Walt Disney World has introduced that Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT is getting Christmas music! Here’s what we all know to this point, plus hypothesis about whether or not Walt Disney World tries to run each variations, what the overlay entails, if the digital queue ends by then, and extra. (Updated November 11, 2022.)
Along with this, now we have new particulars in regards to the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, which runs from November 25 till December 30, 2022. This contains the return of the Holiday Storytellers, “JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season” performances, the brand new Nochebuena Cocina Holiday Kitchen, the Holiday Cookie Stroll, and extra.
Most notably, Walt Disney World has revealed particulars in regards to the 2022 Candlelight Processional, together with the total movie star narrator lineup that’ll embrace newcomers Gloria Estefan, Josh Gad, Mariska Hargitay, and Raúl Esparza, to call a number of. They will be a part of many returning fan-favorite movie star narrators, resembling Neil Patrick Harris, Whoopi Goldberg, Marie Osmond, Angela Bassett, and Edward James Olmos.
During the “Suiting Up with Super Heroes at Disney Parks and Experiences” panel at New York Comic Con 2022, a panel of Walt Disney Imagineers took to the stage to speak about Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. They additionally launched idea artwork for what seems it’ll be known as “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix.”
Here’s the newest in regards to the overlay: “This holiday season, prepare to hear the Guardians of the Galaxy like never before! Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT is getting a festive makeover for the holidays, complete with a new song added to the attraction.”
Imagineer Wyatt Winter added the next: “This is an all-new, unique mashup song taking a lot of your favorite holiday songs we all know and love, and creating a new song with it…Imagineers were able to do some custom lyrics. This song will be the song you hear during the holiday season at EPCOT. It’s a lot of fun…we got to test it and play with it early this year.”
Previously, Walt Disney World’s press launch that said the next: “This season, the Guardians will trade in their classic hits playlist for a mash-up of seasonal jams at Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT. Guests will blast off to the tune of an awesome holiday single, bringing joy to Xandar and Terra, too.”
These new quotes make clear some issues. First, there’s the brand new element that Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is getting a “festive makeover” along with a brand new track for Christmas. This is Disneyspeak for an attraction overlay, which suggests it’s not only a new track, however decorations or one thing totally different in regards to the substance of the attraction. The idea artwork above exhibits a wide range of EPCOT and Guardians ornaments, which might be a touch at what’s to come back–or simply enjoyable graphic design.
How a substantive vacation overlay past music would work is unclear. We don’t count on colossal adjustments that intervene with the story of the attraction. Cosmic Rewind is considered as a triumph of Imagineering, and regardless that the IP lends itself to a sure cheesiness, Disney isn’t going to undermine its blockbuster new journey with Christmas decorations that battle with the story. It wouldn’t shock us if the “festive makeover” is exterior the attraction or solely within the queue…and even nothing in any respect. That “festive makeover” line may simply be advertising puffery.
This Cosmic Rewind overlay is anticipated to be a tie-in with “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” slated for Disney+ launch on November 25, 2022. That vacation particular is written and directed by James Gunn, and is a giant streaming title for Disney.
In that case, the Christmas overlay to the Marvel-ous curler coaster may be one thing extra substantial–particularly if footage and dialogue for the Holiday Special had been recorded simultaneous with Cosmic Rewind.
November 11, 2022 Update: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix didn’t debut with the beginning of the Christmas season at Walt Disney World, which leads us to imagine it’ll formally debut on November 25, 2022. While the corporate has been fully silent a few start-date, the 2 dates that made essentially the most sense had been at present or November 25, 2022.
Given that the latter is the discharge of the Holiday Special on Disney+ and starting of the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, that’s now the probably debut date for Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix.
Unlike Living with the Land – Merry & Bright Nights, we don’t count on Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix to quietly debut early or at a random date. People plan journeys to EPCOT round Cosmic Rewind, and wish extra predictability about which model of the journey they’re getting, whereas Living with the Land is a ‘supporting player’ journey, and that overlay is all upside.
Here’s the present, non-Christmas “Awesome Mix” playlist for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, consisting of six songs of their basic variations:
- “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire
- “Disco Inferno” by The Trammps
- “Conga” by Gloria Estefan
- “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears
- “I Ran” by A Flock of Seagulls
- “One Way or Another” by Blondie
One factor that’s clear from the NYCC Imagineering panel is that “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix” will exchange the present playlist above with a single track. Imagineer repeatedly referred to this as a track (singular), which is in keeping with the sooner announcement.
