WDW 35th and Epcot 25th Rumors

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Aug Fri 10, 2007 12:11 pm

Kieffer12 wrote:I have heard rumors of WDI wanting to redo the Imagination Pavillion again. If they could bring back Dreamfinder...

I don't think Dreamfinder will come back to Epcot. He has found a new gig as a King! as you can see below....Dreamfinder is still around!

"mmmm is this burger good or is it just a FIGMENT of my imagination?"

WVParkfan · Post by **WVParkfan** » Aug Wed 15, 2007 10:26 am

Croakeras you can see below....Dreamfinder is still around!

That is HILARIOUS

HSolo29 · Post by **HSolo29** » Aug Thu 16, 2007 12:14 am

Oh my...

Why'd you have to go and do that? Now I'll never look at Dreamfinder the same way again.

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Aug Thu 16, 2007 9:40 am

oh come on...your glass needs to be half full not half empty.. imagine when you go to Burger King how wonderful the Disney feeling will be...and those Figment Burgers...mmmmmm poor little dragon.

Post by **rdeacon** » Sep Mon 24, 2007 10:51 am

Looks like Epcot will have a celebration after all:

mouseplanet.com wrote:Epcot 25 celebration to take place next Monday

After months of denying that there would be any official public recognition of Epcot's 25th anniversary next Monday, Walt Disney World is now planning a rededication ceremony and other events to commemorate the park, which opened on October 1, 1982. Disney's plans were perhaps spurred in part by the huge response to the "Celebration 25" event created by 16-year-old local fan Adam Roth, and to a smaller event called "The Epcot Thing" created by Nathan Rose. The fact that several hundred people were willing to travel to attend an unofficial event helped convince Disney to involve the "Celebration 25" group in the official rededication ceremony that takes place at the Fountain of Nations plaza behind Spaceship Earth.
In addition to the 10:01 a.m. ceremonyâ€”which echoes the park's original dedication ceremonyâ€”Epcot is installing a special exhibit in the south corridor of Innoventions West near the character greeting location, distributing commemorative buttons to all park guests, and adding a special ending tag for the evening's showing of Illuminations. The tag will feature well-known Epcot music and the voice of Walt Disney, most likely from "The Epcot Film," and will include perhaps as many shells in the closing seconds as the show's entire holiday tag.

"Retro" guidebooks, menus and other souvenirs will also be involved in the event. The Innoventions exhibit will be in place through at least the end of the year; we'll bring you photos from the exhibit in the October 8 Park Update.

Also, park guests will have the opportunity to chat with Imagineering Ambassador Marty Sklar in the Circle of Life Theater inside The Land pavilion, though seating will be limited. World Showcase restaurants will also get into the act, providing menus reminiscent of the original 1982 menus. It will be interesting to see how that integrates with the opening week of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

Despite that, much of Disney's focus remains on cast-oriented events, as originally planned. The 300 opening-day cast members who still work there will be recognized, and other giveaways, decorations and celebrations are also involved.

I find it sad that its such a small celebration of such an important milestone. I find it even sadder, that, if true, Disney only planned the rededication due to the local fan uprising...

Here are the links:

Celebration 25

The Epcot Thing

Rich

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Sep Thu 27, 2007 2:15 am

mouseplanet.com wrote:World Showcase restaurants will also get into the act, providing menus reminiscent of the original 1982 menus. It will be interesting to see how that integrates with the opening week of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

Ugh. I would hate to have the coveted Le Cellier ADRs for this week. That's one place that should -not- revisit what its original menu was like. *shudder* It'd be nice if they used prices reminiscent of the 1982 menus though.

Despite that, much of Disney's focus remains on cast-oriented events, as originally planned. The 300 opening-day cast members who still work there will be recognized, and other giveaways, decorations and celebrations are also involved.

