“Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” Lauded by Theme Park Industry

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

November 16, 2023

 

Disney fans have been gushing about the “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” attraction in EPCOT since it first opened in May 2022, but now the ride is also being recognized for its achievement with a prestigious “Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement – Attraction in 2024.”  The award is given by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), and was announced at the IAAPA Expo (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) in Orlando this week.

The Thea Awards acknowledge exceptional achievements in the themed entertainment industry, and “is considered one of the greatest honors in the themed experience industry. The Thea Awards honor individuals, projects, and technologies in the arena of themed attractions and experiences worldwide.”  

The 30th annual Thea Award recipients will be recognized at a special gala on March 16, 2024, in Hollywood. The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has more than 1200 member companies in 40 countries.

The opening of “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” brought with it the first reverse launch for a Disney coaster, as well as the first Disney Omnicoaster ride system.  The Omnicoaster system allows Imagineers to program the enclosed coaster so that vehicles make controlled rotations, assuring that guests are always facing the best action, guaranteeing storytellers that riders are always immersed in the experience.  The attraction also provides great re-ridability, since there are six different songs to accompany each visit, and guests never know which song they are going to get on their adventure.

   
Cosmic Rewind is based on the 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy film and its subsequent sequels/additional volumes that are part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring a band of misfits led by Star-Lord Peter Quill (Chris Pratt).  The attraction’s backstory includes the fact that Peter and his mom had visited EPCOT when he was a child, and the “Wonders of Zandar” pavilion is the first other-world pavilion to be introduced to EPCOT. The “exhibits” in the pavilion share some of the culture of Zandar, and, as so often happens, things go awry and the Guardians must ask the Disney guests for their help in righting the universe during the ride.  A series of “jump points” rocket riders through a mad chase across the galaxy.

If you want a peek at the creation of the ride, and you have Disney+, the recently dropped Season #2 of Behind the Attraction features a look at the ride in the EPCOT episode (episode #5).

“Congratulations to Walt Disney Imagineering on this well-deserved recognition,” said Jeff Vahle, president, Walt Disney World. “A highlight of our EPCOT transformation, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind combines the Disney hallmark of great storytelling with a ride experience that literally has guests coming back for more.”

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

 

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Disney Takes Home 8 Top Places in the 2022 “Theme Park Insider” Awards

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

January 2, 2023

 

Well, 2022 was a topsy-turvy year for many theme parks, but fans continued flooding the venues to visit their favorite attractions. While some voted with their wallets, others voted online.

 

Thousands of Theme Park Insider readers took part in the 21st Annual Theme Park Insider Awards, submitting nominations and voting for their favorites in final-round polls.  As one would expect, the big dogs of Disney and Universal took home all ten of the awards, with Disney garnering 8 of the 10 top slots, though many smaller parks across the United States got nominations from their fans and made it into the final rounds.  ThemeParkInsider.com is a consumer's guide to the world's top theme parks, with more than a million visitors a month.

Readers have named this year’s winners as:

 

• Best New Attraction

 

Disney World’s Epcot landed the top spot in this category, with its very first roller coaster,  Guardians of the Galaxy - Cosmic Rewind. Anyone who’s had the joy of experiencing this amazing and innovative new ride will certainly agree. 

 

• Best Holiday Event

 

Over to the west coast for this winner, with Holidays at the Disneyland Resort beating out smaller venues like Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas and Knott's Merry Farm. 

• Best Halloween Event

 

Taking home top honors in this category again was Universal Studios Florida - Halloween Horror Nights, which continues to set the bar for grown-up fright fests.

 

• Insider of the Year

 

Bob Weis, former Global Ambassador and former President of Walt Disney Imagineering, who worked on Disney projects from Tokyo to Shanghai,  recently retired from the House of Mouse, but isn’t going into full retirement mode just yet.  The Insider of the Year Award “honors someone in the themed entertainment industry whose body of work merits this individual honor, in a year when their work drew special attention.” 

 

• Best Theme Park Hotel

 

This winner shouldn’t come as any surprise to theme park enthusiasts either, as it has taken this honor in the past as well.  For the sixth time, Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge at Walt Disney World is the “king of the jungle…” or the savannah, as the case may be.

• Best Theme Park Restaurant

 

Blue Bayou Restaurant at Disneyland (California) was the very first winner in this category in 2002, and it’s the best of the best once again. The food here is great, and the setting so much fun as diners overlook the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

 

• Best Theme Park Show

 

After years of COVID closures, Disney brought back Fantasmic! to both coasts, and the winner for this year’s Best Show is... Fantasmic! Disneyland, the west coast version of the show.  The show also celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.

 

• Best Roller Coaster

 

This is always a tough category to judge and vote in, with so many varied coasters and different sized parks competing in this category.  The winner is: Jurassic World VelociCoaster at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure, for the second year in a row.

