PHOTOS: Construction Continues on World Celebration Neighborhood of EPCOT

Shannen Ace

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PHOTOS: Construction Continues on World Celebration Neighborhood of EPCOT

The center of EPCOT’s Future World is set to become World Celebration, one of four new “neighborhoods” in the park. Right now, the area behind Spaceship Earth is mostly a construction zone as new shops and dining locations are created.

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At the Innoventions East corner, much of the paneling has been removed from the underside of the roof overhang.

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Inside, steel beams descend from the ceiling throughout.

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This will eventually house EPCOT’s more permanent Starbucks location, as well as a new quick-service restaurant.

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The restaurant will have tube-shaped lights and large floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Here we see some of the windows that have already been installed.

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Crew members have been working on the building’s roof for several weeks.

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Orange tarp was hanging above one of the entryways.

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Between the dining locations and Creations Shop will be Club Cool hosted by Coca-Cola.

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The breezeway area is mostly filled with scaffolding.

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This is where we’ve seen most crew members as the space is built from the ground up.

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On the other side, much of the scaffolding is blocked with tarp.

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Some wiring hangs loose from the wall.

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Crew members were working inside as well.

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A plywood door is visible behind some scaffolding in front of Creations Shop.

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Tarps now cover most of the windows.

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Windows are also blocked on the other side.

Creations Shop is replacing Mouse Gear as the flagship merchandise location of EPCOT. You can take a look at Mouse Gear’s final day of operation at this location in our post from January 2020. Make sure to also check out World Celebration’s new popcorn kiosk.

1 thought on “PHOTOS: Construction Continues on World Celebration Neighborhood of EPCOT”

  1. They could have updated Mousegear without changing the name. Creations…..i guess they needed something more generic to match the generic new look. Just like they did when they killed the theming at World of Disney at Disney Springs. The stores should be magical, not wal-mart and target at Disney World

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