News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Epcot82Guy]

Yes. I agree. The World Celebration (current version) redo has a number of problems - but adding greenery isn't one of them. Even if the had left the original Communicore plaza alone, it certainly would need a refresh by design standards (though the FWW/World Nature side has held up better than you would expect).

I am afraid of bottlenecks with the design (part of the justification for the plaza of Innoventions). But, that can be solved by the World Nature and World Discovery entry points creating new access points beyond the central plaza.

 

[tparris]

Yes. I agree. The World Celebration (current version) redo has a number of problems - but adding greenery isn't one of them. Even if the had left the original Communicore plaza alone, it certainly would need a refresh by design standards (though the FWW/World Nature side has held up better than you would expect).

I am afraid of bottlenecks with the design (part of the justification for the plaza of Innoventions). But, that can be solved by the World Nature and World Discovery entry points creating new access points beyond the central plaza.

Considering the confusing walkways that we almost got as well as the construction walls we’ve had for the past 3 years, I don’t think bottlenecks will be any more of a problem than they were before/are now.

 

[tparris]

Views from inside Creations Shop. It already looks so much nicer now that we have something more than construction walls to look at.

 

[danlb_2000]

The main permits for this project have been extended to the end of 2023...

1442 AVENUE OF THE STARS(FOUNTAIN PLAZA TECH BUILDING) - Project G: 200D-3 Enabling Works at South Pathways
2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS(FACILITY 201) - Project G: 201
2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS #F - EER Room with Companion Facilities
1940 AVENUE OF THE STARS(PASTA PIAZZA) - Project G: 217 Foundations
1348 AVENUE OF THE STARS(EPCOT TUNNEL) - EC Project G: Facility 205 Upgrades

 

[Movielover]

The main permits for this project have been extended to the end of 2023...

 

[networkpro]

Epcot is, and always has been a mess in the front of the park when it comes to crowd flow as there are no straight paths to dispersion points. The designers got cute and put objects right in the middle of paths so during periods of high traffic it's a miserable experience.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Epcot is, and always has been a mess in the front of the park when it comes to crowd flow as there are no straight paths to dispersion points. The designers got cute and put objects right in the middle of paths so during periods of high traffic it's a miserable experience.

They learned it from Walt who thought a forty minute delay getting across a lake while getting into the Magic Kingdom was a trivial price to pay to see the entrance without a parking lot nearby.

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You. Will. See. Our. Thematic. Design.​

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(Even though it becomes a great inconvenience to the guest experience on crowded days.)​

 

[DCBaker]

Photos from today -

 

[tparris]

Photos from today -

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You just beat me to it!

 

[DCBaker]

 

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[Indy_UK]

World celebration looks like it could be fun for News Years Eve if they end up having performers at the new communicore building

 

[Bocabear]

I guess World Celebration could be fun for New Years, but no one really knows what year it will be completed...Or what will be in it... except it will most likely be a big park full of trees, and some Character meet and greets...

 

[tparris]

Did it always say 2023 for Dreamers Point specifically?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/dreamers-point/

 

[Fear]

Did it always say 2023 for Dreamers Point specifically?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/dreamers-point/

Odd. That's a 404 now.

 

[tparris]

Odd. That's a 404 now.

Uh oh. Yesterday it said opening late 2023, I didn’t get a screenshot though.

 

[mightynine]

Whoopsie.

 

[James Alucobond]

Uh oh. Yesterday it said opening late 2023, I didn’t get a screenshot though.

Yeah, I looked at it when you posted it, and it definitely had it. I tried to Wayback Machine it yesteday too, and the page was unarchived, so maybe it was relatively new to begin with?

 

[DCBaker]

Yeah, I looked at it when you posted it, and it definitely had it. I tried to Wayback Machine it yesteday too, and the page was unarchived, so maybe it was relatively new to begin with?

IIRC the Late 2023 for Dreamers Point was added at the same time it was added to the page for Journey of Water, which also has a Stitch Ate the Page error today.

 

[Fear]

Journey of Water also 404s.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/journey-of-water/

What's odd is this is linked from the root EPCOT page

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/epcot/

Curiouser and curiouser