Jtsalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495597041376822547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-22128316873362017492011-03-22T19:10:46.179-04:002011-03-22T19:10:46.179-04:00I understand the sentiments, but again, I never ex...I understand the sentiments, but again, I never experienced the park in the 80's or 90's. And as you say, it is no EPCOT. I don't think it ever was...not what Walt intended, at least. Walt wasn't looking at it as another theme park at all. It became something pretty cool, though (at least it sounds like it did). And it's still pretty cool in my opinion. <br /><br />EPCOT becomes a word, Epcot, much like SCUBA becomes a word, scuba. While I understand how much it bothers some people, it doesn't bother me. (And I don't know if I dream of a future controlled by corporations anymore...it was a different world back then...)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409785011989904117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-37871569118823519722011-03-22T19:05:25.175-04:002011-03-22T19:05:25.175-04:00Never experienced Horizons, so I have to vote for ...Never experienced Horizons, so I have to vote for The Land.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409785011989904117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769611391347001288.post-29213420217671946282011-03-16T13:34:20.546-04:002011-03-16T13:34:20.546-04:00Yes I knew Scott haha. It really is a level above ...Yes I knew Scott haha. It really is a level above the rest. It rivals the best steak houses anywhere in America.Jtsalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495597041376822547noreply@blogger.com