I have not seen Max in the park for a very long time. He was one of my favorite characters along with Darkwing Duck which I never had the chance to meet. Good to see Max has been out and about some more.
My guess is that all of the walls at Epcot except the one at the Living Seas will be down by your trip. Most of the walls are up for Food and Wine prep, and that will be going on while you are there.
I hope you're right. I don't like seeing a lot of construction walls in one trip, especially at one park. But yeah, I guess most of them are for the Food and Wine Festival. This year is actually the first year that I won't be there for it. I usually go in early November, but now we're going in late November. So no Food and Wine this year =/