If Little Mermaid cost $260 million (as rumored), this is easily ~$500 million or more. And for the same reasons-- cost over runs in trying to reuse existing structures and lots of pointless inconsequential details to cater to Imageers egos.
It was not even half of that.If Little Mermaid cost $260 million
Granted I'm guilty of saying it was a $4XXM coaster back when I was ranting about no shade structure, but reality is once you peel off the things that have nothing to do with building the ride (or even anything Epcot-related), I'd peg the actual cost at around $325-330 inclusive of the WDI overhead charge.
This project, like the Little Mermaid, had a lot of additional costs with having to demolish and retrofit an existing structure. That always seems to cause more issues than it solves on a Disney building project, as well as additional costs. I've heard stories of a lot of things that were supposed to be simple on these projects where they discovered issues that needed to be addressed which were unexpected and caused cost overruns. It's looking more and more like demolishing the existing building and starting from scratch is the smarter/faster way now.I have heard that number being floated by insiders on Magic, too. Somewhere close to $450M. It shouldn't have even cost $200M. The building costs however much (not a building project guy). The ride, even as a new prototype, should only have cost $50M at most. Screens and the other thematic elements should not have cost as much as they probably charged.
This project, like the Little Mermaid, had a lot of additional costs with having to demolish and retrofit an existing structure. That always seems to cause more issues than it solves on a Disney building project, as well as additional costs. I've heard stories of a lot of things that were supposed to be simple on these projects where they discovered issues that needed to be addressed which were unexpected and caused cost overruns. It's looking more and more like demolishing the existing building and starting from scratch is the smarter/faster way now.
You get financial breaks for reusing a building - even if its just one wall.This project, like the Little Mermaid, had a lot of additional costs with having to demolish and retrofit an existing structure. That always seems to cause more issues than it solves on a Disney building project, as well as additional costs. I've heard stories of a lot of things that were supposed to be simple on these projects where they discovered issues that needed to be addressed which were unexpected and caused cost overruns. It's looking more and more like demolishing the existing building and starting from scratch is the smarter/faster way now.
The more I go on the ride, the worse this room gets to me - I think I've figured out that it's from the projectors shooting across the room. They needed to either use rear projection or short-throw projectors.I don't like how you can see the room in the initial launch area.
The more I go on the ride, the worse this room gets to me - I think I've figured out that it's from the projectors shooting across the room. They needed to either use rear projection or short-throw projectors.
It's as bad as the turntable room on Mummy, and for all we know they're fixing that.
Probably speakers - when I went on it I noticed there is definitely at least one projector that shoots across the room from near where you enter it.I thought they were using short throw projectors? Or are those speakers?
They should just invest in Musou Black and paint the launch room with it.
My larger thoughts on Cosmic Rewind along with my thoughts on the Epcot redo on the whole:
Epcot Updated: Musings and Thoughts
Epcot has never been EPCOT. Walt's 1960s vision of a techno-utopia in the middle of central Florida's swamps died with him. Throughout the 7...www.parkscope.net
I disagree with plenty of stuff in here (the new music loops are not upgrades!)
Just this one point, it's different for sure but I think it hits the same way the new wave did in the 90s. It's just not a classic yet because it's new. Give it time. And if you want classic epcot music, that is part of the Connections loop.