Idea for Epcot Tron Pavilion

[Oglet]

But it's the Epcot monorail that has the Tron overlay so someone at Disney must think it fits with Epcot, I don't see why it wouldn't fit in, it's not like we're sending people to Mars at the moment, but they still have a ride that revolves around it.

I've seen Tronorail in the Contemporary, Grand Flo and Poly and it just looks way out of place there so why not parade it up and down World Drive, through Epcot and at concourse where keeping themes doesn't appear to be such an issue.

It's more of oh god where do we put this thing and the Epcot line just seemed to give it the most advertising exposure while keeping a neutral theme around the themed monorail resorts.

Just my opinion.....

 

[mousermerf]

A couple of notes...

The vast majority of Epcot does not have a sponsor. Seas, Energy, Land, Imagination do not (Kodak and Nestle left), and Test Track might lose its sponsor. The leaves M:S and Spaceship Earth.

M:S is based off a failed movie, Mission to Mars. It actually reuses props and mimics set pieces from the film.

 

[ConcKahuna]

A couple of notes...

The vast majority of Epcot does not have a sponsor. Seas, Energy, Land, Imagination do not (Kodak and Nestle left), and Test Track might lose its sponsor. The leaves M:S and Spaceship Earth.

M:S is based off a failed movie, Mission to Mars. It actually reuses props and mimics set pieces from the film.

And the movie was based on an attraction at MK!!

 

[Figment632]

And the movie was based on an attraction at MK!!

When was there a Tron attraction in MK?

 

[faneuil]

When was there a Tron attraction in MK?

The movie Mission to Mars was based on the attraction Mission to Mars.

 

[Tekneek]

Epcot was never supposed to be about tieing into movie properties like this. Nemo & Friends is a disaster, in terms of what the Epcot Future World concept was actually supposed to be about.

 

[faneuil]

OT: But, Tekneek, I think I know you. Do you post occasionally on hockey's future?

Anyway, sorry... back to the subject at hand.
I agree about Nemo. It makes me cry every time I see what the Living Seas has become.

 

[Tekneek]

OT: But, Tekneek, I think I know you. Do you post occasionally on hockey's future?

Anyway, sorry... back to the subject at hand.
I agree about Nemo. It makes me cry every time I see what the Living Seas has become.

Yes, but pretty much only on the Oilers board. I like to challenge the status quo in there quite a bit.

The state of Imagineering at Disney is a bit of a disappointment these days. I have no insight into the quality of people, but I am not pleased with the projects they are implementing. The way the Tomorrowland and Future World concepts are losing focus is a shame.

 

[mitros]

Epcot was never supposed to be about tieing into movie properties like this. Nemo & Friends is a disaster, in terms of what the Epcot Future World concept was actually supposed to be about.

Exactly. This is a Magic Kingdom ride/pavilion.

 

[mousermerf]

The end result of Seas is because the history of the pavilion. It was intended in early concepts to have a long dark ride full of mythology of the sea giving away to the reality of the sea and the science behind it - very much akin to Horizons (not that Horizons gave you reality, but rather fanciful mythology and then "realistic" futurism.)

With that idea they sort of went buck wild after Turtle Talk was popular. It became the Nemo ride - which should have still put you in Sea Base Alpha but because of egos and a scorched earth policy toward old Imagineer's work, the killed Alpha and made it less educational. In theory Nemo was supposed to segue-way into the science.

That is not a defense of it, but an explanation.