Digital tip boards come to EPCOT

Oct 05, 2021 in "EPCOT"

Posted: Tuesday October 5, 2021 8:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Following on from the other three Walt Disney World theme parks, EPCOT now has a number of digital tip boards located around the park.

The temporary looking screens are in place at World Showcase Plaza, near Coral Reef and Nemo, between the United Kingdom pavilion and International Gateway, and near to Test Track.

It would seem likely that these screens will be later replaced with more permanent installation with appropriately themed enclosures as we have seen at the other parks.

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TouchdownFeb 12, 2022

You can see/hear one at Universal too, Kings Cross has a board like that.

TikibirdLandFeb 12, 2022

Now, THAT would be cool themed to the 60's mechanical Flip/Flap displays. I LOVE to hear them as they update. JFK Aiport TWA Hotel restored one and it's fascinating to watch.

James AlucobondFeb 11, 2022

They match the kiosks and guest relations podia in this section of the park. These are all coordinated and look vastly superior to the oddly shaped blue-and-silver capsule kiosks they'd been using for years before.

BocabearFeb 11, 2022

"Themed" to a vending machine? I mean, i get it, it is great to have information boards, but the execution is joyless... All the style of an airport arrivals board...LOL Though having these is very helpful and necessary...

James AlucobondFeb 11, 2022

While I agree that the experience is poor, I don't think it's even "worth it" until you get Connections open since you'd otherwise still be funneling people down very narrow paths with all of the space required around the building for equipment and machinery. It just makes way more sense to keep the entire active construction zone connected and gradually retreat to the west instead of turning Connections into an island.

castlecake2.0Feb 11, 2022

Oh sorry I misread. Yes it really is amazing they still haven’t got a central pathway installed yet. Not a great first impression.

aladdin2007Feb 11, 2022

I understand, I wasn't really referring to the signs but as a whole in general, and the central pathway etc, as mentioned in the comment quoted.

castlecake2.0Feb 11, 2022

Those were temporary and been replaced with permanent themed signs

aladdin2007Feb 10, 2022

because they have no idea what they are doing with this park other than destroying all heart, theme, and common sense. Im going to borrow a word from marni, I think this is the one he uses; "idiots"...I like to use "neanderthals" but probably about the same.

raymusiccityFeb 10, 2022

I wonder who's in charge of unplugging it at closing time!

LiraelFeb 10, 2022

My first thought reading the title was "Disney made boards for me to give it even more money? Man, USA tipping culture keeps getting weirder every year." In my defense, I am a foreigner. I'm happy with these boards, I'm actually surprised they didn't do this earlier, since Universal has had them for a while and it shouldn't be hard to create.

vikescaperJan 28, 2022

They should have put the EPCOT logo on the bottom of these instead of SSE.

Centauri Space StationJan 28, 2022

Because the 90s ended 23 years ago