Work continues on the now-closed EPCOT bypass walkway

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EPCOT temporary bypass construction - January 2024

Posted: Tuesday January 23, 2024 10:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The temporary backstage walkway that has been in operation at EPCOT for the last couple of years is now being walled off behind construction walls.

EPCOT temporary bypass construction - January 2024

Construction walls have been added at the former entry and exit to the former bypass in the main entrance area and alongside Spaceship Earth.

EPCOT temporary bypass construction - January 2024

On the side near the restrooms, new concrete is being installed on the walkway.

EPCOT temporary bypass construction - January 2024

The bypass served as one of the main ways in and out of EPCOT as work was underway on the park's center, which has now opened as World Celebration Gardens.

The now-closed bypass

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Chef idea Mickey`=6 hours ago

To me going to World Showcase was basically walking down Creation's Shop with a wall on the right. If you had to say go from East side or West side of Future World yeah you'd have to go to one end or the other. To leave the park in front you had a short cut exit on one side.

HauntedPirate7 hours ago

Zach Riddley and Charita Carter have been assigned "other duties"? 🤷‍♂️

WorldExplorer17 hours ago

They just "fixed" it, remember? They had a whole campaign that went on for years about how they were revamping the entire place. It resulted in a confusing mishmash with no clear goal and a ton of things that still desperately need work sitting there in plain sight, but from their perspective they just improved everything.

DreamfinderGuy17 hours ago

In other words not too different from the park today

RSoxNo119 hours ago

MK currently has one major attraction down in Thunder Mountain, another C/D ticket is closing in August in Buzz Lightyear, and a moderate capacity play (Rivers of America / Tom Sawyer Island / Riverboat) are also expecting to close before the end of the year. This begs the question, why is Test Track the only overhaul / replacement / refurbishment currently going on at EPCOT? Spaceship Earth, Nemo and Imagination all needed to be refurbished 10 years ago.

Agent H19 hours ago

I was referencing the joke I made above but yes I hated the walls. They made navigating the park a nightmare and were really really ugly.

HauntedPirate1 day ago

All of those bad memories of 2022? Yeah, that would be so rough... :rolleyes:

Chef idea Mickey`=2 days ago

Now Epcot has the Disney Spring's Board President.

Stripes6 days ago

Can’t be much worse than the fiasco that’s there now.

Agent H6 days ago

I sincerely hope not. It would dig up a lot of bad memories for me.

Stripes6 days ago

What are the odds construction walls go up in this area within the next year?

Disneydad10126 days ago

Just fill them in with concrete already. So dumb

SoFloMagic6 days ago

Seriously. They put all this nice soft lighting and music loop in the new hub, but then put a dj playing 2000s club hits with harsh lights next to it. I blame the morons who spend their time watching the dj instead of exploring world showcase. Paying all that money for an experience they could get for free at Disney springs. Or a local bowling alley