Comments on: Neverworlds – World Showcase’s Arab Nations Pavilion

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:49:50 +0000

The people mover is one of my favorite rides and I would’ve loved to see it show up at other parks.

By: George Taylor

George Taylor — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:08:58 +0000

Great scan! So, when are we going to have the tour of the Progress City archives?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Haha – right on, Michael, right on.

There’s obviously no way in hell they’d put money like that into a transportation system anymore, especially since they want as much foot traffic as possible past all of POPs. I personally think the system in and of itself would be a huge draw to the park, but their attendance is already pretty good. Plus, It’d probably make more sense anyway to expand the monorail (between all of the parks) first… which won’t happen either.

Still, like I’ve said before, the Peoplemover is probably my favorite ride in all of the parks.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:22:02 +0000

That would be cool, and probably more along the lines of what they were thinking back in the day. It’s very Waltish – a transportation system that gives you a tease of what you’re about to see. The waterfront idea, which I’ve been tinkering with for a while, is more of a straight transportation system that would require less “hiding” of the track than if it was weaved through the buildings (the reason I suggested adding show scenes or dioramas of some sort – so people would have something to look at!).

I think the best option would be to subtly weave the track through the pavilions like you suggest, but that would be more expensive and require more finesse… which is why I didn’t even think to mention it

But a WEDway with stations at, say, Gateway, American Adventure, and Outpost? Sign me up!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:15:03 +0000

Wow, that’s a crazy idea – on the waterfront. Hadn’t even thought about that…
That would obviously be cool, but I was thinking it’d be pretty interesting to have it just weave in and out of all the pavilions, so you could get a glimpse of everything and see some snippits of the rides/attractions to boot – like in MK, going inside of the rides. This obviously would be a huge undertaking, though.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:59:22 +0000

You’re welcome! I’m a firm believer in high resolution.

Obviously I wish the Peoplemover was in more widespread use, both in the parks and around the resort. When in Disneyland the other week I kept thinking how useful a WEDway would be in the resort area there.

I think that EPCOT as it is could really, really still use a WEDway. It’s so spread out and so scenic, both of which lend themselves to being Peoplemover-friendly. It would fit perfectly into Future World, and there’s enough grade along the Showcase waterfront that a track could be laid in without disturbing the theming. Maybe a glass enclosed, water-level track with show scenes along the way?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:35:12 +0000

This is so awesome. I really wish they would’ve expanded the Peoplemover concept to all of the parks, but then again, I wish a lot of things…

Thanks so much for the hi-res photo!