Epcot's Gateway Gifts closing for short refurbishment next week

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Posted: Wednesday January 8, 2020 2:44pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Epcot's Gateway Gifts will be closing for a brief refurbishment next week.

The gift shop located underneath Spaceship Earth on the eastern side will close from January 13 through to January 18, reopening to guests on January 19 2020.

Gateway Gifts overview

This will complete the remodel of the stores by Spaceship earth, with the Camera Center on the western side already back in operation after its refurbishment.

In other gift shop news, the Gift Stop store, located outside of the main entrance near to the bus stops will have its final day of operation on January 18 2020.

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MagicHappens197124 minutes ago

Universal did the same. It’s a Covid era ”cost-saving” measure that they knew they could get away with

Sir_Cliff52 minutes ago

Yes, I remember being there in August 2017 when the latest park closing was Epcot at 9pm and maybe AK around the same time as Pandora was still new. It was weird how early the parks all shut down.

valenrandy1 hour ago

Prior to covid I recall Epcot having 10pm closings during the busier times. We need that back yesterday...

EPCOTCenterLover1 hour ago

The park stayed open til 11pm in the early years. My first visit was 1983, and if I recall, that was the case.

Cmdr_Crimson1 hour ago

Same goes for the Springs when it was open hntil 2am..Once midnight hits it becomes a ghost town..

MagicHappens19712 hours ago

I really do miss having the parks open later. One of the worst casualties of Covid.

flyerjab3 hours ago

I recall World Showcase having a select few pavilions stay open till 11 and offering alcohol. I think that they even tried to use some type of wrist band system. Maybe they could try this again. Close FW pavilions after Luminous, but keep World Showcase and the World Celebration Gardens open, serving drinks and some food offerings. Keep it open till midnight, maybe for adults only (I know that won’t be appreciated by everyone). It just seems like it could create a really nice atmosphere.

Cmdr_Crimson3 hours ago

During EMH's is the only time I recall..

HauntedPirate6 hours ago

I could have sworn it used to… but that’s probably just me being a hater who is remembering how things used to be.

SoFloMagic11 hours ago

Epcot needs to stay open til 11. But by then they'd have to trespass half the crowd.

Cmdr_Crimson2 days ago

Just remember the "other" reason to come to EPCOT during the later part of the day..😉

CJR2 days ago

This annoys me too, it's nice coming back from World Showcase, but especially this time of year, good lighting does very little for most of the day. Sunset starts after 8pm and both fireworks and park closing are at 9pm, which means most people are in World Showcase already at sunset. Even in December though, it gets dark around 5pm, that's still only four hours of a twelve hour day. To be fair, we're often still in the park at 9:30pm since it takes a bit of time to exit. Hopefully the area will continue to liven up during the day with CommuniCore Plaza opening up.