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 Park News - (2/8/10) A new construction update from inside Epcot can be found over at MouseSteps this week that shows off some the ongoing work at the Mexico Pavilion as well as the new Smarter Planet exhibit at Innoventions.
(1/29/10) Orlando United has new pictures showing off the construction in Italy this week.
(1/25/10) Disney has provided some new information about the Pizzeria opening this fall at the Italy pavilion. It will seat 300 and feature outdoor dining, authentic Italian dishes from Tutto Italia as well as new pizza from it’s own wood burning ovens. To make the taste stand out they will actually be bringing in water from another location that has a chemical comparison to the water in Naples (Italy) which will give the dough that authentic Italian flavor.
(1/21/10) New construction photos from Epcot showing off the work on the Cantina (Mexico) new Pizzeria (Italy) as well as rehabs at China and Innoventions West have been posted to Orlando Theme Park News.
(1/11/10) New construction pictures from Epcot showing off the project to rebuild the restaurant outside of the Mexico Pavilion can be seen at Orlando United.
(1/7/10) Pictures of a new Pizzeria eatery under construction at Epcot’s Italy Pavilion as well as rehab photos of the Mexico Pavilion and more can be found at Orlando Park News.
(1/4/10) The New Year’s Eve special countdown fireworks finale at Epcot can be in seen in HD in the video embedded below, shot by one of our readers.
Enjoy!
(12/7/09) MouseSteps has posted some new photos showing off what Christmas in the park looks like this year.
(11/12/09) Disney fans may be very interested in knowing that Disney has cut the large Lights of Winter displays in Epcot that ran down the long pathway from Future World to World Showcase. The funny thing is that I had heard they had almost cut them last year, but didn’t at the last second, but looks like they went for it this year. Even worse however than the unexpected cut has been Disney’s official explanation for it was to blame the retirement on it using “obsolete technology”. Umm… it’s a Christmas light display… you don’t get much more old school than that… plus what do they call that massive Osborne display over at the Studios? Something smells fishy to me… and after nearly dropping them last year, they’ve had a year now to fix and upgrade any “obsolete technology” problems that may have come up. Come on… it’s the Christmas season Disney. You can’t put up the big lights in Epcot anymore? Really!?
I’m betting if they allowed it, a ton of guests would show up with their own Christmas light displays and have something new built up in the park in only a couple of days.
(10/27/09) A Screamscape source tells us that while Living with the Land reopened with a few little tweaks and improvements here and there, the plan is to actually bring in a new fleet of boats. Unfortunately it seems there was a difference in the design of the new boats front end that is preventing it from being able to cleanly make it through some of the tighter curves in the flume. The boats are said to be getting modified and we can possibly expect the ride to go down again sometime in the first half of 2010 if need be to swap out the boat fleets. (Why they can’t just test them out a few at a time and keep it open is beyond me…)
So far most people claim that the rain forest scenes seems to have been refreshed a bit, along with some update to the desert scene, though nothing specific was mentioned. Some of the film/video footage has also been updated, and the station now had loading gates.
(7/13/09) According to an insider, some peeps from Imagineering were seen scoping out the Honey I Shrunk The Audience theater building, claiming they were simply seeing if it were still possible to show Captain EO once again. Again… they were just looking to see if it were even still possible… not that they have committed to doing it yet.
Nearby I’ve heard an odd rumor that a new video based show is under consideration to take over The Circle of Life show in Epcot’s The Land pavilion. The rumor going around was that it may involve Pixar characters somehow, and given the environmental themes of the pavilion and former show, I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring in Wall-E.
Ride Rehabs - The following information is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.
Test Track – 1/11/10 through 1/17/10
Living w/ The Land – 1/18/10 through 2/5/10
Late 2009 - The Sum of All Thrills - (10/15/09) A video clip of the new Sum of all Thrills attraction can be found at JeffLangeDVD.com along with photos over at MouseSteps.
(10/13/09) Check out this article about Epcot’s new Sum of All Thrills attraction in Innoventions.
(8/31/09) Epcot guests will soon experience a new attraction at Innoventions East called The Sum of all Thrills, presented by Raytheon. “Using the latest technology, Sum of all Thrills will inspire visits to engineer their own ride and then experience it firsthand in a state-of-the-art simulator." From what I’ve been led to believe, based on concept art posted to Raytheon’s website, this new “simulator” experience will actually be a Kuka Robocoaster with some kind of enclosure over the riders for the display screens. Talk about trying to steal Universal’s thunder… the same Robocoaster style robot arm ride system, minus the projection covering, is what is going to be used on the upcoming Harry Potter ride at Islands of Adventure. You can see a picture of a prototype version of this kind of Robocoaster posted to the Kuka website.
2010 - Captain EO - Rumor - (12/23/09) Screamscape sources tell us that despite the fact that the announcement about Captain EO only mentioned it coming to Disneyland in February, there are still active plans to bring EO back to life in Epcot as well later in the year.
(12/2/09) I’ve been told that we can expect to see the return of Captain EO in Epcot by Summer 2010 if all goes well as well as bringing it to Tokyo Disneyland as well.
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