EPCOT Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[HMF]

There was nothing physically impossible about the DS+R building. The whole purpose of building it was that it was an expensive showpiece.

I am referring to the proposed "Festival Center" my sources tell me that the way they designed it was structurally impossible to build.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Stanchions are back.

Need bigger screws.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I am referring to the proposed "Festival Center" my sources tell me that the way they designed it was structurally impossible to build.

“They” would be DS+R… Even in concept design Disney requires at least a narrative report from a structural engineer. Concrete can be used to achieve slender structures. Post-tensioning in particular allows for thinner slabs.

 

[Mike S]

I agree. The next CEO should be an outsider or we will just see more of the same.

If it’s Andrew Wilson we might as well all turn in whatever’s left of our Disney Fan Cards. It will be an end no one here that doesn’t follow news about Electronic Arts can imagine.

 

[Andrew C]

Need bigger screws.

That’s what she said?

 

[JD80]

The festival center in the concept art looked pretty but in actuality it would have obstructed views except those with corporate expense accounts and would have created traffic in that area.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The festival center in the concept art looked pretty but in actuality it would have obstructed views except those with corporate expense accounts and would have created traffic in that area.

It was a programmatic, operational and experimental nightmare. But Iger wanted something to make the park look different designed by a starchitect like Mike had done.

 

[muddyrivers]

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

31.5

I wish we knew who these people were and what has happened to them. Are they all actors? Truly random people (doubt it)? What became of the young child? How old did the old woman live to be?

 

[wannabeBelle]

Oh I had forgotten about that.. oh and cool if I don't get a chance that there's always Disney Spring's. thank's for the recommendation Marie.

If anyone is around in Epcot, La Calle, Southbound, the M 80's and Audio Exchange have all been added into the Eat to the Beat Festival dates for entertainment. Check out WDWMagic's link for the dates for each band: https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/int...up-eat-to-the-beat-adds-more-weekday-acts.htm
Im sure there are a few other local acts that were added as well, but I dont know them personally. I have seen all of these acts myself and enjoyed them very much. Marie

 

[aladdin2007]

I wish I had snapped some pics and didn't, but the black rubber lining between the tiles/concrete along connections and creations etc is all coming undone, I literally could have pulled it all up and out. What a shotty job all around.

 

[tparris]

I wish I had snapped some pics and didn't, but the black rubber lining between the tiles/concrete along connections and creations etc is all coming undone, I literally could have pulled it all up and out. What a shotty job all around.

Much of the new concrete and flooring all around was very poorly done.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

This is giving abandoned mall vibes… i guess it goes with all the closed festival booths? Is that a story!? Haha.

*I actually had a wonderful day at Epcot - I’m just poking fun and missing the wonderful fountain of nations

 

[HauntedPirate]

Much of the new concrete and flooring all around was very poorly done.

Flooring? That was THEZach’s thing!!! I heard there may have been some Instagram posts about it a while back or something…

 

[Brian]

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This is giving abandoned mall vibes… i guess it goes with all the closed festival booths? Is that a story!? Haha.

*I actually had a wonderful day at Epcot - I’m just poking fun and missing the wonderful fountain of nations

At least the greenery in the planter looks nice.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

At least the greenery in the planter looks nice.

eh…. That was kind of my point. They didn’t even try with nice landscaping. It is literally the bare minimum. Downtown Disney in California has more impressive planters.

 

[Figments Friend]

Epcot needs this.
And needs it now.

How about where that planter is…?
They need to replace that light strip in the ground anyway, so…perfect timing!

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[Incomudro]

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This is giving abandoned mall vibes… i guess it goes with all the closed festival booths? Is that a story!? Haha.

*I actually had a wonderful day at Epcot - I’m just poking fun and missing the wonderful fountain of nations

"Abandoned Mall" is exactly what I thought when I saw this image before I got to what you wrote.
Yes, this is what they do in malls when the fountains break, and they don't want to go to the expense of repairing them.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

How much did they spend on this? We got custom gobos and closed umbrella land!

 

[V_L_Raptor]

How much did they spend on this? We got custom gobos and closed umbrella land!

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Hey, now. Gobo people really love their gobos. (Some will tell you all about them… Even if you don’t ask, and with props and visual aids that you also did not ask to see or hear about. I speak from experience.)

 

[ChrisFL]

Hey, now. Gobo people really love their gobos. (Some will tell you all about them… Even if you don’t ask, and with props and visual aids that you also did not ask to see or hear about. I speak from experience.)

I heard Disney got these on BOGO




....I'll show myself out