PHOTOS - A look at the continuing demolition work on EPCOT's central spine

Sep 28, 2020 in "EPCOT"

EPCOT Future World Electric Umbrella demolition - September 23 2020
Posted: Monday September 28, 2020 9:49am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Work is continuing on demolition at the former Electric Umbrella in EPCOT's Future World along with parts of the Mouse Gear store.

The front of the Electric Umbrella is completely gone, leaving a clear view of the back wall still complete with the sign over the top of the registers.

At Mouse Gear, a handful of workers are slowly removing parts of the structure with metal cutting torches. Although work is continuing, it is moving at a much slower pace than before the shutdown in March.

The remaining half of Innoventions West remains largely as it was, although there are sounds of work inside and the site of the demolished half.

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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…

tparris1 day ago

The amount of cracks and chips in the brand new pavement is crazy.

trainplane31 day ago

Not the lights but: