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Posted: Friday April 7, 2023 2:22pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff
Disney has released a new video showing water flowing at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana.
This is another major milestone reached as Journey of Water Inspired by Moana is planned to open fall 2023 in the World Nature neighborhood of EPCOT. Watch the video below with Kate Worth, Project Coordinator from WDI for a look.
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Bocabear28 days ago
but then again, it should have been instantly corrected before people started tripping over them...Anyone can see it would be a problem... That is the biggest problem when we do installations...people tripping over our stuff as we are working...and even if they are beyond the barricades we installed, they will still blame us... So we have become hyper aware of this issue...I am shocked someone at Disney did not see this and flag it .... and come up with something for it... Tiny bench surround, etc.
retr0gateMar 06, 2024
I could be completely wrong here, but I find it hard to believe the mounds were an intentional part of the design. It seems far more likely that there was an issue with the grading and they decided to just leave it as is / improvise something during construction. I've worked on similar projects (albeit, not in theme parks) and what we draw does not always reflect what's actually built on site. You can usually expect to see a lot of small discrepancies like this, especially when it comes to site work like pavement, lighting fixtures, etc., usually because something was overlooked during installation, not the design process.
Disstevefan1Mar 03, 2024
LOL. This is why I love these boards! 🏆
_calebMar 02, 2024
*concrete
Cmdr_CrimsonMar 02, 2024
How bout this....😏
Disstevefan1Mar 02, 2024
I don’t know what this means, but the mounds of cement the designers chose as lamp post bases in World Malformation in EPCOT was a tripping hazard and they looked ugly.It makes you wonder, did they run out of time and/or money and the cement mounds was just a cost cutting mistake?Maybe a CFTOD inspection flagged it and made them fix it? LOL!Whatever the reason, they are ending up spending even more money to correct it.
Cmdr_CrimsonMar 02, 2024
CntrlFlPeteMar 02, 2024
I found it crazy when I was there the other day in the way they had Pluto out in the walkway right across from Daisey (who was in one of the sections). Each time I needed to go through that area, I needed to dodge folks going between the two characters while the crowd is trying to walk in the walkway.Just looked/felt like a cluster that did not need to be.
SoFloMagicMar 01, 2024
Or just ban double wide strollers
HauntedPirateMar 01, 2024
That would make much more sense, and I sincerely hope your guess is correct and that there is work being done in that area to move the queue. Without a change in the queue placement, that walkway is going to be miserable during busier times. Even when it's not terribly busy, it only takes a few families and a few dozen people going each way to clog things up.
James AlucobondMar 01, 2024
If you look back at the plan from when the festival center was still a thing, it did appear to include the M&G oriented in that way (see below for flow). We basically have the exit area on the right, and I suspect they're working on some variation of the proposed queuing area right now, though it might ultimately be a bit more of a straightaway that also provides backstage access rather than what was originally proposed. I could be wrong, though.
HauntedPirateMar 01, 2024
That would definitely be a preferable area for that queue.
James AlucobondMar 01, 2024
I'm hoping they intend to swap the queue to the opposite side between the M&G and Coral Reef once that area is done. They're doing a lot of paving over there that wasn't in the original site plan, so I have to imagine it's in support of the M&G, which also wasn't in the plan.
HauntedPirateMar 01, 2024
I really wish they had better placement for the meet and greet. In its current spot, the line has a tendency to create a choke-point on that walkway when things are busy. Or when you have a couple of families with double-wide strollers and they don't see the need to move close to the side. ;)
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