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(9/13/20) France Pavilion Construction Update (MORE...)

(9/10/20) No CandleLight Processional, New Holiday Festival (MORE...)

(8/29/20) Epcot Worker Attacked By Guest Over Mask Enforcement (MORE...)

(8/25/20) France Construction Update (MORE...)

(8/24/20) Epcot - Construction Update (MORE...)

Ride Rehabs - The following information is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate.

Nothing is known to be planned at this point in time...

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General Park News - (9/9/20) In a post about Holiday entertainment coming to the Walt Disney World theme parks later this year, it was also confirmed that the annual Candlelight Processional at EPCOT will not be taking place in 2020. The annual holiday production that would normally bring in different celebrity guest hosts throughout the run of the show will be in hiatus this year.

Instead Disney will be hosting a variety of different entertainment options throughout all the parks, but at Epcot starting on Nov. 27 they will put on the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. According to the description, “Holiday kitchens will return around World Showcase promenade with favorites like American Holiday Table featuring Slow-roasted Turkey with Stuffing and Bavaria Holiday Kitchen with dishes like Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl.”

“JOYFUL!” will also be on hand in World ShowPlace “who present a journey through R&B, Gospel, contemporary and traditional Christmas and holiday music. Also, the Voices of Liberty will bring their incredible 8-part harmonies to the America Gardens Theatre stage for a special concert of favorite carols and songs of the season.”

Look for these and more details to come as the holiday season gets closer.



(8/29/20) Yet another theme park employee has been attacked by a guest after trying to enforce a face mask rule. According to this report a Walt Disney World security guard was assaulted by a man visiting with his wife and three kids, and when he was informed that the mask style they were wearing did not comply with Disney’s safety standards, they apparent left, only to return later where they encountered the same security guard. Upon the new confrontation the man began swearing and told the guard to call to “call the police”, and when he pulled out a phone to call his supervisor the guest struck him in the head and threatened to kill him. The guest was later arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery.

This is extremely unfortunate as there is no need for a physical altercation to ever take place at a theme park.



(8/17/20) MouseSteps is back with a new photo update from Epcot this time. Still lots of construction walls all around Future World, and workers spotted on the roof of the Guardians of the Galaxy and Play Pavilion structures.



(8/16/20) It may be a little thing to some, but seeing pictures of the new acrylic spires returned their place on the fountain structure just in front of Epcot’s Spaceship Earth ride gave me some joy. The light see-through spires that would light up at night I believe were removed from the park’s entrance plaza back around the time that the Millennium Celebration decor was put into place, that saw a giant Mickey arm holding a magic wand placed over the top of Spaceship Earth. Seeing the spires return gives me a feeling of completion once more, as it is nice to see something that has been missing for so long has finally returned to where it belongs. You can see a good group of pictures of the new spires posted to Attractions Magazine this week.

In other Epcot news, Attractions also reports that a teaser poster for some kind of “Monorail Mark X” attraction “Arriving at EPCOT in 2021” can be found in a new book called, “The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky”. The book celebrates the history of the Disney monorail and seems to tease that this “Monorail Mark X” was to be some kind of attraction inside of the mysterious “Play!” pavilion. Of course, at this point the future of the entire Play pavilion concept may be in jeopardy as well due to the pandemic and resulting cutbacks.



(7/29/20) Orlando Experience has posted a new trip report from Epcot showing off what things are currently like in the park, along with a look at the 2020 Food & Wine Festival in addition to current COVID-19 crowd levels and safety procedures. There are also quick looks at the areas under construction (like the new Guardians of the Galaxy attraction), France, the new Smokehouse at the American Pavilion and more.

Given how empty the park is, you would never guess that this was shot in the middle of the summer.



Early 2020 - Space 220 Restaurant - (1/25/20) According to a post at WDWInfo, the new Space 220 restaurant at Epcot is rumored to be planning to open the doors (or rather...airlock?) to the first paying guests on March 30, 2020. So if you have a trip planned around then, keep your eyes glued to Disney’s restaurant reservation system.



