New parking lot names, signage, and auto plaza marquee coming to EPCOT

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EPCOT parking lot names 2023

Posted: Friday January 20, 2023 8:34am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

EPCOT will have new parking lot names beginning this week, divided into "Earth" and "Space."

EPCOT parking lot names 2023

On the Space side, the sections will be Wall-E, Eve, Rocket and Gamora. On the Earth side, Moana, Heihei, Crush and Dory. The new names, based on Disney movies, are quite the departure from the classic EPCOT themes of "Discover," "Wonder," and "Imagine."

EPCOT parking lot names 2023

In addition to the new parking lot names, a new auto-plaza marquee will be installed in the coming weeks.

EPCOT Parking Plaza canopy removed - November 2022

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ChrisFL3 days ago

I had a "fun" experience several years ago parking at EPCOT mid-day when there was also a golf tournament going on taking up a lot of the parking. The parking lot CM who was supposed to say which row to go to just kinda said "try this one"....except there were ZERO parking spots in that row...and...all parking lanes go one direction...so I had to basically go the wrong way down another lane to park.

UNCgolf8 days ago

Sounds like Disney handled things Augusta National style. Wish they'd do that more often!

marni19718 days ago

There may not have been much to see when the park opened 👋

Andrew258 days ago

Unless the damage was minor, surprised nobody noticed it. The protective guardrail at the DHS parking entrance is still not repaired from the incident a year ago lol

marni19718 days ago

The new member is not wrong. That’s all I can say.

HauntedPirate8 days ago

Lying around like what? I didn't think they kept those in stock anymore. :cautious:

Brian9 days ago

I can't speak to the validity of that member's claim, but I suspect it would be difficult to procure a parking booth in a matter of days, and it's not like they just have them lying around like lightbulbs.

SplashJacket9 days ago

Florida man: 1 Epcot: 0

wdwmagic9 days ago

Wow no I didn’t know that. Expected this was the first in a complete replacement.

ren 34689 days ago

You perhaps don't know this has nothing to do with a refurb. That kiosk was taken out a couple nights ago by a car.

Andrew259 days ago

Issue with Epcot is that they tend to close off a decent amount of parking for the RunDisney events, so they are forced to park people there. Considering that Disability parking is at capacity any given day, surprised to see they haven't converted that grass lot until additional parking space for Disability.

Cmdr_Crimson9 days ago

Has it ever come to a point where they park in grass at MK, AK or DHS? I've seen it happen several times at Epcot by the bus dropoff area but, hardly there or are those lots much bigger?

Biff2159 days ago

Just about to say the same thing. Disney doesn’t need a parking garage to pack them into Epcot, they’ll even use the grass when there’s demand for it.