Spaceship Earth's iconic triangles reflected in EPCOT's newly installed CommuniCore Hall exterior panels

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CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023 10:22am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Spaceship Earth's iconic triangles serve as the inspiration for the exterior design of EPCOT's 8,000-foot climate-controlled exhibit space, CommuniCore Hall.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

The first of the glass triangle panels are now being installed, and will combine with embedded LED lighting to bring the building to life with colored light after dark.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

The new venue will provide space for additional festival offerings that won't depend on Florida weather, which is also subdividable into two distinct sections.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

CommuniCore Hall will also be home to an indoor Mickey and Friends character meet and greet.

The surrounding CommuniCore Plaza will feature a garden with space to view entertainment from a covered performance stage and seating for nearby festival food and drink kiosks.

CommiuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza

World Celebration will open to guests in late 2023, but it remains unclear if CommuniCore Hall will be ready at the same time.

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Chef idea Mickey`=56 minutes 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_20002 hours 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 Dad2 hours ago

lol - you must have vivid nightmares😀

Chef idea Mickey`=13 hours 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.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

Where, outside Tommorowland, does Disney have mostly white/light colored buildings to avoid seeing bird droppings?

Clamman731 day ago

Having dark tiles and birds dropping something on it isn't the best look.

DisCOT_971 day ago

Not a fan of the rigging being out like that. I really wish this were an enclosed theater or even fully indoor. The Encanto show won’t be much fun when the real feel is 100°+…

lazyboy97o1 day ago

If nothing isn’t stalled then they’re not using the stage which means we’re right back to dead space…

flyakite1 day ago

It’s designed to be a flexible lighting system to use lighting on a track and to easily add and remove lighting based on the performance. This does not imply that they will all be installed at all times.

Epcot81Fan1 day ago

Didn’t try, because they don’t care. The only unknown is when fans will realize this simple fact.

DisneyRoy2 days ago

It looks terrible. They didn’t try to hide the cords.

Epcot82Guy2 days ago

While I get the need and the realities of lighting rigging, that really doesn't look very good. While I do like Celebration Gardens generally, Communicore Hall is feeling really budget cut the more I see. I hope there is something better on the interior.

DCBaker3 days ago

New lighting has been added to CommuniCore Plaza - photos from today. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53713901969_5de9978e09_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53712660877_3d83c19071_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53713901959_ee820b7572_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53712652902_1ccdf48d6e_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53713570751_fb127e2025_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53713997240_29d45cd79e_o.jpg