PHOTOS - Aerial views of the EPCOT central spine demolition

Nov 13, 2020 in "EPCOT"

EPCOT Future World core demolition - November 13 2020
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.

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.

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

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


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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Cmdr_Crimson1 day ago

V_L_Raptor1 day ago

Remember, folks… The magic of possibility is it’s cheap!

Epcot81Fan1 day ago

The standards just keep getting lower and the sheep keep paying more - it’s sad to witness.

Cmdr_Crimson1 day ago

Now that is "Future of Possibilities!"

Chef idea Mickey`=1 day ago

You would think going from future world to just world this world would help a ton, actually no.!

Tha Realest1 day ago

https://attractionsmagazine.com/epcot-transformation-complete/#

DreamfinderGuy5 days ago

Nah that's not what's happening at all. These fixes are being done just by regular maintenance people.

V_L_Raptor5 days ago

Maybe. Part of me wonders if "lighting fixes" == "turning the damn things on."

ChrisFL5 days ago

What if they hired some new lighting experts and wanted them to fix the new hub lighting BUT they're still in the process of figuring it out (or waiting for parts, etc.), so while they can't yet do that, they're updating all of these old effects in the other attractions? SSE and LWTL are getting lighting fixes right now.

JenniferS12 days ago

The “countries” and “the front half”. It’s worked for our family for 40 years.

Cmdr_Crimson13 days ago

I would take out that Discovery and put Future in front of it...😉

KDM3109113 days ago

That and there is no obvious distinction between the lands. It's just a hot mess. Go back to one name for the front half and one name for World Showcase.

Chef idea Mickey`=14 days ago

It would meant if this was the caption for the entire park as a whole. Or when I see it I see World Showcase. But we all love that name.

Chef idea Mickey`=14 days ago

World Discovery and World Showcase Done!