EPCOT's Dreamers Point and World Celebration Gardens will open to guests December 5 at Walt Disney World

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Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2023 4:44pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that in celebration of Walt Disney’s birthday on December 5, guests visiting EPCOT will be able to visit Dreamers Point in the World Celebration neighborhood.

Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

The "Walt the Dreamer" statue represents Walt later in his life when he was dreaming up the overall Florida Project and the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. He sits with a sense of fulfillment, enjoying the beauty of his realized dream: a park that represents pure optimism and truly celebrates the magic of possibility.

Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

This new statue of Walt is part of World Celebration Gardens where Disney says "guests will be able to relax, unwind, and connect – to EPCOT, to nature and to each other." Each of the gardens found in the center of World Celebration, including Dreamers Point, will connect back to the areas surrounding them, drawing on the architectural legacy of EPCOT, modern lighting elements and a variety of natural textures.

World Celebration concept art

December 5 will also see the debut of the new EPCOT nighttime spectacular 'Luminous.'

Watch the video below to see Walt Disney Imagineers install the Walt the Dreamer statue in World Celebration Gardens.

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tparris1 hour ago

Yes, they are also hard and sturdy, as opposed to floppy like the old ones. They’re also very reflective.

wbostic122 hours ago

Do they look any higher quality than the old ones? I’m curious if they will be testing it tonight.

tparris3 hours ago

Here’s some photos I got a few days ago. These were taken the first day they were being installed, so there are much more installed now.

Squishy3 hours ago

Seems like blogmickey caught it. https://blogmickey.com/2024/11/epcot-in-ground-lighting-fix-world-celebration/

wbostic124 hours ago

You able to get any shots of that?

Squishy5 hours ago

New Translucent LED diffusers seem be replacing the newly installed white covers in the broken ground lighting, maybe they are fixing it after all.

HauntedPirate6 hours ago

If only they had a master of flooring working on this project…

gerarar8 hours ago

New dedication plaque has been installed at the park entrance. Source and more pics:

DreamfinderGuy23 hours ago

In better news, the perimeter fountain lights were recently repaired. The big beam into the sky should be working again soon as well

James Alucobond1 day ago

I am generally understanding, but this can't be that hard.

tparris1 day ago

Half of the central light pillars are still stuck on a bright white on the sides, and one of them is still completely off on the sides…

tparris1 day ago

None of the ribbon lighting around the entrance plaza is working correctly at this point, it’s not animating and several sections are completely broken/ incorrect colors/ delayed. Literally dozens of the points of light on SSE are constantly on when they shouldn’t be, and are blinking and flashing different colors like plane beacons. I will say that they finally fixed the fountain lights, (although the spotlight in the middle hasn’t turned on in over two years) but everything else is an utter disaster maintenance-wise at the moment. So many lighting effects broken in the main gardens too…