The Epcot Overhaul: An Irresponsible Waste of Money

They spent 5 years and millions of dollars to build a generic looking public park 😂

Disney seems so obsessed with immediate revenue, to the point where it feels like NOTHING they're building now has any staying power. The IP-driven attractions are an attempt to capitalize off of hype, which will inevitably die down. Epcot used to be such an antithesis of what parks were typically like, offering incredibly deep and rich experiences. This overhaul is just a reflection of Disney's crooked attitude towards its guests.

You could've showed 54 minutes of modern minimalistic airport B-Roll and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

I think it's insulting the intelligence of children to say EPCOT wasn't interesting to kids. I went as a little kid and was OBSESSED with Spaceship Earth and Innoventions (the science-nerdy part of the park) and the Kim Possible (later Phineas and Ferb) spy games at World Showcase and the Kidcot sections. Disney thinks kids are stupid, and it really shows not just in their more recent films, but in the parks as well.

Oh, it's themed. Themed to an Apple Store, a Marriot Extended stay and a pretty good-sized Kohls.

You know what putting up all of these Walt statues reminds me of? How Chef Skinner used Gusteau's image to sell cheap, corporate products and frozen foods after his death in Ratatouille

i appreciate how your tone has increasingly gone from "i think disney could turn this around" to "am i going insane?? do you people not see this?? why are you praising these parks??" these past few years. insane how people will tolerate this continual corporatization of everything they love and get angry when people point it out.

Ok but, why does EPCOT look like a community college now if it's not even going to educate?

What I have always respected about Poseidon is that he is not hating to hate , he is hating because of a passion for what used to be and what COULD be.

if they touch my dusty janky animatronics in Spaceship Earth and replace them with IP slop i swear to god i will vomit blood

Getting rid of those fountains was a big mistake. Brought that area to life

They made a once interesting park into something even more boring than what others considered boring in the first place. I went two weeks ago and was amazed at how empty the area was and seeing how much seating was added for what? Not a single person was using the space that was put there. The music they put in was already putting me to sleep and now the whole area makes that feeling even more present. What was once my second favorite Disney park is now a place I can skip and really do not want to visit. Same thing with Animal Kingdom once they get rid of Dinosaur. They need to build upon what is already there rather than take it all away. Epcot has been a great example of this.

The inside of Communicore Hall is the most basic convention center looking thing I've ever seen.

What's crazy is 90's culture is making a major comeback. If they had made these spaces ultra-tacky/kitschy, with bright colors everywhere, the younger generation would have loved it. And those of us that miss that decade would too. It would be interesting to dig into why this happened. Does it have a lot to do with laying off imagineers and hiring architects from a huge CA firm? I have to assume so. Also, do the designers in CA just never visit FL? I get that CA has perfect weather all the time but most of the rest of the world does not. The lack of shade structures at new rides and outdoor queues, just baffles me.

EPCOT becoming an IP riddled mall says a lot about the limited imagining of these suits and how they envision the future. A big dead mall.

"The original framing of this statue looked as if Walt was sitting on a toilet, which I thought was appropriate symbolism for how he would view the park and company executives today". LMAO. Touché

If Disney fans that can’t admit the parks are really shitty rn bc they’re blinded by the Disney name don’t got me I know Poseidon entertainment got me

The juxtaposition between Universal's creative and rapid expansion with increased levels of customer service and positive expirences, next to Disney's stagnation and increasingly poor expirences for parkgoers...it's just getting sad.

They don't want to inspire you to a new, brighter future. That would distract you from CONSUME.

“Epcot is now just a big Apple Store.” Is really such an accurate comparison.