New vertical construction in the center of EPCOT expands beyond Communicore Hall

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Posted: Wednesday February 22, 2023 1:38pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

In this latest look at the construction site in the center of EPCOT, we can see new vertical structures expanding beyond the Communicore Hall building.

CommuniCore Hall construction - February 21 2023

There are several white steel poles with horizontal beams at the top. Beneath, there are numerous concrete forms, including a completed circular structure.

CommuniCore Hall construction - February 21 2023

At Communicore Hall, the exterior walls are being framed in, with work continuing throughout the area.

CommuniCore Hall construction - February 21 2023

This building will eventually be home to elements of EPCOT's festivals, including performance areas, opening late 2023.

CommuniCore Hall construction - February 21 2023

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Chef idea Mickey`=15 minutes 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.

MisterPenguin14 hours 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.

DisneyRoy1 day ago

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

Epcot82Guy1 day 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.

DCBaker2 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

Disstevefan16 days ago

Does that mean no Water filtration plant behind the scenes tour?

James Alucobond6 days ago

Looks like they’re finally adding plantings behind the Journey of Water pump facility to conceal it from the monorail. Hopefully that means they’ll reconfigure the meet and greet queue soon, but we shall see.

UNCgolf7 days ago

I'm just curious. I think it would be nice if there was some separation but I haven't been there since the new hub was opened so I don't have a good sense of where everything is in relation to everything else. It also depends on what the entertainment actually is. The Encanto sing-along they're opening with, e.g., has the potential to be pretty annoying for people elsewhere in the hub if it's really loud (that's the kind of thing that works better in a theater or something similar IMO), but other things might not be.