EPCOT Theme Park Entrance Gates Return

Walt Disney World has added physical gates to the tapstile entrances of EPCOT again.

EPCOT Entrance Gates

A nearly empty walkway with modern white pillars and blue signs, featuring some benches and greenery in the background.

We first noticed gates installed in mid August. Less than two weeks later, Disney had removed the gates. They returned and are now on both sides of the entrance plaza.

Curved walkway with white supports, blue accents, and a monorail track overhead at a mostly empty outdoor plaza.

Though most of the entryways were not operating on Tuesday morning, the gates were still “open.” Instead, ropes blocked the way into the park.

Modern metallic gate with geometric triangular patterns, installed on a red pavement with greenery in the background.

A closed metal gate blocks a pathway at an outdoor area with trees, trash cans, and pink pavement.

There’s a pair of gates at each entryway, in front of the tapstiles. When open, they can be secured against each other. When closed, they would completely block the walkway. They have triangular designs.

We don’t know exactly why Disney has added the gates (or why they were removed and then reinstalled), but it may be to prevent accidental entry or sneaking into the park. The gates are a more solid blockade than ropes or stanchions.

So far, there are only gates at EPCOT, not any of the other Walt Disney World theme parks.

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