EpcotServo's Updates #3.10- Promised Land Calling

  Hello everybody, and welcome to PART 2 of the new CALIFORNIA UPDATE! Many pictures to enjoy, so please feel free to enjoy them! Oh, and did I mention to enjoy?

ENJOY!^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.87-Always With Epcot

Hey there everybody~! Welcome to an Update of Epcot! Get on with the reading, and clicking if yer gonna'!

EPCOT


-Crowds Crazy to Crowded Crazy

-Foodstufs and Boozestufs festival has concluded with good musics.

-All the effects in Test Track are still working, as well as all the review screens.

-Japan has plenty of great Ghibli stuff still

-Weather is getting nicer

-Cooler, by the lake.

-That's about it.

ON to the PICTURETOUR and MORE!

Enjoy!^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.68-Pushing the Sky

Heya everybodya, and welcome to YET another Update! This has been the biggest week of Updates ever, so click on and enjoy while the Updatin's good!

EPCOT


-Weather good, Crowds nominal

-The Food and Booze has ceased it's Festival-ing

-Jazz

-Test Track's work is startin' to come together from the outside, cycling nightly

-Japan Pavilion

-Words

STUDIOS


-Weather coolish to warmish, Crowds getting Crowded-er

-PIRATES! So the show soft opened for the first time today for guests, and I enjoyed it immensely. Basically it takes the Narnia space which throughout the history of the Studios has usually consisted of no more than a set and a screen. Now the set and the screen have come together, and with a modest budget, the attraction is a worthy little D-Ticket show that won't date and is immensely cool for any Pirate fan. First of all, the Excommunicated Skull from our Pirates is the host of the show, and the entire preshow is a giant cool updated version of the talking skull spiel.

 There's been some comment on the voicework which is fair, but I love the talking skull because it sounds (and looks) like the blue-eyed skeleton robot, Geoff Peterson. Now the one gripe about voicework I would make is the Davy Jones sound alike not sounding too on-model.

 Now the star of the show is that the entire set is one giant lighting/projection piece, so what doesn't capture on video is all the details in the show because of that. (For instance, Jack pops the cap of a bottle with his teeth, and when he spits it out you see it hit the wall) The entire show is like that, and is kind of like a newage Circlevision film. The big picture is nice, but the details make it entertaining for all. The other thing I've heard online is the idea of the participation being stupid, but it really isn't. As someone who hates that kind of thing, it's not anything like that. It's more like applause queues, it just helps make the show a less passive experience.

 Now the actual Jack Sparrow is incredible, and worth a visit for alone. Imagine the queue projections at Forbidden Journey, but the lead of the show with a MUCH better setup and even MORE realistic.(For instance, Jack Sparrow actually has a shadow, a new trick for this using technique.)

Sorry, I've got away a bit. I really like Studios and Pirates, and hated Narnia, so I'm very pleased my prediction of the building sitting empty was turned into something really quite cool. Also neat thing I learned: Pretty much most of the props are from the films. The candles, the Aztec chest, The corset, and pretty much everything else. It's a change of pace from the usual Studios use of props under glass. There are none in the exit hall because they are all used in the ride.  And the Black Pearl is the centerstage of the show, with water crashing over her bow. So that's about it, don't watch the videos, get there early, and enjoy it. It ain't no huge expansion, but it's a significant improvement over the space's usage for the last 20 years, and is a fun little show with a large amount of neat details and technology.

There's nothing to shill, There's nothing to foam, so There's also literally no reason to bitch about this. 

-Tower has an Apollo 13 rig to get the Oxygen from the Bell Tower into the Ride Capsule for the return to Earth.

-They've replaced all the blacklights in RNR and the ride is crazy bright.

-I think that's it

-Is that it?

-Oh yea, see Lincoln, Skyfall, and Wreck-It-Ralph while you're at it

-OK, that's it.

ALRIGHT, off of the words and on to the pictures!

Enjoy!^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.67-Spectacle Session

Hey there folks, and welcome to the second of the Busy Weekend Trilogy, this time the seminal and classic "Empire Of Spectacle Strikes Back!"-Let's kick the beat

STUDIOS


-Crowds were Crowded to Crowded

-Weather was here, wish you were something

-SCOOP! Star Tours is Awesome

-Spectacle has switched on, and is quite spectacle as usual

-The canopy again seems better and better each year

-There needs to be more STAR TOURS specific merchandise, after the Starspeeder there's been nothing that actually says Star Tours.

