5 Weird things in the OLD Epcot!

[@Shi_gai]

I'll tell you what's weird. The fact they closed the Maelstrom for a Frozen ride.

[@JustSheilz]

+Raleigh Harris Are you old enough to remember Horizons?

[@skaluv]

+Just Sheilz There's a great ride through of Horizons on KZbin. It was captured on I'm thinking Super 8 back in 1993. Miss that ride!

[@JustSheilz]

skaluv yea, theres a bunch of Horizon stuff online. My favorite is the duo who would sneak into and behind the ride during ride time and closing time.

[@skaluv]

To be fair, the rumor has always been that Horizons was closed because of a sink hole. They filled it with girders after tearing it down to build the mars simulator.

[@JustSheilz]

***** I was at Epcot within the first 5 years so I was able to ride it many times. Easily my favorite in that park.

[@MrAllenc79]

I would love to hit the parks with this guy. He knows so much about them.

[@ChrisLamberts]

You should do a voice over for a cartoon!

[@504RoadTrips]

It's like a combination of Jerry Lewis and Peewee Herman.

[@scottb.7239]

And Samberg & Sandler ...meets Sean ....Connerly

[@alexahewitt3868]

So is he doing like a impression or is it his actual voice? I don't mean to offend anyone but it just sounds like a impression or something like that to me.

[@504RoadTrips]

I don't think it's his normal speaking voice. If you watch enough of his videos, it varies.

[@alexahewitt3868]

I thought so, thanks for letting me know! :)

[@LiveFastDiePoor]

WEIRD!! More weird things are coming!

[@marcosrosado4972]

can't wait!

[@macncheesetv9816]

Love these vids!

[@allegedlymario]

+LiveFastDiePoor RandomLand is my Favorite show! Weird.

[@PixelatedH2O]

+Rhianna Rosie I can hardly wait for it myself, but I'm sad it will still be two or three years before it's open

[@ColinTalboo]

+LiveFastDiePoor some people liked the 2nd floor of the imagination thing, cough cough, (Michel Jackson) cough cough

[@Hydromaniac-ci6gn]

I like how he's actually commentating in the park and not using just videos and commentating from home

[@jessemedic]

Talk about unused space... They have an entire pavilion! Wonders of Life and all of its glory closed after MET Life didn't renew their contract.

[@AroundIndiana]

+Jesse Fournier its not really unused. They still open it during special events and festivals like Food and Wine. The attractions inside are gone though.

[@jessemedic]

+ReviewsTechNow That's true. I'm hopeful that Disney will eventually put something in there though. That pavilion has so much potential. Also, they are going to use the second floor of the Imagination Pavilion as a DVC member lounge. Lame.

[@LeanMrfuzzles]

+ReviewsTechNow he talked about the odyssey which is only open for special events too. They both sit empty much of the year and that was an entire pavilion. Kind of surprised he didn't mention it.

[@Hydromaniac-ci6gn]

Jesse Fournier they built a pretty kickass DVC lounge up there. Good place to chill

[@randzopyr1038]

If Disney just upgraded the parking lot and opened the unused space (completely reopen the rest of the Imagination pavilion, use the Wonders of Life Pavilion including all of the ride spaces, The Odyssey, the millennium village, plus all of the expansion slots in the World Showcase, the unused sponsor lounges, and use all of innoventions East and West) and that park could actually hit capacity every one and a while.

[@Magic_Journeys]

Definitely my favorite park at Walt Disney World! I love Epcot it's so unusual that I just cant get enough of it. Great Randomland sir! Too Weirrrdddd.

[@rentheadangelcollins]

T.T AWW!!! I loved the upstairs of the Figment ride! Geez...When they ruined the ride, they REALLY ruined the whole thing...

[@SilverGummiShark]

+Rory Turing Yeah ;A;

[@YiPhanTua]

+Rory Turing Ruined isn't really what was the focus here, but Kodak pulling their sponsorship was the key factor. Blame them. I do.

[@rentheadangelcollins]

Yi-Phan Tua Fair enough.

[@alexahewitt3868]

What was the upstairs like and if there is any like videos or something about it if you do fine one can you respond with a link?

