PHOTOS - Epcot's new central spine design revealed in new concept art

Aug 23, 2019 in "EPCOT"

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Posted: Friday August 23, 2019 3:05am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has revealed concept art for the new central spine redevelopment of Epcot - which will see major changes to the center of the park in what is currently Future World.

Future World as we know it will be gone, and will be replaced with three “neighborhoods” - World Nature, World Discovery and World Celebration.

Epcot new central spine concept art

At the center, Innoventions West will be completely removed, and in its place will be a new meet and greet building to replace Character Spot, a large multi-level festival center complete with rooftop bar and lounge, and a walk-through garden area with an elaborate water feature called 'Journey of Water Inspired by Moana.'

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

On the other side, the existing eastern buildings will remain, but with extensive remodeling, and will become home to a quick service restaurant, an expanded Mouse Gear, the relocated Starbucks and Club Cool, and a couple of smaller Food and Beverage offerings including the much-talked about Beer Garden.

Model of the new Epcot central spine

As you can see from the artwork, the new central area to be much more landscape heavy with trees and gardens replacing much of the existing concrete. Winding pathways will replace the main central guest corridor.

Concept art of Epcot's new entrance

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Bocabear21 hours ago

I think a lot of us feel the same way...Lifelong Disney fan, DVC owner...when you start seeing the bizarre changes and flubbed renovations you start to wonder what is going on....and then Universal builds a new park that looks like they are building on the legacy Disney created.... While Disney seems to be dumbing down and value engineering the experiences while continuing to up-charge for everything.... We have reduced the amount of our visits over the past few years... Just too difficult and filled with planning rather than the fun impromptu trips we used to make up there many times a year.... It is becoming not so much fun...

Chef idea Mickey`=22 hours ago

Same!

Agent H3 days ago

We were chasing this toon. He had just robbed a bank. We followed him all the way to Epcot And he pushed the wall on my brother! I couldn’t go to Epcot after that until the walls were completely down. It was simply too painful.

MisterPenguin3 days ago

What's up with him? A wall killed his brother. .

Agent H3 days ago

Please no. I hated the walls.

WorldExplorer3 days ago

They've started putting the dance parties at CommuniCore Hall in ads like it's a draw. You know what? I think I preferred the walls. Can we go back to them?

HauntedPirate8 days ago

FWIW, the temporary F&G additions to LwtL are atrocious. 👎

donaldtoo8 days ago

You’d think the rubber tires would keep it cleaner…!!!!! :hilarious: ;)

JoeCamel8 days ago

Forgot to mention the condition of the monorail beam ;)

DreamfinderGuy8 days ago

On the bright side, the fountain lights that go straight into the air are working again

tparris8 days ago

A bunch of the fountain base lights are completely broken once again, some are just off and others are flickering. Also, did they just give up on fixing these two dead sections of the entrance plaza perimeter ribbon lighting? Also, the spotlights in the west legs of SSE have not turned on in over 6 months, the east restroom ribbon lights have been completely off and the west restroom ribbon lights have been a colorful mess for a few weeks now. Not to mention the incorrect colors on the tall pathway lights on the west side. All of these issues and I haven’t even passed fully under SSE yet (which is itself in awful shape lighting wise too). I don’t even have words at this point. I’ve been documenting this stuff for months for what it’s worth, and pretty much none of it has been fixed. The stuff that was fixed lasted at most 2 months before breaking again. 847715847716847717847719847718

Agent H9 days ago

I don’t know about some “raspy girl” but if they make a custom background track then it will 100 percent be its fun to be free.

MisterPenguin9 days ago

When I was there a few weeks ago, it seemed to me the channels that were popped up were because they weren't glued/mortared in. And I'm guessing the reason they weren't sealed in was for continuing toubleshooting.