As a theme park author, I spend as a lot time as I can inside them. However since I don’t truly dwell in Southern California or Orlando, I can’t go to them as a lot as I would like. For that motive, I additionally like to devour media about theme parks. I personal numerous books about theme parks and the individuals who made them, and I’ve seen extra documentaries about them than I can depend.
For that reason, I used to be actually wanting ahead to subsequent week. A brand new three-part sequence Epic Journey: The Story Of Common Theme Parks, was set to debut on Monday for everyone with a Peacock subscription. The present was primarily Common’s model of Disney+’s The Imagineering Story, a documentary that regarded again on the historical past of the parks, and certain additionally gave us a glimpse into the long run. Sadly, I (and all people else ready for this present) will now want to attend a bit longer.
Epic Journey’s Delay Might Be Due To The Current Tragedy, However Not Essentially
In the present day, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Epic Journey has seen its debut pushed again almost two months and can now launch on Peacock on November 17. Whereas no official motive has been given for the delay, it’s tough to not see a connection between the postponement of a sequence meant to shine a light-weight on Common’s theme parks, and the truth that the press Common’s latest park is presently getting just isn’t as optimistic.
Final week a visitor at Epic Universe was discovered unresponsive after using the Stardust Racers curler coaster at Epic Universe, and he died on the hospital a short while later. The investigation into what occurred continues to be ongoing, and whereas preliminary findings point out that Stardust Racers was functioning correctly and that Common Crew Members did their jobs correctly, it’s tough to argue that perhaps proper now isn’t one of the best time to go about celebrating Common theme parks on tv.
As straightforward as it’s to make the connection between the tragedy and the delay (particularly as a result of last-minute nature of the announcement), one thing else could also be at play. That is truly the second main delay for the sequence. It was initially introduced for a late July launch, earlier than being pushed again to the September date.
May Stardust Racers Closure Impression The Epic Journey Documentary
If the 2 issues are linked, there could also be extra to the second delay than merely managing PR. It’s doable that the sequence could also be getting re-edited in some small method following the incident. Whereas a three-part documentary about your entire historical past of Common theme parks will probably solely spend a fraction of its runtime discussing all of the points of interest at Epic Universe, and a fair smaller portion discussing Stardust Racers particularly, the sequence may have to carry off earlier than deciding what it says in regards to the attraction.
At this level, Stardust Racers is closed to the general public, and there’s no indication when it’d reopen. Though the coaster doesn’t seem ot be at fault, it’s nonetheless doable that the coaster could must undergo some form of refurbishment if it’s discovered that security could possibly be improved. If that occurs, the coaster could possibly be closed for the foreseeable future. And a end result Common could not need to say a lot about Stardust within the new present.