PHOTOS - Fountain of Nations, Starbucks, Club Cool and the original Character Spot now behind construction walls

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Posted: Monday September 9, 2019 9:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The first round of closures are now in effect at Epcot, the first phase that will see a complete redevelopment of Future World.

Fountain of Nations is now drained and behind construction walls.

Fountain of Nations, Character Spot, Starbucks closures

It isn't clear yet if the fountain will remain, although the new area will feature plenty of water features.

Fountain of Nations, Character Spot, Starbucks closures

Club Cool is now closed behind the walls, but will ultimately be relocated on the other side in what is currently Innoventions East.

Fountain of Nations, Character Spot, Starbucks closures

Character Spot is closed, with a new location setup in another part of Innoventions West.

Fountain of Nations, Character Spot, Starbucks closures

Inside the new Character Spot, guests can continue to meet Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Mickey Mouse in-front of Epcot themed backgrounds.

Fountain of Nations, Character Spot, Starbucks closures

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Cmdr_Crimson50 minutes ago

Bocabear1 hour ago

Dolores!!!!!

HauntedPirate11 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.

aladdin200714 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.

Jayspency22 hours ago

Dare I say anything?

flynnibus22 hours ago

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

jrhwdw22 hours ago

Soarin has an Updated Epcot Finale!

Jayspency22 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.