CommuniCore Hall Closes to Prepare for Disney Broadway Exhibit at EPCOT

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Posted: Friday January 10, 2025 9:12am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

CommuniCore Hall at EPCOT has closed as preparations begin for the upcoming Disney Broadway exhibit set to debut during the 2025 Festival of the Arts.

CommuniCore Hall Once Upon a Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway

Crews have started work inside the space, with both entrances now covered by large promotional wraps highlighting Once Upon a Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway.

The exhibit promises to showcase iconic items from Disney stage productions, including The Lion King and Aladdin, giving guests a closer look at how these stories were adapted for Broadway. The 2025 Festival of the Arts will be the first time that Communicore Hall has been used as an exhibit space, with its use so far being limited to merchandise sales and food and beverage.

Once Upon A Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway Exhibit Concept Art

EPCOT's Festival of the Arts will take place this year from January 17 to February 24, 2025.

CommuniCore Hall Once Upon a Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway

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Yodasnuggs2 days ago

Great tip with this app, thank you!

WorldExplorer2 days ago

Not sure: on my phone it's just called WDW Food&Wine. Most of the interface is grey and the app icon is a cake slice and wine glass.

HauntedPirate2 days ago

Are you referring to the Festival of Food app?

WorldExplorer2 days ago

Have you tried the unofficial Food and Wine app? It creates a list for each festival as it comes out, includes pictures, let's you mark each item as something you want or have tried, and has a rating system so you can see what other people using the app think about each item. (It also has the handy feature of adding up how much your wishlist would cost for you.)

C33Mom2 days ago

Can anyone recommend a (non-video) source for an overview/review/recommendations for Festival of the Arts? My go to blogger hasn’t made it out there yet and I don’t want to troll through YT looking for diamonds in the rough. Having said that, if there are no written blogs, I’ll take recs on YT as the least-bad video format.

christine72573 days ago

Those were the days. The Arts festival at least still has artists working live (chalk art, live painting to music) as well as the display booths to visit, and the daily drawing classes. Food and Wine is now just the booths - granted more than other festivals -- but still a shell of its former self. (Know both have a nightly concert series so left that out of the compare)

Basil of Baker Street3 days ago

I did a wine tasting in WoL. Was always something going on.

Figments Friend3 days ago

This is unfortunate. Some Guests can truly be slobs….but Custodial should be on top of this. -

castlecake2.03 days ago

Wow the world showcase was a mess tonight, never seen so much garbage everywhere and cast just literally stepping on it and ignoring it. Epcot on festival weekends are not a great time.

monothingie5 days ago

The 2017 F&W Festival Center at the WoL Pavilion had interactive demos, exhibitors, classes, food, and entertainment. It took a dilapidated abandoned building and made it interesting. Why does everything new have to be done to the minimum ?

Fido Chuckwagon5 days ago

This appears to be a response to “The Wicked Experience” at Universal, which by all reports has been a huge success and is moving a ton of merchandise.