It’s hard to believe that the original MouseGear, EPCOT’s premier retail store, has been closed for a year now. Though it has a temporary location across the breezeway at Innoventions East, we’re missing our staple store! However, we are very excited that the transformation of EPCOT is moving swiftly along. The other day, we brought … Read more
While we’ve been focused on the demolition of Innoventions West, it seems construction has begun inside the building that once housed Innoventions East at EPCOT. Now that the former interior of the pavilion has been gutted, there appears to be some new wall structures inside. A construction vehicle is parked out front. There were workers … Read more
When we last checked in on demolition at EPCOT, it was clear the old Innoventions West building was almost completely gutted. Meanwhile, refurbishment continues inside the Innoventions East and Electric Umbrella building, which is the future location of Starbucks and a new restaurant. The interior of Innoventions East has been stripped down to the bare … Read more
Today marks a very special day in Disney lore, also known as Walt Disney Day, in celebration of Walt’s birthday. Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, and while he never got to see the completion of his groundbreaking Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow—or EPCOT Center as we came to know it in … Read more
The Innoventions buildings at EPCOT are being slowly demolished to make way for new attractions as well as dining, shopping, and festival locations. Now, the Innoventions West building appears to have been completely gutted. Innoventions East is mostly empty, and some workers were visible inside. Electric Umbrella and Mouse Gear next door are also under … Read more
We’ve been watching the central buildings of EPCOT’s Future World being demolished for well over a year. When this area is completed, it will be the World Celebration neighborhood, but for now, it is a giant construction site. Next to the temporary Mouse Gear location, we can see inside the old Electric Umbrella building and … Read more
Project Gamma continues as new entrance signs have been added to the main turnstiles at EPCOT. The entire area has been getting refreshed as part of the newly reimagined entrance for the park, soon to become World Celebration. For the reopening of the park, a new rainbow color scheme came to the park’s ticket booths. … Read more
Just as EPCOT finished remodeling one restroom, another has closed for construction near Gateway Gifts in the World Celebration area of the park. Construction walls now block off the entrance to these restrooms. One sign directs guests to the left, where there are restrooms on the other side of Spaceship Earth. Another sign directs guests … Read more
This morning as we were perusing MouseGear for the latest merchandise, we noticed that a segment of checkout tables were removed, with several cash registers placed on temporary tables and rolling counters. The section of registers on temporary tables and rolling counters is over between the housewares section and the MagicBands and phone cases section. This … Read more
First came the closure of Club Cool, then came the removal of the Fountain of Nations, and once Fountain View was gone, well, that’s when we realized there was no turning back. As demolition powers through the former Innoventions/CommuniCore West building, it has left the space completely stripped down to steel framework. The building now … 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
Among the plethora of construction projects underway at EPCOT currently, it’s often hard to make out what sort of progress they’re making given that it’s usually no more than a pipe and pile of dirt here or there. Luckily, over at the proposed site for the Moana Journey of Water walkthrough attraction, you could say … Read more
Today, we caught a glimpse of the work going on for the new reimagined World Celebration entrance gardens in EPCOT. The large concrete planters, one of which is old, and one of which has been in place since early October, have had some dirt shifted around in them, and one small patch of green grass … Read more
Welcome to a place that celebrates the magic of possibility, and always has, from the very beginning! We’re at Epcot, so let’s get going! First, a trip to MouseGear, where else? We found this pun-y Pluto shirt. He’s looking so cool. Is it just us or do you also love this retro Walt Disney World … Read more
We’re back at the entrance to Epcot… or should I say, World Celebration? With the integration of three new “neighborhood” concepts to the areas surrounding Spaceship Earth (as announced during this weekend’s D23 Expo), work around the area is starting to make more and more sense as we match up what’s happening on the ground … Read more