EPCOT Canada Pavilion Construction Update - Is a Bar or DVC Addition on the Way?

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Friday December 27, 2024 11:00am ET · "Canada (Pavilion)"
EPCOT Canada Pavilion Construction Update - Is a Bar or DVC Addition on the Way?
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A new exterior-facing kiosk window is taking shape at EPCOT's Canada Pavilion, part of a still unknown project.


The construction is focused on the Hotel du Canada area, a part of the pavilion that has been inaccessible to guests for years. A previously filed permit listed the project as "Install Set Elements" and was assigned to Icarus Exhibits. This vendor has extensive experience with Disney, having contributed to TRON Lightcycle Run, Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, and Toy Story Land.

While the permit's description remains intentionally vague, the involvement of Walt Disney Imagineering indicates a guest-facing addition is likely. Combined with the kiosk-style window visible in the construction photos, it seems the pavilion might be expanding its offerings.

Current theories suggest the possibility of a bar or lounge space, while others wonder if it could tie into a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) initiative.

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Two possibilities. Neither Good.
↩ replying to HauntedPirate
Meanwhile at Epic Universe....
I think I know what this window thing at Canada is going to be - A walk-up window where you can order a 25oz Molson or LaBatt's Blue with a side order of 150 or more DVC points. You must drink all of the beer within 15 seconds, at which time you will be handed a pen to sign the DVC documents. If you take too long to drink the beer, you will be forced to buy more points as punishment.
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Canadian Bacon?
↩ replying to ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ
Pork Roll?
↩ replying to castlecake2.0
I don't know much about the view but if there is a good view then these ideas in a flex space make a lot of sense. Wasn't some sort of corporate space in a tower building near entrance to WS part of the 2019ish plans? Could this just be moving the same function into an existing space? Use as a bar until like 7, clear out until 8, and then use as an event space (packages some nights, private space other nights) for fireworks at 9.
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Pigs in a Blanket?
↩ replying to monothingie
YES!!!
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↩ replying to monothingie
That wasn't hard to figure out, was it? 😁
I can't imagine what they are going to put up there. Anything that would be retail or food service probably would not do well since that area doesn't get a lot of traffic.
↩ replying to danlb_2000
could they just be renovating upstairs space to be used as BOH storage/office for whatever the new area is? I'm realizing I don't know that building well at all, not sure what ground floor looks like currently
↩ replying to dmc493
The building is three floors. First was old retail space that’s been used as storage for years. Second floor was an old break/meeting room, third is a laser room. From pictures we can see the bottom floor has been totally gutted. We can also see something is happening on the second floor as at night we can see work lights on in the windows.

What’s also curious is that there’s work happening in the le cellier lobby in the area that was originally going to be an elevator to upstairs but was never installed. I’ve also heard that the small houses up beside the hotel building, originally built to be a tourism office but became storage space, are also included in this project.

Signs are pointing towards a DVC preview center that also might include an f&b element. It’s very curious that there’s zero mention of this from any official source.
Make it a permanent BeaverTails window. 🦫
Hundreds of Beavers escape room!!!

Haha... I still think it's gonna be a lounge of sorts. Or something DVC. Something to 'plus' Canada up without needing to think of fancy food and drink to sell there.