I can't wait to Frozen ever After ride in Epcot next year! I love Frozen!

I'd have preferred they move Frozen Ever After to another park, and mainstream Epcot into a more adult playground with more focus on adult culture around the worlds, whether that be drinking, adult pallet food, more adult history.

I am a little confused, either this site or another similar one showed the boats from the Malestom on a flatbed truck leaving the Disney area. Are they using the same design for new boats ?

If your going to take out a beloved ride don't just replace it with the movie we can see that all day at home really bad move Disney BOO

Hmmm... it needs a shot in the arm? How about doing something pertinent and relevant in all those empty or outdated Future World attraction buildings?! I know, that's crazy talk.

well, this is disappointing... at best! They mine as well say, "we are literally throwing this ride together as quickly as possible so that we can get it open." It's bad enough that they are now incorporating fantasy and commercial properties into once charming World Showcase countries (while taking out a ride that portrays the culture and history of Norway), but to simply throw a ride together like this is a shame. The Seven Dwarfs Mine Car ride was extremely disappointing and I was hoping for at least something new and innovative for this ride... but nope! I find it very hard to believe that Disney's Imagineers are this lazy, so I have to put the blame on the individuals that approve the new ideas from the Imagineers. These new rides and new land (New Fantasyland) are an insult to the innovative and creative rides of the past.

Having just been to EPCOT, I concur that it needs a major shot in this arm.. but this Frozen ride is not it. The entire Future World area (short of Soarin and Test Track) needs a reboot. Even the color scheme screams "1980's". How about a completely new Imagination pavilion? The Universe of Energy should be renamed the Universe of No Energy. It has literally become a dinosaur. The Body Pavilion has been in moth balls for years and under utilized. And there are as many haters of Mission Space as there are devotees. And what ever happened to adding new countries to the World Showcase? I know that at one time there was talk of adding an African Watering hole to the south portion... which was then killed when Animal Kingdom was built. With all of the advances in technology, so much can be done with this park... instead of a Frozen attraction.

It's rumored that they are switching the loading areas around so that they can add an extra scene at the end. That's probably where the extra 30 seconds is coming from.

So this ride is supposed to be a "shot in the arm" for EPCOT. So using the enormous profits from the insane ticket prices to build more rides around the world show case and update the attractions in future world and bringing back the health pavilion was a bad idea.

I would have to disagree with the Viking boats. They were hauled off for scrap and do not exist anymore. Saw pictures of them being dismantled on another site. They may be building new ones of some sort. But you won't see the original Maelstrom boats. They definitely need to upgrade EPCOT. Half of Innovations is now closed. The old Wonders of Life pavilion is empty. Imagination is not worth anybodies time now. Energy needs something new. There are a few others I won't go into...

In reply to by Richard Dauphinais (not verified)

The problem at EPCOT is not EPCOT per se, it's the so-called Disney "upgrades" or "improvements" that have been made over the years.

Journey to Imagination was an experience Everyone couldn't wait to ride, but they've turned it into a cheap "attraction" of cardboard-hanging signs, not much else, and threw in Figment. It used to be a Great ride!!! Whose idea was that "improvement"? and what did they do with everything that was originally in the ride? GONE!

The Land had some great rides as well. Body Wars was a Really GREAT ride (similar to Star Tours)but riding thru the human body! Everyone loved that too! GONE!

There was the Kitchen Kabaret (Singing veggies in refrigerator) attraction; it was also quite cute & kids really loved it. A ride for kids....really? (Not some scary, coaster thrill ride?) GONE!

Riding thru The Land is very educational & informative and should definitely stay, but my guess is; someone with A GREAT BUSINESS MIND will remove that as well!

Years ago, there was the World of Motion, by GE; another really Great Ride!! Why ever did they remove THAT ????? (replaced by Test Trak). GONE!

Finally, Horizons, another Great ride thru our world. It was encouraging and informative, and in the end, riders had the choice of which world (space travel, under the sea, or desert) they would like to experience. The ride was still not outdated, yet again, it is ....GONE!!!

As for the Frozen epidemic coming to EPCOT, (I for one, loved the movie,but seeing it once, and hearing Let it Go more than I ever want to hear any song]) I voice my utter Frustration!!!! FROZEN BELONGS IN HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS!!!! That's the park that needs a shot in the arm!!!

EPCOT was never intended to showcase Disney movies! It was built to educate & inform, and entertain us about the past, the world of today & the world of tomorrow! Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow!!!!!!!!! NOT of NEMO, OR FROZEN etc.

I have LOVED WDW and vacationed there since the first year it opened. We took our 4 kids there every 3-4 years, and continue to take our grandkids (who live in LA) there to experience the wonders we experienced.
But now, sadly, I feel whoever is in charge, and I say that sarcastically, does NOT care about our Disney memories, or experiences....it's just about the $$$.

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In regards to #5, the new ride is actually going to be longer than Maelstrom was. The new ride will be expanded into the space that was previously Malestrom's queue and load area and the post-ride movie theater will now be the queue.

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