News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[MisterPenguin]

Y’all, I think there’s too much concrete here. I think it needs a Moana’s Journey of Water
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Needs trees for shade and benches!

 

[MisterPenguin]

And the lighting they just recently added, horrible, makes it feel like a Walmart. The plastic chairs don’t help either.

Don’t get me started on all the construction. The scaffolding!
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Are they going to seasonally trade out the statuary? Otherwise it's just the same boring thing every time. One and done.

 

[Henry Mystic]

It’s an attractive, on-theme addition that also helps welcome and guide guests as they arrive at a theme park. Of all the things to not like about the Epcot re-brand I don’t see the negative here.

It’s to win an award for pessimism.

 

[wbostic12]

Are they going to seasonally trade out the statuary? Otherwise it's just the same boring thing every time. One and done.

When’s the last time all the lights worked?

 

[tparris]

Update on the ground lights, they’re still flashing between RGB and white every few seconds as of last night.

 

[Squishy]

Who is running this park

 

[brettf22]

Going back to the very first page of this thread (almost 9 years ago!), and thinking about this “flex space,” it’s amazing (and sad) to see how prescient @Master Yoda was:

I am assuming that they were discussing what can be torn down in future world to make room for more food and wine kiosks.

 

[SplashJacket]

Who is running this park

They need bigger umbrellas

 

[JKick95]

With Communicore Hall now open, does anyone think they will remove the World ShowPlace Pavilion for something new? I feel like having both venues available is redundant.

 

[WorldExplorer]

Who is running this park

I seriously thought that was a photoshopped joke image at first.

 

[MisterPenguin]

They need bigger umbrellas
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In Orlando, that's called a black mold farm.

 

[dmc493]

Update on the ground lights, they’re still flashing between RGB and white every few seconds as of last night.

New unsubstantiated theory - they brute forced some temporary way to make the ground lights work for the flyover filming they just did the last couple nights.... Can't have broken lights in a new Soarin' finale and/or marketing materials!

 

[tparris]

New unsubstantiated theory - they brute forced some temporary way to make the ground lights work for the flyover filming they just did the last couple nights.... Can't have broken lights in a new Soarin' finale and/or marketing materials!

Well if that’s the case, they failed because there are still a few segments not working

 

[Moth]

Lighting and railing have been installed in the area near the Imagination Pavilion - photos from today.



Here's another look at the lighting from the bridge leading to World Showcase.

Just got reminded of this. Did we ever figure out what this is?

 

[DCBaker]

Just got reminded of this. Did we ever figure out what this is?

See here:

EPCOT's New Rose Walk Flex Space Open To Guests

EPCOT's New Rose Walk Flex Space Open To Guests

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

With Communicore Hall now open, does anyone think they will remove the World ShowPlace Pavilion for something new? I feel like having both venues available is redundant.

The park stopped having big events in this space like Party of the Senses a few years back. It used to be a big money maker when an outside vendor paid/sponsored for the food/drinks. Once that sponsor backed out, PotS lost money and they did away with it. Just like the cupcake parties Epcot use to have in the past. If it doesn’t have a bunch g return on investment, they have walked away from it.

worldShowPlace would be perfect for a big attraction. Lots of space back there.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

With Communicore Hall now open, does anyone think they will remove the World ShowPlace Pavilion for something new? I feel like having both venues available is redundant.

World Showplace is often rented out for big corporate events.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I’m not sure enhanced wayfinding is really worth complaining about, nor is improving it indicative of general trends in intelligence. There are plenty of things that humanity managed just fine with in the past that still had a lot of room for improvement.

They may as well create a sign like this. Let the guest choose.

 

[peter11435]

Guests arriving via bus have managed to find the entrance for decades. It’s not rocket science.

To be fair the entrance hasn’t been set up this way for decades. The route guests took from the bus stops to the park for decades is now exit only.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

Who is running this park

I feel like they must have gotten a deal on plain white umbrellas!