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From: Patty on 1 Apr 2007 15:31
In article <yzTPh.2053$WL4.2005(a)trnddc04>,
Glenn Holliday <holliday(a)acm.org> wrote:
>
>EPCOT used to have street performers. Music, magicians, probably
>more. I looked forward to seeing them when we were planned a
>trip after many years away, then was disappointed to find them no more.

Are you talking about the World Showcase Players, Serveur Amusant,
Sergio, OrisiRisi, Off Kilter, etc.? They're still very much there.
I saw several of them in January.


Patty
From: Julie on 1 Apr 2007 15:40


Rex Mumea wrote:
> So, let's make a list of favorite closed, remodeled or renamed
> attractions...
>
> The Empress Lilly was great, live jazz. One of my big memories of my
> Grandfather is me drinking juice and him with a draft beer while listening
> to the band at lunch time.
>
> Discovery Island (the original in the middle of the lake). For as hot as it
> would be at the beginning of August, the shade and cool breeze of the lake,
> it was a great afternoon diversion in the late 70's, early 80's. Now it is
> so grown over, the white sand beaches are gone.
>
> The Ole Swimming Hole (River Country). As a kid, spending the day was a
> huge deal. My most vivid memory is also a sad one. While we were there, a
> girl drowned after riding the big water slide, something to do with her
> heart. There were life guards running around all over, but we had no idea
> it was that serious till we got home days later, and read about it in the
> paper.
>
> The big boom and the rope swing were a blast, no way any water park could
> get insurance for something like that today. Actually, does anyone know if
> they closed river country because of the bigger newer water parks coming
> online, or was it an issue with water quality? Or and insurance issue of
> people swimming in an open body of water and the cost of life guards?
>
>

I've noticed more street performers during crowded afternoon hours and
high attendance periods.
Julie
www.foresitecomputing.net/COVE/


From: Glenn Holliday on 1 Apr 2007 17:38
patty1(a)wintertime.com wrote:
> In article <yzTPh.2053$WL4.2005(a)trnddc04>,
> Glenn Holliday <holliday(a)acm.org> wrote:
>> EPCOT used to have street performers. Music, magicians, probably
>> more. I looked forward to seeing them when we were planned a
>> trip after many years away, then was disappointed to find them no more.
>
> Are you talking about the World Showcase Players, Serveur Amusant,
> Sergio, OrisiRisi, Off Kilter, etc.? They're still very much there.
> I saw several of them in January.

I didn't think so - I've never run into any of those on the
World Showcase side. The performers I remember from the
'70s and '80s were on the Innoventions side. The World
Showcase Players may be the successors. I'll have to keep
going back till I run into them!

--
Glenn Holliday holliday(a)acm.org
From: Patty on 1 Apr 2007 19:18
In article <uDVPh.4750$bM1.2795(a)trnddc03>,
Glenn Holliday <holliday(a)acm.org> wrote:
>patty1(a)wintertime.com wrote:
>>
>> Are you talking about the World Showcase Players, Serveur Amusant,
>> Sergio, OrisiRisi, Off Kilter, etc.? They're still very much there.
>> I saw several of them in January.
>
>I didn't think so - I've never run into any of those on the
>World Showcase side. The performers I remember from the
>'70s and '80s were on the Innoventions side. The World
>Showcase Players may be the successors. I'll have to keep
>going back till I run into them!

You don't have to leave it to chance! The back of the Times
Guide for Epcot has a handy chart listing the schedules for
many of the street performers. In advance of your trip, you
can also look here:

http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/EPCOT.htm

The performers I originally mentioned are all in World Showcase,
but the Jammitors perform in Future World. And there are several
other entertainment groups I didn't mention (musicians, magicians,
acrobats, storytellers, etc.).


Patty

From: Derek Janssen on 1 Apr 2007 19:32
patty1(a)wintertime.com wrote:

> In article <uDVPh.4750$bM1.2795(a)trnddc03>,
> Glenn Holliday <holliday(a)acm.org> wrote:
>
>>patty1(a)wintertime.com wrote:
>>
>>>Are you talking about the World Showcase Players, Serveur Amusant,
>>>Sergio, OrisiRisi, Off Kilter, etc.? They're still very much there.
>>>I saw several of them in January.
>>
>>I didn't think so - I've never run into any of those on the
>>World Showcase side. The performers I remember from the
>>'70s and '80s were on the Innoventions side. The World
>>Showcase Players may be the successors. I'll have to keep
>>going back till I run into them!
>
> You don't have to leave it to chance! The back of the Times
> Guide for Epcot has a handy chart listing the schedules for
> many of the street performers. In advance of your trip, you
> can also look here:
>
> http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/EPCOT.htm
>
> The performers I originally mentioned are all in World Showcase,
> but the Jammitors perform in Future World. And there are several
> other entertainment groups I didn't mention (musicians, magicians,
> acrobats, storytellers, etc.).

In fact, it's, er, rather HARD to miss OffKilter or Matsuriza Drummers
from any nearby vicinity in the Showcase--

On a clear day, you can hear the Kilter all the way to Norway, or the
Drummers from the right upper Beach Club window.

Derek Janssen
ejanss(a)comcast.net
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