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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vikescaper11 hours ago

I’m hoping that they have the empanada that the Encanto booth has during Festival of the Arts. That is one of my favorite festival foods!

Captain Culpepper Cline12 hours ago

Define festival favorites. Thanks.

MisterPenguin16 hours ago

I hope none of the VPs have heard of this thus far!!

EpcotMark16 hours ago

Can't wait until all the VPs come strolling through and realize what a stupid idea it was to knock down West Communicore and the fountain in the first place.

Nunu17 hours ago

I think it'll do well. With the sitting areas, some shade and chargers, people will probably want to grab a bite and a drink while there.

Epcot82Guy17 hours ago

Idea A+... Execution of the space... hmmm.... I do think this would be an amazing use for Odyssey.

Sirwalterraleigh17 hours ago

Indeed

pigglewiggle17 hours ago

To each their own.

Sirwalterraleigh17 hours ago

It’s a constant bombardment of festival food. Sometimes enough is enough

ToTBellHop17 hours ago

I had heard they’ll have some Colombian food along with the Encanto show this summer. Perhaps it’ll go here.

pigglewiggle18 hours ago

That's actually a great idea. There are often festival foods that I see people rave about that we never get to try because we don't go during those times. Will be fun to try out some festival foods that we normally wouldn't be able to get.

Sirwalterraleigh19 hours ago

…wha???

tparris20 hours ago

Here’s an interesting change I noticed recently: they seem to have changed some pieces and colors of all of the charging kiosks located around the World Celebration Gardens for no apparent reason. The first photo is from around the time of opening in December, and the second photo is from today.