PHOTOS - Heavy machinery brought in to Innoventions West area ahead of demolition work

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Demolition machinery at Innoventions West

Posted: Tuesday October 1, 2019 11:52am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Heavy machinery is now onsite in Epcot's Future World ahead of the upcoming demolition work.

Demolition machinery at Innoventions West

Two excavators are on site, one outside Club Cool and one near to Starbucks, both inside the walled off construction zone of Innoventions West.

Demolition machinery at Innoventions West

The entire side of Innoventions West will be removed to make way for the Moana water gardens, Character meet and greet areas and the new festival center.

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Disstevefan122 minutes ago

Assuming it not broken at the the time ;)

MisterPenguin35 minutes ago

Go ahead and play in the splash pad in JoW first!

Disstevefan159 minutes ago

One thing is for sure, guests will be hot most of the year, and always standing while watching these shows. I'll take an air conditioned space and a place to sit anytime!

lazyboy97o3 hours ago

Stage lighting is used during the day. The lights imply nothing about showtime plans.

Incomudro3 hours ago

I would assume many shows will be at night, hence the lights.

Disstevefan14 hours ago

I I know they tore down the original innoventions buildings by accident, but I wish they simply gutted the buildings and put a stage inside the building so the performances could be enjoyed in an air conditioned space, and maybe even with seating!! I know, I know, I am such a dreamer. This standing in the hot sun to watch stuff is not good. Yes, I remember watching the fountain of nations in the hot sun, but the water spray from fountains was like natural air conditioning and it was bearable to stand there and watch the fountain show.

wbostic1214 hours ago

Besides this lighting, how much construction is actually still going on in terms of the “Transformation”? I was there two weeks ago, and saw some walls by the Moana bathroom/utilidor stairs and the Imagination path flex space along with the CommuniCore area, but I don’t remember any walls other than that. When this opens, is that all the walls left?

Epcot82Guy22 hours ago

Yes. They could have easily done a drop, using the triangle pattern for the grid vs. the standard squares/rectangles. It could be filled with some type of tile - with necessary ones removed based on each show's lighting/sound/rigging requirements. The sleek underside almost looks worse with this approach IMHO.

Chef idea Mickey`=1 day ago

nope just how it appears from this image maybe only from the side from a box square building. The acne pimples 😐 yeah were a real period.

danlb_20001 day ago

I think the big problem with this is sleek, shinny surface it is in front of which just makes all wiring stick out like a soar thumb. Compare it to American Gardens theater where it all sort of get swallowed by the dark space over the stage.

Jambo Dad1 day ago

lol - you must have vivid nightmares😀

Chef idea Mickey`=1 day ago

Those Diamond triangles work so well on Spaceship Earth but here just from this angle it looks like they are sticking on the building like an abomination of pimples, the diamonds look like mouths like they all would go "my my my" calling out like the seagulls in finding nemo.. scary and itching looking. 😂😬 In the Florida raging heat.