An iconic Walt Disney World location is gone. Pin Central, which had stood in its location behind Spaceship Earth, was demolished officially today. Pin Central was one of the many classic icons of EPCOT past and its closing is a sign of a new chapter in EPCOT’s history. As we approached the work site today, … Read more
As demolition ramps up in the center of Future World, the former Pin Central shop is starting to slowly be dismantled. Today, we see the full removal of the entire network of cables that comprised the infrastructure for the Pin Central canopy. The view of what remains of the center of Future World from the … Read more
On our way to the opening of the new Regal Eagle Smokehouse this morning, we stopped to take a look at some of the progress going on with the overhaul of the former MouseGear location The MouseGear renovation is part of Project Gamma and the overall EPCOT overhaul. We saw one of the last dominoes … Read more
Pin Central, one of the most iconic and unique shopping locations in Walt Disney World, permanently closed after its last day of operation on February 15, 2020. The island-like store, which was situated in the heart of Future World in EPCOT, closed to make way for additional development of “World Celebration” — which has already … Read more
Good morning from EPCOT. There are a lot of things to see today around the park, so let’s get started! The weather this week has been absolutely stellar in Central Florida! As we headed towards the park on the Monorail, we noticed crews were out preparing for this weekend’s Disney Marathon races. All along the … Read more
With the massive re-imagination of EPCOT taking place, it was only fitting that the park also received a new logo to match. And in true Disney fashion, that logo has been immortalized on a new spirit jersey, which we found at Pin Central! The new black spirit jersey features the new logo, with the park’s … Read more
The changes keep coming for EPCOT’s Future World. To make way for World Celebration, one of the four new “neighborhoods” coming to EPCOT, major parts of Innoventions West are in the process of being demolished. Current areas closed are Club Cool, Fountain View (Starbucks), and Character Spot. We can soon add Art of Disney and … Read more
In 2017, Walt Disney World started phasing out the old Mickey design on the MagicBand readers for merchandise, food and beverage, and front desk areas in favor of generic black RFID readers. Then in 2018, credit card chip readers were installed at resort front desks. However, for being the premier place for spending money, they’ve … Read more
The Camera Center at EPCOT closed back in September for a refurbishment as part of the reimagining of Future World into World Celebration. Disney has just confirmed that the Camera Center location will reopen on December 8th and is set to also become the new home of Pin Central. You’ll recall that this matches up … Read more
It might not even be Halloween yet, but we are ready to see all of the new Christmas items in the parks! This year’s new Christmas merchandise has been slowly making its way to Walt Disney World Resort. During our time at EPCOT today, we discovered that new holiday pins have started to appear at Pin … Read more
Today at EPCOT, we spotted some areas throughout the Innoventions Plaza Canopy where there seems to be missing shade panels, especially over the Pin Central part… There’s clearly one panel over the popcorn stand that is missing. It looks like two or three more are missing over the former Innovations area and those construction walls. … Read more
When a wave of closures at Epcot was announced back in early July, the park’s devoted fan base quaked, and while today still marks the end for many beloved Epcot locations, like the Fountain of Nations, Club Cool, and yes, even Fountain View, it seems a select few other locations are getting a bit of … Read more
Along with everything else we’ve come to know and love from Epcot’s Future World, it appears that the classic Fountain of Nations will be closing permanently on September 8th, along with Pin Central. The final date of operation for Pin Central will be September 7th. This is all part of the ongoing overhaul of Epcot … Read more