 

• Best Attraction

 

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios is this year’s top of the list. Shocked?  You shouldn’t be… It’s knocked out every other attraction every year since it debuted in 2019. It continues to demand hours-long waits daily on each coast as rebel guests scramble to defeat the Empire.

• Best Theme Park

 

Every fan has their favorite park, but this year’s winner is also a “bucket-list” park for many theme park enthusiasts: Tokyo DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort. It takes home the “Best Theme Park” category for the seventh time!

 

If you’d like to read more about the various nominees, finalists in each category, and the winners themselves, head over to Theme Park Insider.

   

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

Guardians Holiday Special Trailer, James Gunn and More

 by Ray Keating

News/Commentary

DisneyBizJournal.com

October 25, 2022

 

Are you ready for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special?

 

Keep in mind what director James Gunn said in March: “The Holiday Special is the greatest thing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s totally ridiculous, and every day we can’t believe that we’re making it. We all completely love it. It is unlike anything that anyone’s ever seen before. I can’t wait for people to see it.”

 

Well, that’s saying something … I think. Anyway, now we have a trailer released today by Disney, and yes, I’m all in. 

 

The special premieres on Friday, November 25, on Disney+. 

 

Disney notes that the Holiday Special stars “Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket. The special also stars Sean Gunn and The Old 97’s, with Michael Rooker and Kevin Bacon.” Yes, the legendary Kevin Bacon!

 

If Gunn scores with this special and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is scheduled for release on May 5, 2023, it’s pretty clear that within the MCU movie realm, Gunn and the Guardians will have earned the top position in terms of consistent quality. But we have to wait and see. Oh yeah, and there’s the fact that the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride at EPCOT ranks as the best roller coaster ride I’ve ever ridden. 

 

Merry Christmas, Star-Lord! (Too early?)

 

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Two Disney World Rides Win “Golden Tickets”

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

September 26, 2022

 

Most guests at Disney World would agree – the new Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride at EPCOT (2022), and the almost-new Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios (2019) are among the best rides of all time!

Now, there is official confirmation: Amusement Today has honored the two rides with wins at the 2022 Golden Ticket Awards. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind won “Best New Attraction Installation,” and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance was named “Best Dark Ride” for the second year in a row.  (Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure at Shanghai Disneyland came in number two.)

Amusement Today is a monthly trade periodical focusing on news within the amusement park industry.  The Golden Ticket Awards were established in 1998, and recognize “the Best of the Best” across the theme park industry in 27 different categories. According to Amusement Today, 23 of the categories were “voted on by the world’s most experienced park aficionados, industry journalists and ride suppliers.” Additionally, five special awards were given to recognize significant contributions to the amusement park industry, including lifetime achievement awards.

For a complete list of all the winners, head to the Golden Ticket magazine. 

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

 

Disney Announces Returning Holiday Festivities

 by Beth Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

June 24, 2022

 

The calendar may have switched to “summer” earlier this week, but in the Disney universe, they are already planning for the winter holidays.  (And Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween won’t kick off until August, so they are well ahead of schedule!)

 

Since we are now “#HalfwayToTheHolidays” in Disney parlance, here are some of the highlights of Disney’s holiday plans.

Most exciting for many Disney parks guests is the news that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will be returning to the Magic Kingdom in its full form. The last time the full party took place was in 2019. Covid cancelled the event in 2020, and 2021 saw an abbreviated version of the party with “Disney’s Very Merriest After Hours Event.”

 

The Very Merry Christmas Party, a separately ticketed event, will take place from 7 pm until midnight on select evenings from November 8 – December 22, 2022. Among the offerings at the party, Disney Parks Blog lists:

 

·  Join Mickey and his pals at the Cinderella Castle stage for the ultimate must-watch Christmas extravaganza – “Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration.” The show features nostalgic and modern medleys of holiday music paired with dance performances.

·  Minnie Mouse orchestrates a sparkling spectacle over Magic Kingdom as a part of “Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks.” Full of holiday magic, the show includes dazzling castle projections, fireworks and seasonal songs. 

· With his famous flying reindeer leading the way, Santa Claus will join Mickey Mouse and friends in the must-see “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” as it makes its way through the park.

·  Speaking of Santa Claus, he isn’t the only one who likes cookies during the holidays. Partygoers can indulge in complimentary cookies and hot cocoa at locations throughout Magic Kingdom.

· Magic Kingdom attractions will get a special dose of yuletide cheer. Holiday magic will once again transform the Jungle Cruise into the Jingle Cruise. And, as an exclusive treat for event attendees, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway, Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor and Mad Tea Party will all receive a special holiday makeover.

·  Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café becomes the coolest place to get down when denizens of the North Pole drop by for an intergalactic dance party!  

