PHOTOS - The last of the original EPCOT Center signs replaced under Spaceship Earth at Gateway Gifts

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New signage at Gateway Gifts

Posted: Wednesday August 26, 2020 11:04am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

One of the last surviving EPCOT Center signs has been removed and replaced under Spaceship Earth at Gateway Gifts.

The new style sign at Gateway Gifts

The original sign lasted through several refurbishments, including the most recent earlier in the year.

The original Gateway Gifts sign

The new style sign is part of the park's makeover, and matches the other new signage that is being installed throughout what is currently Future World.

New signage at Gateway Gifts

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Incomudro4 hours 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 Friend2 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! -

TrainsOfDisney2 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.

Brian2 days ago

At least the greenery in the planter looks nice.

HauntedPirate2 days ago

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

TrainsOfDisney2 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

tparris3 days ago

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

aladdin20073 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.

wannabeBelle4 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

muddyrivers11 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?

lazyboy97o12 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.

JD8012 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 C12 days ago

That’s what she said?

Mike S12 days ago

If it’s Andrew Wilson we might as well all turn in whatever’s left of our Disney Fan Cards. It will be an end no one here that doesn’t follow news about Electronic Arts can imagine.