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Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 11:18 am
by Epcotmaniac
Maybe we could use this thread to collect all news and informations of the upcoming anniversary.
Today the Disneyparks Blog announced that there will be some merchandise and revealed some cool pins and a new jumbo pin.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... Q2FBDM0241
I still hope that they make an event in October. If so I really need to travel to Orlando this year.
More merchandise
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2 ... -of-epcot/
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 11:25 am
by theBIGyowski
Ok yeah...that jumbo pin is insane awesome!!!

Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 11:31 am
by mills10
Good idea! I hope they do some fun things since I will be down there on a CP. I've never been during a big event like an anniversary.
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 7:43 pm
by Amy
Oooo, looks like some fun things

Even though I don't generally collect pins, I might have to buy a few of those swell looking beauties!
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 9:59 pm
by mindflipper
Ooooooooooo....pins. Wow. They've realy put a bunch of hard work in coming up with the merchandise. Special anniversary CD set like they did with DL's 50th? No. Some retro stuff that hasn't been made since the park opened in 1982? No. Just pins. Next, it's the T-shirts...
They're not doing as much for 30th. Seems like DLP is doing more for their 20th than they're doing for EPCOT's 30th over here...
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Wed 21, 2012 10:29 pm
by Mark86
Of course, not much of a celebration but enough new merchandise to spend money on. That pin is nice...
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 3:20 am
by Sleepy90
Oh my if that first black and white thing is a pin would I love one of those, chances of any being around in Feb will be non existent though.
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 6:24 am
by Amy
mindflipper wrote:Ooooooooooo....pins. Wow. They've realy put a bunch of hard work in coming up with the merchandise. Special anniversary CD set like they did with DL's 50th? No. Some retro stuff that hasn't been made since the park opened in 1982? No. Just pins. Next, it's the T-shirts...
They're not doing as much for 30th. Seems like DLP is doing more for their 20th than they're doing for EPCOT's 30th over here...
An updated CD box set would be nice, but I wonder if those have gone the way of the dinosaurs with most music seeming to come in downloadable form these days?

Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 8:18 am
by mindflipper
Didn't stop Tokyo Disneyland from outdoing DL's 50th when they had 25th - they had a 10 CD boxset!
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 8:33 am
by Amy
mindflipper wrote:Didn't stop Tokyo Disneyland from outdoing DL's 50th when they had 25th - they had a 10 CD boxset!
That is because TDL is simply awesome!!

I wish I had known about it - I'm going to have to stalk eBay to find a set!
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 8:37 am
by Len90
Can we hope that pins are a start? I do like the pin designs but it would be a hige let down if that is all they do. Personally I think retro shirts would be nice, but keep in mind that there is a line that has been out for a few years now. Maybe some retro inspired 30th shirt then?
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 9:21 am
by theBIGyowski
Yeah they already have some fantastic retro Epcot Center shirts there. Maybe they'll decorate the park or do something special.
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 11:58 am
by lonepalm
theBIGyowski wrote:Ok yeah...that jumbo pin is insane awesome!!!

That is amazing. Hopefully, they do that projection of this onto the ball...like they do with the Castle. I'd bet they do! I HOPE they do!
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 1:31 pm
by Wizzard419
Wasn't the 10 cd boxset literally just a box with 10 of the previous park CDs in them? As opposed to the 50th boxset they had at DLR where it was compiled audio.
Re: Epcot's 30th anniversary
Posted: Mar Thu 22, 2012 2:54 pm
by Brian845
lonepalm wrote:theBIGyowski wrote:Ok yeah...that jumbo pin is insane awesome!!!
That is amazing. Hopefully, they do that projection of this onto the ball...like they do with the Castle. I'd bet they do! I HOPE they do!
That would present a pretty interesting technical challenge because of the multiple facets of the ball. You'd practically have to come up with a custom graphic to account for the different angles of each facet, I don't think it would look good otherwise. I'm sure if could be done, but it'd be pretty time consuming!