PHOTOS - Innoventions West stripped to steel supports in Epcot's Future World

Dec 12, 2019 in "EPCOT"

Epcot Future World West Demolition and Construction Walls - December 12 2019
Posted: Thursday December 12, 2019 10:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Rapid progress is being made on the demolition of the former Innoventions and Communicore buildings on the west side of Future World.

With walls removed on all sides, guests can now see right through the building, which is now just a skeleton of steel structural supports.

In the central area, the construction walls have been updated with a large piece of concept art showing the new design.

Click the gallery for more pictures of the Innoventions West demolition.

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    dmc4931 minute ago

    I have no desire for more walls.... BUT, their new layout of the hub would potentially allow them to methodically take down a quarter of the hub one section at a time and implement fixes. Pipe dream of ideas would be to remove rust elements (including the funky trees, walls, etc), tweaking the landscaping design (there's some areas right now with some very thin bushes and a s**t ton of mulch that just doesn't look great), obviously and maybe most difficultly, a clean sweep on lighting design (and control system if needed...). Would also love a stronger barrier (dense trees? idk) between seating areas and the backside of the Communicore DJ booth if they're continuing on with that monstrosity of an entertainment choice. As for the center, a revised planter maybe that's not as bulbous/ginormous and something that a landscaping team can actually be creative with and make it a proper statement. And lastly, complete gut redo of Epcot logo in-ground lighting. I still like the logo concept, but you could pull off the same design and use fiber optics that pulse to the SSE light shows instead? Final pipe dream would be a proper new fountain farther south right at the edge of the bldgs, but that's like 100x more of a stretch than my other hopes (which are probably already unrealistic)

    marni197123 hours ago

    The new F&F ride is going in the original park.

    WorldExplorer1 day ago

    Wow, look at all that unused space! Has Universal considered putting a ride there? Fast and Furious perhaps?

    marni19711 day ago

    👏 👏

    jmuboy1 day ago

    The views of the busted lights will look great from the new SSE lounge. At least the smart lighting people at EPIC UNIVERSE will be available soon to help poor WDW with fixing their “new” 2010s era lighting woes at EPCOT

    Agent H1 day ago

    Then what is it?

    James Alucobond1 day ago

    Not the problem.

    Giss Neric1 day ago

    I'm sure Disney knows that their fans treat their parks like it's their second home so they should know that these people will monitor every nooks and crannies. They should be proactive in maintenance especially on rather newer stuff. Even a busted light on Spaceship Earth will get noticed and considered a felony to some fans.

    Agent H1 day ago

    How hard is it to not power wash these things?

    aladdin20071 day ago

    TWDC should be utterly ashamed and embarrassed. This is a company and management that could care less.

    V_L_Raptor1 day ago

    It’s straight-up pathetic, is what it is.

    Squishy1 day ago

    Bocabear4 days ago

    Take That Epic Universe! lol

    MisterPenguin5 days ago

    I believe that was sarcasm. They did not indeed put a dance party *in* the building in which the advertising shown it to be in the building (I think, I don't remember seeing such an ad). However, this Summer's dance party will indeed be inside Communicore.

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