https://orlandoinformer.com/blog/epcot-big-changes-d23/ #1 Universal Orlando vacation planning website Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://orlandoinformer.com/blog/epcot-big-changes-d23/#comment-7588 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:56:50 +0000 https://orlandoinformer.com/?p=105668#comment-7588 These small steps are good, and, while I’m not a fan of Guardians coming to Future World, it was inevitable for something fresh to go into the energy pavillion.
However, for Epcot to truly be ready for WDWs 50th anniversary, I would have liked to hear 2 more pieces of news: 1) that the Imagination pavillion was finally going to get a much needed redo, while still keeping Figment and maybe even bringing back Dreamfinder, and 2) that Wonders of Life would also be given a major redo, using Inside Out, as well as their “healthy properties” (think Dancing with the Stars, The Chew and Extreme Mame over weight loss edition) to really make the pavillion new and relevant (childhood and adult obesity is a huge epidemic in this country). This pavillion is still so needed and they can do so much with it using the synergy of their ABC shows (and even tie in the food and wine festival), that it is a crime that they are still letting this pavillion sit empty for so long!!
With no mention of these 2 pavillions in their announcement, I fear the Disney execs will just bulldoze both and use the space for conventions and for the seasonal festivals, not at all what 2 key Future World pavillions should be used for. I understand Future World is absolutely not what it was, but knowing that these 2 pavillions aren’t getting the love and attention they desperately need makes me sad and I long for the early years of Epcot when the park was truly a mash up of education and entertainment. I can only hope that, with one of the original imagineers helming the project, more news about Epcots renovation is still to come, specifically about these 2 sections. Once those 2 pavillions get the attention they deserve and world showcase gets one more country (and maybe a ride in Germany), then Epcot will once again be the amazing park it was when it first opened 35 years ago.

]]> https://orlandoinformer.com/blog/epcot-big-changes-d23/#comment-7583 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 04:54:06 +0000 https://orlandoinformer.com/?p=105668#comment-7583 WTF?!?!?!?!?!??

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