| # | Author | Message |
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| dshyates
Thu 6/21/2007 10:07a | They said they are gutting the inside of the pavilion but boarding up Body Wars and Cranium Command and leaving them alone. My guess is they will only turn it over to group sales until they are ready to rebuild it with an updated BW and CC. It could take a while to come up with a new script and programing for BW & CC. Eli Lilly could sponsor the old BW and turn it into a hyper space trip around the planet colleting things for drug research. zap to the top of the rainforest canopy for a pretty flower that cures cancer. zap your 7 miles down in the ocean getting a glowing shrimp that helps nerve growth. Plus a new, modern take on health sciences and the future for the interior remod of the pavilion may take a while. So my guess is while it is in the redesign phase they want to utilize the massive space. |
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| vbdad55
Thu 6/21/2007 10:20a | or it will sit waiting for 'enhancement' as 20K did for 11 years and turn into a playground |
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| ChiMike
Thu 6/21/2007 10:36a | I doubt that BodyWars and the simulator cabins are coming back to EPCOT. They aren't boarding them up to preserve them, they are boarding them up to defer interest in them when people are using the main space. To conceal them.
On first glance I bought into the idea that the cabins might be sent out HKDL, maybe that will end up being the case. On the other hand those cabins are so old that they might go with something new for their next simulator installation. Which as things are going, shouldn't be that far off.\
But in terms of EPCOT, with Soarin' and M:S, I doubt you will see the Body Wars ride system return. |
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| MPierce
Thu 6/21/2007 2:30p | >> or it will sit waiting for 'enhancement' as 20K did for 11 years and turn into a playground <<
Excellent point! How long has it been since the Odyssey building was used by daily guest. How about Millenium Village. What are they going to do with Fountainview? If you have a plan to improve the parks please implement it. Don't pi$$ down my back, and try to tell me it's raining! |
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| fkurucz
Thu 6/21/2007 2:38p | <<For what you ask ... a new attraction, perhaps?
No.>>
Oh well, another reason to head to Anaheim. |
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| ChiMike
Thu 6/21/2007 2:52p | >>How long has it been since the Odyssey building was used by daily guest. How about Millenium Village. What are they going to do with Fountainview?<<
And to bring us back around to the original topic. With those three venues now being used for "special events" they need a 4th??!!??
The Marketing and Entertainment Dept. strike again. Their priorities continue to eclipse what should be offered under daytime operations. |
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| Spirit of 74
Thu 6/21/2007 8:23p | <<What does that mean? Are you in medical school? Are you taking analgesics? Do you now stock Theraflu, just in case?>>
We have a winner for LP.com POST OF THE DAY!!! |
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| Spirit of 74
Thu 6/21/2007 8:29p | <<And to bring us back around to the original topic. With those three venues now being used for "special events" they need a 4th??!!??
The Marketing and Entertainment Dept. strike again. Their priorities continue to eclipse what should be offered under daytime operations.>>
But it's all about $$$.
Have you ever seen a group like Siemens come in to the Beach Club for a week ... parties with bars on the beach, cruises for fireworks, dinners at Yachtsmen ... expense accounts for everything else?
Those are the kind of guests Disney favors nowadays.
Rest assured, they won't be noticing the laundry room door that has been rotting for years to the point that a 4-year-old's tap could put a hole in it ... they won't be noticing the filthy carpet in the hallways ... or the fact that no one has cleaned under the beds or behind the nighstand since the room was last renovated ... but all those $$$.
And Disney keeps attracting more and more of the convention business.
So kill a pavilion that you can turn into a special events dining hall?
Makes perfect sense to the people at TDO.
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| ChiMike
Thu 6/21/2007 8:52p | I know.. It's just sad though. To see it at this point.
I guess I missed all the "special event" venues depicted by Herb Ryman. |
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| BlueOhanaTerror
Thu 6/21/2007 9:51p | >>>We have a winner for LP.com POST OF THE DAY!!!<<<
I'd like to take this chance to thank all the little people who helped get me to this place...
Bilbo, Sneezy, DeVito. Paris. |
