There was so much happening at Epcot over the weekend that I just had to make a visit, so let’s see what’s new and exciting around the park in our latest photo report:
The original Soarin’ is now back until June 16th
There was quite the rush to get in line for Soarin’ the first day back
The new men’s restrooms downstairs by the attraction also opened
A new elevator was also added to the left of the attraction entrance
Some minor changes were made to the Soarin’ queue
Screens installed
New wallpaper and lighting
We will return shortly…
Work continues on the new Disney Vacation Club lounge at Imagination
The sign was being installed while I was there
There it is…
Now back to Soarin’
New carpet
The queue games appear to be gone in favor of screens, at least for now…
The new theater, Concourse C, is now open and functioning
Instead of remastering the Florida-only pre-show, they are simply running the HD version of the pre-show from California
Will Patrick return? We hope so…
The new theater reminded me of all the reasons I love Soarin’ when it’s new: the smells work and the projections looked fantastic
The new digital projections are amazing, crystal clear
The third theater does leave a lengthy exit process back to The Land
Select SHAG Star Wars merchandise is now available at the Art of Disney at Epcot
This new limited edition MagicBand debuted over the weekend
Work continues on the Royal Sommerhus meet and greet, the Margarita stand will close permanently tomorrow to make room
The facade of Frozen Ever After has been revealed
Quite different from Maelstrom
The old waterfall was sealed up as well
While stopping in the U.K. pavilion, I couldn’t help but notice that the Rose and Crown has more merchandise than most Walt Disney World attractions…
Over at Turtle Talk with Crush, characters from Finding Dory have been added to the show
There are entirely new segments based around new characters, even though the movie isn’t out yet…
I always found it strange that Squirt did not appear, but that has been fixed now
The Land’s decor still breaths 80-90s. Hate it.
And what about the Frozen decor….TACKY.
I LOVED EPCOT 20 years ago, but now it just feels old to me. It needs major demolishing and new ‘wow i am in the future’ attractions. But i guess that won’t happen as long as DISNEY can’t get a sponsor to pick up the bill….
Disney needs to get back to looking toward the future in FutureWorld. Business development needs to get the sponsors. Oh and move the monoliths in the entrance of EPCOT to one of the grassy areas and bring back the garden planters in front of Spaceship Earth…..that is all