(12/4/19) Disney released a new piece of artwork showing off the interior of the Space Elevator you’ll ride in, taking up from the surface of the Earth to the Space 220 restaurant, set to open sometime this winter.



2020 - Regal Eagle Smokehouse - (1/9/20) The Disney Parks Blog has confirmed that Sam the Eagle from The Muppets will serve as the mascot and inspration for the new Regal Eagle Smokehouse coming to Epcot at the America Pavilion. The Regal Eagle Smokehouse will be the site for “Sam’s CEntennial Cook-Off: A Salute to All Cook-Offs but Mostly Barbecue”. You gotta love it when Muppets show up in unexpected places at Disney. Even better, Sam will be incorporated into new exclusive merchandise for the Regal Eagle Smokehouse.



Close-up of demolished Illuminations globe sent in by an anonymous source pic.twitter.com/Iu3cFstuQM — Mickey Views (@MickeyViews) October 6, 2019

By 2021 - Guardians of the Galaxy - (2/9/20) Still a bit of work to do, but some good pictures of the front of the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Epcot were posted to Twitter by our friends at Behind the Thrills this weekend.



Aerial look at Guardians of the Galaxy and Play Pavilion. pic.twitter.com/M6zjRDpcjG — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) December 8, 2019

BREAKING: First Section of Track Installed for Guardians of the Galaxy Roller Coaster at Epcot



Read more: https://t.co/ee5oe4KYT3 pic.twitter.com/6j1dSltd4p — BlogMickey.com (@Blog_Mickey) November 28, 2018

Epcots Guardians of the Galaxy attraction will feature a "Storytelling Coaster" ride vehicle! Find out more: https://t.co/Ue64Zh0wiL pic.twitter.com/mM4LT5OJ88 — Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) November 15, 2018

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Coaster Track Pieces arrive on site #epcot

Also exterior ride building fascade are starting to be put in place. PHOTOS courtesy of

Brayden at Mickey Views. Here's a link to his channel video . https://t.co/ZOVMDUInbD#GuardiansOfTheGalaxy #wdw pic.twitter.com/aRglsm7mYb — ??Themepark Thrills?? & Dinosaurs (@ThemparkT) November 1, 2018

Aerial view of the Guardians of the Galaxy show building. Some tall beams on the connection to the former Universe of Energy. Also a tall triangular frame that seems to be for theming.



Note also a new support building rising backstage. pic.twitter.com/JbpCacs6hU — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) October 12, 2018

Opposing views of Guardians of the Galaxy building frame. Seen from parking, and aerial yesterday. pic.twitter.com/XflyTzc1Ns — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) July 7, 2018

Aerial view of the Guardians of the Galaxy show building frame so far in Epcot. Currently spans about 1/4 of the foundation. pic.twitter.com/Z8lmenKENx — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) June 23, 2018

Aerial view of 3 projects. Repainting of former Wonders of Life. Guardians of the Galaxy frame. And top right, recent tree clearing along monorail. pic.twitter.com/y7J0W3aGeR — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) June 10, 2018

Aerial view of the Guardians of the Galaxy site at Epcot today, and view from Monorail yesterday. pic.twitter.com/jCinaKdkX8 — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) April 20, 2018

2020 - Awesome Planet, Canada Far and Wide, Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along and DuckTales World Showcase Adventure - (12/4/19) Disney announced updates on some other attractions and improvements coming to Epcot in 2020. A new “Disney’s DuckTales World Showcase Adventure” is coming to Epcot where you’ll join the characters in a search for treasure. Using the Play Disney Parks mobile app you’ll discover exotic destinations, solve mysteries and maybe confront a few villains along the way in this interactive scavenger hunt.



Three new film updates are also launching in the park on Jan. 17, 2020.



Awesome Planet will launch at The Land pavilion, showing off Earth’s beauty in a 10-minute film.



Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along will launch in the France pavilion, running in rotation with the existing Impressions de France film, which will upgraded to 4K projection.



