Construction walls have come down around the new meet and greet area for Moana in World Nature at EPCOT, ahead of its opening alongside Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana.” Moana Meet and Greet Area Once open, guests will be able to meet the seafaring heroine near her new attraction. While the walls are down, … Read more
Let’s take a ride on the EPCOT Monorail and see how construction has progressed on Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana.” Earlier this month, the 16-foot-tall Te Fiti figure was installed in the walkthrough attraction, and she’s hard not to notice when looping around the center of the park. In the foreground, scaffolding has been … Read more
While they continue working on rockwork structures, crews have also been adding small details to Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana,” a new walkthrough attraction scheduled to open next year at EPCOT. The tree-like figures wrapped in plastic are themed lampposts. The longer horizontal pole in the image above appears to be an archway structure. … Read more
Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana” is looking less and less like piles of dirt and more like an actual attraction. We’re about a year out from its planned 2023 opening in the World Nature neighborhood of EPCOT and crews are adding details to the fake rocks. Tree-like lampposts were installed earlier this month. They’re … Read more
Last week, we saw crew members testing one of the water features at Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana” in EPCOT. More details have since been added to the attraction, which is scheduled to open in late 2023 as part of the World Nature neighborhood. There are several more plastic-wrapped tree-like structures among the rocks. … Read more
Though EPCOT Guest Relations has reopened with a new look, construction continues outside the building and, of course, in the center of World Celebration. There is a large section of dirt outside Guest Relations, behind construction walls. An orange excavator sits in the dir, with other construction materials throughout the site. Planters up against the … Read more
Even as Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is completed and opens to some guests, construction continues throughout EPCOT. In addition to Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana,” there are several small construction projects in World Celebration and World Nature. Construction walls currently block the pathway to the right of Spaceship Earth. We reported recently … Read more
The first rocky structure at Journey of Water Inspired by “Moana” continues to take shape in the World Nature neighborhood of EPCOT. The center of EPCOT remains a large construction zone as the new attraction is constructed and work continues on other projects like Dreamer’s Point. The construction walls were recently moved further into the … Read more