Massive lighting towers added in World Celebration at EPCOT

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CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

Posted: Monday June 19, 2023 10:33am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Six large lighting towers have been added to the CommuniCore Plaza area in World celebration at EPCOT.

CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

The lighting towers will be part of the extensive lighting system that is being installed on CommuniCore Hall. The building will be covered in LED panels, which will come to life with entertainment in the area.

CommuniCore Plaza lighting towers - June 16 2023

The angled towers contain lighting and sound systems, which you can see in this piece of conept art.

World Celebration during Food and Wine Festival

CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza are planned to open in fall 2023.

CommuniCore Plaza and CommuniCore Hall concept art

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HauntedPirate2 hours ago

“They’re tourists - whadda they know?”

lazyboy97o2 hours ago

They’re likely two separate structural systems. A joint would explain the two small fascia panels. Columns are one thing but that detail is sloppy.

Disstevefan14 hours ago

Probably some gas station hot dogs 😉

Bocabear4 hours ago

What the heck is that space even for? What is the raised circle for? If it was for performers it doesn't look like the put in of the stage essentials...or will they have to put a temporary stage at the far end? or just very small acts?

J45465 hours ago

those columns closest to the store front bother me, why are they there? I hate to nitpick haha, but with the other columns on the other side of the glass, why do they need so many?

aladdin20076 hours ago

looks like kennedy space center in so many ways

DCBaker8 hours ago

Here's a look at how columns in CommuniCore Plaza are being finished off - photos from May 4. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53699964731_015d6b73b3_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53700403945_c67fa7b97b_o.jpg

DreamfinderGuy8 hours ago

If you're talking about recently, Future World was 9 AM to 9 PM and World Showcase was 11 AM to 9 PM. Sometimes they would push it to 10 PM on peak festival days. And if you go back a little further, Future World was from 9 AM to 7 PM. They kept Journey into Imagination closing at 7 until very recently, it now closes with the rest of the park.

Den Carter10 hours ago

I love Disneyland's hours. So much more amenable to WDW. Nighttime is when the parks come alive, yet in the summer we barely get an hour or two of it. In DAK's case, not at all. Even 10pm closure for Epcot would be a big bonus.

HauntedPirate15 hours ago

I’d have to go dig through some old park maps and times guides but I thought it was FW 9a-9p and WS 11a-11p.

Sir_Cliff22 hours ago

Are the parks closing earlier now than they were in the pre-pandemic years, though? Honestly don't know, but it seemed like the earlier closing hours began before the pandemic.

MagicHappens197123 hours ago

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

Sir_Cliff1 day 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.