![]() ![]() The ride that has created the biggest buzz out of EPCOT lately is Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. ![]() Direct from Disneyland Paris, the family-friendly dark ride takes guests on a 4D journey through Gusteau’s kitchen from a rat’s point of view. ![]() The latest wave of new rides at Disney World began in the France Pavilion in World Showcase, with its expanded footprint including Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure. New rides and attractions always seem to make a big splash at Walt Disney World, and EPCOT’s most recent additions are no exception. New Rides and Attractions For Guests of All Ages The Points of Light shows change seasonally, with new songs and light patterns introduced regularly. The dazzling light display was a huge hit with guests, and it has remained following the conclusion of the 18-month-long festival. Club Cool, the pit stop made infamous for its samples of international soda (including Beverly, everyone’s favorite drink to despise), also has a new updated look.Īt night, Spaceship Earth comes to life in new ways with its Points of Light show, introduced for Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. Guests can find neighboring Connections Eatery in the former location of the quick-service restaurant Electric Umbrella. What used to be Mouse Gear, the park’s central gift shop, was replaced by Creations Shop. World Celebration, which is where you will find Spaceship Earth, encompasses the center section of what used to be Future World, flanked by World Discovery and World Nature. Unless you carefully study the signage, you likely will not notice a massive difference in the introduction of these neighborhoods however, one of the three will look very different than before. The “front half” of the park, formerly Future World, has been subdivided into World Discovery, World Celebration, and World Nature. If you pick up a park map or look at EPCOT’s current signage, you might also notice new neighborhoods around the park. Instead, a newly-designed entrance plaza greets guests as they enter with a re-imagined fountain inspired by the original entrance concept from 1982. Gone are the granite monoliths with the images of guests etched onto steel tiles as part of the park’s Leave A Legacy campaign, which ran from 1999 to 2007. Guests will spot noticeable differences to EPCOT before they make it far into the park. Once those construction walls come down, the park’s new Moana-themed walkthrough attraction is just one of the many changes guests will notice when visiting EPCOT. With the attraction opening in late 2023, that adds up to four years of work across the park. As the park looks to the future, it has undergone a significant multi-year transformation that will significantly change the landscape of that “front half” of the park.ĭuring a recent annual Walt Disney Company Shareholders meeting, CEO Bob Iger noted that the opening of the new walkthrough attraction Journey of Water Inspired by Moana will signal the end of the multi-year transformation. All of that work has been to usher EPCOT into a new era, as the park recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021. If you visited EPCOT at Walt Disney World at any point in the last few years, you probably noticed a seemingly endless forest of construction walls, particularly in the front half of the park.įor frequent guests, those construction walls became a regular part of EPCOT, so much so that Disney World began incorporating them into photo ops during the several food festivals held throughout the year. ![]()
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