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My First EPCOT visit
So, we wasn’t sure what to expect when we found out we was going to Epcot. Now, I had heard of Epcot before, but when I heard of it, it was on a fishing boat and it stood for “Emergency: Propellor Caught on Troller.” So, I was surprised to find it was actually a great big park. And its gots its own name: Experimental Prototype Community of tomorrow.
Some people give it funny names like “Every Person Comes out Asleep” or something like that.
So, what a surprise for me to walk into the park and the first thing I see is mighty familiar… Its an exact replica of Chumshop Earth over on the Meridee Strait over behind Hurgins Grotto. Heres a couple pictures to compare:
Now, y’all probably remember that the ChumShop closed up in 1996 cause it went through hard times. I remember when the proprietor put that fishing rod up to attract business, but it didn’t help. I’m glad the Disney version didn’t have a fishing rod when I seen it.
There’s a ride inside the one at Disney that I’ll talk about tomorrow, but fir now just wanted you to see how much our little town of Passamaquoddy has influenced the rest of the world.
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Wow…that is amazing. I wonder if they were designed by the same Imagineer?
Is the ChumShop ride fun?
Well, I rode Chumshop Earth in 1997 and it was already a little dated at that time. I heard there might be a new update to the ride coming out soon. I hope they don’t get rid of the scene where the Great Chumming Archives were burnt down and the people thought all the great chum based knowledge was lost. Then, in the next scene you find out there were talking crabs and mermaids who preserved the great chumming secrets of the ages. All was not lost!
Chumshop Earth is a great ride, but I always gag when they blow the artificial chum smell at you when you pass by the great white shark fishing scene.
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LD, I agree with you about Chumshop… If I remember correctly from Jeff Pepper’s PSI tour, he said the original chum smell was actually created accidentally when a worker had some bad sea bass, a lunch he would soon lose… and it sorta drained down to the bottom of the ball, into an area the “Quadesigners” didn’t figure needed to be cleaned. So, successive riders with weaker stomachs kept contributing to the chum fund.
Andy, Great memory.. you’ve captured the essence of the ride and reminded me of some of my favorite stuff… I forgot they had reopened it in 1997 with those scratch and sniff touch screens to make the descent experience more pleasurable.
Classic… just classic. Love the graphic!! Bravo!