The new Walt the Dreamer statue at EPCOT is now visible from the Walt Disney World Monorail after Disney revealed the statue in its final location on Tuesday. In our last construction update, the statue was still within a crate. Walt the Dreamer in World Celebration The statue is on a bench behind Spaceship Earth, … Read more
The completed World Celebration at EPCOT — including CommuniCore Hall and Dreamers Point — will officially open in December. As the project nears completion, construction walls have been shifted back a few feet, revealing new concrete and widening pathways. World Celebration Construction On the World Nature side of the park, near CommuniCore Hall, construction walls … Read more
After multiple years of construction at EPCOT, the finishing touches to the exterior areas in the new World Celebration neighborhood are being installed at EPCOT. World Celebration Aerial View A new image from Bioreconstruct on X from this morning details the progress made in the World Celebration neighborhood. When compared to the updated concept art … Read more
We have been tracking the construction progress on the years-long overhaul of EPCOT at Walt Disney World. During recent visits to the park, we’ve seen a few notable changes to some of the areas we regularly inspect for changes, including CommuniCore Hall, the Canada Pavilion, and more. Let’s take a look! Construction Progress on CommuniCore … Read more
A new directional sign has been unveiled in the World Celebration neighborhood of EPCOT. It matches the various new EPCOT signage with rounded lettering and a color scheme of dark gray and blue — the latter of which is the main color of World Celebration. EPCOT World Celebration Directional Sign The sign is in this planter … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Saturday, November 4, 2023. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more
The Liquid Layer splash pad in the World Discovery neighborhood of EPCOT is being repainted. Crews put construction walls up around the splash pad for a refurbishment a week ago. World Discovery Splash Pad Refurbishment From the Walt Disney World Monorail, we can see the splash pad behind construction walls. The splash pad is now … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Saturday, October 28, 2023. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more
There’s now one fewer place to escape the central Florida heat at EPCOT, as trees and their surrounding shrubbery have been removed from two raised beds and their coinciding bench areas outside of The Land Pavilion in the World Nature neighborhood of the park. Trees Removed From Bench Areas Near The Land Pavilion at EPCOT … Read more
This morning, October 22, 2023, we spotted a new Moana merchandise kiosk covered in black scrim in EPCOT. While we were there, the kiosk was opened, revealing a canoeful of Montunui merchandise available for sale Moana Merchandise Kiosk Now Open As some of the temporary walls around Moana: Journey of Water at EPCOT come down, … Read more
After the installation of triangle-patterned steel frameworks, the first Spaceship Earth-inspired panels have been installed on CommuniCore Hall in EPCOT. Spaceship Earth Panels on CommuniCore Hall CommuniCore Hall will be located in the World Celebration neighborhood of EPCOT, not far from Spaceship Earth. Concept art for the new building showed its Spaceship Earth-inspired exterior. The … Read more
After several delays and changes, the years-long reimagination of EPCOT is coming to a close, but it’s not done yet. EPCOT construction is still an attraction of its own. World Discovery Snack Stand This snack stand in World Discovery has been completely surrounded by construction walls for weeks. There’s not much to see from the … Read more
Shrubs have returned outside the entryway of Mission: SPACE at EPCOT as renovations to the area surrounding the attraction progress. The planet-shaped seats that previously sat immediately outside of the Mission: SPACE Cargo Bay (the ride’s gift shop) have also been removed as part of the recent changes. Mission: SPACE Exterior Changes We first noted … Read more
Work continues on the overall transformation of EPCOT, with World Celebration being a major focal point of the construction. We have new on-the-ground updates of the neighborhood, as well as aerial overviews from bioreconstruct. EPCOT Playground Construction Construction has finally started to make some headway in the former playground area by Journey Into Imagination with … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Sunday, August 27, 2023. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more
Fresh sod has been placed around the new EPCOT ride-share loop and plaza as crews appear to near completion on the project. New Sod Placed in EPOT Ride-Share Loop Plaza The new sod is visible toward the bottom of the above photo, in front of the loops themselves. This is significant progress from when we … Read more