List of Secrets and Easter Eggs in Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

A compendium of trivia and hidden details in *Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind*.

## Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

### Queue

#### Other-World Showcase

* The name, "Other-World Showcase" is a reference to EPCOT's, "World Showcase".
* The artificial-intelligence *Worldmind* originates from Marvel Comics.
* The, "Wonders of Xandar" is a tribute to EPCOT's defunct, "Wonders of Life Pavilion".
* Star-Lord's *Awesome Mixtape* will be seen floating in space from the Galaxarium.
* A turkey leg can be seen floating in space in the Galaxarium, referencing the food item's affiliation with the Disney Parks.
* The display of Xandar City Centre is inspired by the Progress City model of EPCOT in Tomorrowland.
* Screens will show Walt Disney alongside his original plans for EPCOT.
* Screens will show a, "Maelstrom" warning. Maelstrom is a defunct EPCOT attraction from the Norway Pavilion.
* On Good Morning Xandar, Star-Lord comedically references wanting to go on the now defunct EPCOT attractions *Horizons, Universe of Energy* and *Kitchen Kabaret*. Universe of Energy is an attraction which once occupied the space that Cosmic Rewind takes up.
* The queue identifies the attraction as taking place closely after the events of the first film and as such, before the events of *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*.
* Spaceship Earth is shown on a screen in the queue.
* The radio shaped cities of Xandar are inspired by Walt Disney's original plans for Epcot.
* In the comics, the Cosmic Generator was a large energy generator used to power the Skrull home-world.
* The Nova Corps' plan to teleport EPCOTerrans to a Nova Ship for transport to Xandaris similar to the X-S Tech plan to teleport humans to their planet in the attraction ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.

#### Nova Ship

* The Universe of Energy logo appears on the Xandarian ship.
* In Cosmic Rewind, Drax notably wears a shirt rather than the traditional design of being shirtless. This is as actor Dave Bautista felt increasingly uncomfortable with playing the character as long as he stayed shirtless, given the actor's aging.
* Various messages in Xandarian can be found throughout the ship and its screens.
	+ Xandarian text on a screen of the Nova Ship reads, "Its Gunna B Gr8". This is a reference to film director James Gunn who made the Guardians of the Galaxy films and assisted in development of the attractions.
* Xandarian codes on beams read, "ELLEN", "ALEX" (referencing the late Alex Trebek who appeared in Ellen's Energy Adventure), "E=MC Squared" (referencing Albert Einstein who was a character in Ellen's Energy Adventure), and, "DINO".

### Ride

* An electric-guitar version of the Universe of Energy theme-song plays during the ride.
* Drax refers to the Big Bang as the, "Ding Dang". This is a reference to the defunct attraction Ellen's Energy Adventure which Cosmic Rewind replaced where Ellen Degenerous mistakenly refers to the Big Bang by the same term.

### Exit

* The exit is made to mirror backstage areas of EPCOT. The mirror represents the mirrors which cast-members use before exiting back-stage, with a Xandarian message telling them to smile as they are representing all Xandarians.
* The trash-cans have Xandarian writing for, "Scrap" and, "Reuse".
* The Xandarian message near the mirror translates to, "OBSERVE. EVERYBODY NEAT AND PRETTY. YOU ARE NOW ENTERING EPCOT. SMILE, YOU ARE REPRESENTING ALL XANDARIANS. DO IT WELL.”
* The Treasures of Xandar is run by the Broker, who appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy. His description appears in Xandarian.

## Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind references in other properties

* **Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!**: Overtop of the X-S Tech invoice in the Collector's office is a letter from Taneleer Tivan to a alien bounty-hunter named Jeutar Mörat, an enemy of the Guardians of the Galaxy from the comics. The letter identifies Tivan as travelling to Earth due to Jeutar following a mysterious figure there. It is currently believed that this references following Eson the Searcher the plot of *Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.* Eson is also referenced in Mission: BREAKOUT!, with his likeness appearing on a wall of Celestial masks.
* **Skipper Canteen**: In the library is a book titled *The Stars Above Us* by Quill, referencing Star-Lord and the Galaxarium.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2022/05/05/the-easter-eggs-you-wont-want-to-miss-on-epcots-guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind-ride/
2. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2022/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind-easter-eggs/
3. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2022/05/guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind-easter-eggs/
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2022/05/05/the-big-easter-eggs-to-look-for-on-epcots-guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind/
5. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2022/05/09/now-entering-epcot-translating-the-xandarian-messages-at-guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind/
6. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2022/05/07/treasures-of-xandar-store-and-merchandise-photos-video-from-media-preview-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-cosmic-rewind/