[@rentheadangelcollins]

Alexa Hewitt I'll try finding video of it, but I can promise nothing. Basically, they had a bunch of games and a light tunnel thing, which had some mini games and stuff in it too(if I remember correctly). I mostly remember it being this kind of dark tunnel thing, with neon lights projected on the floor that you could jump on and they moved. My favourite thing was a light screen colouring game in the main room(I was 6 XP), which projected a colourless picture on a panel on the wall(there were about 10-15 to pick from I think, all of Figment and/or the Dreamfinder). To colour the picture, you had to use a paintbrush-shaped gun at the picture, push a button to pick the colour you wanted, and shoot the "paint" into the section of the picture you wanted to colour. It was so fun! XDD

[@sandrabennett2014]

Can I say that I love his peewee voice?

[@alexandersalazar9750]

No

[@RabidWolf1966]

specialty grilled cheese sandwiches...prices starting at $9.50, thats not weird...its rediculous!

[@1973Washu]

The imagination pavilion is like most people's heads , not a lot is going on upstairs.

[@bengleaves8590]

Never forget imageworks

[@SillyCelly411]

"It's like magnets - nobody knows it's just magic!" Hahaha yes!

[@neverlandnights]

The humor in this video is perfect. Had to rewind sometimes before I'd catch all of it bahahaha

[@freddyrichards878]

HUGE FACT: Epcot has more unused space than any other Disney park and they've gone longer without an expansion (one in which an attraction replaces nothing) and even more crazy, the last attraction to replace nothing HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED BY NOTHING! (Wonders of life building has remained visible since 1989 but has been mostly abandoned since 2007 aside from being used as an annual location "headquarters" for the food and wine festival).

[@zachary456]

Freddy Richards you got your wish now they are getting rid of all the useless space and the Ratatouille ride is going to be in a brand new part of the France pivillion

[@nikkiprock3013]

That empty space by Journey into Imagination actually IS a character meet and greet now. It's a surprise who will be there, but it's a special greeting place for people with Disney Chase/Visa cards. :)

[@HDGoofnut]

Is it me or does the guy narrating these videos sound like Blanket from The Brave Little Toaster?

[@alexandersalazar9750]

That actually is the guy who does the voice.

[@MaxEmanuelVingerhoets]

Let a German, who's worked at the Pavillion at EPCOT, tell you this: the pickle seems to be more of an American-german thing, since most people in Germany have never ever heard of this... WEEIIRRDDD!

[@jaredgoattastic]

I've been to Epcot hundreds of times. However, Justin you find things that I've never found before when you've only been there a few times. Great job Justin.

[@edwarddieffenbach3270]

At 9:43, there is a group of people PRAYING in the Chinese building.

[@Bellinghamster]

A nice air-conditioned Clam Shell beats a hot stuffy submarine every time. My grandma always said.

[@MikeKarschti]

Whoa! I had no idea there was a Death Star stool there! I have never checked out the China echo spot either. Cool. Nice job with the vid

[@ThunderYetis02]

I love the thing you said about Mission Space, kids looking beyond their horizons and stuff. That's actually where the Horizons pavillion was until it was demolished in 1999 to make room for mission space, after they lost their sponsor

[@jiifigmentforever]

If you're interested in finding another bunch of unused space as mentioned in other comments you have Wonders of Life. But you also have a few other weird places. For the Millennium Celebration they built a giant show building called the Millennium Village and now it sits mostly unused as the World ShowPlace next to Great Britain. There's also several VIP lounges and sponsor locations, the most well known being GM's black window over World of Motion/Test Track. There's also one for Kodak on the other side of Imagination facing the Showcase, one unused one for Nestlé at the top of The Land, and one in Norway that can be seen through some windows near the top of one of the buildings. Personally though, I find it weird that in Imagination when you board the omnimovers in the current iteration of the attraction you walk over the trashed remains of the Dreamfinder carousel.

