The newest version of the EPCOT guidemap, which became available today during the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, no longer mentions the Play! Pavilion. The guidemap’s cover has silver sparkles around an image of a child wearing a beret and carrying a sticker-covered suitcase. A logo for “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” is still … Read more
The reimagining of EPCOT was highly anticipated for many years, so when it was mostly unveiled at the 2019 D23 Expo (and honestly in small chunks in the years leading up to that on this very website), many were excited to finally see the park get the much needed love it deserved. Flash forward to … 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 Friday, September 16, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
Walt Disney World announced back in February 2019 that a new Play! Pavilion would replace the Wonders of Life Pavilion at EPCOT. More details were released later that year and construction began on the old pavilion’s roof in early 2020. The roof tiles were completely replaced by early 2021, and no work has been seen … 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 Monday, September 5, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
The reimagining of EPCOT was highly anticipated for many years, so when it was mostly unveiled at the 2019 D23 Expo (and honestly in small chunks in the years leading up to that on this very website), many were excited to finally see the park get the much needed love it deserved. Flash forward to … Read more
Walt Disney Imagineering has filed a permit for the long-delayed Play! Pavilion at EPCOT. This new pavilion will take over what was once the Wonders of Life Pavilion. It was announced in 2019 and originally supposed to open for the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, but we haven’t heard much about it since COVID-19 … 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 Friday October 15, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
Nín hǎo (hello) from EPCOT! We’re ending the weekend — and the month — here at the home of Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. There’s quite a bit going on, though as usual, a lot of it is in the form of construction — though we have new merchandise and art, too. … 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, January 31, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
For months now, we’ve watched the triangular tiles of the future Play! Pavilion in EPCOT be replaced. However, the roof replacement came to a halt more than a month ago with one old tile still remaining. Here’s what the one bright yellow tile has looked like on the old Wonders of Life Pavilion. Finally, the … 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 Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Walt Disney World … Read more
Though construction work on EPCOT’s Play! Pavilion has been at a standstill since October, and its omission from press releases has cast doubt on the future of the attraction, work has resumed on the building’s roof. When we first walked by yesterday morning, no workers were visible. Some roof panels still remain to be replaced. … 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 Monday, December 7, 2020. Walt Disney World … Read more
Welcome to EPCOT, where “Progress Walls” abound and the Magic of Possibility goes only as far as the next vague press release. Given the number of changes that have taken place—not to mention the overwhelming burden of an ongoing pandemic—the majority of information available on the park’s historic transformation is mostly outdated now, leaving fans … Read more
We at WDWNT employ some great photographers who scour the Disney and Universal parks and resorts around the world to show you the best there is. So each week, we will be rounding up the seven best images captured by our photographers, whether they made it into a story this week or not, and bringing … Read more