PHOTOS - A look at ground clearing and demolition in Epcot's central area

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Epcot central area construction - October 2019

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Posted: Tuesday October 8, 2019 12:18pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The center of Epcot is full of construction walls, who's appearance has been improved with the new Epcot logo, attraction icon and colors.

Epcot central area construction October 2019 - Entrance area

At the park's main entrance area, ground clearing continues and early preparation for the new landscaping are underway.

Epcot central area construction October 2019 - Entrance area

Near to Spaceship Earth and Epcot's Guest Relations, ground clearing is taking place with the removal of trees.

Epcot central area construction October 2019 - Between Guardians of the Galaxy and Innoventions East

Fountain of Nations, Starbucks, Club Cool and Character Spot are behind walls and demolition equipment is on site.

Epcot central area construction October 2019 - Looking toward Fountain of Nations

Between Innoventions West and the Living Seas, ground clearing is underway.

Epcot central area construction October 2019 - Between Living Seas and Innoventions West

Click the gallery for more pictures of the early site preparations for the redevelopment of Epcot's Future World.

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Cmdr_Crimson24 minutes ago

Bocabear1 hour ago

Dolores!!!!!

HauntedPirate10 hours ago

… Mulva? 😝

Jayspency13 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.

aladdin200713 hours ago

looks like one too

Skibum197018 hours ago

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

Jayspency21 hours ago

Dare I say anything?

flynnibus21 hours ago

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

jrhwdw21 hours ago

Soarin has an Updated Epcot Finale!

Jayspency21 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)

Squishy22 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.