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
Although many (including us) feared it indefinitely delayed or even canceled, it seems the PLAY! Pavilion has resurfaced again on the commemorative map given out for EPCOT’s 40th Anniversary on October 1! The maps were given out exclusively to guests who attended the day of EPCOT’s 40th Anniversary. We’ve reported extensively on the PLAY! Pavilion … 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
With Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind now officially open to the public, new EPCOT guide maps are available, showing off the new attraction. The cover of the new map features Spaceship Earth, lit up at night as a Beacon of Magic. Previously, Harmonious was on the front cover. Inside, the offerings for The World’s … Read more
Greetings from EPCOT! World Discovery has been the home of seismic change as part of the park’s reimagining, but it seems that not everything is moving at the same pace. Much of the work outside the site of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind looks to be nearing completion, as many of the large boxes … 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
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
Construction work on the roof of the future Play! Pavilion in EPCOT has been underway for several months, and it looks like almost all of the pavilion’s roof tiles have now been replaced. Last we checked, there were still several sections of original yellow triangles still remaining on the tent-like structure. Only a few scattered … Read more
It takes a lot of work to make the Play! Pavilion at EPCOT, so we’re stopping by to see how things are coming along. Unlike our recent visits, we didn’t see any construction workers on the dome while we were there. We haven’t seen workers since Friday, and since it’s Labor Day, it’s possible they … Read more
Hello again from EPCOT! Work continues to progress on the future Play! Pavilion, so let’s stop by and take a look! Work on the side closest to Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has expanded since our last visit. Near the monorail beam, we can see that roof panels are continuing to be replaced, with … Read more
Just two days after our last visit, the roof panel replacement has expanded significantly at the site of the future Play! Pavilion at EPCOT. The two sections of work have finally met in the middle. For comparison, here’s how it looked on Monday: Construction workers continue the job, safely secured by ropes to the top … Read more
Greetings from EPCOT! Work is moving rapidly on the outside of the future Play! Pavilion, so we thought we’d stop by and take a look. Even more triangular roof tiles have been removed since we last looked on Thursday, with two sections of work coming close to meeting. Construction workers were hard at work on … Read more
We learned a few days ago that a Monorail Mark X attraction coming to the Play! Pavilion in EPCOT, so we’re even more excited to check up on construction now. There has been a lot of work happening on the roof of the old Wonders of Life Pavilion, and even more progress has been made … Read more
Construction is slow but steady on the remodel of EPCOT’s Wonders of Life pavilion, which is becoming the Play! pavilion. Storage pallets have been on top of the pavilion for months now as progress is made refurbishing the triangular tiles. During our most recent visit, we noticed that not only many more tiles looked different, … Read more
The Play! pavilion is one of many new concepts planned to be hitting EPCOT next year. This pavilion is actually the mostly abandoned Wonders of Life pavilion finally being put back into good use. While we can’t see what’s going on inside, we can keep checking up on the roof of the pavilion. Wooden pallets … Read more
Now that EPCOT has reopened to the public, we can finally get a look at the progress of two of the park’s upcoming attractions. With most construction suspended during the COVID-19 shutdown, there hasn’t been much progress since we were last here in March, but it’s still worth taking a look. At the site of … Read more