The Magic Kingdom Park recently received a whole-new Fantasyland. Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is in the middle of the biggest expansion in the park's (short) history. An expansion of legendary proportions is expected to be coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Those are definitely great news, but one of the four Disney Parks continues to be neglected to this day. We are talking about the most awe-inspiring of the four, Epcot.

While no major, show-stopping expansion is expected to take place in this park, some important developments are taking shape behind the scenes, away from the eyes of Guests and fans. This evening, we will discuss about Soarin's third theater, the new Frozen attraction, backstage safety additions that could ruin sight-lines, and other miscellaneous news that we are sure you will find very interesting. Let's start with the minor news, shall we?





BACKSTAGE SAFETY

As most of you will know, new safety railings are quickly being installed on the roof of all the buildings located withing the Walt Disney World Resort. While these are definitely essential, they may pose a problem, as some of them are clearly visible from Guest areas. One of the most obvious examples would be the Mexico showbuilding, which is clearly visible from the bridge connecting Future World to World Showcase. Fortunately, most of the other buildings are out of sight...





Could we see some more permanent railings in the near future? We feel like asking this question should be normal in a themed environment like the Walt Disney World Resort. Thousands of hours were spent in the past forty years to make sure that a consistent attention to details might be maintained property-wide, and we definitely hope that the vision has not suddenly changed. Sure, safety always comes first, but we are also convinced that Disney can do better than this.





LIVING WITH THE LAND UPDATES

major changes have been noticed around The Land pavilion, with more to come in the next few weeks. In one of our past updates, we also revealed in detail some of the improvements coming to the Living with the Land boat ride. Today we have some more updates:



- Work on the roof of the boat storage continues. It will not have an impact on the Guest experience.

- The sliding doors separating the dark ride portion of the attraction from the greenhouses are not back yet, but are expected to be operational before the end of the year. Of course, delays may occur.

- A new water feature has been added in the Tropics greenhouse (the first section), and it looks great.

- Remember seeing the Cast Member "hiding" in a corner of the ride and monitoring cameras (and waving at you)? Make sure to say goodbye to them, as they are expected to move in the next few weeks in a backstage location (next to the Circle of Life theater). They will still monitor the greenhouses, mind you.



As we reported a few weeks ago,have been noticed around The Land pavilion, with more to come in the next few weeks. In, we also revealed in detail some of the improvements coming to theboat ride. Today we have some more updates:- Work on the roof of the boat storage continues. It will not have an impact on the Guest experience.- The sliding doors separating the dark ride portion of the attraction from the greenhouses are not back yet, but are expected to be operational before the end of the year. Of course, delays may occur.- A new water feature has been added in the Tropics greenhouse (the first section), and it looks great.- Remember seeing the Cast Member "hiding" in a corner of the ride and monitoring cameras (and waving at you)? Make sure to say goodbye to them, as they are expected to move in the next few weeks in a backstage location (next to thetheater). They will still monitor the greenhouses, mind you.