I have to agree with this article, but to be honest i'd take it further. I went for the first time ever for my honeymoon in May, and considering how great my Disney Park-seasoned friends told me it is, i was left pretty underwhelmed. Not only for the reasons you said, but for how dated everything is. You have a section dedicated to futuristic games and holographic designs etc, that simply arent new or innovative anymore. Sorry i cant remember what that zone is called, but it needs a big overhaul, and it needs a dedicated sponsorship or something by a big technology company that will keep it cutting edge, new breakthroughs in cutting edge technology etc. Instead it felt like they dumped some holograms in there in about 1990 and they've been sitting there ever since. Hard to capture people's imaginations with stuff that is already beyond its time.

Also, the world showcase looks pretty impressive, but at the end of the day it all pretty much boils down to novelty restaurants and themed gift shops. All the work that goes into those beautiful facades, and the most you get out of it is some dated tourist videos, and maybe the kodo drummers outside of Japan. You have the passports to get stamped, but why not use the opportunity to educate people with stuff they couldnt just find online? Maybe to get a japan pass you have to take a lesson in pouring tea as a geisha? Maybe you have to play the tuba in an oompa band for Germany? Things that will be immersive and make it different? Just an idea.

(The problem is that there are simply too few E-ticket attractions in the park.)

Quite the contrary, the problem is that e-tickets ADD to the frenzy of specific rides, which increases the massive lines. Do away with e-tickets, and people will stand in line if they want to ride. If not, they will do something else. As it is now, they have a placeholder, while doing something else ... which (in essences) doubles, triples and quadruples the load on queues for the major attractions.

Epcot is the second most visited park, behind magic kingdom, in the world. And is far ahead of number 3. Epcot is fine, needs cleaning up some, not a total remake.

EPCOT was supposed to be about the extreme future, but it's currently about current tech at the moment. I'd love to see experimental labs, cooperation with NASA, underwater living communities, and lots of futuristic concepts.

How the heck is Test Track more fantasy than reality? If anything, it is the best pavilion in Future World. Everything is cohesive and it's all about learning how different designs can affect the way a car runs.

The saving grace to Epcot would be to update the entirety of the park with Disney's main success..its films. Ratatouille ride like in Euro Disney in Paris Pavillion, Mulan in China, an Alice in Wonderland ride in England. For anyone that's been to these countries for real, fear not Epcot traditionalists, your children are not missing out on the real culture or history of these countries.

For Future World some serious updates to the future would be ideal. I find myself being wowed by the technology in airports more so in Epcot. Hello? Simple light displays and holograms would do justice updating this park. I know some people love Epcot but when I go I find myself being bored then anything else. Mission to Mars? Boring. Test Track? Not fast enough. Soarin? Underwhelming.

Update the park! Times change! And the traditionalists need to realize that if Epcot does not evolve, people will stop paying to go, and then ultimately there will be nothing to go see.

I say change the name of Future World to EPCOT Academy.

I agree 100% with this article. Epcot, and Walt's legacy, deserve better.

Let's not forget the former Odyssey restaurant that sits empty most of the year. Often pressed into service for special events, but largely unmaintained. It is a big building that visitors have to walk around. Depressing.

I wish they would bring back the Wonders of Life pavilion In conjunction with the release of Inside Out.