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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by jacobcary1 » May Tue 10, 2011 6:58 pm

Amy wrote:Horizons was great, but I also miss Cranium Command and Food Rocks and Kitchen Kabaret :(

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by jacobcary1 » May Tue 10, 2011 7:06 pm

I loved the original Rio Del Tiempo ride. Cool in the summer and never a line. If it wasn't for getting stuck once with the boat stopped in front of the crazy salesmen for about 15 minutes. I took that song and looped it for a whole cd for my father as a gag gift. Its still a laugh every now and then.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by cccmouse » May Tue 10, 2011 7:09 pm

Horizons and World of Motion. They both seemed to to reflect what EPCOT was supposed to represent.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by MmeLeota » May Tue 10, 2011 7:11 pm

jacobcary1 wrote:I loved the original Rio Del Tiempo ride. Cool in the summer and never a line. If it wasn't for getting stuck once with the boat stopped in front of the crazy salesmen for about 15 minutes. I took that song and looped it for a whole cd for my father as a gag gift. Its still a laugh every now and then.
:lol: Too funny! We liked the original as well...that song is an earworm. We haven't been on the new version, but I'm sure it's different enough to make us miss the original.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by jacobcary1 » May Tue 10, 2011 7:15 pm

cccmouse wrote:Horizons and World of Motion. They both seemed to to reflect what EPCOT was supposed to represent.
I think you make a very valid point. Don't forget the Living Seas original attraction and the original Imagination. :figment:

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by Amy » May Tue 10, 2011 7:50 pm

Sleepy90 wrote:Timekeeper.
Timekeeper! I forgot about that one :shock: That was an awesome attraction. I still love Nine-Eyes when she is told to blend in with the chandelier ~ "I'm blending, I'm blending...I am not blending in!!!!" :lol:

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by jacobcary1 » May Tue 10, 2011 7:59 pm

Don't forget the Submarines.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by mindflipper » May Tue 10, 2011 9:54 pm

Amy wrote:
Sleepy90 wrote:Timekeeper.
Timekeeper! I forgot about that one :shock: That was an awesome attraction. I still love Nine-Eyes when she is told to blend in with the chandelier ~ "I'm blending, I'm blending...I am not blending in!!!!" :lol:
I prefer the original Visionarium version over at DLP...

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by Amy » May Wed 11, 2011 4:54 am

mindflipper wrote:
Amy wrote:
Sleepy90 wrote:Timekeeper.
Timekeeper! I forgot about that one :shock: That was an awesome attraction. I still love Nine-Eyes when she is told to blend in with the chandelier ~ "I'm blending, I'm blending...I am not blending in!!!!" :lol:
I prefer the original Visionarium version over at DLP...
DLP definitely has a much cooler pre-show area :D

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by mindflipper » May Wed 11, 2011 8:52 am

Let's throw O Canada at EPCOT into this category. The new film has too much Martin Short in it.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by cousininmiami » May Wed 11, 2011 1:57 pm

MmeLeota wrote:
jacobcary1 wrote:I loved the original Rio Del Tiempo ride. Cool in the summer and never a line. If it wasn't for getting stuck once with the boat stopped in front of the crazy salesmen for about 15 minutes. I took that song and looped it for a whole cd for my father as a gag gift. Its still a laugh every now and then.
:lol: Too funny! We liked the original as well...that song is an earworm. We haven't been on the new version, but I'm sure it's different enough to make us miss the original.
Well, you are not missing much... the original is better.
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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by mindflipper » May Wed 11, 2011 2:46 pm

Give it time...the Three Caballeros song could grow on you (like bacteria)....

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by Arete » May Wed 11, 2011 8:02 pm

I noticed that the music or soundtracks from my favorite retired rides make me happy, except for one - the Journey Into Imagination track. It makes me sad to listen to it, so I suppose that must be the one I miss the most, because it still makes me sad to think it's gone. :(

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by jacobcary1 » May Wed 11, 2011 9:00 pm

Arete wrote:I noticed that the music or soundtracks from my favorite retired rides make me happy, except for one - the Journey Into Imagination track. It makes me sad to listen to it, so I suppose that must be the one I miss the most, because it still makes me sad to think it's gone. :(
The change from the original to the institute was quite a difference. So I have to agree. They really changed the whole ride around rather than just making some updates. Some of the stuff from the Institute is not bad but it just doesn't compare to the original.

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Re: What is your favorite retired ride?

Post by mindflipper » May Wed 11, 2011 11:07 pm

Arete wrote:I noticed that the music or soundtracks from my favorite retired rides make me happy, except for one - the Journey Into Imagination track. It makes me sad to listen to it, so I suppose that must be the one I miss the most, because it still makes me sad to think it's gone. :(
At least the JIYI 2.0 brought back figment and the song (albeit revamped) from the original JII ride.

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