Massive lighting towers added in World Celebration at EPCOT

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CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

Posted: Monday June 19, 2023 10:33am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Six large lighting towers have been added to the CommuniCore Plaza area in World celebration at EPCOT.

CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

The lighting towers will be part of the extensive lighting system that is being installed on CommuniCore Hall. The building will be covered in LED panels, which will come to life with entertainment in the area.

CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

The angled towers contain lighting and sound systems, which you can see in this piece of conept art.

World Celebration during Food and Wine Festival

CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza are planned to open in fall 2023.

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

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UNCgolf8 hours ago

I think it depends on the kind of entertainment. I know I never wanted loud music that causes noise pollution in surrounding areas. There was already enough of that.

Andrew C1 day ago

I think it’s weird to put a temporary stage as part of a festival, in the area they just redesigned for festivals. I would have figured their designs would be a bit more seamless and account for these types situations better. If it was their intent to always do a temp stage, I think that’s bad show and bad design for an area that was purpose built.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

They do have a permanent stage. But also, two temporary acts. I don't understand this criticism at all. I thought more entertainment was what people here wanted.

Andrew C1 day ago

I thought the whole point of the Epcot overhaul to include a new permanent stage and festival center would change all that. I mean, is it really a stretch to think that was going to be the case?

MisterPenguin1 day ago

They've been setting up a secondary stage for Joyful for years now. Norway gets a stage for its Christmas storyteller. Extra stages for a festival isn't new. It's not like they should build out a dozen permanent stages all over the place in case they need them.

trainplane31 day ago

Maybe they're learning how much of a bad idea it was having a stage right against the hub? I know it's temporary but it says something that they're spending the time and money to install a temp stage like 150ft away from the permanent stage.

tparris1 day ago

For comparison, these are the similarly reflective new panels outside of Communicore Hall

tparris1 day ago

Looks like @DreamfinderGuy was right- they’re now replacing the opaque panels with new translucent ones, similar to the new ones recently added to the ground lighting outside Communicore Hall. So far, all of the cross sections have the new translucent panels.

Andrew C1 day ago

Wait, wait wait...so after all that, they did not build enough infrastructure to cover all festivals?

Nunu1 day ago

Brian1 day ago

Maybe they can do both Celebracion Encanto and Joyful at the same time. Throw in a Spaceship Earth light show at the same time and 🤌🏻 https://blogmickey.com/2024/11/second-stage-communicore-plaza-epcot/