PHOTOS - Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster construction at Epcot

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Guardians of the Galaxy construction - April 2018

Posted: Wednesday April 4, 2018 9:02am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction of Walt Disney World's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy rollercoaster is well and truly underway in Epcot's Future World.

The rear of the former Universe of Energy pavilion is now an active construction site, with work taking place on that building, and on the second new building that will house the actual ride.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - April 2018

The former Universe of Energy building will contain the queue and pre-show areas, and as you can see from the image above, the rear wall has a large section removed that will join onto a new building that is now being built.

Behind the existing building, work is well underway on construction of the new ride building that will contain the actual coaster. Much like Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, the two buildings will be linked by a tunnel.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - April 2018

So far there are minimal changes at the front of Universe of Energy.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - April 2018

Besides construction walls, the only other point of note is the former ride exits have been removed and covered in scrims.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - April 2018

Disney has not yet announced an opening date for Guardians of the Galaxy at Epcot, but current estimates put the ride at a Spring 2021 opening.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind concept art

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gerarar9 days ago

Probably worst case scenario. BG 40 is usually called around 10:30am, so typical return window ends at 11:30am. But they don't enforce return windows anyways, so it's just all semantics lol.

SingleRider9 days ago

I have BG 40 and when they called me this morning the app said to return by 2pm. I wonder if it's going to close early today. If not why did they choose 2pm?

gerarar9 days ago

Possibly a mistake, but they just called 79 BGs in a span of 8 minutes during the initial wave at park opening at 8:45am. ^my phone clock is central time fyi

Disgruntled Walt18 days ago

Hopefully I won't need it, but expect to be hearing from me otherwise!

Mr. Sullivan18 days ago

If it isn’t, I’ve figured out the trick to pretty much guaranteeing a boarding group if you need it

Rich Brownn26 days ago

Probably because GotG doesn't actually spin. It's turned and held in place so when you spiral down you're always facing the planet, for example.

HauntedPirate28 days ago

Yes. By July 2031. 😁

Disgruntled Walt28 days ago

Anyone have any idea as to whether this will be off Virtual Queue by July? It seems crazy for it to remain on VQ for so long.

HauntedPirate28 days ago

You're lucky. My experiences on GotG have gone downhill. First ride in September 2022, I felt OK after riding. Every subsequent ride has resulted in my feeling increasingly nauseous, with the noted exception of my last ride where I basically closed my eyes after launch and entering the gravity building. I have no desire to ever ride it again because A) what's the point in riding something just to have to close your eyes to not be sick, and B) it's.... not that good to begin with. :cautious:

Disone28 days ago

Same for me except reversed. I was a tad bit nauseous after crush but with GotG I am fine. At least now I am. The first time or two on GotG I did get disorientated during the launch but after a couple of runs this no longer happens.

HauntedPirate28 days ago

They felt totally different to me, except for the nauseous feeling after exiting the ride vehicle. Which quite honestly was much less after riding Crush than GotG, despite a much higher amount of actual spinning vs. the forced turning.

tissandtully29 days ago

Blasphemy! 😂

TrainsOfDisney29 days ago

I gotta say….. I just rode the crush coaster at Disney studios and it felt just like cosmic rewind. Like to a crazy extent. Not sure if that price tag was worth it haha.