Merchandise kiosks arrive in the new World Celebration Gardens at EPCOT

Feb 15, 2024 in "EPCOT"

World Celebration Gardens kiosks
Posted: Thursday February 15, 2024 10:!2am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Two new merchandise kiosks have taken up position in the new World Celebration Gardens at EPCOT.



The kiosks, which are not yet open, are located in the corner closest to Creations Shop.


While it was nice to have the area open and uncluttered, the arrival of merchandise kiosks should not come as a surprise. This area in the former Future World was littered with kiosks selling everything from sunscreen to Balzac.

World Celebration Gardens opened in December 2023, and 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.

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Bocabear48 minutes ago

Dolores!!!!!

HauntedPirate10 hours ago

… Mulva? 😝

Jayspency12 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

Skibum197017 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)

Squishy21 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.

Bocabear23 hours 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.

Cmdr_Crimson1 day ago

Community = Neighborhood?

Cmdr_Crimson1 day ago

Project Gemini's Discoveryland name would have been better..IMO.