Why are they ruining Epcot ?

[Disney-4-Me]

EPCOT is our second favorite park after the Magic Kingdom. We've been going long enough to have lived through most of the changes but we still love it. Things tend to balance out. There are things we miss, but there have also been some great additions too!

[Polynesian Dweller]

Sponsorship of pavilions is both a strength and a curse for Disney. They receive financial support to build an attraction that costs tens of millions. But when sponsorship changes, well so do the pavilions/attractions because the new sponsor wants the attraction to represent their business and not the previous company's.

Siemens takes over Spaceship Earth so the ride is reworked to what they want and the narrator changes. Nestle took over The Land so Kitchen Kabaret became Food Rocks with all the things that looked like Kraft products removed. And o in. Horizons was GE and Mission Space is Hewlett Packard/ Compaq.

Sometimes an existing sponsor wants to present themselves differently as in World of Motion changes to Test Track.

So the curse is, some good attractions disappear not so much due to Disney alone but because of sponsorship issues.

[epceddie]

I think Dame Judi is brilliant on Spaceship Earth. My wife and I love Epcot just the way it is. We do Ellen, Club Cool, Soarin', Nemo, and SE and head back to the resort for some swimming and relaxation. Then, if we feel like it, we head back later.