James Alucobond
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Looks like they might've started adding large trees to the nine round and two square planters in the quadrant of the central gardens that face the Communicore Plaza stage.
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News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?
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Disney Analyst
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trainplane3
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There's bound to be a final cleaning pass when everything is ready. This feels like a move to gain as much space as quickly as possible for the time being.
tparris
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They still haven’t done it in front of JoW and that’s officially open…
Chef idea Mickey`=
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That part of Epic Universe's Central Hub is what I'm reluctant and very curious about!
THEMEPARKPIONEER
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This Epic Universe project is getting more and more exiting to me as things progress
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FerretAfros
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It’s a bold choice to put those adjacent to light-colored concrete, since over time rainwater will slowly stain the concrete with rust as it runs off the grates and toward the drains. Sure, some of the water will infiltrate to the planters, and sure, it won’t happen right away. But give it 5 or 10 years, and the discoloration will be everywhere.
It’s yet another example of WDI’s inability to consider the long-term operations and maintenance implications of their designs. For a project that’s taken so long to construct, you would think that they would consider the impacts of the products they’re selecting on a longer lifecycle. Unless of course it’s intentional, and they think that dingy rust-stained walkways match the sleek futuristic aesthetic they’re going for everywhere else.
Edit: These are also likely to be pretty slippery when wet, even with the patterned texture imprinted on them. But it doesn’t rain very often in Florida, right?
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Earlie the Pearlie
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I mean, it IS EPCOT after all
lazyboy97o
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You don’t pay DS+R’s fees for something that matches. Of course, most people would have only been able to experience the concrete plaza they complained CommuniCore had become.
James Alucobond
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When they posted about the corten steel features a while ago, they said it had been cured, which I believe means the finish is relatively stable. Not an expert on it myself, though.
Horizonsfan
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Yes, you can apply sealants to Corten to mitigate staining and further corrosion.
There’s still potential for failures in the seal but, I suspect they’ve been monitoring the grates over this past year. They’ve been installed behind the walls for a while now.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Does anyone know if they are intending on closing up the side entryway into World Nature from the entrance plaza once Dreamers Point opens? I know that they have done way with the World Discovery side entrance by GoTG but, I feel that it was intended to be back to how it was before all of this construction started..
Horizonsfan
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The path from the entry plaza to the Coral Reef will go away, while the path from the new Moana M&G to Project Tomorrow will remain.
Cmdr_Crimson
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IMO having it back the old way going under SSE To get through the park always made it a bit more exciting.
Funny, I was just there and I thought they were red brick, not metal.
OvertheHorizon
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I was there last week and also thought it was brick/pavement rather than metal.
Chef idea Mickey`=
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I agree but that I would say that was a really nice way to exit for park hopping to MK or exit during the day a smooth way out!*