From the Disney Parks Blog and written by: Jeremy Schoolfield

As international festivals continue to become more of an integral part of the EPCOT experience, Disney Imagineers are creating new spaces that will bring these events into the heart of the park in the new World Celebration neighborhood. In several new artist concept renderings released today, you can see how the transformation of EPCOT will take shape as you walk past Spaceship Earth and begin your journey through the park.


Artist Rendering of the Continued Transformation of EPCOT

World Celebration will offer a beautiful hub divided into
several different gardens, with a central planter based on the five-ring EPCOT
logo. Filled with ample seating and shade, you’ll be invited to connect with
one another and the nature around you in this lush new area. Each of these
gardens will have their own identities, and they’ll change along with the
festivals throughout the year.

At night, the gardens will take on a whole new life, as you
can see here. They’re designed to be enjoyed in the round, where lighting
immerses you in the nighttime experience that will evolve through the seasons.

Artist Rendering of the Continued Transformation of EPCOT

This all surrounds CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza, a
multi-use facility and outdoor event space, respectively, that bring the park’s
international festivals to the center of EPCOT. CommuniCore Plaza will have the
flexibility to host intimate musical performances that extend out into the
nearby gardens, as you can see in the rendering above, as well as large-scale
concerts.

CommuniCore Hall will be a flexible exhibition and gallery
space, offering a wide variety of experiences that highlight art, live music,
food – complete with a demonstration kitchen – and more. In addition, adjacent
to CommuniCore Hall will be a new Mickey & Friends location where you can
meet some of your favorite Disney pals.

Artist Rendering of the Continued Transformation of EPCOT

This new facility, which you can see in the upper-right side
of this rendering, is inspired by the original EPCOT aesthetic apparent
throughout the park’s transformation, including the timeless triangular
geometry most prominently featured in Spaceship Earth. Even the CommuniCore name
reaches back to the origins of EPCOT while also emphasizing the park’s central
idea of community.

We’ll have much more to share on the transformation of EPCOT here on the Disney Parks Blog as the center of the park continues to develop, so be sure to keep checking back to learn more. And also head over to Instagram where Imagineer Zach Riddley @thezachriddley provides more insight into the work Walt Disney Imagineering is doing at this park we love.

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