Wow. I'm impressed there are still 300 opening-day CMs there. I hope they do something nice for them; 25 years is a long time.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Oct Mon 01, 2007 8:00 pm

I was there for an hour this morning (before a race against the clock to get back to The Magical Express in time) and managed to get a few pics of the new innoventions gallery. Everyone that went to the park today got a 25th anniversary pin and a park map with the famouse "The future begins/began october 1st" image with the opening day map on the reverse side. The gallery was sort of small. It was one room with limited capacity, and it was mostly just vintage photos that can be found online. The SSE model from One Man's Dream was moved here too. I did like the mini-model Dreamcatcher and the robot from Horizons though. There were also a few World Showcase models. I asked MouseGear if they were selling any special merchandise, and to my surprise, there was only a couple watches and the original figment plush (which nearly everyone in my family already has lol). I thought Disney would have put more money into the merchandise than anything else; it would have sold like hot cakes. I found the crowds to be split evenly between Disney nerds like us and "OTHERS" who knew nothing about epcot. One "1st time visitor" (lol, I love how they give out those pins now so everyone knows) was almost crucified for shouting "Horizons looks boring, Mission:Space is the best". Despite many rumors, I doubt they'll be changing the name back to "epcot center" anytime soon. They're beginging to use the original font "prototype community font" anywhere they use the word "epcot" however they only use "epcot center" sparingly and when refering the opening day "epcot". The epcot center icon is making a comeback however

. Anyway... here are some pics... (There's also a few from WoL sinse it was opened for the food and wine festival)

(I hope a good videographer manages to get a video of the 25th anniversary IllumiNations. It supposedly has more fireworks in the finale than the entire holiday version)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/ ... 2_2003.jpg - signs on the SSE construction wall, also the design shown on the pin and the toll plaza

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/ ... 2_2007.jpg - sign behind SSE

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/ ... 2_2016.jpg - entrance to the single room

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Oct Mon 01, 2007 8:55 pm

GREAT PICTURES CHESHIRE CAT!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this one http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/ ... 2_1969.jpg
Where was that taken from the monorail?

And if anyone wants to see more pictures go here:
http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=37

Why can't Cast Members have costumes like this anymore:
http://www.mousesteps.com/images/storie ... G_3427.JPG

Post by **js3901** » Oct Mon 01, 2007 9:40 pm

Dr. Ravenscroft wrote: Why can't Cast Members have costumes like this anymore:
http://www.mousesteps.com/images/storie ... G_3427.JPG

link doesn;t work.

nbodyhome · Post by **nbodyhome** » Oct Mon 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Thank you for mentioning my site! (Mousesteps). You can just go straight to www.mousesteps.com and look at the pics there, you can't hotlink or anything like that.

I think the pic that he's mentioning is in this case would be on this page:

http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php?opt ... mitstart=3

Denise

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Oct Tue 02, 2007 12:26 am

Great pix!!! i hopefully will see them right after new years up close!!! In south florida there was a front page article on EPCOT, look for it at sun-sentinel.com.

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Oct Tue 02, 2007 4:30 am

Love the pictures... I just wish I'd been there.

nbodyhome · Post by **nbodyhome** » Oct Tue 02, 2007 8:01 am

Thanks, glad you liked them! I wish the weather had held up better in the evening, it would have been nice to get more photos.

Denise

Post by **rdeacon** » Oct Tue 02, 2007 8:16 am

Great pics!!

Thanks for sharing. Oh I sooo wanted to be there.

Rich

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Oct Tue 02, 2007 11:36 am

nbodyhome wrote:Thank you for mentioning my site! (Mousesteps). You can just go straight to www.mousesteps.com and look at the pics there, you can't hotlink or anything like that. I think the pic that he's mentioning is in this case would be on this page:

http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php?opt ... mitstart=3

Denise

Thanks!!! Sorry about the hotlink, didn't know I needed permission first, I will ask in future now that I know. By the way I love your site. My brother found out about it a few days ago and told me about it, and I have been there ever since reading and looking at pictures.

P.S. sorry but I voted for all of the above for the photo walk