There have been lots of ideas, over the last few years, on how to improve EPCOT. Some, like WDI’s Project Gemini, were meant to erase the park’s stodgy, academic reputation and make it more popular with teenage thrill-seekers. Others, like those put forward by Disney aficionados outside the company, aim to make the park into an updated version of the EPCOT Center they remember from the 1980s. All the ideas, though, boil down to a list of attraction refurbishments and additions.
Well, a guy named Peter Schaab has come up with a comprehensive redesign of the park that goes much, much further. It is, quite simply, the most far-reaching, visionary plan to re-focus and re-imagine EPCOT that I have ever seen. If Walt Disney were to try to remake the existing park to conform more closely to the spirit of his original EPCOT idea, I don’t see how he could do better than this. Sure, there are a few aspects with which I don’t personally agree, but that shouldn’t detract from the project’s breathtaking awesomeness.
I’m not going to go into the details of Mr. Schaab’s work, because it really demands to be seen for itself. Go to this site: http://www.peterschaab.com/epcot.htm Read everything, watch the videos, look at the pictures, then download the PDFs and read them all. You’ll be glad you did.
I didn't have time to read all the pdfs or watch the videos but the overview sounds pretty impressive. (I don't know if you could dig under the lagoon to create a huge "basement" space down there given Florida's water table, but...) I bookmarked it. Thanks for calling my attention to the site.
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