[@AroundIndiana]

+FigmentsFan when I was a kid we had a relative that worked for GM so we could go up in the GM lounge. They let us hang out up there and have free snacks and soda. Then when we were ready, they took us down a back elevator to the loading area so we didn't have to wait in line. It was a great way to relax.

[@TheAlikgb]

I have always had a pickle ornament on our tree and the story goes perfectly a line with what my grandma has told me. This makes me so happy to see!!!

[@HerrDeutschBlood]

It really annoys me how EPCOT hasn't made anything out of all those unused spaces that are place throughout the park. They should at least try to make something out of the upstairs portion of the Imagination Pavilion. If people are so particular about going upstairs then Disney should have invested in an escalator.

[@jetraydude]

The Meet and Greet area was actually for Figment, who is still used... :/

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

I really hope my fiance and I can pull off going to WDW for our honeymoon. As a Californian, I make an annual trip to Disneyland but I've never been to WDW before. And I'm super excited at the prospect.

[@Churrros]

I hope you do go ^-^

[@jenniemendez4765]

Disney world is so fun I hope you get to come to Florida and have fun :)

[@BethGoth15]

Ohh, congratulations! And let's hope you get to visit WDW in the end!!

[@Zilmita]

From what I've heard/read Disney World is considered the best of all the DIsney related parks. The most popular, the one with the highest attendance rate, etc. I used to live in Miami. My family and I used to go once or twice a year. I now live in Spain.

[@pcbassoon3892]

I had my honeymoon at WDW! It was the best experience. Make sure you get buttons at guest services. People will be so happy to congratulate you. We also wore bride and groom Mickey ears, but I know that is a bit much for some people!

[@planetmuskvlog3047]

EPCOT is one of my favorite places. Your video is a great survey of the park. If you haven't gone, you must go now and go back again in 15 years. Its constantly changing.

[@Soonjai]

The really wierd thing is that as a german I only ever hear about our pickle-tradition on christmas from americans.

[@riketvs]

the weirdest thing about the pickle is not that it's from Germany, cus it isn't XD it's an American tradition...so hehe

[@mrphilosophie5932]

Rick Van Staten I am from Germany and I think it's practiced in a small part of Germany.

[@riketvs]

MrPhilosophie nah, it has it's origins in the US, look it up Although it could be that some do use it has it has been imported to Germany too

[@mrphilosophie5932]

Rick Van Staten I asked a cast member and she said an old ornament maker spread this tradition in his home town in Germany.

[@phoenixmeowcatattorney2543]

+Rick Van Staten no, it started in Germany, my grandparents and great grandparents are from Germany and they used to do it there

[@riketvs]

The Undertaker really? Well maybe the pickle thing is correct but the ornament thingy But idk, but that's....weird

[@livinthedream1485]

Awesome video! I love that you have kept Tyler Evans "Oh dang it, we're gettin bonuss" at the end! 👏🏻

[@brendenmcfarland8278]

Dude you are the BEST youtubers I've ever watched. My dad and I watch your channel daily! Just wanted to say keep up the good work man.

[@theadventuresofee8666]

We love Epcot! We were at Disneyworld in 2014 for a week and most of our time was spent walking around Epcot / World Showcase.

[@haileyyy9506]

every time i go to disneyland/world im always on a quest to find the weird things you talk about in your videos

[@jackpast8462]

I almost stopped watching this video until you cracked the joke about "land." I'm now a subscriber. Keep up the great work!

[@Todio64]

My vote for most bizarre in EPCOT has to be the Coca Cola tasting station (to the right of the fountains in the main square of Future World near the Starbucks). Soft drinks from all over the world showing how different cultures have different tastes. Some are subtle differences, others... let's just say that "Beverly" from Italy has to be tasted to be believed!

[@leeshepard5718]

All those interesting little known details about disney's parks may be what got me here but that Pee-Wee Herman voice is why I stayed. ...an subscribed...more enthusiasm than some of my past teachers. Good job!

[@thebunnyfoofoo]

If you go to the toy store in the UK pavilion, all the way in the back is Christopher Robin's room. You can not go in if a Pooh meet greet is going on, but if no character is there, you can go in Christopher's room.

[@emmabowie478]

"But it's like magnets....nobody knows how it works. IT'S MAGIC!"

