With Disney Parks around the world closed for the foreseeable future, WDWNT is dipping into our archives of vintage parks materials for a look back into parks history! Today, we’re heading back to before the beginning of EPCOT Center with an 1980 article from Orlando-land magazine! Note: This article will detail the magazine piece page … Read more
With Disney Parks around the world closed for the foreseeable future, WDWNT is dipping into our archives of vintage parks materials for a look back into parks history! Today, we’re sailing into EPCOT’s past with a bountiful 1987 teachers’ guide to Listen to The Land––Located in EPCOT’s The Land Pavilion! Note: This article will detail … Read more
Today in EPCOT history, Food Rocks jammed out for the first time in 1994 after replacing the former Kitchen Kabaret in The Land Pavilion. This spoof of concert benefits such as World Aid and Farm Aid took on a different flavor…promoting good nutrition with a cast of top-name foods such as the Peachboys, Pita Gabriel, Neil … Read more
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic keeps the Disney Parks closed, we’re creating a list of films and television shows on Disney+ that we feel remind us of the parks we love, and today, we’re taking a cinematic tour through EPCOT! What is it about EPCOT that makes it so special? Is it the fact that … Read more
Good morning from EPCOT! The day after the Festival of the Arts has concluded means lots of changes around the park. Today, we decided to check out what was new. Minnie Mouse was out greeting guests early on this morning. The morning did not start out well inside The Land, where both Soarin’ and Living … Read more
I have good news and bad news for you: the pineapple sundae cupcake at EPCOT’s Sunshine Seasons is gone, but left in its place is a vegan blackberry cupcake that tastes as good as it looks! This beautiful vanilla cupcake is topped by a light, fluffy buttercream. The buttercream is smooth and perfectly sweet without … Read more
Work in EPCOT continues to transform Future World. Today, we saw several notable changes around the area. At the old Mouse Gear location, the final visible signs of the past are gone after the last decorative gear character window display was removed. Now, all guests see are black tarps. Next to the Taste Track site, … Read more
Work at EPCOT continues to make developmental headway as the reimagining of Future World continues. Work on the Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction continues to move forward. Framing is in place for new flooring near the entrance. Several pallets of construction materials were seen outside the entrance to the Play! pavilion as work … Read more
Work to reimagine EPCOT’s Future World continues to move forward at a rapid pace. Today, we stopped by to see what was new. Work on the refurbishment of Mouse Gear has kickstarted this week. Most of the walls along the breezeway are now replaced with plywood that has been painted black. Display windows that most … Read more
Today, we stopped by Future World in EPCOT to see the latest updates on some of the construction projects in the area. The restrooms outside of Test Track continue to see work both inside and outside of the building. Work on some utility lines behind the old Taste Track location has moved farther up the … Read more
Welcome to WDWNT’s coverage of the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts 2020! As you may know, today marks a major milestone for the park as three new films debut throughout the park. Over in The Land pavilion, Awesome Planet is now glowing with the blue-green hues of our home planet Earth. Fans of the … Read more
We’re getting closer to the start of the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, which means it’s almost time for the debut of three new films at the park! Over in The Land pavilion, Awesome Planet is now glowing with the blue-green hues of our home planet Earth. The new wait time sign that was … Read more
Hello from the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, also known as EPCOT! It’s time to take another swing around the park to see what all is new. Come along with us! The first thing that greeted us when we walked in was the Jammitors out and about playing some funky beats. Then we popped into … 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 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts 2020 starting in just over a week, final preparations are underway at all of the theaters debuting new shows, like the Harvest Theater inside The Land pavilion. Inside, the new “Awesome Planet” environmental film will make its debut on January 17th, 2020, and outside, new permanent signage … Read more
A few weeks back, we speculated on a new set of walkways that were being constructed near the future Moana – Journey of Water as temporary bypasses to be used as construction ramps up at EPCOT. Originally slated to open sometime in January, this walkway has officially opened to guests today ahead of the large … Read more
