PHOTOS: Patriotic Bunting and Final Touches Added to Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue; Opening Further Delayed at EPCOT

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President’s Day is just hours away, Sam Eagle! He still has just a little more time to open his very American barbecue joint in time for President George Washington’s birthday. But for now, let’s check in for our latest construction update for Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts and Barbecue. The outside of the upcoming restaurant is still … Read more

PHOTOS: Guest Experience Teams Move to New Locations Due To Ongoing Construction Throughout EPCOT

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Along with the new Future World East pathway and extended construction walls at EPCOT, the park also has a new Guest Experience Team location. This brings the total number of locations at EPCOT to three, which are must-needed to help guests navigate and get help in the now-fragmented park. The new location is right at … Read more

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Neon and Talking Trash Cans – One Final Tour of the Electric Umbrella in Future World at EPCOT

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February 16, 2020 is a day of reckoning for classic Future World in EPCOT. The center of the land will be fully enclosed in construction walls for demolition and work on the area’s breezeways and other structures. In addition to saying goodbye to well-known staple Pin Central, we also bid adieu to quick service favorite: … Read more

PHOTOS, VIDEO: New Bypass Walkway Opens at EPCOT, Connecting Park Entrance to Test Track, Mission: SPACE; New Ropedrop Procedure

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EPCOT fans have something quite exciting to celebrate that they won’t see everyday. The park’s newest walkway was fully unveiled to guests this morning. The walkway creates a bypass from the left side of Spaceship Earth all the way to the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind attraction in Future World East, connecting the … Read more

PHOTOS: Construction Walls Now Encase All of Future World’s Center in Preparation New “World Celebration” Neighborhood at EPCOT

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EPCOT took another major step toward the development of the World Celebration neighborhood today, an area where guests will eventually experience beautiful natural environments and global design elements filled with Disney magic and surprises. But for now, World Celebration is just a big construction site still known as Future World. We entered the park today … Read more

PHOTOS: New Directional Signage Added As EPCOT Closes Entire Center of the Park

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Construction is taking over more pathways at EPCOT. Beginning tomorrow (February 16), the center of Future World will be walled off, meaning guests will have to choose between routes to Future World East or Future World West closer to the EPCOT entrance. Next to the Pluto meet and greet area just inside the right side … Read more

PHOTOS: Rooftop Solar Panel Mounts Installed at Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT

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We’re back at EPCOT again, checking in on the latest progress on the site of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. On our last visit, we spotted some metal mounts around the front of the building, but today they’ve been installed. Looking up at the roof, we can see where the solar panels will eventually … Read more

PHOTOS: MouseGear Interior Demolition Now Underway at EPCOT

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It was a sad day when MouseGear closed its doors to the public for the final time. We have so many good memories of shopping through this uniquely themed store that it’s crushing to see it surrounded by construction walls. We might have a temporary location to hold us over for our current shopping needs, … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 1/28/20 (New Walkway Opens, Section of Future World East Walkway Revealed, More “Oh Boy!” Merchandise and More)

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Greetings, world travelers! Welcome to EPCOT, a place now know for its ever-changing construction walls. Let’s see what’s going on at the park today. Immediately, we noticed construction walls now stretch to the entrance of the old MouseGear location, blocking guests from walking through. A new walkway has opened across from the current MouseGear location … Read more