New Details Unveiled for EPCOT's CommuniCore Hall,CommuniCore Plaza, and Festival Favorites

Jun 09, 2024 in "CommuniCore Hall"

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Posted: Sunday June 9, 2024 6:25pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has shared new details on the latest additions to EPCOT's World Celebration - CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza - set to open to guests on June 10, 2024.

Entertainment Acts at CommuniCore Plaza

CommuniCore Plaza introduces two new performance venues. The Plaza Stage will debut with "¡Celebración Encanto!" a limited-time show starting June 10. This family-friendly sing-along features favorite songs from Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Encanto," bringing the story of the Family Madrigal to life during the day. A Latin groove band will take over in the evening, filling World Celebration with live music.
On the other end of the Plaza, another performance space is ready for open-air entertainment, with more details to be announced soon.

Encanto Stage Show at Communicore Plaza

Walls Down at CommuniCore Hall and Plaza - June 9 2024

Construction walls down at CommuniCore Plaza - June 5 2024

Festival Favorites Kiosk

Located next to the CommuniCore Plaza Stage, the Festival Favorites kiosk offers an ever-changing assortment of popular items from EPCOT's four annual festivals. This summer, the kiosk will feature treats inspired by the Disney Animation Studios film "Encanto." Guests can enjoy a Cheese-stuffed Arepa with cilantro-lime crema and cotija cheese, and the Coconut Tres Leches, a vanilla cake soaked with oat, almond, and coconut milk, topped with toasted coconut.

Walls Down at CommuniCore Hall and Plaza - June 9 2024

Festival Favorites Summer 2024 Dishes

Mickey & Friends Character Greeting Location

This new space is perfect for capturing memorable moments with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Goofy. The exterior features a geometric design reminiscent of Spaceship Earth and murals celebrating the past and present of the park.

Walls Down at CommuniCore Hall and Plaza - June 9 2024

CommuniCore Hall

CommuniCore Hall, designed as a versatile event space, will host a variety of seasonal activities, including art displays, live music, and culinary events. The hall features a state-of-the-art show kitchen where guests can watch EPCOT's culinary team prepare dishes for special occasions.

Walls Down at CommuniCore Hall and Plaza - June 9 2024

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HauntedPirate2 days ago

FWIW, the temporary F&G additions to LwtL are atrocious. 👎

donaldtoo3 days ago

You’d think the rubber tires would keep it cleaner…!!!!! :hilarious: ;)

JoeCamel3 days ago

Forgot to mention the condition of the monorail beam ;)

DreamfinderGuy3 days ago

On the bright side, the fountain lights that go straight into the air are working again

tparris3 days ago

A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again. 847715847716847717847719847718

Agent H3 days ago

I don’t know about some “raspy girl” but if they make a custom background track then it will 100 percent be its fun to be free.

MisterPenguin4 days ago

When I was there a few weeks ago, it seemed to me the channels that were popped up were because they weren't glued/mortared in. And I'm guessing the reason they weren't sealed in was for continuing toubleshooting.

UNCgolf4 days ago

World of Motion too. Although I don't think absolutely any kind of kinetic energy is automatically a good thing; it needs to fit the area.

DreamfinderGuy4 days ago

It's kinda sad just how much kinetic energy the park has lost. Fountains at UoE, Wonders, Innoventions, the whirligigs, so much is so sterile now

Jayspency4 days ago

God how much I would love to design a new core for Epcot 🥺

Jayspency4 days ago

Thank god because without test track, and aside from the monorail, that's the only form of kinetic energy present in Future World East. The entire area feels kind of dead without anything moving. But perhaps that's just me. (Also I'm pretty sure the spinning planet is Neptune since there's no green on the planet. I noticed that on my last trip.)

tparris4 days ago

FTFY

Mike S4 days ago

What I don’t get is why the heck there aren’t some kind of bracers to hold them down but I’m sure there’s some kind of engineering reason as to why.

tparris4 days ago

In the two hours I’ve been at EPCOT today, two new sections of the ground lighting popped out of the ground. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but looking underneath reveals tons of mildew and mold growth inside. Looks like even on the second attempt, the ground lights were destined to fail as they were once again not weatherproofed whatsoever.