Guest’s Bad Behavior Changes Cosmic Rewind’s Pre-show

It looks like we have another installment of Disney guests behaving badly. The pre-show for EPCOT’s Cosmic Rewind is now very different thanks to a few guests. Find out how this will affect your next mission to “Save the Galaxy”.

Cosmic Rewind Pre-shows

Since opening in 2022, Cosmic Rewind is widely popular. A virtual queue is still in place for Cosmic Rewind, while the Lightning Lane Single Pass is still available for this attraction.

Cosmic Rewind features two pre-shows before stepping aboard the attraction. The first takes place on earth featuring both Glenn Close in her role as Nova Prime Irani Rael and actor Terry Crews as Tal Marik.

When this show ends, guests can enter the teleportation room for the second pre-show. In this room, guests start at the Welcome Center on Earth and are transported to the Nova Corps ship.

Bad Guest Behavior

When guests first enter into the teleportation room, they are instructed to stand inside the lighted ring. After a series of flashing lights, the walls are lifted a large space allows guests to spread out.

The removal of the walls also reveals the doors that will lead to the attraction. Typically, once the walls are lifted guests will rush over to these doors.

Recently, a new trend has started where guests push on these doors which will open. Guests will exit this room while the pre-show is still playing.

Change

Due to this new trend, a Cast Member now supervises the doors leading to the attraction. While the pre-show is playing, the Cast Member will redirect guests to return to the middle of the room.

Cast Members now supervise doors in the teleportation pre-showroom

It will be interesting to see if Disney creates a different way to prevent guests from exiting this pre-show early.

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