EPCOT Cast Members dedicate the new 'Walt the Dreamer' statue

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'Walt the Dreamer' Statue Dedication

Posted: Monday December 4, 2023 5:46pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

On December 4, 2023, Walt Disney Legacy Award recipient Cast Members were among the first to see the all-new "Walt the Dreamer" statue that debuted as a focal point of EPCOT's new World Celebration Gardens.

'Walt the Dreamer' Statue Dedication

In a dedication moment, EPCOT Vice President Kartika Rodriguez was joined by the Walt Disney World Ambassadors, Imagineer Scott Mallwitz, and the Voices of Liberty to celebrate the original dreamer, Walt Disney.

'Walt the Dreamer' Statue Dedication

Guests can explore the gardens beginning December 5, 2023, at EPCOT at Walt Disney World.

Watch the video below to see the dedication moment from EPCOT earlier today. (YouTube)

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Chef idea Mickey`=3 hours ago

I don't know what would looked better what we have right now or half a cut of the old innoventions building. We just know where Journey of Water that side of Innoventions would go no matter what.

Chef idea Mickey`=3 hours ago

Flex space looks weird to me, those polls look like communicore hall that it wished to be.. I would of assume there'd be a covering covered roof but no and those polls look so high.. wonder what flex space means and what is the center even for..

ChrisFL4 hours ago

and the pressure washers need to avoid the fragile lights in the floor

jmuboy6 hours ago

Pressure washing will remove The rust and sunscreen stains. But the HAVE to plant trees to hide that black wall. It looks really bad IMHO

Squishy6 hours ago

They mustve scared off the pressure washers, all of them are scared of pressure washing the new fragile part of the park 🙃

MisterPenguin6 hours ago

Eh. You get stains on all types of floor from potted plant pots. This just needs light scouring like a cast iron skillet. Maybe they're pressure-washer-shy at the moment.

Squishy9 hours ago

Cmdr_Crimson10 hours ago

ChrisFL11 hours ago

Oh, now it's the W.C. Logo? wait, that abbreviation doesn't work well

MisterPenguin11 hours ago

Time to call Southern-Magnolias-R-Us again!

Brian11 hours ago

As to the blank wall of Communicore Hall, one would think that since it's already in cast previews, they're pretty much done, but adding some trees wouldn't be a tall order. It's even worse looking in person.

pigglewiggle11 hours ago

I can agree with the criticism of this. While I overall actually like World Celebration, I'm disappointed see all these issues so early on. Even more disappointed to see nothing being done about it.

Brian11 hours ago

bioreconstruct gets it:

UNCgolf13 hours ago

They almost certainly would not have demolished the old Innoventions building if they weren't already in the middle of doing so when the pandemic hit and their plans changed. They tore it down to build the Festival Center that was cancelled; they weren't planning on rebuilding something similar.