New color scheme at the Wonders of Xandar pavilion at 'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind' in EPCOT

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Guardians of the Galaxy construction - December 13 2021

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Posted: Wednesday December 15, 2021 11:14am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Paint crews are busy this week applying a new color scheme to the Wonders of Xandar pavilion at EPCOT - home to the upcoming 'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind' rollercoaster.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - December 13 2021

The new color is dark gray, replacing the previous bronze color.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - December 13 2021

The previous bronze color on the left side of the building that is still to be painted

The majority of the roof structure is now complete, and work continues adding theming pieces at the front of the building, which will serve as the entrance.

Guardians of the Galaxy construction - December 13 2021

'Guardians of the Galaxy" Cosmic Rewind' opens to guests in summer 2022, but we still don't have a specific date.

Concept art of 'Guardians of the Galaxy" Cosmic Rewind'

Work on the inside appears to be progressing well, with Disney executives having already taken early preview rides on the coaster.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind show scenery and push-pull testing of ride vehicles

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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.

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.

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.