PHOTOS - Aerial views of the EPCOT central spine demolition

Nov 13, 2020 in "EPCOT"

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020
Posted: Friday November 13, 2020 12:18pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Work continues on the demolition of the EPCOT central spine, but at a much slower pace than we saw before the COVID-19 shutdown.

A small crew continues to strip the interior of the eastern side, which has now largely been reduced to a shell. Aerial photos for WDWMAGIC by @cchard.

On the western side, work is progressing on removing the interior of what remains standing of Innoventions.

From ground level, a section of the exterior has been torn out, but the shell of the building remains.


The plans for the area remain uncertain, as Disney grapples with reopening the parks amid COVID-19 and balancing expenditure. Our most recent information suggests that the plans for the eastern side, which includes the former Mouse Gear, Electric Umbrella and Innoventions remain unchanged and will go ahead with new merchandise and food & beverage lcoations. However, the western side seems much more uncertain, with Disney already suggesting that the multi level festival building has been abandoned. The fate of the still standing Communicore building remains unclear.

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MisterPenguin5 hours ago

First of all, there are no misaligned triangles. There are clear rows of triangles. The rows are straight and parallel and 'square.' Each row has triangles that alternate pointing up, down, up, down, etc... Randomly, a flat triangle is replaced by a 3D triangle 'tent.' Along one wall, if the up triangle is replaced by a 3D tent, the opening is pointing down. And if the down triangle is replaced by a 3D tent, the opening is facing to the viewer's left. As the structure tends toward one end, it becomes more open with missing flat triangles. As the structure tends toward the other end with solid walls, there are fewer and fewer missing triangles. Other walls have different but similar rules. Nothing is misaligned.

Epcot81Fan5 hours ago

“World whatever” - 2024 WDI

ChrisFL6 hours ago

I still can't get used to the area names, World Discovery, World whatever the others are called. Also 3 small sections are a bit too small to be "Worlds" IMO I would have preferred if the whole front area was renamed to Discovery World or something if they aren't keeping the "Future" identity. I doubt if the average tourist can figure it out either.

Horizonsfan7 hours ago

What is it with this project and misaligned triangles? First the A/V towers for the concert area and now the gate. Somebody should introduce the designers to the align & scale tools in Revit.

MisterPenguin8 hours ago

Welp. They learned nothing about tripping hazards...

DCBaker9 hours ago

A few photos from today. The wall is down by the old bypass/new Cast Member entrance near the restrooms, what appears to be new panels/doors near CommuniCore Plaza, the temporary boxes around the light poles on the bridge to the Odyssey Pavilion have been removed and a peak at one of the entrances to CommuniCore Hall. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672767354_f05b3d4a2e_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672417056_1129942558_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672767324_f06ec4c5a2_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672781269_859953891b_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672889700_bb47b9fea3_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53671536042_fe4869bc3c_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672866840_49cdf89f89_o.jpg [url=https://flic.kr/p/2pLT2Tp]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53672781089_a88d0e8f86_o.jpg

mikejs781 day ago

Which ones? I think this is exactly what happened. I was there last night and saw some floor lights. Granted, there may be some not working that I didn't notice as this past week was the first time I saw the new spine.

Epcot81Fan3 days ago

"Remarkable" indeed. Hey, come on, they only had five years to get floor lights to work. Some people have such lofty expectations for Disney these days.

HauntedPirate4 days ago

Den Carter4 days ago

Been in four times in the last two weeks and no floor lights at all.

Centauri Space Station4 days ago

Really? I’ve never seen that

tparris4 days ago

The last few times I was there they weren’t on at all

Centauri Space Station4 days ago

What do you mean it doesn’t work at all? It still lights up even if it’s not all lit.

James Alucobond4 days ago

Oooh, World Discovery. Me no read good.