Spaceship Earth's iconic triangles reflected in EPCOT's newly installed CommuniCore Hall exterior panels

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CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

Posted: Monday October 9, 2023 10:22am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Spaceship Earth's iconic triangles serve as the inspiration for the exterior design of EPCOT's 8,000-foot climate-controlled exhibit space, CommuniCore Hall.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

The first of the glass triangle panels are now being installed, and will combine with embedded LED lighting to bring the building to life with colored light after dark.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

The new venue will provide space for additional festival offerings that won't depend on Florida weather, which is also subdividable into two distinct sections.

CommuniCore Hall construction - October 9 2023

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

CommuniCore Hall will also be home to an indoor Mickey and Friends character meet and greet.

The surrounding CommuniCore Plaza will feature a garden with space to view entertainment from a covered performance stage and seating for nearby festival food and drink kiosks.

CommiuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza

World Celebration will open to guests in late 2023, but it remains unclear if CommuniCore Hall will be ready at the same time.

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Epcot81Fan6 minutes ago

Speaks volumes about your taste, standards, and imagination of what Disney can create today. Enjoy it! #lowbar

Sir_Cliff1 hour ago

When you put it that way, it does sound rather remarkable! Conversation piece landscaping, perhaps?

Epcot81Fan1 hour ago

If you think vaginal planters are absolutely remarkable, god bless.

Sir_Cliff1 hour ago

Then what would have counted as an amazing, creative change when designing an area that can serve for rest and decompression but also provide some space for booths or possibly other things during festivals? If you think anything short of the architectural equivalent of a unicorn dancing into a starburst is not creative enough for that kind of space, I don't think you would have liked the original EPCOT Center which had a very contemporary 1980s vibe.

Epcot81Fan1 hour ago

Personally, I like amazing, creative change and hate terrible change. This is all terrible change.

Sir_Cliff1 hour ago

This is basically how I feel, and I am one of those who gets annoyed when fonts don't look exactly period appropriate! I know the little details matter in terms of theme parks, but this one seems like a "pick your battles" case. It's fine, serves a purpose, and more or less fades into the background. Must say I am mystified to see people nostalgic for the horrible central spine shade structure. Complaining about this and lamenting that being torn down that suggests an aversion to change more than anything.

pelham3041 hour ago

So sad. I am sad I feel underwhelmed

Chef idea Mickey`=1 hour ago

Look's like Telletubbies 🌱🤣 Kind of ironic the first thing they did was remove the canopy and now the last thing is install the canopy. 😶 Seeing that flex space behind walls I couldn't imagine what they'd do there.. Looks like it's back to some sort of playground area as maybe before it was.