What EPCOT refurb never should have happened?

Soarin08 · Post by **Soarin08** » Dec Thu 04, 2008 6:17 pm

jenndisney wrote:I never got to see Wonders of Life. It is one I wish I could have seen just to mark it off my list.

I never did either.

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Dec Fri 05, 2008 8:57 am

I'm sorry you missed Body Wars. It was EPCOT's first thrill ride. Dave Barry once wrote a humorous account of what it was like to ride it after eating a huge sausage called a "Bloatwurst" at the German restaurant.

Cranium Command was great, too.

Mr.ToadWildRider · Post by **Mr.ToadWildRider** » Dec Fri 05, 2008 1:33 pm

Cranium Command was awesome, albeit dated. Hanz and Franz don't really stand the test of time. It had an awesome cast though! Bobcat Goldwaithe as the adrenal gland was always my fave!

Admiral01 · Post by **Admiral01** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 1:26 am

I have been at WDW all week for work. I have had dinner at EPCOT each night, and I took a few minutes to talk to an Imagination worker about the ride and I got some really stong indications that the ride is infact headed toward a refurb soon. It also looked like there was work going on inside the glass pyramids. When I was walking up the walkway into The Land I thought I could actually see scafolding inside the pyramids. It could have been my imagination, but I think this ride is headed for a big re-do.

CapnHook · Post by **CapnHook** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 8:36 am

Me? I dislike the last spaceship earth refurb. First half of the ride, OK. I liked a few of the changes. But the end with the touch screens, uhh, kind of like a big letdown. I liked the old version better. And I prefer The Jeremy Irons narration to the woman doing it now. She's talented, but I just prefer Jeremy's expressiveness to hers. I may have liked Mr. Cronkite's voice as well, but without being able to put the sound to the scenes, I won't know.

MW1218 · Post by **MW1218** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 9:24 am

I agree that the new Spaceship Earth is lacking at the end (from the outer space POV of Earth onward). However, it isn't too late for Disney to listen to the fan's opinions and make some changes. Also, the first half of the ride remains relatively true to the original. When it comes to total changes, replacing Horizons, a smart, optimistic look at the future with Mission: Space, a thrill ride that most people find TOO thrilling, and the original JII to the past two incarnations, are far worse in comparison.

Future Guy · Post by **Future Guy** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 11:49 am

Admiral01 wrote:I have been at WDW all week for work. I have had dinner at EPCOT each night, and I took a few minutes to talk to an Imagination worker about the ride and I got some really stong indications that the ride is infact headed toward a refurb soon. It also looked like there was work going on inside the glass pyramids. When I was walking up the walkway into The Land I thought I could actually see scafolding inside the pyramids. It could have been my imagination, but I think this ride is headed for a big re-do.

Aren't they turning the upstairs room that used to house the ImageWorks into some kind of Kim Possible thing? That could have been what you saw, although I dearly hope that they give the pavilion a huge rehab to undo the damage that the previous two rehabs have wrought. I want the ride to last 10 minutes again, I want Dreamfinder back, and most of all I want it not to feel like a hollow dumping ground for pieces of defunct attractions.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 4:24 pm

It's just always so ironic, that the one pavilion in epcot that would probably never need a complete overhaul has already changed three times. Imagination is timeless, and while all the other pavilions would undoubtfully need to be brought p to the times, the Imagination pavilion would only need the occasional dusting and a few minor improvements...

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 4:25 pm

Bring back Dreamfinder is all I will say...

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 6:43 pm

I loved Body Wars!! Everyone else I knew hated it because it really is the wildest ride in WDW... worse than Star Tours when it comes to jerking you all around- but I never get sick from that stuff. and I was really sad when it closed.

Also, I know Judy Dench is a great actress, but BRING BACK JEREMY IRONS, darnit!!!

That being said, of course, I had to vote for the ORIGINAL Journey Into Imagination in the poll.

Post by **Len90** » Jan Mon 12, 2009 2:00 am

figmentaholic wrote:I loved Body Wars!! Everyone else I knew hated it because it really is the wildest ride in WDW... worse than Star Tours when it comes to jerking you all around- but I never get sick from that stuff. and I was really sad when it closed.

I second that. I really enjoy Star Tours, but it does not come close in my book. I found the jerking you around to be fun and never got sick/or was on it when anyone got sick. I honestly felt that it was not even close to being the wildest ride in Disney World... If you think about it Test Track has you flying around a corner at 65mph and Mission Space has you subjected to 2g's for about 15 seconds.

Nz58cl · Post by **Nz58cl** » Jan Mon 12, 2009 9:57 am

Wonders of Live; It just doesn't make sense. Why close something with nothing else to put it it's place? I dislike some of the other changes but this really makes me mad.

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Mon 12, 2009 5:46 pm

Len90 wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:I loved Body Wars!! Everyone else I knew hated it because it really is the wildest ride in WDW... worse than Star Tours when it comes to jerking you all around- but I never get sick from that stuff. and I was really sad when it closed.
I second that. I really enjoy Star Tours, but it does not come close in my book. I found the jerking you around to be fun and never got sick/or was on it when anyone got sick. I honestly felt that it was not even close to being the wildest ride in Disney World... If you think about it Test Track has you flying around a corner at 65mph and Mission Space has you subjected to 2g's for about 15 seconds.

Well I never had any problems with Test Track when it came to the G forces and such.. It is a different kind of stress that it is putting on you in relation to Star Tours or Body Wars. The latter 2 stay still but jostle you around, and the former one is, for the most part, smooth, but like you said it gives you g-force stresses.
I think a lot of times people have problems with one type or the others, but not usually both.

purple figment · Post by **purple figment** » Mar Thu 05, 2009 12:19 am

They made a disaster of the original Journey into Imagination. They elimated Figment and then brought him back in a way that is annoying and doesn't make sense. UGGGGGHHHHHHH.

invader07 · Post by **invader07** » Mar Wed 11, 2009 11:43 am

I always refer to EPCOT as EPCOT Center. Also the best thing that EPCOT Center has done in a while is remove the wand from Spaceship Earth.

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