Nova Corps ship installation begins at EPCOT's Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind

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Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind construction - January 24 2022

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Posted: Monday January 24, 2022 12:42pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The first piece of the Nova Crops ship that will mark the entrance to Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind is now being installed at EPCOT.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind construction - January 24 2022

Crews are using a large crane to install a support column which the 51ft tall ship will be attached to over the coming weeks.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind construction - January 24 2022

The back section of the ship is already in position.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind construction - January 24 2022

Here is a look at the concept art showing the finished look of the ship.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind concept art

Elsewhere at Guardians of the Galaxy, work is continuing on the exterior paint and the entrance to the building.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind construction - January 24 2022

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

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

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JAB2 days ago

That's not true. Tempered glass is very susceptible to focused impacts. That's why those emergency escape tools with a tiny metal point will shatter a car's window with very little force, and why a great many tempered glass PC case side panels have shattered simply by laying them on a tile floor because one of the tiles' corners was sticking up. If something hard and pointed hit it in the right way, it wouldn't have necessarily taken much force at all.

lazyboy97o3 days ago

If someone was wearing something like a metal ring and hit it in the right place, especially near a corner, it is possible to break the glass rather easily.

MisterPenguin3 days ago

The building is just settling on a sink hole.

bmr15913 days ago

Definitely not a punch, but a metal water bottle strapped to a backpack whipping around could generate a lot of power.

Giss Neric3 days ago

Shattering tempered glass requires a huge amount of force so I'm not sure if someone punching the glass is true.

bmr15913 days ago

I’m eager to hear how that happened. Someone lean on it with too much weight? A flying water bottle?

ZachPL3 days ago

Just saw this on reddit

gerararFeb 25, 2025

The VQ system has finally ended today for GOTG: CR! Standby line starts tomorrow Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The VQ system was reportedly supposed to end multiple times during some lull periods, but never came to fruition. It went through 2 hurricane closures, but nearly 3 years later after the ride opened May 27, 2022, the VQ has concluded and standby is finally here. Scatterplot of every single VQ data point collected for the past 1002 days. Here's my final update for it and wrap-up post:

Andrew25Feb 24, 2025

I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end. Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release. I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.

Professortango1Feb 24, 2025

I am aware. I was speaking more to the concept of the room rather than the function.

Agent HFeb 24, 2025

The stretching room is not an elevator in Florida

Professortango1Feb 24, 2025

HM also has a trained CM in the elevator with us, so they can manage the emergency release if an incident were to occur.

lazyboy97oFeb 24, 2025

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue. Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department. The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.