Canada Far and Wide, an all new Circle-Vision 360 film will launch inside the Canada pavilion as an update to the previous “O Canada!” film, with all new scenes and narration by Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy.



2020 - Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure / France Pavilion Expansion - (9/13/20) MouseSteps dropped into Epcot this week to check out the latest projects under construction, with a ton of pictures looking over the expansion of the France pavilion in World Showcase.



(8/25/20) A new construction update from Epcot, focused on what’s going on at the France pavilion area, including the new Ratatouille Adventure ride, has been posted to MouseSteps this week.



(3/29/20) It has been noted that the new Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure attraction has been added to the WDW digital maps and according to a tweet from Behind the Thrills, you can start making FP reservations for June 1st and beyond. Of course, this may be just wishful thinking that this point. While I believe the parks will be reopen by then, the shutdown may delay the opening date, unless WDI still has a crew in there finishing up all the final testing right now. We’ve been told Disney shut down their construction projects, but at this point I’d be fairly confident “construction” on the ride itself is likely finished, with mostly just finishing touch work needed around the expansion, as well as final “test & adjust” and Op’s training for the ride itself.



(2/15/20) One of our Screamscape source took a flight on the Disney Skyliner and sent in some great photos of the new Ratatouille attraction area and ride building set to open later this year behind the France pavilion at Epcot.



Aerial view of the Ratatouille ride show building, with green exterior going up.



Also seen is the Disney Skyliner Epcot station, roof almost done. pic.twitter.com/8vOHFbGW8Q — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) August 31, 2018

New Disney survey is testing names for Epcot's Ratatouille ride: pic.twitter.com/M1fZs7vfR4 — Len Testa (@LenTesta) August 17, 2018

Aerial views of the Ratatouille Ride construction in Epcot. Watch as a span is placed, only 2 minutes elapsed between the frames. pic.twitter.com/ccoEk83ynf — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) June 23, 2018

Aerial view of Ratatouille ride at Epcot. pic.twitter.com/VBPKH1avBR — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) June 10, 2018

Steel of the Ratatouille ride show building can be seen in Epcot. pic.twitter.com/s8Txcmxy1U — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) April 19, 2018

Aerial view of the Ratatouille ride site at Epcot. Steel frame of the show building is rising. Arrow at a Disney Skyliner cable tower. pic.twitter.com/dXx3VOuVfP — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) April 20, 2018

Tower of Terror behind frame of the Ratatouille ride at dusk in Epcot. pic.twitter.com/OzEhh4aVsD — bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) April 19, 2018

???? - New China Circle-Vision Movie - Confirmed - (7/20/17) Disney confirmed at the D23 Expo that a brand new film is coming to the China pavilion in World Showcase. The new film will put some brand new technology to work with the development of a brand new digital camera system able to shoot the footage for a seamless new Circle-Vision show. No word on when this may be ready to open.

???? - Journey of Water - Announced - (8/23/19) During a preview of D23 last night Disney’s Bob Chapek announced details about another new attraction or sorts is coming to Epcot. It will be called “Journey of Water inspired by Moana” and based on the concept art, it seems more like a lush tropical landscape setting full of small waterfalls and water-jet fountains. Details are slim, and perhaps this is all there is to it, but this is just a preview of it, not the full reveal. All they did say is that guests will “interact and play with magic living water”.



???? - COCO / Mexico Pavilion - Rumor - (7/10/17) Our sources have confirmed that a new update in indeed in the planning stages for the Mexico Pavilion, where the current boat ride system will get revamped and transformed to now be themed to the new upcoming COCO animated film from Pixar, which follows the musical adventures of a young boy who crosses over into the Land of the Dead and a meeting with his family members from the other side.

???? - UK Pavilion / Mary Poppins Ride - (7/20/20) According to a report from the Orlando Business Journal Disney has put their planned renovation of Spaceship Earth on hold, along with the previously announced plans to create a new Mary Poppins attraction in Epcot’s World Showcase. This comes as no surprise as the rumor-mill has been buzzing for weeks now about how most of the previously announced Walt Disney World projects that had not already started construction would likely be put on indefinite hold, with some likely to be cancelled entirely.



