Filmmaker James Gunn comments on Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT

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Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind show scenery and push-pull testing of ride vehicles

Posted: Tuesday April 20, 2021 10:54am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guardians of the Galaxy writer and director James Gunn has recently answered a Twitter question about EPCOT'S upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind.

Asked if "ride scenes for GotG: Cosmic Rewind also on the itinerary," Gunn replied with Yes Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Disneyworld is also on the agenda."

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - March 19 2021

Visible construction at Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has slowed in recent times as the majority of the building is now closed up and a handful of the construction team are working on the exterior. Progress on the inside remains uncertain, although we know that the track is in place, and some show scenes are being installed.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind show scenery and push-pull testing of ride vehicles

The ride was originally expected to open this year, but construction delays due to COVID-19 and subsequent adjustments of budget have seen that opening pushed back to a likely 2022. Disney has not been making any recent mention of any opening timeframe for the ride, or promoting it as part of Walt Disney World's upcoming 50th anniversary.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind show scenery and push-pull testing of ride vehicles

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JohnDSep 22, 2025

Watching E, W, & F special on CBS right now. Its ending with September, naturally.

hopemaxSep 22, 2025

I was there today! In the parking lot, the wait time said 195. It dropped to 120 by the time we got into the park, and since it was my mission for the day we just got in line ~10:30. It dropped to 105 while we were in line. Our actual wait time to reach the holding room before the pre-show was 80 minutes. Saw several Earth, Wind and Fire concert shirts. They mentioned the day on the parking lot tram. I watched the app the rest of the day, and I think we timed it well.

networkproSep 22, 2025

IMHO it shows the audience is greater for that track than Tears for Fears which to me is the same as one deflating tire on a speeding race car.

SplashJacketSep 22, 2025

High demand for the 21st night of September

TrainsOfDisneySep 09, 2025

The pre-launch video and audio has to be Ellen and bill nye discussing the Big Bang - the the song starts at the launch!

Epcot82GuySep 09, 2025

@michmousefan - Yes, definitely! I thought that video was great.

michmousefanSep 09, 2025

I've posted this before... it *does* kinda work:

TouchdownSep 09, 2025

Or use that Christmas song from the Guardians special.

TheMaxReboSep 09, 2025

No, but that was like an original song/remake If they didn't with some actual retro holiday songs (Merry Christmas Baby by Otis Redding, etc) I think it would be fun

MisterPenguinSep 09, 2025

The Christmas music overlay wasn't too good.

TheMaxReboSep 09, 2025

Always think they should do a retro after hours event at Epcot - play retro songs on Cosmic Rewind, have some retro food, have the characters meet in the rainbow space outfits, perform Illuminations using the Luminous infrastructure, etc They could charge a ton and people would flock to it

TrainsOfDisneySep 09, 2025

I realize programming is way more complex than I can imagine for something like this - but if they could do a for real universe of energy overlay with music and video - I’d pay so much!!!

TheMaxReboSep 09, 2025

(in all seriousness though they should do stuff like that for after hours event, DVC events, etc - mix it up fir situations outside of normal park hours)