News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[trainplane3]

As they have done for decades?

Maybe let me correct myself?
*They've proven they can continue to do incredible rockwork*

I guess it's the one thing they haven't gotten worse at.

 

[mitchk]

Some pictures

 

[Robbiem]

I wonder if they could have repurposed this building? Add an extra level on top and make the first level open air?

Adding a roofop garden to communicore would have been a great idea. Access via sweeping ramps and maybe bridge between buildings it would have been a great space and allowed for the buildings below to be repurposed into the festival center with the gardens above

its a shame they never went down this route

 

[Horizons1]

Adding a roofop garden to communicore would have been a great idea. Access via sweeping ramps and maybe bridge between buildings it would have been a great space and allowed for the buildings below to be repurposed into the festival center with the gardens above

its a shame they never went down this route

The people in charge are not creative enough to think of things like that

 

[castlecake2.0]

Do we think they’ll wait till the whole middle area is complete before reopening the main path through the middle or is there a certain point they’ll rearrange the walls to create a path? This might have been discussed as well, but is there a certain date their aiming for to get this middle area open? I feel like once demo is done they could landscape the area fairly “quick” to get the park moving away from the construction zone look.

 

[junglecruise93]

Have the spiels on the various transportation modes been updated to include the new EPCOT area names (e.g. World Celebration) as of yet?

 

[tparris]

Have the spiels on the various transportation modes been updated to include the new EPCOT area names (e.g. World Celebration) as of yet?

It’s a bit difficult to know that as of now, the EPCOT monorail line is still closed.

 

[DoleWhipDrea]

Do we think they’ll wait till the whole middle area is complete before reopening the main path through the middle or is there a certain point they’ll rearrange the walls to create a path? This might have been discussed as well, but is there a certain date their aiming for to get this middle area open? I feel like once demo is done they could landscape the area fairly “quick” to get the park moving away from the construction zone look.

I think that’s the plan for when the new MouseGear and Starbucks open, which is aiming for a summer opening.

 

[PirateFrank]

It’s a bit difficult to know that as of now, the EPCOT monorail line is still closed.

How long has it been closed for?

 

[tcool123]

How long has it been closed for?

Will be a year of closure next month on the 15th

 

[wdwmagic]

Photos of West from today

EPCOT Innoventions West demolition - February 25 2021

EPCOT Innoventions West demolition - February 25 2021

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I no longer trust them to build a dog house.

Which is a right pity, considering they let EPCOT go to said dogs...

 

[PirateFrank]

Will be a year of closure next month on the 15th

Wow. I had no idea. Is it because of COVID or future world (de)construction?

 

[Horizons1]

So RetroWDW just posted an remastered home video from 1983 of a day at EPCOT. It is beautiful. Everything is so pristine and crisp. Take a look to see how beautifully designed this park was only a year into its operations, especially Future World.

One of the most interesting parts to me is the cameraman has quite a bit of footage from outside of UOE. It’s a little hard to hear but I think this would be the most audio we have from UOE’s original BGM.

 

[_caleb]

The people in charge are not creative enough to think of things like that

It’s easy to be creative if you armchair imagineer with other people’s money and no relevant insight!

 

[tcool123]

Wow. I had no idea. Is it because of COVID or future world (de)construction?

I'd imagine budget cuts or COVID reasons. Doesn't help that the Epcot Monorail station areas have been turned into a standby for the Magic Kingdom monorail

 

[lazyboy97o]

It’s easy to be creative if you armchair imagineer with other people’s money and no relevant insight!

What problem was there with CommuniCore West that made its reuse cost prohibitive compared to a smaller, less flexible structure with a starchitect’s design fee attached?

 

[_caleb]

What problem was there with CommuniCore West that made its reuse cost prohibitive compared to a smaller, less flexible structure with a starchitect’s design fee attached?

I don’t know what problems the building may/may not have had. But I can dream up some magnificent solutions if “creativity” is the goal!

I’m not defending the table building or the demolition of CommuniCore West. Just saying that a blanket statement about the lack of creativity at WDI might be a bit easy to make for a fan on a Disney forum.

 

[Horizons1]

I don’t know what problems the building may/may not have had. But I can dream up some magnificent solutions if “creativity” is the goal!

I’m not defending the table building or the demolition of CommuniCore West. Just saying that a blanket statement about the lack of creativity at WDI might be a bit easy to make for a fan on a Disney forum.

Please, advise me of your copious insight which I lack. I’d love to hear, by all means.

 

[_caleb]

Please, advise me of your copious insight which I lack. I’d love to hear, by all means.

I don’t know what insight you may or may not have. But unless you’re a current or former Imagineer, I assume there might be a few things you don’t know.

I wasn’t attacking you. I was commenting on how easy it is for us fans (including myself) to dream up big ideas for what they should do when in real life, it’s probably not so easy/simple. I don’t have the insight, knowledge, or information needed to judge my armchair imagineering ideas as being superior to what WDI is doing. Others here may, but mostly likely do not.