News Big changes coming to EPCOT's Future World?

[HauntedPirate]

Epcot needs to stay open til 11. But by then they'd have to trespass half the crowd.

I could have sworn it used to… but that’s probably just me being a hater who is remembering how things used to be.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I could have sworn it used to… but that’s probably just me being a hater who is remembering how things used to be.

During EMH's is the only time I recall..

 

[flyerjab]

I recall World Showcase having a select few pavilions stay open till 11 and offering alcohol. I think that they even tried to use some type of wrist band system. Maybe they could try this again. Close FW pavilions after Luminous, but keep World Showcase and the World Celebration Gardens open, serving drinks and some food offerings. Keep it open till midnight, maybe for adults only (I know that won’t be appreciated by everyone). It just seems like it could create a really nice atmosphere.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I really do miss having the parks open later. One of the worst casualties of Covid.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I really do miss having the parks open later. One of the worst casualties of Covid.

Same goes for the Springs when it was open until 2am..Once midnight hits it becomes a ghost town..

 

[Disstevefan1]

I really do miss having the parks open later. One of the worst casualties of Covid Chapek Iger

FIFY

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

The park stayed open til 11pm in the early years. My first visit was 1983, and if I recall, that was the case.

 

[valenrandy]

Prior to covid I recall Epcot having 10pm closings during the busier times.
We need that back yesterday...

 

[Sir_Cliff]

FIFY

Yes, I remember being there in August 2017 when the latest park closing was Epcot at 9pm and maybe AK around the same time as Pandora was still new. It was weird how early the parks all shut down.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

FIFY

Universal did the same. It’s a Covid era ”cost-saving” measure that they knew they could get away with

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Universal did the same. It’s a Covid era ”cost-saving” measure that they knew they could get away with

Are the parks closing earlier now than they were in the pre-pandemic years, though? Honestly don't know, but it seemed like the earlier closing hours began before the pandemic.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I’d have to go dig through some old park maps and times guides but I thought it was FW 9a-9p and WS 11a-11p.

 

[Den Carter]

I love Disneyland's hours. So much more amenable to WDW. Nighttime is when the parks come alive, yet in the summer we barely get an hour or two of it. In DAK's case, not at all. Even 10pm closure for Epcot would be a big bonus.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I’d have to go dig through some old park maps and times guides but I thought it was FW 9a-9p and WS 11a-11p.

If you're talking about recently, Future World was 9 AM to 9 PM and World Showcase was 11 AM to 9 PM. Sometimes they would push it to 10 PM on peak festival days. And if you go back a little further, Future World was from 9 AM to 7 PM. They kept Journey into Imagination closing at 7 until very recently, it now closes with the rest of the park.

 

[DCBaker]

Here's a look at how columns in CommuniCore Plaza are being finished off - photos from May 4.

 

[aladdin2007]

looks like kennedy space center in so many ways

 

[J4546]

Here's a look at how columns in CommuniCore Plaza are being finished off - photos from May 4.

those columns closest to the store front bother me, why are they there? I hate to nitpick haha, but with the other columns on the other side of the glass, why do they need so many?

 

[Bocabear]

What the heck is that space even for? What is the raised circle for? If it was for performers it doesn't look like the put in of the stage essentials...or will they have to put a temporary stage at the far end? or just very small acts?

 

[Disstevefan1]

What the heck is that space even for?

Probably some gas station hot dogs

 

[lazyboy97o]

those columns closest to the store front bother me, why are they there? I hate to nitpick haha, but with the other columns on the other side of the glass, why do they need so many?

They’re likely two separate structural systems. A joint would explain the two small fascia panels. Columns are one thing but that detail is sloppy.