tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post114654325184764867..comments2023-11-05T00:52:41.562-07:00Comments on EPCOT Central: The sad side of EpcotEpcot82http://www.blogger.com/profile/14763893513279437902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1167329862019371922006-12-28T10:17:00.000-08:002006-12-28T10:17:00.000-08:00You literally have extruded the words out of my mo...You literally have extruded the words out of my mouth. I long for the days of walking into the park and hearing that so familiar entrance music, seeing the acrylic Epcot emblem above the water and boarding Space Ship Earth. As I have mentioned in numerous posts throughout cyberspace is that Disney is stealing Epcot's identity and making a clone of MK. Epcot was great, in that it wasn't a "Disney" Park. Any association to the mouse was left out the gate, and that was a great idea. The MK is such an intangible fantasy, that you don't expect any type of realism, but at Epcot, we were witnessing the future, and it was something to behold. Now, it's just another MK, with animated movie characters prancing about.jahosifatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498453974538532763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1148956979124641702006-05-29T19:42:00.000-07:002006-05-29T19:42:00.000-07:00I have to admit... I don't even go to Epcot anymor...I have to admit... I don't even go to Epcot anymore. My wife hates it, my kids hate it. And I can only remember how it once was...<BR/><BR/>Ir depresses my way too much. And the "World" NEEDS EPCOT. Can you imagine going to only MK, AK, and MGM? Wow. Talk about giving Universal Studios a better chance to be competetive to WDW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1147571057768027642006-05-13T18:44:00.000-07:002006-05-13T18:44:00.000-07:00So, the Living Seas getting Nemo characters, but p...So, the Living Seas getting Nemo characters, but primarily starring Crush and Mr. Ray over the rest of the cast, is deemed "Absolute Pixarification" of the parks. Granted Wonders of Life just becoming a blatant opportunity to show Pixar characters without any well thought idea of how the characters could bring guests the universal theme of the pavillion and how it affects us and just be to sell crap would be bad. But the thing is, at least with Nemo, they are still telling of the oceans life which by all means was the general theme of Sea Base, though Sea Base of course told of the wonders man had yet to find.<BR/><BR/>For a blogger concerned about Epcot, why the hell haven't you spoken about the mess Imagination is become? The Institute is total crap and a really bad substitute for Figment and Dreamfinder's good old Dreamport. And have you seen the condition old ImageWorks is in? Mostly intact with broken old monitors being stored up there. Clean up the place and it would be easy to reopen...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1147134392823710722006-05-08T17:26:00.000-07:002006-05-08T17:26:00.000-07:00Great writing. Thanks for putting up this blog!Great writing. Thanks for putting up this blog!Charles Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957425833075857043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1146851892848001712006-05-05T10:58:00.000-07:002006-05-05T10:58:00.000-07:00Okay, I finally remembered to get that Wired magaz...Okay, I finally remembered to get that Wired magazine. I can't type the whole interview, which is interesting, so I'll just put in the final question, which regards EPCOT.<BR/><BR/>The interview is with Danny Hillis designed ride technology for Imagineering.<BR/><BR/>WIRED: Walt envisioned Epcot as the ultimate interacive space. It was supposed to be a place where people lived and had a real stake--the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>HILLIS: I never met Walt; when I talk about him, I'm talking about the virtual Walt. But if you watch the Epcot film from 1967, you see the genuine Walt, the Carousel of Progress Walt, excited about the future and where we're heading. But he died before anyone else understood what he meant. They gave up and turned it into what they knew how to build: a theme park. If he'd lived, we would have gotten an experimental city.<BR/><BR/>This is interesting because Hillis (I call him Danny) points out that even the EPCOT that was built in the '80s was not correct, not what Walt had meant when he described EPCOT. This is true. But at least it was a DIFFERENT theme park, and one that's being slowly turned into nothing special.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1146620763589293872006-05-02T18:46:00.000-07:002006-05-02T18:46:00.000-07:00I still love EPCOT Center too, and I miss it dearl...I still love EPCOT Center too, and I miss it dearly. It's a shell of its former self.Tocpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508904475256991286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1146588462769142062006-05-02T09:47:00.000-07:002006-05-02T09:47:00.000-07:00The last month's issue of Wired magazine, and issu...The last month's issue of Wired magazine, and issue devoted to games and gaming, there is a short interview with a former Imagineer. He discusses how Disneyland was the original "game," how it was a created place that one entered without knowing what to expect, and through gentle visual clues and guidance, and using your own itinerary, you could explore this new space and come up with an adventure that was your own. It was a clever thought, Disneyland as interactive game. But he was right.<BR/><BR/>The last answer he gave to the interviewer's questions was about EPCOT and how it's been misunderstood. I have been looking for the intervieew online, but it seems Wired has become a shadow of its former self as well. They no longer archive all the articles from their magazine.<BR/><BR/>The issue is at home, so I'll try to post his quote for you when I get home tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23143199.post-1146583580114391292006-05-02T08:26:00.000-07:002006-05-02T08:26:00.000-07:00One of your links is broken. It is http://epcot82....One of your links is broken. It is http://epcot82.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2006/04/walt_disney_wor.html%E2%80%9D<BR/><BR/>It should be http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2006/04/walt_disney_wor.html<BR/><BR/>DisneyQuest is even more of an artistic success than EPCOT. These are the greatest attractions in the world.Matt Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277781162895848668noreply@blogger.com