[@breebrumfield1526]

The whole abandoned image works thing is SO weird. Especially with all the figment statues still up there and everything completely blocked off from the public eye.

[@eveguenther3620]

Yea my family always hid a pickle for the little kids in our Christmas tree. It was a super fun little competition between all my cousins to get an extra present :P great video dude! Super entertaining

[@ynotcomputing]

Justin - PLEASE don't ever stop sniffing things on the ground... that no one sniffs: trashcans, holes in buildings (smell-a-tizers), trash cans, Mars rover tracks, and so on. Too funny!!

[@jm.ggonzalez2306]

The fact that there is a whole pavillion unused and closed, which was after the Wonder of Life pavillion. Nowadays, It only opens during festivals, and many of the instalations are still stored there.

[@dumbpup]

Another weird thing is the fact that in the Norway pavilion, they used to do a Frozen character meet and greet but now that the Frozen ride is opening, they are moving the meet and greet to the magic kingdom. Also, in the new version of test track, they completely ruined it by adding strange things that don't make sense like neon trees and a miniature city being struck by lightning. It looks more like tron than an actual car test.

[@katattqck]

I am living for this new intro.

[@timvogel68]

Even though it's changed a lot, EPCOT is still an amazing park and World Showcase may be one of the most underrated and unique theme park experiences anywhere! Great video!!

[@paxtonrandall2594]

The upstairs portion of the figment ride actually isn't empty. All the old attractions just sit in there gathering dust because Disney never removed them.

[@goofygrimes842]

I'm pretty sure AdamTheWoo made a video about it

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

+Ethan Grimes Its what got him banned

[@JustSheilz]

+Mathieu Leblanc (The Animation Pit) I thought him sneaking into the River Country park got him banned.....either way-same result. He's back now :)

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

Both of them actually

[@ashleym3036]

+Paxton Randall We did a tour of EPCOT back in November. We got to go upstairs as part of the tour. The area is empty except for the dust.

[@alexanderpontier540]

I talked to an Imagineer, apparently all the shoes you see in the new Frozen ride in Norway were thrown into the old Maelstrom ride by employees on their last day before moving on to other things. Disney recycled the shoes into the Frozen's ride shoe store to honor all the past employees, but it's still weird.

[@Sarabi124]

In Cincinnati, there's an entire chain of restaurants dedicated to specialty grilled cheese sandwiches called Tom and Chee and I absolutely love it lol. Also, my sister got a pickle ornament the last time we went to WDW because she speaks German and it's her favorite ornament on our tree each year

[@katpineau134]

Do you live in Cincinnati? I live in north Avondale!

[@Sarabi124]

Kat Pineau I live north of Cincinnati near Hamilton

[@phoenixmeowcatattorney2543]

Finally, Epcot is my favorite park

[@TBustah]

They sell Christmas Pickles out of Oriental Trading. I've been wanting to put one on the tree for years, but I'm kind of afraid that things would get a bit too competitive with my huge family, somebody might get hurt or knock the tree over. They were meant to encourage children to enjoy the tree and its decorations, rather than just rushing straight to the presents. If I have kids, that sounds like a good idea.

[@RodrigoColimodio]

Ok, that was the weirdest thing... 5:34

[@Gunner40Five]

Hey there. I met you at Disneyland today! It was a real pleasure to meet you.Keep up the good work.

[@CosplayCore]

10:31 I would literally just wanna scream "GEPPETTO!!!" I love clocks like that. I wish I could have one... Maybe a screen-matched Snow White or Pinocchio one made out of wood like that. They're so pretty and so much fun to listen to when they chime! My nana has a similar one that's designed to look like a big owl. Every hour, it plays a really sweet melody.

[@alexjennings2178]

Going back to Disney in April. Your videos have me dying with anticipation. Keep it up!

[@veromikes]

Epcot is and always will be my favorite place in Walt Disney world.I have always wanted to live in the United Kingdom pavilion,but I doubt that they would let me.

[@monkiboyjerry]

That was real neat. Back to basics, no frills editing.