-Pirates (Non-MK Version) exterior Mural is looking great, and you have the official seal of "Servo doesn't make stuff up [aside from when he's not making stuff up about not-important stuff]" seal to prepare yourself for some good stuff on the inside.

-LIGHTS

-TRON Uprising is a really good show

-Yep

OK, That's about it for the Insider Scoop Magic Mouse Weekly Roundup of all the ParkStuff. It's looking like 2013 is going to be an exciting time for Wisconsin Cheese Enthusiasts. 

LINK START and Enjoy! ^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.66-Attack The Block

Hellos FolkPeoples, and welcome to the first of Three Updates this week,. the MEGA look at the little park known as LEGOLAND! Lots of pictures, so Quickly! There's No Time! Read words!

LEGOLAND, FLORIDA


-First time visiting Cypress Gardens and a Legoland for that matter!

-The park is really nice. Great guest service, clean, very pretty, acouplea good little coasters, and the excellent Cypress Gardens. The price of tickets are pretty pricey though for so many small rides and a park geared to the 3-10 set. That audience should be worth that price, but-as much as I love LEGO-I wouldn't see the price being worth it. But definitely go if you've been invited, with comps or such.

-Who doesn't love LEGO?

-It was also the opening of the Star Wars section, which was very cool.

-Great weather, no crowds, pleasant even

-THEY HAVE AUTOPIA BUT WITH BOATS

-I KNOW

-4 pretty fun little coasters

-The Cypress Gardens are REALLY pretty.

-Stuff

OK, that's about it. On to the many pictures!

ENJOY!^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.65-The Living Daylights Savings Time

Hey peeps-und-peoples, and welcome to YET another Update! They just keep comin' along and I invite you to check em' all out. Let's go!

EPCOT


-Weather very nice, Crowds very crowded

-Epcot Evening: At Full Epcot

-Test Track's new canopy is in action

-They're also cycling said Test Track at night

-The Chew & Booze event brings in quite alot of people, many need to "keep thine shit together man"

-There's still a scattering of Epcot 30 pins and merch, including the Day-Of shirt.

-The World Showcase shirts are all still at the Villiage Outpost

-In the VoidScape ending of Spaceship Earth there was a very bright new star curtain. Not sure if new or just new light bulb.

-Whatever you think of the Spaceship Earth ending, I overheard a kid say something along the lines of "Our future was so funny"-Which gives an Epcotist the moral quandary of not thinking the future should be funny, and having kids actually have some measure of enjoyment when considering the future. Hmmm

-American Adventure is always so good

-Epcot, great park at night, or greatest park at night?

OK, that's about it. On to the galleryorama!

ENJOY!^^

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EpcotServo's Updates #2.64-Announce and Rollout

Hey there peoples of peopledom, it's time for more Update, so GLITCH: REBOOT!

UNIVERSAL


-ANNOUNCEMENT! The announcement was pretty fantastic. Well teased in the evening by soundbites of a transmission interrupting the show announcements. It was pretty cool, and I love these one-day-only-had-to-be-there-events like this. I wish all parks would do it like this and announce to the PEOPLE of the park rather than beyond a closed off event-area. It should be for the peeps in the park as much as the media!

-I'm pretty excited for Transformers. I can understand an intense and rational apathy of aversion to the movies, but Transformers are pretty darn cool. They just are. Giant Robot Charter of 1862 says so. You should be excited for this.

-Cinematic Spectacular lasers are laseriffic and make the show even better

-Horror makeup show is a great little classic Universal gem to see every now and again.

-LoudSpinnyJumbotron, where did you go, and why is it quieter at CityWalk now?

-The walkaround Transformers will be worth your time as well.

-Wreck-It-Ralph is in theaters. GO SEE IT. You WILL enjoy. IMMENSELY.

-Crowds were light, Weather seasonably cool, Stars out at night, +/- Cloudy or bright 

-Universal, I'm happy for you, and ImmaLetYouFinish, but Firehouse Subs makes the BEST BROWNIES of ALL TIME.

-There are like SO many cranes you don't even know

-I forgot what I was talking about

-Oh yeah, Disney bought Star Wars was a thing happened

-Motorcycle was working again at Terminator since last I updated it was not. 

-Wait, what?

OK, That's about all for that. To THIS you boldly go!

ENJOY!^^

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