New Disney Rewards email offers a slightly more useful opening timeframe for EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

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Views of Te Fiti in position at Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Posted: Thursday January 19, 2023 4:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Despite a lot of recent progress at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana, we still don't have an opening date beyond late 2023.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana will open Fall 2023

However, a new email sent out today to Disney Rewards members offers a slightly more useful timeline.

Under a section titled "Autumn," Journey of Water is listed as opening in fall 2023.

This fall, you won't want to miss the debut of Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT®! This new exploration trail will connect guests to
the story of our planet's water.
When: Fall 2023.

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MisterPenguin19 days ago

It's the Circle of Water!!

jah495519 days ago

and they did a smashing job

tpoly8819 days ago

I guess I’m not seeing the big picture on this attraction and I’m still caught in the Epcot of the 80-90’s world fair theme. Someone mentioned redoing the area and having a more animal kingdom theme but if that’s the case why have it there ? I’m sorry I just don’t see the fit with this attraction in Epcot. Agree just an IP squeeze. Moana does not belong in Epcot unless they were going to do a Polynesian land around it.

HauntedPirate19 days ago

ToTBellHop19 days ago

Unfortunately, to save money, they painted everything with water color paint. Then again, it’s janky like the rest of World Celebration, so perhaps we should applaud WDI for fully committing to a singular vision.

Cmdr_Crimson19 days ago

I kind of like it as more of a natural rock-like feature.... It's possible it will get some kind of winter refurb when it gets cooler out perhaps?

tparris19 days ago

Speaking of repaint, many of the rocks in the “river” section (with the jumping water across from Te Fiti) have had the paint noticeably washed off.

BagOfGroceries19 days ago

Looks like it needs a repaint.

tparris19 days ago

Quick update of the rockwork with the main logo on it from when the walkthrough opened vs today…

JayspencyNov 12, 2024

So they could turn it into an Apple store

DreamfinderGuyNov 11, 2024

Ultimately they did do an early cancellation with Glidden, that was a five year contract that they ended in four. The West building I believe they did the same since all the exhibits closed at once, including the relatively new IBM Think which was presented by their longest running sponsor. That closed so abruptly because they had plans for the West building that they were going to act on imminently, which would later be canceled.

BocabearNov 11, 2024

I disagree. It would have been a different animal.

James AlucobondNov 11, 2024

You were responding to a comment about Innoventions. Innoventions was a series of interactive exhibits with a variety of sponsors. Now, you have a series of interactive areas themed to Disney programming (the Moana IP) as you suggested. Whether or not water is involved in the exhibits is pretty much irrelevant, but you bring it up endlessly in an attempt to trivialize it for whatever reason. The loss of the building is a legitimate complaint, and we all know CommuniCore Hall is a bust, but your "it's so easy" idea for programming is essentially what happened minus the roof.

bpiperNov 11, 2024

I am surprised that those contracts with the companies were that iron clad that Disney couldn't end them early, instead of waiting years for the last one to expire while the building just got more vacant as time went by. The last few years were very bad show.... But that could be said of a lot of things there now a days. They just don't care anymore on how it looks.