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 Park News - (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.
Nothing is known at this point in time...
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 & Beyond - Nothing is known at this point in time...
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