EPCOT New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

[JustInTime]

I’m not sure why you’re doubling down on this?

What does it matter to you if @JustInTime thinks this is the best thing ever? To him it might be. To you, clearly not.

Such an odd thing for him to worry about. The news made my day. I’m super happy. And I really appreciate you!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Not to poke the bear, but I wonder where @Sirwalterraleigh and his until shovels hit they won't do it is...........

Nothing changes with that.

I hope whatever it is they’re doing...its good. But there’s a calculated angle and that’s always subject to change

Like your victory lap magic kingdom theater

 

[jt04]

Bye bye tombstones.

 

[JustInTime]

That was my entire point.

And you don't know how the rest of the park is going to turn out to say if this matches aesthetics or not.

Please note that “best news ever”, “Best day ever” or any form of that phrase is a figure of speech. LOL

It made my day. End of story. If you don’t like it, that’s your problem. Not mine.

You should probably move on.

 

[IMDREW]

There’s several versions. One removes one walkway entirely.

Oh no, I need to be able to walk on both sides of Spaceship Earth! I can’t handle this asymmetrical approach.

The entrance revamp doesn’t seem to be too much work. That shouldn’t take too long to do right?

 

[RobbinsDad]

Classic entrance, play area, Launch Bay - Epcot edition, ok, ok... Nice appetizer. I assume the main course will be D23.

 

[jt04]

Classic entrance, play area, Launch Bay - Epcot edition, ok, ok... Nice appetizer. I assume the main course will be D23.

Exactly my thought.

 

[awoogala]

But getting unsuspecting tourists to drink Beverly is a favorite family past-time.

Disney springs has a "drink around the world" sampler at the coke bar on the rooftop. Beverly is one of the drinks on it!

 

[jaxonp]

Do we think that it will take 2 years to move LAL, redo the fountain and put in the flags??

That seems way too fast for Disney. I'd expect 3-4 years.

 

[Skipper Dan]

I'm all for what this concept art entails but I'm just so bummed the Innoventions/Futureworld music loop's days are numbered.

You & me both, brother.

 

[Surferboy567]

Are we looking at years....just for the entrance? I know "Play" will take a little but the entrance? Never less an amazing new entrance the graveyard is going away (fun fact I'm on Leave a Legacy). I really like the fountain hope it will have the EPCOT CENTER logo like the OG one did. Even if it doesn't it looks great!

 

[Brer Oswald]

Ok, I know I joked about it in the other thread, but can we please talk about this?

Is Seas being demoed/redesigned?
Is this just bad perspective in the drawing and is actually Land?
Does this mean anything?

 

[note2001]

I'm very happy my kids will finally be able to experience a proper entryway at EPCOT, even if they are all adults now.

 

[TOCPE82]

Disney springs has a "drink around the world" sampler at the coke bar on the rooftop. Beverly is one of the drinks on it!

They don't even make Beverly in Italy anymore, haha. Just for World of Coke locations.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

Well I am glad that they finally remove the "EPCOT War Memorial" ((They died for us - Never forget), it was a terrible idea from the beginning and ugly. But I am more than only a little irritated by the fact that there are absolutely no building structures behind SSE visible. I hope this is because it is only concept art and it only shows what is important to show, it doesn't mean that they plan to tear out the heart of Future World and replace it with virtually nothing than some trees and meadows and perhaps some topiaries. From the viewpoint of urban design this would be catastrophic, it would create a huge gap with nothing between Future World East and West and FW would kind of fall apart after they remove the urban core with Fountain Plaza and the Innovention buildings. And SSE becomes a totally isolated solitary building and loses it's gateway function.

 

[danlb_2000]

The article says that the "Photos" will be moved. I wonder if they will keep the monoliths, or present the photos in some other form.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

I like the concept art and hope they stick with it. I’ve never been a huge fan of the leave a legacy tombstones. Excited about the addition of more trees/greenery.

 

[jt04]

Well I am glad that they finally remove the "EPCOT War Memorial" ((They died for us - Never forget), it was a terrible idea from the beginning and ugly. But I am more than only a little irritated by the fact that there are absolutely no building structures behind SSE visible. I hope this is because it is only concept art and it only shows what is important to show, it doesn't mean that they plan to tear out the heart of Future World and replace it with virtually nothing than some trees and meadows and perhaps some topiaries. From the viewpoint of urban design this would be catastrophic, it would create a huge gap with nothing between Future World East and West and FW would kind of fall apart after they remove the urban core with Fountain Plaza and the Innovention buildings. And SSE becomes a totally isolated solitary building and loses it's gateway function.

I interpret the trees to mean the giant spider web will also be removed. Hopefully.

 

[build_it]

I would think timeline on this will depend on what work they actual want/need to do underground. If they want to replace all the existing infrastructure, drainage, sprinklers, audio, and lighting packages, it may take a while. This seems like it would be like the hub project and other projects recently, where they've taken advantage of the construction to do more infrastructure work. Seems like a great time to do all the underground work and set it up for some cool lighting package, audio, etc. Just my opinion, not based on any insider knowledge.

 

[danlb_2000]

Ok, I know I joked about it in the other thread, but can we please talk about this?
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Is Seas being demoed/redesigned?
Is this just bad perspective in the drawing and is actually Land?
Does this mean anything?

Not necessarily inconsistent with what the edge of the pavilion currently looks like...