· Also at Magic Kingdom, dance the night away alongside favorite Disney characters during an out-of-this-world holiday show, “A Totally Tomorrowland Christmas” on the Rockettower Plaza Stage.

·  The fun continues for young partygoers and Disney Junior fans of all ages at Storybook Circus during the “Disney Junior Jingle Jam” as Disney Junior characters take part in a fun-filled dance celebration.

· NEW! In honor of the 50^th Anniversary celebration, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party attendees will discover three jolly new photo opportunities. Guests will also receive a special 50th Anniversary commemorative keepsake, themed for the holidays.

 

Tickets for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party go on sale online beginning July 7, 2022; however, Walt Disney World hotel guests can purchase tickets as early as June 30, 2022. Ticket prices vary according to the party date, and range from $149 – $199 per person. 

 

This year’s party dates include:

 

• November: 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 27, 29
• December: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22

 

Among the most anticipated holiday events elsewhere in the parks is EPCOT’s “Candlelight Processional” during the International Festival of the Holidays. The Processional is an annual tradition kicking off the holiday season for many families, and this year the shows at the America Gardens Theatre begin November 25. A celebrity narrator shares the Nativity story, while a massed choir and live orchestra perform accompanying music to underscore the readings.  If you haven’t been to the show, you have missed an absolutely inspiring evening.

 

Also at EPCOT, the new Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride will swap out its six classic hits playlist for a mash-up of seasonal jams during your efforts to save the galaxy.

 

Over at Hollywood Studios, Olaf the Snowman will be bringing back the special seasonal finale at “For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration.”

 

And at Animal Kingdom, the Merry Menagerie, the life-size, artisan-sculpted puppets featuring winter animals will again visit with guests.

 

All four parks will continue to transform their park icons into Beacons of Magic this year with a rotation of unique holiday-themed displays.

 

If you were hoping to run into Santa Claus among your Disney friends, you’ll be able to catch him in his red convertible at Disney’s Hollywood Studios during the Santa Claus Merry Motorcade, or on the Discovery River as part of the flotilla at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. At EPCOT, you can enjoy holiday tales from around the world as Santa joins storytellers at the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, beginning November 25. 

 

The Holiday Cookie Stroll will return to EPCOT during the festival as well, and holiday dishes from around the world will be available for munching at dozens of Holiday Kitchens.

 

If you are hoping for a picture with the Jolly Old Elf himself, hop on over to Magic Kingdom or Disney Springs, where guests will have an opportunity to take pictures and hand off their Christmas lists.  (Times to be announced.)

 

And speaking of Disney Springs, if you’ve enjoyed the Christmas Tree Stroll in the past, the elaborately decorated trees will return to the shopping mecca, as will the nighttime magical snowfalls.  Need a snack boost to keep you going while you shop till you drop?  Pop in to Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, which becomes Jock Lindsey’s Holiday Bar, serving up special festive food and craft cocktails. Jock’s is just one of the Disney dining locales that will feature limited time holiday goodies.

Disney has set aside a dedicated holidays page for news of updated offerings and menus as they become available in the coming weeks.

 

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Want to Ride the New Guardians Ride at EPCOT? Make Sure Your MDE is Ready Now!

 by Beth Keating

News/Analysis

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 19, 2022

 

While some EPCOT guests, such as annual passholders and D23 members, have been able to get a sneak peek at the new Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride, the coaster will officially open to the general public in just a week, on May 27.  (By the way, see Ray Keating’s DisneyBizJournal.com review of the ride here.) If you want to maximize your chances of getting to save the galaxy with the Guardians, there are a few things you need to know before hitting up the park.

 

For starters, when the ride opens, there will not be a stand-by line, which means that you will either have to buy your way onto a Starjumper via a limited number of Individual Lightning Lane openings, or you will have to snag one of the free virtual queue spots, either at 7 am or 2 pm. 

And, no doubt about it, those seats will go faster than a jump to lightspeed. So, if you show up at EPCOT expecting to stroll over and hop on a line and shuffle your way to the front, you’ll be disappointed if you haven’t booked a ride in advance. Best to make your acquaintance with the ins-and-outs of your My Disney Experience (MDE) app now, so that you are not let down on the morning of your visit. You can’t waste time fiddling with setting up links when everyone else is blazing their way through the virtual queue request that day.

 

This week, Disney Parks Blog released information on how the virtual queue system will be set up for this ride.  (By the way, make sure you have both a valid ticket and a park reservation for the day and for EPCOT before attempting the process.)

 

Virtual Queue  

 

Beginning at 7 am on the day of your park reservation, you will be able to check for an available (free) boarding group via the My Disney Experience app, and request access to the virtual queue. (Go find this spot on your app NOW, so you don’t waste precious time that morning!)  You can actually request access before you leave your resort, or on your way to the park, but the countdown begins precisely at 7 am. If Remy’s Ratatouille and Rise of the Resistance, both of which used virtual queues upon their opening, are any indication, the spots will be gone in mere seconds. No kidding.  

