EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Disney Analyst]

The central planter is still completely blocked off as of today (6/20)View attachment 865842

I wonder if walls are coming soon …

 

[HMF]

I think the photos in that montage are at least 30 years old now. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[wannabeBelle]

When

I wonder if walls are coming soon …

When the Ladder gets onsite, then we know things are serious!!!

 

[Squishy]

Looks like someone at maintenance tried a DIY fix with a screw, didnt seem to work

 

[Brian]

Looks like someone at maintenance tried a DIY fix with a screw, didnt seem to work

Just thinking outside the box, have they tried:

 

[marni1971]

I think the photos in that montage are at least 30 years old now. Correct me if I am wrong.

31.5

 

[Ayla]

Looks like someone at maintenance tried a DIY fix with a screw, didnt seem to work

I just can't anymore, with this half-assed *waves hands* whatever that is.

 

[ChrisFL]

They have 3 choices IMO:

- Redo the entire thing with a totally different lighting setup that doesn't need to have those flimsy covers (guessing they were designed to easily maintain the lighting but clearly not designed right) or go back to the fiber optics that everyone loved.
- Redo the entire thing without lights at all, maybe with reflective material or something.
- Put a fountain back in

 

[zemmyz]

I am dreading finally seeing this with my own eyes in December. Still to this day am baffled at the post-covid changes they made, which are embarrassing at just about every single level. Man...does it make me sad and bummed out.

 

[V_L_Raptor]

I just can't anymore, with this half-assed *waves hands* whatever that is.

No, it still looks like whole-*.

 

[DCBaker]

The central planter is still completely blocked off as of today (6/20)View attachment 865842

The area is no longer blocked off today:

 

[tparris]

The area is no longer blocked off today:

I wonder what the point of all that was…

 

[MisterPenguin]

The new glue will hold it down. The only thing that would deteriorate it is some heat.

 

[Brian]

The new glue will hold it down. The only thing that would deteriorate it is some heat.

Problem solved.

/thread

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

- Put a fountain back in

 

[dmc493]

Screwed: Disney Begins Securing In-Ground Lighting Tripping Hazards at EPCOT

Walt Disney World has begun the process of securing the problematic in-ground lighting in EPCOT by screwing it into the ground

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Ahh yes beautiful progress

 

[Epcot82Guy]

This is embarrassing...

Or rather, this should be embarrassing, but I fear those who should truly be accountable for this shield themselves from embarrassment...

 

[Tha Realest]

I just can't anymore, with this half-assed *waves hands* whatever that is.

Hilarious this is the state of the park, given they guy who was in charge of this at the time was completely obsessed with flooring.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Put Horizons stickers on top of the screws. That'll make it brilliant Epcot theming.

 

[dmc493]

They're so haphazardly drilled that I wonder what the timeline for replacement is. This feels like someone said "drill it down so it'll last us 6 weeks and we don't have to close it off before (insert something) happens". It's one of the sloppiest of overnight patch jobs I've ever seen.

They're also destroying the product that they just replaced and there's massive chipping/fragments around where the screws have been drilled. And if it was meant to be a long term solution, one would hope they would place white tipped screws uniformly at the end of each piece instead of what we're seeing