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Oct 25, 2019 in "Fountain of Nations"

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Posted: Friday October 25, 2019 11:57am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Demolition is well underway on Epcot's Fountain of Nations, with much of the structure now removed.

Fountain of Nations demolition

Demolition crews have been onsite for much of the month preparing the site, which will eventually see the removal of the closed Club Cool, Character Spot and the former Innoventions.

Fountain of Nations demolition

The site is being cleared ahead of work on the redevelopment of the center of Epcot.

Fountain of Nations demolition

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BrianLo28 minutes ago

Hagrid's (which I also like very much) is largely an outdoor coaster than hugs terrain. It can't be stated how much it costs to house such a massive coaster indoors. Cosmic Rewinds is even longer than Hagrid's in terms of track length. The money was spent simply on such a massive indoor ride. I get the sentiment about tastes though. If they are going to spend all the money - you and many others would probably rather a largely outdoor coaster with copious rock work. Though in terms of whether it was 'worth it'? For Disney the answer is a resounding yes. There's nothing on the docket for Epcot anytime soon and Cosmic Rewind will slowly pay itself off on the back of ILL and that's what they were after. That's the final indictment of the ride, did they deliver something big enough to be seen as a mega headliner that people will pay a la carte for years for? Yes. Does the public think it's a good enough attraction to pay a la carte for? Also yes. Though I also 100 percent appreciate Hagrid's would achieve the same thing. But again, that's largely outdoors.

Haymarket20081 hour ago

A: I’m reading some slander about Awesome Planet and I will not have it! Genuinely one of the best additions to EPCOT in maybe 20 years. It’s not perfect, but it is exactly the content a modern EPCOT should be producing. I think it’s wonderful. B: I have been a defender of the aesthetic changes to the park as well as the old CommuniCore buildings’ new inhabitants, but the interior of the new CommuniCore Hall is a big ol yikes. Yuck.

ChrisFL2 hours ago

what about the ending of Soarin'? Is it still the old hub?

Cmdr_Crimson2 hours ago

So, where not gonna bring the Space Elephant in the room and find out they haven't updated the obscure cloudy view of Communicore in the Stellarvator at Space 220 as of yet?

DreamfinderGuy2 hours ago

Awesome Planet is really good and a major improvement over what was there before. Canada is a downgrade from the former film but it’s still decent. Glad they did another circlevision film instead of doing another dumb IP thing. The current state? It’s empty lol. I would not get your hopes up to hear any more about it for a little while yet.

brb10062 hours ago

Guess we might finally get updates on the current state of Wonders of Life/Play Pavilion for D23 2024?

UNCgolf2 hours ago

I agree that it's better than what it was just before the work started (although losing the Fountain of Nations is a major downgrade) -- the problem is that it's pretty bland/underwhelming overall, and not remotely what EPCOT actually needed. If it was a D before, it's now a C. It needed to be an A, or at least a B.

Incomudro3 hours ago

Agreed. This is better in every way than what was before it, except for the unfortunate planter in place of a fountain.

Horizonsfan3 hours ago

Agreed. Any fan who dislikes the IP mandate/park pivot should be visiting Awesome Planet and Canada Far & Wide every vacation to support the first IP-free investments at WDW in years. Otherwise, their low attendance will be another (misleading) data point for TDO to argue that only studio IP attractions are worthwhile.

Starship8243 hours ago

I'm sure they are I've just never gotten a chance to see them.

Centauri Space Station3 hours ago

That’s a shame, they are very edutainment forward and inline with the original park.

Starship8243 hours ago

1. I don't think I know anyone who's ever gone to see that. 2. Same as 1 3. It's okay I'll give you that 4. Okay good point 5. The new entrance is way better, you're right 6. They removed the fountain of nations for a planter and broken lights... 7. Points of light are good 8. I like Luminous but lets not pretend it has anything to do with this overhaul. 9. Same as 4 Overall the amount of time, money, and effort put into this "overhaul" was not even remotely worth it in the end.

mattpeto3 hours ago

Yeah I don’t agree. I am good with the finished product, but I admit I don’t have the nostalgia heartstrings that pull so many here. I don’t miss the concrete semi-circles. Guardians and Remys add serious attraction punch. JoW, Connections, front of Epcot re-do and Central Park spine/ southwest area look open and inviting. When the lighting is on point, it’s beautiful. The Beacons still drop plenty of chins. Harmonious tech was an eye sore and Luminous was a wonderful quick pivot. It took too long and the Guardians show building need to be themed. I don’t love WoL pavilion dormant but maybe something will be better than a Kid Zone.

UNCgolf3 hours ago

Not even close. It's impossible to understand how they spent $500 million on it. It's not remotely at that level of quality from a themed attraction standpoint -- obviously it's a fun/quality coaster, but a coaster like CR that has little story/theming on the actual ride shouldn't cost anywhere near that much. Hagrid's, as a counter example (and which has far more themed content than Cosmic Rewind), supposedly cost "only" $300 million.