RDR 492: Keep, Refurbish, or Replace? Epcot Debate!
Rope Drop Radio: A Disney Travel Podcast
Rope Drop Entertainment
5 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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It’s time to play “Keep, Refurbish, or Replace!” Doug and Lauren head to EPCOT and decide which attractions, rides, and restaurants deserve some Disney love—or a full makeover.
Keep, Refurbish, or Replace? Epcot Debate!
EPCOT fans, this one’s for you! This week on Rope Drop Radio, Doug and Lauren go pavilion by pavilion deciding which parts of EPCOT should be kept, refurbished, or completely replaced. From Spaceship Earth to Frozen Ever After, we give our honest takes on which experiences still shine and which need a little pixie dust.
We’re joined by our Patreon community and listener feedback as we debate fan-favorite attractions like Living with the Land, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, and The Seas with Nemo & Friends — plus EPCOT dining favorites including Connections Eatery, La Cantina de San Ángel, and Biergarten.
We even tackle EPCOT’s live entertainment and films — from Voices of Liberty to Reflections of China and Canada Far and Wide. What stays, what goes, and what gets the refurb treatment? Tune in to find out!
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| 0:00.0 | We want to give a big thank you to our sponsor, Turin and Cruises. Here's something you might not know. |
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| 0:39.5 | So when you're ready to plan your next trip, head to truene and cruises.com and tell them |
| 0:44.6 | RopeDrop Radio sent you. Now, let's Rope Drop. |
| 0:50.1 | Helping you navigate the Disney Parks. |
| 0:52.8 | With the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. |
| 0:57.5 | You're listening to Rope Drop Radio. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to another Rope Drop Radio. |
| 1:06.0 | I am Doug McKnight here with Lauren Shields and Lauren. |
| 1:09.4 | You have busy times afoot now as things ramped up |
| 1:13.5 | Yes we had a um swimming on Saturday so it was just for Lily which is our youngest swimmer |
| 1:20.6 | It was only her second swimming ever but it went well sure you wanted another swimmer you couldn't |
| 1:26.4 | talk her out of it, huh? |
| 1:28.2 | I know. |
| 1:29.1 | I know. I'm joking. Go swim, kid. She fought us on joining for a long time. And then finally she had a friend do it. And she's like, I'll do it. And then now she loves it because she's like, oh, I'm actually really good at this. I was like, yeah. But no, it did great. |
| 1:43.3 | And then we're into like the fall concert. |
| 1:46.3 | So we had choir concert tonight. So I was like, yeah, but no, she did great. And then we're into like the fall concert. |
| 1:46.3 | So we had choir concert tonight. |
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