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EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020

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Posted: Friday November 13, 2020 12:18pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Work continues on the demolition of the EPCOT central spine, but at a much slower pace than we saw before the COVID-19 shutdown.

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020

A small crew continues to strip the interior of the eastern side, which has now largely been reduced to a shell. Aerial photos for WDWMAGIC by @cchard.

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020

On the western side, work is progressing on removing the interior of what remains standing of Innoventions.

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020

From ground level, a section of the exterior has been torn out, but the shell of the building remains.

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020

The plans for the area remain uncertain, as Disney grapples with reopening the parks amid COVID-19 and balancing expenditure. Our most recent information suggests that the plans for the eastern side, which includes the former Mouse Gear, Electric Umbrella and Innoventions remain unchanged and will go ahead with new merchandise and food & beverage lcoations. However, the western side seems much more uncertain, with Disney already suggesting that the multi level festival building has been abandoned. The fate of the still standing Communicore building remains unclear.

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Jambo Dad21 hours ago

Maybe they can replace the lady parts display with a fountain. That would be something to look at while they rip out all the in-ground LED that isn’t working.

Disstevefan11 day ago

Please don't get my hopes up.... ;)

Bocabear1 day ago

They can do whatever they want to do... They could bring water in if they wanted to... They don't want to....and that is part of the problem... They are happy with the corporate office park vibe. They don't create that we would like a fountain...and Journey Of Water is a completely different thing... It is not a replacement for a show fountain, it is a water play area... a very different thing....and they have also been saying that it is located in World Nature, not World Celebration where the non-functioning pavements lights and oddly designed planter are....

Disstevefan11 day ago

In the 5 years they played in the dirt, my hope and wish is that there is plumbing stubbed out under that ugly planter. 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

James Alucobond1 day ago

The original plans before COVID called for both.

JohnD1 day ago

I think the only way Epcot will get a fountain back is if they rip out Journey of Water right next to the central area. It's a matter of redirecting the plumbing back to a fountain. I just have a hunch they can't go both.

HMF1 day ago

I never get mine up anymore. I just get pleasently surprised when they do something right which happens as often as pigs fly these days.

saxamoophone1 day ago

Didn’t Epic Universe just rip out and replace all their lights? Hopefully reliability issues have been studied and reengineered when necessary. A “Epcot 2.0 lighting” announcement at d23 could be an easy sell if they “up” it somehow (maybe with a new light show around spaceship earth)

HauntedPirate1 day ago

tparris1 day ago

Besides removing them at this point? Can’t think of much else.

ZachPL1 day ago

my hopes were high for 24 hours

HauntedPirate1 day ago

I have a solution for the LED lights on SSE…

tparris1 day ago

Also, there’s this one light on SSE that’s almost ALWAYS stuck on, very bright. Even when all the other ones are off, this one is always on… for at least 2 years now, the majority of nights I’ve seen SSE. Seriously, for fixtures that were originally boasted about being incredibly easy to maintain and replace, they sure aren’t doing anything with that supposed ease-of-use.

tparris1 day ago

This is not an attack on this account at all, I enjoy her posts. However, unfortunately literally none of what she said is fixed was actually fixed, at all. I’m leaving the park now and everything is still in the same sad state it’s been in for years at this point. Tower lights are displaying incorrect colors, as are plenty of lights on SSE. Entrance plaza perimeter lighting is on, but sequenced incorrectly and animating backwards in some segments, not in the correct order. Photos are from tonight.