Comments on: Speaking of EPCOT… http://progresscityusa.com/2009/07/14/speaking-of-epcot/ Disney news, history, opinion and more - broadcasting from beautiful downtown Progress City, U.S.A.! Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://progresscityusa.com/2009/07/14/speaking-of-epcot/comment-page-1/#comment-4866 Michael Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:35:26 +0000 http://progresscityusa.com/?p=1736#comment-4866 I LOVE the idea of naming it the Tempo Bay Tower haha... I might call it that just out of general principle. I also like the idea of incorporating the WEDway in its design... even if just to link it to the main hotel. Of course, I like the idea of putting the WEDway anywhere! I also think you're right in that Walt would have been hacked off that someone else beat them to this. I'm not sure who scored Magic Highway, but my guess would be George Bruns. Second guess would be Buddy Baker, but I'm not sure when he came to Disney. Sounds Brunsish, though. And great call on the Marvin Miller narration! In my memory it was Paul Frees, but I listened to it again and you're absolutely right. I LOVE the idea of naming it the Tempo Bay Tower haha… I might call it that just out of general principle. I also like the idea of incorporating the WEDway in its design… even if just to link it to the main hotel. Of course, I like the idea of putting the WEDway anywhere!

I also think you’re right in that Walt would have been hacked off that someone else beat them to this.

I’m not sure who scored Magic Highway, but my guess would be George Bruns. Second guess would be Buddy Baker, but I’m not sure when he came to Disney. Sounds Brunsish, though. And great call on the Marvin Miller narration! In my memory it was Paul Frees, but I listened to it again and you’re absolutely right.

]]> By: Dan http://progresscityusa.com/2009/07/14/speaking-of-epcot/comment-page-1/#comment-4849 Dan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:11:17 +0000 http://progresscityusa.com/?p=1736#comment-4849 One more quick question: do you have any idea who scored those old Disneyland shorts? Although I am only a few years older than you, I love the retro-future orchestrations underneath the Marvin Miller narration. Thanks, Dan One more quick question: do you have any idea who scored those old Disneyland shorts? Although I am only a few years older than you, I love the retro-future orchestrations underneath the Marvin Miller narration.

Thanks,
Dan

]]> By: Dan http://progresscityusa.com/2009/07/14/speaking-of-epcot/comment-page-1/#comment-4848 Dan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:33:36 +0000 http://progresscityusa.com/?p=1736#comment-4848 Holy Smokeless! It's an honest-to-goodness WEDWay. A couple years back when the now-named Bay Lake Tower images were "leaked" onto the internet and the discussion regarding it heated up the servers, I made a simple suggestion that I forwarded onto Orlando: use this new structure to expand the Tomorrowland Transit Authority out of the park and into the new building, giving its guests the opportunity to enter the park via Tomorrowland (much like Disneyland Hotel guests can with the West coast monorail). The fourth floor connector would make the perfect WEDWay station and truly make the addition to the Contemporary...well, contemporary (by the way, I also suggested calling it Tempo Bay Tower after the original building's original name...anyone can look up my suggestions over at the DISBoards by doing an archive search for Barnum01, but I digress). At the time, I also commented that the structure seem to take visual cues from EPCOT's original central hotel, abeit much shorter and less stylish, something I still stand by. The Contemporary was the Phase I resort hotel themed to Tomorrowland. Make the connection permanent with tomorrow-looking technology and a unique entrance. TTA riders would even be able to enjoy a quick tour of the new structure while entering the attraction via the normal TTA queue. Anyways, lo and behold, I had no idea something like this was being installed at Heathrow and we may end up taking our England trip sooner than planned just to experience it. THIS is what EPCOT was meant to showcase. At one point, WED itself was at the forefront of this type technology, but even if WDI isn't, surely something like this has a logical home at the Florida Project. Walt, Ward, et al, would have thought so, and I can just imagine Walt storming through the offices asking why nobody at WED had come up with it as a successor to the WEDWay and how soon the technology could be adapted for use at Disney World. I have yet to read Eddie's interview, but I will shortly following typing my reply. If you remember, I asked the other day who was in the chain that could be put in charge of Epcot. From the sounds of your comments, Eddie is the man (even if he isn't in the chain anymore). Thanks again for keeping us challenged (even though I am deeply depressed having seen this technology and knowing it's nowhere near central Florida). All the best, Dan Holy Smokeless! It’s an honest-to-goodness WEDWay. A couple years back when the now-named Bay Lake Tower images were “leaked” onto the internet and the discussion regarding it heated up the servers, I made a simple suggestion that I forwarded onto Orlando: use this new structure to expand the Tomorrowland Transit Authority out of the park and into the new building, giving its guests the opportunity to enter the park via Tomorrowland (much like Disneyland Hotel guests can with the West coast monorail). The fourth floor connector would make the perfect WEDWay station and truly make the addition to the Contemporary…well, contemporary (by the way, I also suggested calling it Tempo Bay Tower after the original building’s original name…anyone can look up my suggestions over at the DISBoards by doing an archive search for Barnum01, but I digress). At the time, I also commented that the structure seem to take visual cues from EPCOT’s original central hotel, abeit much shorter and less stylish, something I still stand by. The Contemporary was the Phase I resort hotel themed to Tomorrowland. Make the connection permanent with tomorrow-looking technology and a unique entrance. TTA riders would even be able to enjoy a quick tour of the new structure while entering the attraction via the normal TTA queue.

Anyways, lo and behold, I had no idea something like this was being installed at Heathrow and we may end up taking our England trip sooner than planned just to experience it. THIS is what EPCOT was meant to showcase. At one point, WED itself was at the forefront of this type technology, but even if WDI isn’t, surely something like this has a logical home at the Florida Project. Walt, Ward, et al, would have thought so, and I can just imagine Walt storming through the offices asking why nobody at WED had come up with it as a successor to the WEDWay and how soon the technology could be adapted for use at Disney World.

I have yet to read Eddie’s interview, but I will shortly following typing my reply. If you remember, I asked the other day who was in the chain that could be put in charge of Epcot. From the sounds of your comments, Eddie is the man (even if he isn’t in the chain anymore).

Thanks again for keeping us challenged (even though I am deeply depressed having seen this technology and knowing it’s nowhere near central Florida).

All the best,
Dan

]]> By: Sam Gennawey http://progresscityusa.com/2009/07/14/speaking-of-epcot/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Sam Gennawey Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:49:40 +0000 http://progresscityusa.com/?p=1736#comment-4847 Tony Baxter is quoted as saying that when you remove something you have to replace it with something better or people won't be happy. He cited the Skyway as the perfect example. Welcome to the next generation of the Skyway. A PRT system has all of the same benefits (an overhead view, a sense of privacy in a public space, the ability to animate the land buy its motion) with the potential for a relatively high capacity attraction. I like it. Tony Baxter is quoted as saying that when you remove something you have to replace it with something better or people won’t be happy. He cited the Skyway as the perfect example. Welcome to the next generation of the Skyway. A PRT system has all of the same benefits (an overhead view, a sense of privacy in a public space, the ability to animate the land buy its motion) with the potential for a relatively high capacity attraction.

I like it.

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