News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[trainplane3]

That’s assuming a demo of Innoventions still happens. You could still do a lot with existing building that would serve similar needs like conventions/private events; the raison d’être for this project.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Looks like they could stop and redo the space if they stopped now.

 

[tparris]

Looks like they could stop and redo the space if they stopped now.

It’s already ripped open.

 

[techgeek]

So if the Table Top is moved to Phase II, then there will basically be nothing between Spaceship Earth and the Showcase Lagoon...Just dead space and a water play area...

You mean plenty of room for more festival food offerings! Temporarily of course. For a few years. Or decades.

 

[jt04]

Reading the guys tweets, he's not a great source. If you want to believe him the Matterhorn will become Frozen themed.

Probably hoping OrSen runs with the rumor so that all other social media sites can link to it. If it is actually not phase 1 it is because it was cancelled. IMO.

 

[jt04]

PS- Epcot desperately needs an on stage events facility that is permanent and modern. Communicore is anything but modern. That style exists in every office park built in America since 2000.

 

[trainplane3]

It’s already ripped open.View attachment 428583

Back when it was expaned/refurb'd, it was basically gutted then (right @marni1971?).

Obviously from Martins CC to Innoventions video.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

It’s already ripped open.View attachment 428583

It’s still not too late to save it. There has been no damage to the structure itself, only some exterior concrete. That being said, it most obviously won’t be, and we’ll cross the point of no return soon enough.

 

[jt04]

It’s still not too late to save it. There has been no damage to the structure itself, only some exterior concrete. That being said, it most obviously won’t be, and we’ll cross the point of no return soon enough.

Fortunately there's nothing worth preserving. Especially this wing.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Cite your sources next time.

Would not be surprising. Or see something very different. Getting that sort of form is going to be expensive and likely require something like a post-tensioned concrete slab that is not at all flexible.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Would not be surprising. Or see something very different. Getting that sort of form is going to be expensive and likely require something like a post-tensioned concrete slab that is not at all flexible.

Plus it will ruin sightlines of SSE from WS. Not like they care, but still.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The Egg is the new Main Street Theater!

 

[marni1971]

PS- Epcot desperately needs an on stage events facility that is permanent and modern.

Shame we’re not getting one.

This project is so flawed on so many levels.

 

[Bocabear]

Shame we’re not getting one.

This project is so flawed on so many levels.

why could they not have used one of the Communicore Buildings for that... They had all this permanent building space just sitting there...

 

[Horizons '83]

why could they not have used one of the Communicore Buildings for that... They had all this permanent building space just sitting there...

This generation of Imagineers seem to think of single attractions/projects and not what the impact to the park as a whole will be, which is why we are getting a disjointed expensive mess of a park. The naming of the "neighborhoods" are smoke and mirrors.

 

[wishiwere@wdw]

It’s already ripped open.View attachment 428583

While admittedly it needs updating (and a real paint job), these are the lines I miss. They could totally fix things up from here.

 

[Bocabear]

While admittedly it needs updating (and a real paint job), these are the lines I miss. They could totally fix things up from here.

The architecture was serious, forward thinking and beautiful. It is a real loss... Especially if the Table Top becomes a Phase II project... that will take decades for them to finish...and we will have an empty football field as you main entrance point... It's all very sad.

 

[trainplane3]

The architecture was serious, forward thinking and beautiful. It is a real loss... Especially if the Table Top becomes a Phase II project... that will take decades for them to finish...and we will have an empty football field as you main entrance point... It's all very sad.

It's not empty, it'll be known as World Tailgate. You can participate in all your favorite pre-game activities such as heckle the visiting team's fans, keg stands, cornhole, loud music, getting into fights, and of course everyones favorite...public urination!

I'm of course talking about the real football. American football. The sport that's played all around the world by everyone but mostly America.

*I'm a hockey person before anyone asks. And those 4 years in marching band didn't help me learn football at all. I only knew to start conducting when the ball was moving and to stop when it stopped.*

 

[wdwmagic]

Earth moving taking place between The Land and Imagination

Epcot Future World West Demolition and Construction Walls - December 2019 - Photo 8 of 13

Epcot Future World West Demolition and Construction Walls - December 2019 - Photo 8 of 13

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[raymusiccity]

why could they not have used one of the Communicore Buildings for that... They had all this permanent building space just sitting there...

Disney knows better than to let common sense stand in the way of their 'vision' !