Walt Disney Imagineering shared photos on Instagram of water tests at Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” in EPCOT. Journey of Water Testing As we test and prepare our next attraction to welcome guests later this Fall to World Nature in EPCOT, our Imagineers have begun to teach water how to play in Journey of Water, Inspired … Read more
The final elements of a multi-year expansion and renovation of EPCOT continue to make progress, as both CommuniCore Hall in World Celebration and Journey of Water Inspired by Moana in World Nature take shape. Construction in the EPCOT parking lot is also moving along. Let’s take a look. CommuniCore Hall and World Celebration Updates Previously, yellow sheathing … Read more
More updates have been made to CommuniCore Hall and Plaza at World Celebration, including more bright yellow sheathing. CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza We recently stopped into EPCOT to check on the progression of the construction at World Celebration. Here, we can see CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza. There are lots of construction cranes and … Read more
We recently had an opportunity to check on the construction progress being made for the Journey of Water walk-through attraction at EPCOT, based on the 2016 film “Moana.” Major milestones have continued to pour in this week, as Disney itself posted a TikTok video sharing detailed glimpses of the attraction’s running water features for the … Read more
Disney CEO Bob Iger indicated during today’s shareholders’ meetings that Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” will be the final piece of the major EPCOT expansion. Iger said Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” marks Disney’s “completion of our spectacular transformation of EPCOT.” Footage of Iger touring the attraction showed that it is near completion. … Read more
At the center of EPCOT, CommuniCore Hall and Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” are on their way to a late 2023 opening. World Celebration will also have new gardens and Dreamer’s Point, featuring a new statue of Walt Disney, directly behind Spaceship Earth. A small structure is coming together near CommuniCore Hall but seems … Read more
Earlier this month, some themed lanterns were hung along the walkways at Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana” at EPCOT. Now, support posts for a canopy have been added near the entrance, and walkway concrete has also been poured. You can see that some of the lampposts remain wrapped in plastic until they’re ready to … Read more
We’ve known for several months that Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” would open in “late 2023” at EPCOT, but a new email to Disney Rewards members gives a slightly more specific timeline. The “Autumn” section of the email states the following: This fall, you won’t want to miss the debut of Journey of Water, … Read more
Themed canopies have been installed over a walkway in Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” at EPCOT. The orange canopies hang from the brown archway and poles installed last month. The other poles in the area still wrapped in plastic are for lamps. The canopies won’t cover the entire attraction but will provide shade for … Read more
“Good Morning America” shared a sneak peek at Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana,” an upcoming attraction at EPCOT. During the sneak peek, Imagineer Reid Ekman said that guests will be able to interact with the attraction, possibly with MagicBand+. Ekman didn’t refer to MagicBand+ specifically, but the interactivity he described is similar to that … Read more
Let’s take a ride on the EPCOT Monorail and see how construction has progressed on Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana.” Earlier this month, the 16-foot-tall Te Fiti figure was installed in the walkthrough attraction, and she’s hard not to notice when looping around the center of the park. In the foreground, scaffolding has been … Read more
Guests riding the EPCOT Monorail will be able to see the 16-foot-tall Te Fiti figure in the construction site of Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana.” Crew members working at Te Fiti’s base during our trip on the Monorail give a good idea of just how tall she is. The figure is already complete with … Read more
Happy Holidays! In today’s photo report, we’re exploring the neighborhoods of EPCOT. Come join us as we ride Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, shop in Volkskunst, and more. Volkskunst has been closed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down. Today, we saw it had finally reopened. The Teddy Bear shop is still walled off and closed. A cast … Read more
While they continue working on rockwork structures, crews have also been adding small details to Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana,” a new walkthrough attraction scheduled to open next year at EPCOT. The tree-like figures wrapped in plastic are themed lampposts. The longer horizontal pole in the image above appears to be an archway structure. … Read more
Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana” is looking less and less like piles of dirt and more like an actual attraction. We’re about a year out from its planned 2023 opening in the World Nature neighborhood of EPCOT and crews are adding details to the fake rocks. Tree-like lampposts were installed earlier this month. They’re … Read more
Crew members have begun testing the water features for Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana,” a walkthrough attraction that will open in late 2023 at EPCOT. Crew members were atop the scaffolding around the rock structure featuring Te Fiti’s spiral. They were working on a water spout that sends water down the front of the … Read more