 

If you and your travel party are successful in obtaining a boarding group, the MDE app will assign you a boarding group number, and you will wait for that group to be called before making your way back to the ride, sometime later in the morning. (You’ll get a notification on your phone via the My Disney Experience app when it’s time to come back, but keep checking so you know when your time is getting close, so that you don’t get on line for a different ride or sit down to eat and miss your window accidentally.)

 

If you weren’t successful in getting one of those coveted spots at 7 am, you can try again in the afternoon.  At 1 pm, you can again request a boarding group on the MDE app via the virtual queue, through the same process, but the only catch is that for the afternoon requests, you must actually be inside of EPCOT to join the virtual queue.  (And if you already rode in the morning, you can’t request a second ride during the afternoon boarding groups.) 

 

One last shot at a boarding group exists at 6 pm, but only if you are staying at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Disney Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels. On certain dates, Disney offers extended evening theme park hours to those guests, and Deluxe hotel guests can make use of the third shot at getting a boarding group on those days. (Deluxe hotel guests do not need to be in EPCOT to request to join during the 6 pm boarding group process).   Additional information, including tips for getting into the virtual queue, is available at disneyworld.com/virtualqueue.  

 

Individual Lightning Lane 

 

If you don’t mind shelling out the additional cash, you can also try for an “Individual Lightning Lane” entry.  Guests can purchase Individual Lightning Lane entry in the My Disney Experience app by using the Disney Genie service on the same day of their visit. (Prices weren’t released yet for the ride, and they do vary by day and season, but as a comparison, the top tier Rise of the Resistance is currently $15 per person.)  Individual Lightning Lane is subject to limited availability, and again, those seats go – well, lightning fast.  Guests at Disney resort hotels can purchase Individual Lightning Lane rides starting at 7 am on the day of their visit.  Other guests can make their purchase when the park opens. For more information on Lightning Lane access, go to disneyworld.disney.go.com/genie/lightning-lane/. 

 

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is billed as a “family-thrill attraction” that is a completely new generation of storytelling rollercoaster, with the “first ever reverse-launch.” Located in World Discovery at EPCOT, it’s also one of the largest indoor coasters in the world, and the Starjumper cars rotate 360 degrees in the dark to direct guests’ attention to the action going on around them in both projections and set pieces during their intergalactic chase. A selection of six different songs provide the soundtrack to the ride, and guests don’t know in advance which song they’ll be treated to.  Kids must be at least 42 inches tall to ride.

 

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.

 

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What’s the Deal with “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind”?

 by Ray Keating

Review

DisneyBizJournal.com

May 15, 2022

 

Okay, let’s just state this right upfront: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is the greatest roller coaster I’ve ever ridden.

Cosmic Rewind in Walt Disney World’s EPCOT pulls together everything one could ever want in a thrill ride. Though it doesn’t officially open until May 27, 2022, annual passholders were able to take early rides. My family had a slot on Sunday (May 15), and I was perhaps never so happy to have my annual pass.

 

First, it offers a story that not only makes sense, but integrates Guardians of the Galaxy characters in such a way that this theme park ride fits in neatly with the movies. Characters from the movies appear, as does a delightful addition. The ride captures the same feel of adventure and humor. 

Second, great music is such an important part of the Guardians movies, in particular, in the story of Peter Quill, or Star-Lord. The imagineers who created the ride wisely understood this, and music is central to the Cosmic Rewind ride. When saying that this ride rocked, it literally rocks. My adventure played out to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” Have you ever wanted to sing along while riding a roller coaster? I did on Cosmic Rewind. It was pretty much perfect. The other five songs in the mix (riders are unaware which tune they’ll ride to) are “Disco Inferno,” “Conga,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “I Ran” and “One Way or Another.”

 

Third, this is an incredibly smooth roller coaster ride – even as you're twisting, turning, ascending and descending in one of the largest indoor coasters in the world. For good measure, riders are being rotated 360 degrees to keep their focus on the action. And yes, the special effects riders travel through are immersive. And it all flows together beautifully.

Fourth, given that this was a special event for annual passholders, the wait was not as long as would normally be the case, but what I took in while traveling through the queue was delightful – expanding on the story undergirding the ride.

 

Did I have any complaints? Just one: The merchandise store was not yet open. If it had been, I likely would have emerged with my wallet considerably lighter.

 

What will happen when May 27 rolls around? Disney explains, “When Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind opens, a virtual queue will be in place. Guests will need to use the My Disney Experience app to enter the attraction. A standby queue will not be available. Each Guest can enter the virtual queue no more than once per day.”

 

Bottom line: When you visit Walt Disney World, you must ride Cosmic Rewind.

 

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