EPCOT's core reopens to guests as the park debuts the new World Celebration Gardens

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Posted: Tuesday December 5, 2023 9:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guests can once again walk through the center of EPCOT for the first time since late 2019 as the walls come down around the new World Celebration Gardens.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

While EPCOT is not yet wall-free, with walls remaining around Communicore Hall and Plaza, guests are now able to enjoy the gardens, see the new Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point, and walk directly between World Nature and World Discovery.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

The new EPCOT World Celebration Gardens include seating areas close to Connections Cafe, and Communicore Hall, and are equipped with 110v and USB charging points.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

Guests can also meet Pluto and Daisy.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

Alongside the opening of EPCOT's World Celebration Gardens, Disney has also unveiled the original score composed by Pinar Toprak.

Watch the video below for a look at the new EPCOT World Celebration Gardens. (4K YouTube)

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

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Cmdr_Crimson1 hour ago

Bocabear2 hours ago

Dolores!!!!!

HauntedPirate11 hours ago

… Mulva? 😝

Jayspency14 hours ago

Regarding my actual thoughts on this, I'm glad Soarin got some TLC, but I don't like the new Eiffel tower scene where you just kinda look at it from a distance. There was just a unique feeling you had scaling the tower from the bottom. At least the bendy tower is no more lol.

aladdin200715 hours ago

looks like one too

Skibum197019 hours ago

Sadly, that was the first thing I thought when I saw the pictures of the new ending.

Jayspency22 hours ago

Dare I say anything?

flynnibus22 hours ago

Immortalizing the redo and design that didn’t last. How fitting

jrhwdw23 hours ago

Soarin has an Updated Epcot Finale!

Jayspency23 hours ago

That excuse really only applies to innoventions, communicore and a couple scenes in attractions since their purpose was to showcase the future and what it could bring. Even so these scenes and exhibits could be updated to showcase updated tech. Most attractions in future world avoided this problem by either focusing on the history of a subject and not the future (SSE, WOM, and some of UOE and horizons) or primarily focus on the content of the subject itself (LWTL, MS, TT 1.0 and JII)

Squishy23 hours ago

Not sure if anyone said this here but the new white channels they put it a few weeks ago is not a LED diffuser so I guess those ground lights are going away unless its a temporary cover cause the previous one got damaged. It doesn't look temporary the way they glued them in though.

Bocabear1 day ago

It totally feels like a boardroom-designed overhaul...

Epcot82Guy1 day ago

I didn't love that idea originally, but I've come around. I think that would have been simplest, using the colors to add some thematic change from one area to the other. If they wanted the neighborhoods, I still think Epcot Center (SSE, Spine, TT and IMAG - focused on classic Epcot inspiration and innovation), World Discovery (M:S, Guardians and something planetary for WoL - tied around space exploration, real and fantasy) and World Nature (Land, Seas, JoW - natural world) would have made more sense. But, they need more separation between the areas so it's a clearer distinction. As it was done, it feels separated on paper in a conference room, not reality of a physical space.