[@JustinSchweitzer-Mongo-]

LOVE the videos, keep up the great work! The characters were Dreamfinder (a human with a reddish whimsical magician style beard and top hat) and Figment (the purple dragon figure you showed which was a hand puppet on Dreamfinders hand.

[@my2cents2u]

You are hilarious and adorable. (Death Star?! lol) So glad I found you! Can't wait to visit Mission Space again and see all the things I've missed during my 100+ visits. Thanks for pointing them out. :-)

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Think that "echo spot" is weird? Check out the flat labyrinth that's near the Riverside Park side of the trail between Riverside and Pioneer Park in Kamloops, BC, Canada. Now, go to the centre and clap your hands and you'll hear a squeaking sound!

[@kylejacobs5402]

If the top of Image Works is weird, What about the entire abandoned Wonders of Life pavilion

[@PixelatedH2O]

+Kyle Jacobs It's occasionally used and all the attractions were removed, so it's only mostly unused, not really abandoned

[@lynnmoore2664]

Really great vid Justin! I remember how we all wondered what Walt had in store for Flordia in 1965 when he announced building a new park,and saying it was going to be a a new concept ,because he didn't do repeats! I wonder what it would have been if he had lived to see it through! I really think his TV show when I was a kid inspired so many of us in so many different ways!

[@clevm002]

I think I'm actually falling in love with this guy !

[@RoxyJ01]

Something else weird is the old Wonders of Life pavilion. It's between Ellen's Energy Adventure and Space Mountain. It's a huge building that usually sits empty (a whole pavilion, roughly the size of Living with the Land). It was all about the body and being healthy. During special events, like Flower and Garden Festival, they host special events. It's mostly unrenovated. It might sound weird, but if your ever able to get inside check out the restrooms, vintage Disney.

[@falloutpictures]

It has been a few years since I have been to Epcot, but if I remember, most of the rides still have the original logos hidden somewhere in the ride. For example, in the queue for Mission Space, there is an original Horizons logo on one of the space stations. (Last time I was there Jeremy Irons still voiced Spaceship Earth)

[@Funny_Kitty_Cats]

I absolutely LOVE your vids and get sad when they're ending...then I click another of ur vids and I get all happy again (:

[@SuperRickyMan123]

my favorite part of the video was when he said "look beyond their 'horizons'" when he was talking about mission space. what a coincidence

[@sallyversace]

Here from the Spaceship Earth video to say that I also thought all of Epcot was inside the ball when I was a child.

[@johnvanacker4270]

It makes me a little sad to see so many empty buildings. In particular, the imagination pavilion. It was one of the most crowds areas the last time I was there.

[@chrismontgomery7335]

the pickle on the Christmas tree is an American German tradition. People in Germany do not actually know about the pickle. The pickle became a tradition from Germans that immigrated to america.

[@frostypinesanimation]

Wait, you never did the pickle thing? In our family whichever kid finds the pickle opens the first present. I guess we have a lot of German heritage...

[@GiovanniCloud]

FrostyPines Our family just started it last year! (because I was the one who thought of the Christmas pickles and wanted to start it in our family)

[@bcrich792000]

lol! i had to cover my face during the popcorn trench run but then you made me crave a grilled cheese, going to go make one right now! 😁

[@LizIsHauntedMiddleton]

Thank you, you brightened my day with your hilarity :) Makes look more forward (as if that were possible) to my trip this October!

[@Axdyn417]

Declaring it now. The Pickle Christmas Tree is the WEIRDEST thing I've ever seen in a Disney theme park. o.o;

[@theadventuresofdjninigret3684]

Awesome video like always Justin. Did you know that Epcot has a tunnel under future world like Magic Kingdom? Its just very tiny in comparison. lol

[@th3thrilld3m0n]

here's something weird: the exit ramp for the monorail station is extremely long because it was originally intended to be a hub for other monorail lines connecting more of the property; foundations were even laid throughout Epcot in the World Showcase for the intention of future use.

[@suzannejones7816]

Thank you for another fantastic video. And thanks for sharing all of the awesome and weird stuff WDW has to offer!

