News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[Sirwalterraleigh]

nah its still a great theme park, but with more food options...thats not a bad thing imo. Epcot always felt like the adult park where they focused on eating drinking and ambience more than rides and thrills. But they added a few great rides over the last years so its gotten a bit better in that regard as well

It’s less of a complete park today than it was in 1998…

Our standards need re-evaluated.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I hope none of the VPs have heard of this thus far!!

Well they did it and look stupid…cause that’s awesome, right?

 

[Brian]

Coming soon (probably) to The Seas with Nemo and Friends - Cars: A Musical Celebration.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The continuing evolution of Epcot from a theme park to the world’s largest food court.

Two new rides and a cessation of a Food Festival during the Summer.

If that's evolution, they're doing it wrong.

 

[mattpeto]

Two new rides and a cessation of a Food Festival during the Summer.

If that's evolution, they're doing it wrong.

You must be new here…

If they aren’t complaining, its a rarity.

 

[SoFloMagic]

Define festival favorites. Thanks.

Hummus fries
Some slider
Fruit loops milkshake
Something with impossible
Some desert something

Profit

 

[James Alucobond]

Hummus fries
Some slider
Fruit loops milkshake
Something with impossible
Some desert something

Profit

No pickle milkshake for year-round scrunchy-faced YouTubers?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Hummus fries
Some slider
Fruit loops milkshake
Something with impossible
Some desert something

Profit

I think I projectile shot the fruit loops thing

From now on it’s strictly alcohol for my weak stomach

 

[AndyS2992]

Having a place that sells the best festival food all year round kinda makes having the festivals in the first place redundant. The festivals exist, usually in the slower months, to draw more people in. But if you can now get the exclusive treats all year round then there's no point even having the festival. Also as mentioned already, Odyssey would have been the best place for this.

Any news on Play pavilion? Irks me that this huge piece of real estate, a long with Magic Kingdom's Stitch ride building are just sitting abandoned. WDW is the most visited theme park resort in the World, if I was Disney I'd want to use that as the opportunity to showcase the best of everything yet Disney has long since become complacent and letting the place rot and having abandoned buildings that could easily be utilised is inexcusable.

 

[UNCgolf]

Having a place that sells the best festival food all year round kinda makes having the festivals in the first place redundant. The festivals exist, usually in the slower months, to draw more people in. But if you can now get the exclusive treats all year round then there's no point even having the festival. Also as mentioned already, Odyssey would have been the best place for this.

Any news on Play pavilion? Irks me that this huge piece of real estate, a long with Magic Kingdom's Stitch ride building are just sitting abandoned. WDW is the most visited theme park resort in the World, if I was Disney I'd want to use that as the opportunity to showcase the best of everything yet Disney has long since become complacent and letting the place rot and having abandoned buildings that could easily be utilised is inexcusable.

The Play Pavilion itself is cancelled, which is for the best -- additional capacity is usually a good thing, but not when it's going to be incredibly underutilized capacity in a prime location. Then it just becomes a waste of money and space, and there was very little reason to believe the Play Pavilion would have been helpful at all after a few years of operation. It would have been wildly outdated quickly.

There's no indication that they have any plans to do anything else with the former Wonders of Life right now, though, which is bad.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

The Play Pavilion itself is cancelled, which is for the best -- additional capacity is usually a good thing, but not when it's going to be incredibly underutilized capacity. Then it just becomes a waste of money and space, and there was very little reason to believe the Play Pavilion would have been helpful at all after a few years of operation. It would have been wildly outdated quickly.

There's no indication that they have any plans to do anything else with the former Wonders of Life right now, though, which is bad.

I do wonder how much of the center area was removed of the WoL pavilion after they started working on the Play pavilion considering for several years they were used for other festivals.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Having a place that sells the best festival food all year round kinda makes having the festivals in the first place redundant. The festivals exist, usually in the slower months, to draw more people in. But if you can now get the exclusive treats all year round then there's no point even having the festival. Also as mentioned already, Odyssey would have been the best place for this.

Any news on Play pavilion? Irks me that this huge piece of real estate, a long with Magic Kingdom's Stitch ride building are just sitting abandoned. WDW is the most visited theme park resort in the World, if I was Disney I'd want to use that as the opportunity to showcase the best of everything yet Disney has long since become complacent and letting the place rot and having abandoned buildings that could easily be utilised is inexcusable.

The festivals were originally to draw - particularly locals - in off peak times

But they’ve become wholly dependent on them…as they lament retrofitting the park for what?…going on 30 years now?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I do wonder how much of the center area was removed of the WoL pavilion after they started working on the Play pavilion

All of it. Entire dome is mostly empty now.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

after they started working on the Play pavilion considering for several years they were used for other festivals.

All of it. Entire dome is mostly empty now.

…sounds like they really put their all into it

 

[Epcot82Guy]

…sounds like they really put their all into it

Nah. They were just playing around...

 

[Jambo Dad]

Hummus fries
Some slider
Fruit loops milkshake
Something with impossible
Some desert something

Profit

hot dog with pineapple topping

 

[HauntedPirate]

What are the chances those "colorful banners" will be displaced to a different part of the park by the wind? (Edit to correct a typo)

 

[Epcot82Guy]

What are the chances those "colorful banners" will be displaced to a different park of the park by the wind?

0%. That colorful wind IP is marked as problematic.

 

[monothingie]

Coming soon (probably) to The Seas with Nemo and Friends - Cars: A Musical Celebration.

If only there were a place in Epcot that Celebracion Encanto would seamlessly and thematically fit right in and accentuate the cultural references.

 

[tparris]

Starting to see some signs of life in very small sections of the ground lighting…
(They also need to worry about fixing the lights on SSE that have been out long before World Celebration even opened…)