EPCOT's core reopens to guests as the park debuts the new World Celebration Gardens

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Posted: Tuesday December 5, 2023 9:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guests can once again walk through the center of EPCOT for the first time since late 2019 as the walls come down around the new World Celebration Gardens.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

While EPCOT is not yet wall-free, with walls remaining around Communicore Hall and Plaza, guests are now able to enjoy the gardens, see the new Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point, and walk directly between World Nature and World Discovery.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

The new EPCOT World Celebration Gardens include seating areas close to Connections Cafe, and Communicore Hall, and are equipped with 110v and USB charging points.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

Guests can also meet Pluto and Daisy.

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

Alongside the opening of EPCOT's World Celebration Gardens, Disney has also unveiled the original score composed by Pinar Toprak.

Watch the video below for a look at the new EPCOT World Celebration Gardens. (4K YouTube)

World Celebration Gardens - December 5 2023

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Disstevefan11 day ago

Does that mean no Water filtration plant behind the scenes tour?

James Alucobond1 day ago

Looks like they’re finally adding plantings behind the Journey of Water pump facility to conceal it from the monorail. Hopefully that means they’ll reconfigure the meet and greet queue soon, but we shall see.

UNCgolf2 days ago

I'm just curious. I think it would be nice if there was some separation but I haven't been there since the new hub was opened so I don't have a good sense of where everything is in relation to everything else. It also depends on what the entertainment actually is. The Encanto sing-along they're opening with, e.g., has the potential to be pretty annoying for people elsewhere in the hub if it's really loud (that's the kind of thing that works better in a theater or something similar IMO), but other things might not be.

KeithVH2 days ago

Well, that definitely looks like local city park quality level work . . .

MisterPenguin2 days ago

I thought we were criticizing Disney for the lack of live entertainment...

UNCgolf2 days ago

I wonder how loud it will be. I think they could potentially overdo it and kind of ruin the whole area with noise pollution; I'm sure not everyone in the garden area is going to want to have to listen to whatever is happening on the stage.

tparris2 days ago

Large speakers/sound system being installed on the ceiling above the stage in CommuniCore Plaza.

tparris2 days ago

Gotcha. I’m no expert in that field, so that’s good to know.

James Alucobond2 days ago

Pretty sure they can at least stain and treat it the same way the surrounding concrete is treated in order to better conceal it.

CntrlFlPete2 days ago

cool!! I plan on telling folks that the strange floating rectangle of triangles is an abstract titled 'The Borg ship that assimilated Heihei'.

tparris2 days ago

It’s concrete, they can’t exactly just paint it. What they should have done is cut out the immediate surrounding area and replace it in sections. I would think the intentional cracks all over the ground would make it relatively easy to blend in new sections with the existing ones.

Andrew252 days ago

Hoping they paint it soon... but I'll take this over the ugly wooden boxes

HauntedPirate2 days ago

tparris2 days ago

The temporary boxes around the bases of the circular light fixtures just outside Connections Cafe have been removed, revealing the new bases. They look fine, however the obvious imperfections and different color where they shaved off the “mounds” really bothers me. That part doesn’t look good at all imo