EPCOT Is the End of Innoventions Near?

nickys

nickys

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marni1971 said:
Okay. It could have been worse.

The west building will be razed. In its place will be two main buildings and a collection of simple, smaller ones. One main building will be where M&G will be located, the other an unusually shaped (think egg) multi level facility for festival operations, events and entertainment. It will indeed include an upper level bar / cafe type environment.

The much talked about water element will be an IP tied water maze near the Seas pavilion as has been discussed earlier.

There will be lots of winding pathways and foliage in this area. There is a proposal for a fountain feature where the existing one is. This may be the same or a replacement.

Circulation will be concentrated around the edge of what is currently the central area as opposed to walking in a straight line. Think of pathways following the current inside perimeters of east and west. And yes, there will be alcoholic beverage seating outside roughly where the current Mousegear rotunda is.

The east building will stay pretty much as is with a lot of cosmetic work. Merchandise will be where it is now, whilst the north east quadrant will become solely food and beverage.

The walkway(s) to Showcase will remain as-is albeit with the west addition widened and new landscaping on the central pathway. Lakes will remain as-is.

This is how I understand things to date.
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spacemountaincarlo said:
To clarify, this is referring to the Fountain of Nations, yes?
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marni1971 said:
Yes
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So then it could be that the FoN may not actually be dismantled and totally disappear, but upgraded / altered instead? I’d really like to see something like the “original” FoN that works and without the current paraphernalia that surrounds it. I hope they don’t lose the entire concept of it.

I’m getting a cautiously optimistic feeling about some of this. I like the foliage focus and winding pathways idea. A water maze sounds intriguing, not entirely sure what to expect with that.

Thanks for all of this!
 
Clamman73

Clamman73

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They gonna make a little shortcut here while this is going on?
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Spash007

Spash007

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wedenterprises said:
Which side will thematically claim Spaceship Earth?
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Wasn’t there talk a while back of FW being renamed? Some reason using Epcot Center rings out in my mind, or something else nostalgic like that. But in some ways it would make sense to have SE plus everything of the former Innoventions as Epcot Center, and then either leaving West and East otherwise as is, or each pavilion just stands as its own “land” without a formal division of West vs East.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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Spash007 said:
Wasn’t there talk a while back of FW being renamed? Some reason using Epcot Center rings out in my mind, or something else nostalgic like that. But in some ways it would make sense to have SE plus everything of the former Innoventions as Epcot Center, and then either leaving West and East otherwise as is, or each pavilion just stands as its own “land” without a formal division of West vs East.
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You're confusing two rumors: Epcot itself being renamed but still incorporating "epcot" in some form; and, FW going away, and thus, being renamed.

Maybe one of the thirds left of FW will still be called FW.
 

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