New construction walls block most of the World Celebration to World Showcase walkway at EPCOT

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday January 31, 2024 12:34pm ET · "EPCOT"
New construction walls block most of the World Celebration to World Showcase walkway at EPCOT

A new set of construction walls has popped up in EPCOT over the last week, blocking most of the walkway between World Celebration and World Showcase.

 

The new walls extend outwards from the still-under-construction CommuniCore Plaza and are met with new walls coming from the side of the walkway from the direction of World Discovery.

Behind the walls, crews are working on replacing the concrete, which is still the old EPCOT pink color.

There will likely be more disruption in the coming months, as work will have to move further along the walkway to replace the concrete throughout the area.

At peak periods, the construction walls are creating a significant bottleneck to the new World Celebration Gardens, and the best option may be to use the Rose Walk pathway into World Nature or use the walkway alongside The Odyssey and through World Discovery.

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I have a question about the stage at the Communicore...
-How often is there going to be entertainment on that stage? All the time or just during festivals?
Now it has walls up yet AGAIN almost over the entire area to replace concrete, that they should have replaced before they took the walls down, DUH! Now they have a wall maze that guests have to navigate. I and many others are disappointed that they did not incorporate the Dancing Fountain in a new form in the gardens area. That fountain brought many happy faces from guests. They really screwed up Epcot just to put trees and concrete in! I don't think that guests surveys said that!? It looks so BLAH in that area now! And may I add that it took Disney 5 years just to do what they did! Absolutely UNEXCEPTABLE! SOMEONE else has built a new theme park in 5 years!
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Yeah, this is getting ridiculous. Epic Universe will be open before there are no more walls in Epcot....
↩ replying to yensid1967
WALLCOT. Sigh. . .
↩ replying to mikejs78
And you can't tell me that the executives don't know this is ridiculous for guests experience!?
↩ replying to yensid1967
Yup! and on TOP of that you really want to know what will suck even more.. ?
-" People are gonna be comparing AND contrasting both World Celebration with Celestial Park!

I repeat no fountains vs fountains... in a real world EPIC shows you CAN have both☆ and a splash fountain pad!!
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Why does Disney sell alcohol? We all have seen the drunken frenzies, the fights, etc. I DON'T want to believe that Disney is that low to just sell alcohol for a cheap buck while dampening other guests experience!? Maybe they should move the festivals to Disney Springs? This way the locals can enjoy it as well as guests away from the parks! They many get more attendance if it were out of the parks?
↩ replying to Chef idea Mickey`=
A splash pad called, Astronomica!
↩ replying to yensid1967
Why does Disney allow smokers to smoke on block the beautiful international gateway Parisian Bridge tunnel path? Why does the Magic Kingdom smoking section is on the beautiful Grand Floridian walking path walkway... You spend over $900.00 for one night just to be infumed by toxic air when the convenience of that walking path was for you supreme guests!
Disney Springs shouldn't have drinking at the marketplace or Town Center side.. It's societies fault for creating the whole drinking around the world motto and yet Disney doesn't care on limit per day...only exception be samples and one choice to drink regular size.. on top of biergarden...yikes! People need to learn and remoto World Showcase as traveling, eating and pastries around the world!

It isn't World Showcase's fault it's immature that someone has to do an 11 challenge what someone else just did.
↩ replying to yensid1967
I quite enjoy sitting having a beer at Epcot thanks. Not everyone is a drunken fool
↩ replying to yensid1967
A name that will roll of the tongue of 3-year olds.
↩ replying to yensid1967
Partially because it's a large part of the culture of various countries, which Disney also found when they built Disneyland Paris and tried to open without selling wine.
↩ replying to MisterPenguin
Their parents can say it, and they will be able to as well when they are 4....and the Parents are paying the bill... Can you imagine what theme parks would look like if it was decided by 3 year olds?
I’m afraid when Celestial Park opens at Epic, the blandness of World Celebration becomes all the more apparent.
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I am already feeling it...