PHOTOS - EPCOT'S Harmonious central icon barge receives third and final platform

Aww, why associate that monstrosity with Nessie? She was a sweetheart.
Anyway.. “Nessie” aside, that photo is brilliant. It’s a hulking monster of horror alright. 🤣😂😂 Then again, what else would you expect by clean shaven Bob “Mcfroogal” Chapek as a way of revenge.

Only one theme park is home to Nessie, and she is iconic, stunning, and looks like this:

Four Whales and a Stargate...

I think we know what The Bobs are planning to buy next (hint):

I feel like the bobs should go to some kind of sight line seminar....like all those fancy workshops im sure they have been to but for sightlines....

Nobody here is claiming the current bridge would be gone by now if it weren't for COVID. One look at the concept art shows it's still there. And even if it weren't and they for whatever reason decided to move it 20 feet to the right, the ring still isn't aligned with The American Adventure.

The sillouette immediately made me think of this title instead -

'Attack of the Horseshoe Crabs'...!

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Reminiscing and watching tapestry of nations this morning brings to mind a thought. If they had leaned into the fact that wanted these HUGE and ops would eventually veto the plan to move them out each day (if that really ever was a plan, looking doubtful), why didn’t they alter course a big and actually design them with that in mind. The drum units from TON were beautiful, but had a lot of similarities to these monsters now. If they played up the “compass motif” that they keep referencing and made it intentional and beautiful that they were out, would we complain as much ? If they actually centered the composition and made it look celebratory during the day? If the center unit actually looked like a compass and framed a view instead of impending on one? If the center unit broke apart during the day and shifted out a bit into 4 sections? So many what ifs. If only the design team had adapted to their reality. That single minded focus is what also scares me about the actual content of this show.

When this is turned on as a fountain during the day, is the water likely to cover the infrastructure? Considering how dark is it?

Those waterside dining establishments are going to be a tough sell during the daytime since the lagoon views have been decimated visually.

Of course, perhaps they will do booming business in the evening hours and make up all the lost revenue they could have been collecting during the day....but wouldn't 'selling' it all day long plus evening make better sense?

There are just so many aspects of this that are fundamentally 'wrong' from both a Ops standpoint and a Guest standpoint.
Someone REALLY did not think this through when the slapdash decision was made to upscale the size of the barges.
They should have remained their originally intended dimensions.

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No.

And possibly supplement with additional elements that moved on an off during the show, but that is additional show cost. Easier to make giant things that park and do an automated show. Way less labor.

Bad show

Also, what about wind? It seems like fountains at this scale would send a lot of mist flying?

(I know this was a problem at FoN also, but it is also probably part of the reason it got nixed in the redesign.)

ETA: I have not seen this in person so they may be far enough out this will not be a problem.

Pretty sure on windy days, a good amount of some barges will be visible due to water getting blown to the side.