New walkway through World Celebration opens at EPCOT ahead of Connections Cafe's upcoming opening

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New Walkway linking the main entrance to Connections Cafe and Creations Shop

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Posted: Thursday March 24, 2022 8:21am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

A new walkway opened earlier this week at EPCOT, allowing guests to once again walk through the center of the park from the main entrance.

The walkway past Spaceship Earth now heads through the center of the park

The new walkway passing alongside Connections Cafe

Heading towards Connections Cafe and Creations Shop

Watch the video below to take a POV walk along the new pathway. (4K YouTube).

The new walkway passes alongside Spaceship Earth, past guest relations, and in front of the upcoming Connections Cafe and new Creations Shop.

One of the five entrances into Connections Cafe

Taking this new path allows guests to get up close to one of the five entrances to Connections Cafe, which opens this spring.

One of the five entrances to Connections Cafe from the new walkway

The temporary backstage bypass behind guest relations and along the side of Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind is now closed.

The temporary bypass to the left behind guest relations and to the side of Guardians of the Galaxy is now walled off

The temporary walkway from the main enetnrace behind guest relations is now closed to guests

Guests can no longer walk along the side of Guardians of the Galaxy

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SoFloMagic54 minutes ago

With 5x as many guests hanging out at the DJ as in the center, I can't imagine it's a priority. Oh, and you can't even hear the music these lights are synced to because of the club beats.

Bocabear1 hour ago

but how many years do they wait for the vendor to make good on the product before tearing the whole mess out and starting over?

lazyboy97o12 hours ago

Part of the project manual / specifications for a project includes things like warranties. Disney is likely not spending any / much money on the attempted fixes as the contractor and/or vendor have not delivered what they said would be delivered.

Cmdr_Crimson17 hours ago

That would be The Force of Nature show......After Hours....

Disstevefan118 hours ago

Strobe lights and pole dancers.... Walt would be proud..... ;)

Incomudro18 hours ago

Nothing a dance party can't fix.

HauntedPirate18 hours ago

I was waiting for it... and you delivered. 😁 You win the interwebz today! 🤣

James Alucobond19 hours ago

I would assume the vendor was wholly responsible for at least the initial attempt, so there’s probably not much money being wasted on it. In fact, I imagine they’ll be able to recover a portion of what they paid for it if it never works.

lazyboy97o19 hours ago

Again, power washing isn’t just one thing.

wdwmagic19 hours ago

I did hear that over the summer Zach is going to be out there nightly with a flashlight.

MisterPenguin19 hours ago

They're installing strobe lights on the surrounding light poles.

bmr159119 hours ago

So at what point do they actually fix it and stop wasting money on band aids that aren’t working?

Ayla19 hours ago

I don't give a rat's butt who's fault it is. Stop pointing fingers and fix the damn thing.

wdwmagic19 hours ago

Yes that section of the park seems to be very much like what happened with the daytime Harmonious fountain show. The reality just did not match up with what was presented by WDI. I know very high-ups were absolutely shocked with the World Showcase lagoon situation.