News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[tparris]

Cables and supports are being removed!

 

[jt04]

Cables and supports are being removed!View attachment 451590

Already looks better.

PS- clearly the supports do not depend on the cables. Guessing everything will be down by tomorrow. My wish list is complete. If you don't count the 5th gate. And a house in Golden Oak.

 

[tparris]

Already looks better.

PS- clearly the supports do not depend on the cables. Guessing everything will be down by tomorrow. My wish list is complete. If you don't count the 5th gate. And a house in Golden Oak.

Well now we know what needs to happen for jt to finally visit the parks!

 

[UNCgolf]

Finally something positive has come from the EPCOT work! If only they didn't ruin most of the rest of the park just to accomplish this one good thing.

 

[tparris]

I wonder why they haven’t started demo on the rest of Inno West yet.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

I wonder why they haven’t started demo on the rest of Inno West yet.

They have to deconstruct what is on the inside first. Similar to what we saw with the part of West.

 

[tparris]

They have to deconstruct what is on the inside first. Similar to what we saw with the part of West.

I know that, I just feel like they should be done with that by now

 

[trainplane3]

So it turns out they really did take the "cut them and see what happens" approach:

I was kinda expecting them to unbolt them but there's no complaints here.

 

[MisterPenguin]

So it turns out they really did take the "cut them and see what happens" approach:

I was kinda expecting them to unbolt them but there's no complaints here.

Several did slingshot into outer space, tho.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I was wondering about that too, so I went back and looked at the timeframe for the SW demolition.

• Fountain View, Club Cool, etc. closures: September 8, 2019
• Fountain View demolition begins around November 21, 2019= 10.5 weeks between closure and demolition beginning
• SW demolition complete around January 21, 2020= 2 month demolition process

The temporary Character Spot closed January 5, so if the NW quadrant follows the same itinerary as the SW quadrant, we are potentially looking at demolition beginning the week of March 9th, and finishing up in early/mid May. Unless of course, Disney decides last minute to keep the NW quadrant.

They have done no work on the gutting of the former Innoventions exhibits before the walls went up blocking all of Future World, but the Character Spot was separately blocked off from the rest of the building after it closed.

And, there’s no way they’re keeping that quadrant after announcing the Moana expansion.

 

[jt04]

I was wondering about that too, so I went back and looked at the timeframe for the SW demolition.

• Fountain View, Club Cool, etc. closures: September 8, 2019
• Fountain View demolition begins around November 21, 2019= 10.5 weeks between closure and demolition beginning
• SW demolition complete around January 21, 2020= 2 month demolition process

The temporary Character Spot closed January 5, so if the NW quadrant follows the same itinerary as the SW quadrant, we are potentially looking at demolition beginning the week of March 9th, and finishing up in early/mid May. Unless of course, Disney decides last minute to keep the NW quadrant.

It smells too.

 

[tparris]

It smells too.

What on God’s green earth does that have to do with anything

 

[Mark IV Fan]

This honestly brought a tear to my eye. Epcot was once a park of pure beauty and meaning. Can't believe Fountain of Nations is gone.

It was a park that aspired to be the best of what human ingenuity and our senses of beauty and grandeur had to offer.

Then, once that became too cost prohibitive, Disney just said “Here, just throw in a bunch of random rides and kitschy junk everywhere.

 

[HauntedPirate]

What on God’s green earth does that have to do with anything

Considering who the poster is... nothing.

 

[bpiper]

It smells too.

You have admitted you haven't been in years, so how would you know what it smells like?

 

[tparris]

The unnamed site has reported that pin central and all the remaining tarp supports have been removed. Also, Martin is in an article??

 

[build_it]

The more and more I see the central area cleared out, the more and more I see a wasted opportunity. I think the new designs may turn out to be interesting, but simply clearing out that entire middle area - no pin central - no Starbucks - no bump out for Mouse Gear - makes me think they missed a big opportunity here. A sleek modern central spine could have really put EPCOT in good shape and included most or all of the items they are putting in.

 

[tparris]

The more and more I see the central area cleared out, the more and more I see a wasted opportunity. I think the new designs may turn out to be interesting, but simply clearing out that entire middle area - no pin central - no Starbucks - no bump out for Mouse Gear - makes me think they missed a big opportunity here. A sleek modern central spine could have really put EPCOT in good shape and included most or all of the items they are putting in.

But the area isn’t going to be cleared out at all when it’s done. Quite the opposite actually. I think it was time for something fresh.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I simply think they went too far. If they were taking each of the 4 Communicore buildings down to the studs for a rebuild. A rebuilt Fountain of Nations/central area. And the new Entry - we would have really had something.

I still think a reimagined One Man's Dream should have come to Epcot. And, that would have been a perfect anchor for Dreamer's point. Take that to Northwest. Southwest became the Festival Center with the new rooftop. Reimagine MG as they will. And then redo NW into the food areas with Starbucks, Elec Umbrella 2.0 and ISC/Club Cool 3.0.

I know it's a dream - but something like that would have been more cost effective, less demo and build and kept the idea of what was there in a very new and fresh way.

 

[trainplane3]

The unnamed site has reported that pin central and all the remaining tarp supports have been removed. Also, Martin is in an article??

Yep, he is. Nice little interview. I know it's frowned upon to share the site here but since it's @marni1971...