[@joetheman74]

Always in motion THE FUTURE IS

[@Reccomama93]

the grilled cheese stand is actrully a tribute to Walt Disney as he loved grilled cheese and chilli

[@Robert-vi9fx]

Ah, Epcot. One of my favorite places on Earth. It's definitely seen better days, though. (RIP Horizons, World of Motion, Maelstrom, original Journey into Imagination, et al. You're all deeply missed.)

[@pcbassoon3892]

I got SUPER sick on Mission Space when it first opened. I was on a high school trip. It was super embarrassing.

[@JamesAnthony]

Hey man, just found your channel and I really like your style, you have a new sub!

[@planetmuskvlog3047]

One weird thing you missed, tho you quoted it on Mission to Mars was the "beyond horizons" part of the narration. The Mars attraction is built on the spot where Horizons used to be, a cult favorite about futurism, the real soul of EPCOT. It was tragically destroyed because it was discovered to be over a sink hole. Weeeeeird! The animatronic robot butler was preserved from the ride and is used in another attraction now.

[@ItHappensNaturally]

the popcorn part omg 😂😂😂😂 subscribing 👌🏼👌🏼

[@JodSchneider]

That unused space above journey into your imagination is currently being turned into a Disney's Vacation Club lounge...

[@mattharton]

fun fact: the upstairs in Imagination pavilion is now a DVC lounge!

[@pogogigi6251]

Rip malestorm I will always remember calling the troll broccoli man

[@ITSTS-1]

this isn't the real epcot walt disney was imagining

[@veromikes]

I also miss horizons,world of motion,the living seas,wonders of life,journey into imagination,communicore,the maelstrom,and universe of energy before Ellen took over 20 years ago! But,Epcot is still my favorite.

[@peanutbutterwaltz]

That was amazing!!! I wish I could dedicate a week to Epcot

[@peanutismint]

Awesome video!! Are there already videos about weird stuff at Disneyland??

[@thomac77]

Do you know about the sparkly lights in the sidewalk? It is one of my favorite things at Epcot, and it is pretty weird! At dusk, in front of the Innoventions building (on the right facing the lagoon), if you go into the little area surrounded by planters, the sidewalk lights up with tiny sparkling fairy lights in all sorts of colorful, trippy patterns. It is really cool.

[@audreybiza5028]

My god "The Seasons" restaurant in The land place is SOOOO GOOOOD!!!!

[@veromikes]

Still one of my favorite vlogs.

[@honorsolbe9996]

I would love to be in the parks whilst he is filming so I can watch it from a distance coz it must look hilarious! XD

[@YuckTradingCo]

They're actually going to be using the upstairs portion of the Imagination pavilion as a DVC members only area.

[@basher20]

About the upstairs at the Imagination pavilion:When the park opened in 1982, home computers were still mostly years in the future. Many of the upstairs attractions had things like pretty simple coloring book apps, and there were several Chroma key sets that allowed you to appear in short videos, apparently interacting with, if I remember correctly, and old west story and a Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew-type mystery. By today's standards they were less sophisticated than the cell p[hones and digital camcorders most parents are carrying around at the park. Kids today might find this amazing, but to my generation, just having your image appear on a TV screen was a thrill. Some of the other gags, like the music conductor and stepping tones have been recreated n the downstairs area.

[@JadeL93]

There is so much unused space in WDW. I thought it was weird. I also just wanted to explore all of the unused spaces...

[@psbrown711]

So here is something weird, when I was a kid back in the 90s I believe it was, we had a family reunion for thanksgiving one year. Two of my cousins and I were walking through world showcase and we ended up in Italy to meet with our parents. there was a show going on with cast members in masquerade, they seemed very high society type costumes, anyways we were standing in the center edge of the circle surrounding the cast members performing and the way they seemed to walk was a CREEPY, GHOST-LIKE, GLIDE-WALK! and the fact that their eyes were blacked out did not help lighten up the creepiness. it was something that me and my cousins found... really... WEIRD!

[@Muadib395]

If you like the echo effect, you need to check out old monasteries and cathedrals that use that as well. (pre amped vocals)