PHOTOS - Epcot's new central spine design revealed in new concept art

Aug 23, 2019 in "EPCOT"

Epcot new central spine concept art
Posted: Friday August 23, 2019 3:05am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has revealed concept art for the new central spine redevelopment of Epcot - which will see major changes to the center of the park in what is currently Future World.

Future World as we know it will be gone, and will be replaced with three “neighborhoods” - World Nature, World Discovery and World Celebration.

At the center, Innoventions West will be completely removed, and in its place will be a new meet and greet building to replace Character Spot, a large multi-level festival center complete with rooftop bar and lounge, and a walk-through garden area with an elaborate water feature called 'Journey of Water Inspired by Moana.'

On the other side, the existing eastern buildings will remain, but with extensive remodeling, and will become home to a quick service restaurant, an expanded Mouse Gear, the relocated Starbucks and Club Cool, and a couple of smaller Food and Beverage offerings including the much-talked about Beer Garden.

As you can see from the artwork, the new central area to be much more landscape heavy with trees and gardens replacing much of the existing concrete. Winding pathways will replace the main central guest corridor.

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Chef idea Mickey`=9 days ago

Absolutely! I just meant if they were to put just one on each side like the trees! These talls were really representative of Florida's Best!

osian9 days ago

Woah, symmetry. Can't be having that now can we, things looking all balanced and erm, harmonious.

ToTBellHop9 days ago

HauntedPirate9 days ago

wdwmagic9 days ago

Barricades are up today preventing guests from tripping over the sections of plastic that are curling up at the corners.

Cmdr_Crimson9 days ago

Looked good In the early years..

Chef idea Mickey`=9 days ago

Isn't it funny I now went back to Epcot for the first time since the walls in 2023 and seeing the center the lights and colors appeared to be functioning!🫠 could be temporarily

Chef idea Mickey`=9 days ago

no not at all, no trees is more Epcot! Palm Trees are fine but unnecessary either!

Cmdr_Crimson10 days ago

Even the Simpsons house is more lit up than poopers point..

ToTBellHop10 days ago

Cold front coming Saturday. So we get 4 days.

WorldExplorer10 days ago

Disstevefan110 days ago

Working..... Until the next rainstorm :mad:

Incomudro10 days ago

I'm happily surprised, and happy if my comments about them never fixing this remain wrong comments.

tparris10 days ago

Fully synced.