There was beforehand confusion about this as a result of the press launch says it’ll be function “seasonal jams” (plural) however proper earlier than that claims it’ll be a mash-up. After that, it signifies the tune will probably be an “awesome holiday single” (singular, clearly).
It would make sense for the overlay to solely have one observe that’s a medley of vacation music. Or, and listen to me out, perhaps it ought to be a medley of everybody’s favourite vacation jam: “Wonderful Christmastime,” however carried out by totally different artists and in several languages. 😉
This would even be in keeping with previous precedent for different Guardians of the Galaxy seasonal journey overlays. That’s proper, Guardians of the Galaxy: Christmas Rewind is just not the primary Marvel attraction to get the vacation therapy.
Over at Disney California Adventure, Mission Breakout turns into “Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark” in the course of the fall.
The Disney California Adventure vacation overlay runs simultaneous with Mission Breakout–there’s a switchover that happens every night in the course of the Halloween season.
Starting at 5 pm, visitors can expertise Monsters After Dark, which is a sequel to the daytime model, Mission Breakout. It’s plenty of enjoyable, and offers the tower same-day re-rideability (which it already had because of a number of totally different songs, identical to Cosmic Rewind).
Back at Walt Disney World, we don’t count on the common journey to function alongside “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix.” Instead, it’s seemingly that the Christmas model will run all-day, changing the common Cosmic Rewind in the course of the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
The cause that “Monsters After Dark” solely runs within the night at DCA isn’t so visitors can get pleasure from each in the identical day. It’s as a result of the Halloween overlay is simply too intense for some visitors. Disneyland warns of this within the park and through an Is It Too Scary? message on the positioning: “Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark includes loud sounds in the dark and menacing beasts that may scare some children.”
It is protected to say that “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix” won’t be too scary for youths, and thus gained’t be relegated to the evenings. That is, except the Guardians staff as much as defeat Krampus on this Christmas overlay, however that’s extremely uncertain.
This must also tackle any considerations about Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind closing for refurbishment to “install” the overlay. It completely won’t.
Walt Disney World’s operational calendar is out via December 2022, and there’s zero downtime scheduled for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind for the changeover. This essentially means which might be no bodily scenes or props to vary–the majority of this overlay will be completed with the flip of a swap, so to talk, through a pc. Whatever can’t be completed digitally will be modified in a single day.
As a outcome, it’s seemingly that the “Holiday Remix” to Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT will probably be considerably the identical because the common journey, save for the Christmas mashup track. Leaving the remainder of the attraction expertise untouched might be the most popular method for the extra tourist-centric Florida park.
Walt Disney World has lengthy been averse to journey overlays of standard sights, which is famously the justification/excuse for Magic Kingdom not reworking Haunted Mansion into the Nightmare Before Christmas impressed overlay, Haunted Mansion Holiday. (The longstanding rumor is that the overlay was even fabricated for Walt Disney World, however shipped off to Tokyo Disneyland as a result of Florida administration opted towards it.)
Additionally, it now seems that the digital queue won’t finish earlier than “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix” debuts.
We had been shocked this didn’t happen within the early fall-offseason, however for no matter cause, Walt Disney World opted towards ending the digital queue. With the favored vacation season proper across the nook, it’s unlikely that the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind digital queue will probably be retired earlier than January 9, 2023. We shall see, although.
Ultimately, that’s all the things we find out about what the Christmas overlay to Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will entail. More than anything, we’re comfortable to see Walt Disney World embrace overlays to an growing diploma. We’ve lengthy stated that WDW’s demo is evolving because of extra DVC members and a rising Central Florida inhabitants, so previous excuses to keep away from these don’t actually maintain water anymore.
Even although it’s nonetheless model new, we’re thrilled that Cosmic Rewind is the subsequent journey to get the Christmas overlay therapy. We’re actually curious to study extra about “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind – Holiday Remix” and expertise the seasonal version of the attraction overselves. Here’s hoping that the mashup track for the “Holiday Remix” is an earworm, very like “Monsters After Dark” at Disneyland!
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