News New Park Entrance coming to Epcot

[marni1971]

Isn’t it 1.2 Billion?

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[marni1971]

Wasn't is something like $2 billion I believe I saw somewhere ??

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[...it's a yungle]

Wow
I’m guessing that will cover one mighty nice beer garden to sit in and enjoy my $20 beer in 5 years...
and then visit a wonderfully refurbished SSE

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

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We’re not including what Chapek is embezzling

 

[eddie104]

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Is this budget being allocated to WS as well or just FW ?

 

[mikejs78]

Wow
I’m guessing that will cover one mighty nice beer garden to sit in and enjoy my $20 beer in 5 years...
and then visit "Disney Princesses Present: Spaceship Earth" narrated by Ariel, Anna, Elsa, and Belle.

FTFY

 

[WDW Pro]

Wasn't is something like $2 billion I believe I saw somewhere ??

It's enough that you could easily build an entirely new theme park with the money. If it's executed well, Epcot will be the best Disney park in the world quality wise. I just can't believe the amount was approved.

 

[marni1971]

Is this budget being allocated to WS as well or just FW ?

The whole park

 

[jt04]

TDO is cheap trope dead. But Pandora already proved that.

 

[Anders Limpar]

TDO is cheap trope dead. But Pandora already proved that.

Toy Story Land

 

[lazyboy97o]

Toy Story Land

Wasn’t cheap. The money also doesn’t come from Florida, so he’s as clueless as ever.

 

[ToTBellHop]

TDO is cheap trope dead. But Pandora already proved that.

They’re objectively not cheap. They are wasteful and allow concerns over (modest) operational costs to convince them to cut components of VERY expensive capital projects at the last minute. It’s extremely short-sighted. See: SWGE.

 

[peter11435]

They’re objectively not cheap. They are wasteful and allow concerns over (modest) operational costs to convince them to cut components of VERY expensive capital projects at the last minute. It’s extremely short-sighted. See: SWGE.

This.

Their ability to spend on projects is not the issue. Their inability to accept new operating costs and their continued push to cut operation cuts everywhere and at any cost is the problem.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Great so they finally have the funding they need to bring Imagination v4 to life.

 

[marni1971]

Back to the OT, plaza east is now closed for legacy removal.

 

[trainplane3]

Back to the OT, plaza east is now closed for legacy removal.

Oh yes it is:


According to managers that we spoke with, we can expect these walls to stay up for months, not weeks. Disney’s plan is to not only demolish the monoliths, but to go ahead and build the new look for the Epcot entrance while the walls are up. That means that this will be your view come the start of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. While we don’t have a more concrete timeline than “months”, Disney has stated that the whole project will be done “beginning in 2020”.

Awesome.

 

[Andrew C]

Oh yes it is:


Any word if all they'll do is remove the rocks or will they begin building the new planters with this work?

I would pay for upcharge event if it involved knocking these bad boys down...

 

[trainplane3]

I would pay for upcharge event if it involved knocking these bad boys down...

I've made this pitch earlier from before this thread was a thing but don't feel like digging up that old post...

...so they aren't offering my much requested "Smash a Legacy: The sledgehammer experience"? I really thought it would've sold well.

This is great news. I'm glad to see them starting on it so soon.

 

[danlb_2000]

Oh yes it is:


According to managers that we spoke with, we can expect these walls to stay up for months, not weeks. Disney’s plan is to not only demolish the monoliths, but to go ahead and build the new look for the Epcot entrance while the walls are up. That means that this will be your view come the start of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. While we don’t have a more concrete timeline than “months”, Disney has stated that the whole project will be done “beginning in 2020”.

Awesome.

This makes sense and is why we suspected they were doing one side at a time. This side's wall encompasses the center planter so it makes sense that they will demo all of that and re-build.

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Interesting they've already moved rope drop over to the east side of SSE. A sign of what to expect I imagine as we approach demolition hour on the former Innoventions buildings.