Disney Imagineer Zach Riddley has shared a sneak peek at the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride vehicles as Imagineers prep them in an Orlando Imagineering warehouse.
Here is an exclusive sneak peek of two of our ride engineers as they prep some of EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind vehicles at our warehouse in Florida. If you look closely at the colorful paint design on the vehicles (called coaches in roller coaster engineering parlance), each one is unique with different wear patterns and impact marks. Imagineers were inspired by markings that appear on NASA Space Shuttles and other spacecraft upon reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. We can’t wait to share more on this truly out-of-this-world, awesome attraction as we make progress on construction and put these coaches on the track!
Set to take guests back to the Big Bang via a backwards launch, the roller coaster has had quite a bit of secrecy around it in the form of a massive show building where all of the work is taking place inside.
We briefly got a glimpse of a steep inclined piece of track before the building was closed up and the rest is a mystery.
We were also able to find permits that suggest that the ride will have large projection domes either in the pre-show or in the actual ride itself.
Disney has said that the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind attraction will open in time for Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary in 2021, but it’s unclear if that timeline will need to shift due to the halt in construction since mid-March.
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