News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[MisterPenguin]

Officially, it's changed from the barstool festival center building, to a more modest festival center building, to now... a festival area. Presumably replete with kiosks.

Unofficially, insiders have said that the move to an "area" is so as to leave open the possibility of going back to the barstool building if they want.

Nothing has changed from that according to our most reliable resources. Current construction shows no festival building in progress.

 

[_caleb]

Officially, it's changed from the barstool festival center building, to a more modest festival center building, to now... a festival area. Presumably replete with kiosks.

Unofficially, insiders have said that the move to an "area" is so as to leave open the possibility of going back to the barstool building if they want.

Nothing has changed from that according to our most reliable resources. Current construction shows no festival building in progress.

I prefer “festival themed land area.”

 

[Cesar R M]

Area. Festival area.

Ok, then it will cost a Genie LL reservation?

 

[HauntedPirate]

I prefer “festival themed land area.”

I prefer they don’t bulldoze a perfectly good building and not build a festival-anything in the first place, but that ship has already sunk.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Ok, then it will cost a Genie LL reservation?

Genie reservation? Bah!! $50 ILL at a minimum. You’re not thinking like Bob or Josh.

 

[TikibirdLand]

I prefer they don’t bulldoze a perfectly good building and not build a festival-anything in the first place, but that ship has already sunk.

Was that caused by a sink-hole? I'm fairly impressed that the temporary Millennium Tent has been standing for more than two decades.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Was that caused by a sink-hole? I'm fairly impressed that the temporary Millennium Tent has been standing for more than two decades.

The only sink hole is in the collective heads of TDO.

 

[James Alucobond]

I do wonder why the Festival Center of all things was put on hold. It honestly seemed to be the element most suited to extracting more money from guests with its favorable straight-on rooftop views of Harmonious and covered food and beverage space.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I do wonder why the Festival Center of all things was put on hold. It honestly seemed to be the element most suited to extracting more money from guests with its favorable straight-on rooftop views of Harmonious and covered food and beverage space.

It was also incredibly expensive to design, build and maintain when far cheaper options could also generate revenue. It was a vanity project, not one designed for the best ROI.

 

[UNCgolf]

It was also incredibly expensive to design, build and maintain when far cheaper options could also generate revenue. It was a vanity project, not one designed for the best ROI.

I've been under the impression it was an Iger vanity project that Chapek has no interest in.

As you said, they could build something much cheaper that would serve the same purpose.

 

[James Alucobond]

It was also incredibly expensive to design, build and maintain when far cheaper options could also generate revenue. It was a vanity project, not one designed for the best ROI.

Then I do hope for something ultimately more practical but still architecturally significant with a good deal of air conditioned indoor space. Though I've never believed there was a need to eliminate the original building in the first place, the new one felt like the raison d'être for this entire project. If it's just a collection of kiosks, it all feels a bit unmoored.

 

[UNCgolf]

Then I do hope for something ultimately more practical but still architecturally significant with a good deal of air conditioned indoor space. Though I've never believed there was a need to eliminate the original building in the first place, the new one felt like the raison d'être for this entire project. If it's just a collection of kiosks, it all feels a bit unmoored.

I wouldn't hold my breath for that as long as Chapek is CEO. From what I understand (via insider hints), he'd consider that (i.e. something architecturally significant) a waste of money when something cheaper could serve the same function.

 

[James Alucobond]

I guess I meant appropriately scaled for the space, not visually unique. As long as it feels consistent with the rest of the hub, I'm cool with it. I just don't want a collection of shadeless booths. There's enough of that elsewhere in the park.

 

[UNCgolf]

I guess I meant appropriately scaled for the space, not visually unique. As long as it feels consistent with the rest of the hub, I'm cool with it. I just don't want a collection of shadeless booths. There's enough of that elsewhere in the park.

I agree that I don't want to have an essentially permanent installation of a collection of booths, but I'm also not sure there is anything consistent about the new hub overall.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Too bad there wasn't a building that could have been repurposed for this.

 

[DznyRktekt]

The guardians borg box threw appropriately scaled out of the equation.

 

[wdwmagic]

New steel structure emerges on the roof of Connections Cafe and Guest Relations in EPCOT's World Celebration​

New steel structure emerges on the roof of Connections Cafe and Guest Relations in EPCOT's World Celebration

The roof-line along the eastern side of World Celebration is taking on a different look.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[James Alucobond]

Is this perhaps a permanent enclosure for the air conditioning units? They've had temporary ones connected to the silver ducting in the open portion of the wall for a while. The old ducts to the right of them were marked for demolition as well, I believe.

 

[junglecruise93]

Then I do hope for something ultimately more practical but still architecturally significant with a good deal of air conditioned indoor space. Though I've never believed there was a need to eliminate the original building in the first place, the new one felt like the raison d'être for this entire project. If it's just a collection of kiosks, it all feels a bit unmoored.

All of Epcot is unmoored...

 

[Walt d]

I'd rather wait until Iger leaves for anything (else) to be greelit for Epcot.

Will that ever happen that he, will be gone!!! Please….,!