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My Mom, Son and I am going to Disney World the first week of December 2015. Please tell me there will be some sort of Soarin there to ride. This is my Mom's favorite and I do not want to tell her it is going to be closed!
Love Soarin and Maelstrom!!!!!!they need to leave both of them
Do you know the dates of closure for Soarin? I hope it's not a time when I am visiting Disney. That is the highlight of my whole trip.
Kudos...I think that changing Soarin' to an attraction where we can experience the world "at our feet" is the best decision Disney has made in a long time. I love this attraction, but after seeing it 100 times, California needs to go. Thank you to Disney imagineers.
Captain EO must go. Even choreography very outdated. And Michael Jackson 'superstar' though talented, had zero acting ability.
Phew, SO glad you will be keeping Soaring. It is an Amazing experience for all ages and one of our very favorites. Thank You!
the legend of captain jack sparrow, where the heck is that? we go every year to Disney and have never seen it, must me hidden somewhere.
The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow is in DHS, right next to Toy Story Midway Mania. If you are facing TSMM, Legend is to your right. It's right across from the bathrooms there. It's very easy to miss!
I WANT SOARIN to stay!!---It was one of the MOST enjoyable at Epcot!! Please keep it :(!!!
All they are doing is changing up the movie...most time itll take is less than a month to close n update...
Hi,Connie! They are keeping Soarin, just updating it.
The California background is being changed to WORLDS! That actually seems fitting being that it is in EPCOT! The original ride is in Disneyland, which is why it has the California backgrounds.... :)
Soarin' isn't going anywhere, it's just getting an update but I freaked out and was in shock that it was first on the list of "leaving" attractions lol. To get rid of it would be a grave mistake as it's the most popular ride in all of Epcot!
Soarin' is not going any where. They merely are shooting a new movie not tied to California. It is being shot for all the other parks except DCA. It is most likely to be an around the world in theme, especially since Soarin' is found in some of the internationally Disneylands. Plus it make sense for Epcot's Soarin' since you have the Worldshow case part.
Instead of closing the Imagination Pavilion - how about bringing back the ORIGINAL Figment & Dreamfinder? Figment is my favorite Disney character, but even I have a hard time getting enthused over the revised experience. Figment is so uniquely Disney, it would be a terrible loss to just dump him!
The problem lies in that they couldn't make the dream finder portion work well, which is why the ride has changed so many times. It's not the most reliable concept or design. But I would love to see them at least try Dream Finder again, if for nothing more than nostalgia.
This is the first I have heard about maelstrom being replaced by FROZEN. I know the hype surrounding frozen has been huge-but getting rid of Maelstrom?? That's terrible! I LOVE that ride! Its as bad as the Main Street Bakery being replaced with Starbucks :'(