One of the last remaining pieces of legacy signage removed from EPCOT

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Updated EPCOT Guest Relations sign and exterior - May 16 2022

Posted: Monday May 16, 2022 11:04am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The EPCOT Guest Relations sign has been removed and replaced with the new style as work continues in this area of the park.

Updated EPCOT Guest Relations sign and exterior - May 16 2022

The Guest Relations sign over the entrance was one of the last remaining legacy signs in the former Future World. Guest Relations has been temporarily relocated to the front of the park during the work.

The former Guest Relations sign which has now been removed

Elsewhere in this area work is wrapping up on the newly extended column between Guest Relations and Connections Cafe. This addition conceals a stairway for rooftop access. The tall lighting poles seen elsewhere in World Celebration and World Discovery have also been installed.

Updated EPCOT Guest Relations sign and exterior - May 16 2022

Paintwork is also nearing completion in this area, with only a small section remaining in the former blue color.

Updated EPCOT Guest Relations sign and exterior - May 16 2022

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lazyboy97o2 days ago

That depends on the issue. Disney often has their own custom or heavily modified control systems. This was why Intamin very publicly disowned California Screamin’ about 20 years ago when there was a train collision. If there’s any truth to the power washer story, there would be finger pointing on things like communication and who did what. There are variables in the relationship between the vendor and installer from being the same, to authorized installer to no formal relationship. But the installer probably wasn’t doing everything like running power and data through the site so different subcontractors hired by the GC ere possibly involved.

Brian2 days ago

Most of the time, there is either an implied or written workmanship warranty from the installer, at minimum. This is in addition to any warranty from the manufacturer of the product. But given the nature of commercial construction at this scale, there is a web of contractors, subcontractors, vendors and manufacturers to work with, which is likely part of the reason why it took so long for fixes to begin being worked on.

SplashJacket2 days ago

Which, theoretically means it’s up to the vendor to get it right

wdwmagic2 days ago

Well I think that is what they had already hoped they did. The inground system is an off-the-shelf product by a specialist vendor.

MisterPenguin2 days ago

Disney needs to solve this like they solve most of their pernicious problems: 1. Find out what company is in the forefront of LED installations. 2. Buy it.

Skibum19702 days ago

Maybe we need to hold our Magic Bands or phones close, along with a finger, to get the correct green lighting.

DreamfinderGuy2 days ago

Central spotlight will come back soon, work is actively happening on it. Worth mentioning it's different teams working on the entrance plaza and the central spine, they have contractors doing the ground lighting repairs. I would imagine part of leaving them off is just so they can sign off on the project when it's completely finished and turn it all back on then, rather than having them work irregularly/unreliably and feed into people's complaints.

tparris2 days ago

As of last night the ribbon lighting around the entrance plaza perimeter is still completely broken, fountain lighting is still good, aside from one or two lights being out. Any word on the central spotlight coming back?

DreamfinderGuy2 days ago

Wasn't able to dig up any relevant new info other than they've been on after park close every night for more testing. Sounds like work is still actively going on. Entrance plaza work is happening too, though not sure anything is noticeable yet other than the band inside the fountain working again.

tparris2 days ago

No worries. I would guess that they’re working on the show programming for them and decided to just keep them shut off until that’s done, but the fact that the ones by Communicore Hall are already having issues worries me. Although from the looks of it, it seems like the issues are computer/controller related and not actual hardware issues.