New construction walls block most of the World Celebration to World Showcase walkway at EPCOT

Jan 31, 2024 in "EPCOT"

Construction walls from World Celebration to World Showcase - January 31 2024
Posted: Wednesday January 31, 2024 12:34pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

A new set of construction walls has popped up in EPCOT over the last week, blocking most of the walkway between World Celebration and World Showcase.

 

The new walls extend outwards from the still-under-construction CommuniCore Plaza and are met with new walls coming from the side of the walkway from the direction of World Discovery.

Behind the walls, crews are working on replacing the concrete, which is still the old EPCOT pink color.

There will likely be more disruption in the coming months, as work will have to move further along the walkway to replace the concrete throughout the area.

At peak periods, the construction walls are creating a significant bottleneck to the new World Celebration Gardens, and the best option may be to use the Rose Walk pathway into World Nature or use the walkway alongside The Odyssey and through World Discovery.

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    TrainsOfDisney5 hours ago

    How much did they spend on this? We got custom gobos and closed umbrella land!

    Incomudro1 day ago

    "Abandoned Mall" is exactly what I thought when I saw this image before I got to what you wrote. Yes, this is what they do in malls when the fountains break, and they don't want to go to the expense of repairing them.

    Figments Friend4 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! -

    TrainsOfDisney4 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.

    Brian4 days ago

    At least the greenery in the planter looks nice.

    HauntedPirate4 days ago

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

    TrainsOfDisney4 days ago

    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

    tparris4 days ago

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

    aladdin20074 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.

    wannabeBelle5 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

    muddyrivers12 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?

    lazyboy97o13 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.

    JD8013 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 C13 days ago

    That’s what she said?