This is such a sad thread to me. Epcot has always been my favorite park. I love MK, and there's so much to do there, but there is a special feel to Epcot that I've always been fond of...the music, the attractions and just the overall idea behind it. It makes me so sad to see it being neglected.
Innoventions-this makes me the saddest, even as I type this out. I looked forward to going there, with so many memories of its heyday. I have pictures of my girls when they were little making paper, and playing games and doing the Fire drill game. I loved the house of the future and the hurricane house(think that's still there). But they have basically gutted it. I hope in my heart that they won't do something sad, like make it some character meet and greet or a restaurant with a buffet or something. It was one of the most interesting, inventive parts of the park, and most of it is gone.
The Land-I love the Land pavilion. To this day I love everything about it, and it's the place we spend most of our time when we're there. Living with the Land is my son's favorite ride, though I do miss the CM's giving a talk while the ride is moving.
Imagination-Oh, Lawd. Help me. They really screwed the pooch with this ride. I so miss the original ride. It was awesome, and I wish it were back. I'm all for needed change, but the ride is boring and they have basically stripped the life out of ride exit area. I really miss the old one. Thank heavens Captain EO is gone, at least.
Universe of Energy-Speaking of needed change...Ellen is great in this ride. It's funny and cute, but its embarrassing that a company like Disney allows a film to get that old and irrelevent in one of its main attractions in one of its major parks. The stuff they talk about with energy is so completely dated that I spend most of the film shaking my head. A new film seriously couldn't cost all that much compared to...say, building a Chinese theme park.
Wonders of Life-Sad, pitiful. I echo what someone else said about Disney not wanting a delapidated park. He'd be outraged that a major pavilion sat empty for all these years when money was spent elsewhere when this should have been fixed first. That place has so much potential, it really does. Body Wars is still relevant and would just need an update. With the technology available in the fitness world, there is so much that could be done there. smh.
With TT and MS, I don't have a problem with either. They are thrill rides and attract some people who might not go to Epcot otherwise thinking it might be boring. I get it. And for goodness sake, do something with that empty Odyssey Restaurant! I have nice memories of that place and now it sits empty, sad and lonely. Either bulldoze it or do something imaginative with it.
I know a lot of people hate FEA, but at least its updated. What I don't get is, of all the things they could have spent money on in that park, THAT was what they chose?? Besides what I listed above, the Impressions de France movie is so so bad. I mean, its grainy and old and so out of date-the people in the film are wearing clothes from the mid 80's. They could make a beautiful film, and the theater is extremely old and beat up as well.
