Comments on: Is Velcro Really an EPCOT Innovention? http://www.epcotblog.com/2009/01/30/should-velcro-be-featured-in-epcot-future-world/ Reviews, news and information about the Disney World EPCOT theme park for new visitors and fans. Shared experiences and tips to make the most of a Disney EPCOT visit. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:30:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.epcotblog.com/2009/01/30/should-velcro-be-featured-in-epcot-future-world/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Mike Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:45:49 +0000 http://www.epcotblog.com/?p=429#comment-50 Thanks for your information. It sounds like you know this from the inside. It's not what I had hoped for. I try to keep an optimistic outlook in life. The "If you can dream it, you can do it" mantra has always worked pretty well for me, and I think it should be as we move forward. Maybe the Imagineers have been overcome by the malaise that has hit our country. Maybe it's just that the forward thinkers are retiring, and the new group has not been mentored properly. Maybe there should be an outside advisory panel of longtime Disney fans to remind them of what worked. I would encourage new hires for Innoventions projects to view extensive archives of what "CommuniCore" used to be like. It was a gathering spot. It was open, with windows that looked out on the surrounding attractions. It was full of energy and young minds being stimulated by the interactive exhibits. It wasn't a repackaged video arcade. I can't believe that Marty Sklar, who heads Imagineering, ever approved anything in this design, nor what is now exhibited in Innoventions. Thanks for your information. It sounds like you know this from the inside. It’s not what I had hoped for. I try to keep an optimistic outlook in life. The “If you can dream it, you can do it” mantra has always worked pretty well for me, and I think it should be as we move forward.

Maybe the Imagineers have been overcome by the malaise that has hit our country. Maybe it’s just that the forward thinkers are retiring, and the new group has not been mentored properly. Maybe there should be an outside advisory panel of longtime Disney fans to remind them of what worked. I would encourage new hires for Innoventions projects to view extensive archives of what “CommuniCore” used to be like. It was a gathering spot. It was open, with windows that looked out on the surrounding attractions. It was full of energy and young minds being stimulated by the interactive exhibits. It wasn’t a repackaged video arcade.

I can’t believe that Marty Sklar, who heads Imagineering, ever approved anything in this design, nor what is now exhibited in Innoventions.

]]> By: john doe http://www.epcotblog.com/2009/01/30/should-velcro-be-featured-in-epcot-future-world/comment-page-1/#comment-49 john doe Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.epcotblog.com/?p=429#comment-49 The Velcro exhibit was entirely designed and implemented by WDI (Imagineering). Velcro paid for it and came up with the idea for the space suit. So, the only addition you liked in the exhibit came from the sponsor. Everything you didn't like came from WDI. WDI is not what it once was... The Velcro exhibit was entirely designed and implemented by WDI (Imagineering). Velcro paid for it and came up with the idea for the space suit. So, the only addition you liked in the exhibit came from the sponsor. Everything you didn’t like came from WDI. WDI is not what it once was…

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