News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[_caleb]

I love what they’re doing with these subtle custom designs. The geometric shapes in the surfaces mirroring the architecture is beautiful and I’m so glad they’re leaning into integrated lighting packages in those raised exterior panels!

 

[tparris]

The fact that you can clearly see the stained line in the walkway where the construction walls have stood for so long really really bothers me. They didn’t even try to pressure wash the area.

 

[trainplane3]

The fact that you can clearly see the stained line in the walkway where the construction walls have stood for so long really really bothers me. They didn’t even try to pressure wash the area.View attachment 751339

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]

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.

They still haven’t done it in front of JoW and that’s officially open…

 

[J4546]

I love the grates/flooring around the trees. I bet the concrete work all over will be great

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

That’s going to be my new spot when the place opens. That area looks like it’s going to be incredible.

That part of Epic Universe's Central Hub is what I'm reluctant and very curious about!

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

That part of Epic Universe's Central Hub is what I'm reluctant and very curious about!

This Epic Universe project is getting more and more exiting to me as things progress

 

[FerretAfros]

Kind of pedantic of me, but I think those are technically corten steel grates rather than paving.

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?

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

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.

I mean, it IS EPCOT after all

 

[lazyboy97o]

I know I'm in the minority, but I feel like this iteration of the festival center had some potential to look really cool and blend with the existing architecture of the park.

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]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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..

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]

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.

IMO having it back the old way going under SSE To get through the park always made it a bit more exciting.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The fact that you can clearly see the stained line in the walkway where the construction walls have stood for so long really really bothers me. They didn’t even try to pressure wash the area.View attachment 751339

Funny, I was just there and I thought they were red brick, not metal.

 

[OvertheHorizon]

Funny, I was just there and I thought they were red brick, not metal.

I was there last week and also thought it was brick/pavement rather than metal.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

IMO having it back the old way going under SSE To get through the park always made it a bit more exciting.

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!*

 

[tparris]

Funny, I was just there and I thought they were red brick, not metal.

They are metal. If you walk on them, some of them are slightly loose and make clanking sounds

 

[tparris]

They seem to be having some issues (or just incompetence) with the lighting systems in the park. The entrance pathway lights and fountain lights have remained on the entire day for about a week now. The colored spotlights on SSE have been completely off for a few days now, even at night. Not to mention there are now close to two dozen of the LEDs that are either out, too dim, or miscolored. (about 10 of them consistently flash random colors when they’re supposed to be off, almost like lights you would see on tall buildings. One in particular has had the starburst effect out for about 15 months now.) A few of the new light poles all over former Future World just don’t ever turn on at night, making it quite dark. Over by JoW, the floor lights under the two tall palm trees in between JoW’s entrance and the Moana M&G have been off since they were installed, making it dangerously hard to see in that particular area (there are no other lights present). All of this to say that there must be some seriously incompetent or just plain oblivious people currently in charge of these sorts of things in the park to have this stuff happening and be unaddressed for so long. It’s frankly ridiculous.