New backstage gate installed at former EPCOT Future World bypass

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New backstage gate at former EPCOT Future World bypass

Posted: Tuesday February 27, 2024 10:52am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

A new backstage gate has been installed at the former Future World bypass walkway in EPCOT's World Celebration.

New backstage gate at former EPCOT Future World bypass

The walkway was used as one of two main entrances into the park during the construction of the World Celebration Gardens.

New backstage gate at former EPCOT Future World bypass

One of the entrances, near the Spaceship Earth restrooms, now has a new gate installed to allow backstage access.

New backstage gate at former EPCOT Future World bypass

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Figments Friend2 days ago

Epcot needs this. And needs it now. How about where that planter is…? They need to replace that light strip in the ground anyway, so…perfect timing! -

TrainsOfDisney2 days ago

eh…. That was kind of my point. They didn’t even try with nice landscaping. It is literally the bare minimum. Downtown Disney in California has more impressive planters.

Brian2 days ago

At least the greenery in the planter looks nice.

HauntedPirate2 days ago

Flooring? That was THEZach’s thing!!! I heard there may have been some Instagram posts about it a while back or something… 🫣

This is giving abandoned mall vibes… i guess it goes with all the closed festival booths? Is that a story!? Haha. *I actually had a wonderful day at Epcot - I’m just poking fun and missing the wonderful fountain of nations

tparris2 days ago

Much of the new concrete and flooring all around was very poorly done.

aladdin20072 days ago

I wish I had snapped some pics and didn't, but the black rubber lining between the tiles/concrete along connections and creations etc is all coming undone, I literally could have pulled it all up and out. What a shotty job all around.

wannabeBelle3 days ago

If anyone is around in Epcot, La Calle, Southbound, the M 80's and Audio Exchange have all been added into the Eat to the Beat Festival dates for entertainment. Check out WDWMagic's link for the dates for each band: https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/international-food-and-wine-festival/news/03jul2025-updated-2025-epcot-concert-lineup-eat-to-the-beat-adds-more-weekday-acts.htm Im sure there are a few other local acts that were added as well, but I dont know them personally. I have seen all of these acts myself and enjoyed them very much. Marie

muddyrivers10 days ago

I wish we knew who these people were and what has happened to them. Are they all actors? Truly random people (doubt it)? What became of the young child? How old did the old woman live to be?

lazyboy97o11 days ago

It was a programmatic, operational and experimental nightmare. But Iger wanted something to make the park look different designed by a starchitect like Mike had done.

JD8011 days ago

The festival center in the concept art looked pretty but in actuality it would have obstructed views except those with corporate expense accounts and would have created traffic in that area.

Andrew C11 days ago

That’s what she said?

Mike S11 days ago

If it’s Andrew Wilson we might as well all turn in whatever’s left of our Disney Fan Cards. It will be an end no one here that doesn’t follow news about Electronic Arts can imagine.

lazyboy97o12 days ago

“They” would be DS+R… Even in concept design Disney requires at least a narrative report from a structural engineer. Concrete can be used to achieve slender structures. Post-tensioning in particular allows for thinner slabs.