Fall at the earliestAny word on the Rat?
Is it that expensive though if they already have the building there? I thought it was basically like the roof of the building.
I mean I know its expensive but in comparison to the other things happening though is it that expensive?
I wonder though if they cut it because they are unsure if they would fill it up in the next 5 years anyways. Plus since its on the "roof" its out of the way construction in the future that could be done whenever likely.
I am interested to see if Mary Poppins ever comes back. I was not totally on board like some others. Hopefully with time they realize they should do more of an attraction instead of a carousel.
Some will say its better than nothing. My thought is once they build it then its not going anywhere for 50 years so rather see it have a chance at something more and leave the carousel exclusive to Fantasyland.
It isDoes anyone know if the Moana water attraction is still at Epcot Experience?
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Obviously a lot can still change but I think it’s more “Safe” due to its not a big expensive new thing.I figured because it would have "out there" like MP and the Festival pavilion if it was missing, but thanks for clarifying.
Obviously a lot can still change but I think it’s more “Safe” due to its not a big expensive new thing.
The weight of planters capable or supporting trees the size the show in the conceptual drawings really can't be understated - it's massive! Add to that, planters like that are notorious for leaking onto whatever is underneath them. This is Disney though - no doubt they could do "Pandora" trees that would be similar and you'd never know the difference. It takes up a pretty substantial piece of real estate, and wouldn't really generate much interest or revenue. That would put it on the back burner planning-wise alone.I don't know exactly what the price difference would be, of course, but assuming those were all meant to be live plants, to built a roof strong enough to support enough soil for all the plants plus the weight of those trees throughout their entire life cycle, I think it would be a really significant amount of extra engineering. Most roofs are designed to hold a load of only a couple people for maintenance purposes, especially in Florida where snow load isn't a concern. So the extra weight of having the roof as a usable area for lots of people, plus the soil and trees, plus calculating wind loads and other elements related to the trees (which is not a standard thing to account for, so that's probably a lot of extra design work to analyze). So, yeah, even if they build the rest of the structure as originally designed, the garden on top seems like a lot of money right off the bat, so even before the pandemic I assumed from the start they would end up scaling the building down to something simpler to save costs, sadly.