(9/21/18) According to WDWNT, the UK pavilion in World Showcase is still under consideration for a ride. Earlier we had heard rumors of a possible Brave themed ride, or a Mary Poppin's themed carousel, but according to the newest rumor the ride may be some kind of Dumbo style spinning flat ride themed to Mary Poppins instead.



(8/9/17) While the rumor I had heard before involved expanding the UK pavilion to include a small Scottland themed area along with a Brave themed attraction, a new article posted here claims that the rumored expansion being planned for the UK pavilion may instead focus on building a Mary Poppins character meet & greet area themed to Cherry Tree Lane.

???? - The Living Seas / Marine Life Institute - Rumor - (11/7/18) Disney has apparently been sending out some surveys asking questions about The Living Seas pavilion at Epcot. We know there are major plans to refurbish and update much of the park so we may be looking as some early signs about what they could be planning to do with this particular attraction area. Some claim Nemo and Friends could be removed to revamp it all with an entirely original theme and concept, to possibly tie into a new dark ride to be built behind it, others say that they could be looking to link up the rumored Epcot Resort project so that a few very expensive suites would actually have windows directly into the massive aquarium itself. Others believe that they could even go so far as to remove the attraction entirely, but that seems to be the least likely scenario. From the sound of things, even Disney isn’t quiet sure what to do with it yet, thus the guest feedback surveys, so even if something happens, it sounds like it may not happen for quite awhile, while they focus on other projects within the park first.



(7/10/17) According to the latest Screamscape rumors, we can expect to see a little remodeling and several small updates take place at The Living Seas as the attraction will attempt to take on the look and theme of the Marine Life Institute attraction seen in the film, Finding Dory. Don’t expect to see a copy of Tokyo DisneySea’s new “Sea Rider” simulator attraction added in, but I’m hearing we’ll see some of the new characters introduced in Finding Dory added to the various existing attractions, and I’m betting we’ll even get to hear voice over recordings from Sigourney Weaver as you stroll around inside.

???? - Imagination Pavilion / Inside-Out Attraction - Rumor - (7/10/17) One of the big new rumors I’m hearing is that rather than waste money on trying to upgrade the old Imagination ride system one more time, instead the park may opt to close it down for good. Previous rumors suggested that the location would eventually become home to a new attraction concept themed to the film Inside-Out, but I haven’t heard any more about this lately, so we’ll have to sit on that rumor for awhile longer.

???? - India Pavilion / Jungle Book Ride - Rumor - (9/20/18) WDWNT has posted an interesting new rumor for Epcot this week, claiming that a possible new World Showcase pavilion themed to India could be in the works. Even better, it would come with a massive new E-ticket attraction that would essentially bring the technology used for Shanghai Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean to life in the US, with new a new story themed around the live action Jungle Book movie.

I like the concept... but after all these years I'm a bit hesitant to think that Disney will ever add a new country to the World Showcase after trying so many times over the years only to end up with nothing after the opening of the Norway pavilion in 1988.

2021/22 - New Spaceship Earth - On Hold - (6/21/20) The Disney Parks Blog has confirmed that Spaceship Earth’s planned refurbishment is currently on hold and that the Epcot attraction will be open for guests to enjoy when the park opens on July 15.



(2/26/20) Walt Disney World has confirmed that Spaceship Earth will close on May 26 to undergo yet another ‘reimagining’ of the ride experience. No date has been set for it to reopen, but I won’t be surprised if it stayed closed until sometime in mid to late 2021, maybe even 2022. According to the Disney Parks Blog this will be the fourth update to the attraction since it opened in 1982. While it will continue to “focus on the story of humanity” many scenes will be updated and mixed in with some brand new scenes to add to the “story about our human experience.”

One update mentioned will be to the Egypt scene which will be “transformed through the power of light” into a “new Egypt like you’ve never seen before”. Through visuals and the new narration you will “see how light plays a central role in our shared human journey, coming to life in dynamic ways in a celebration of the magic that’s possible when we all come together. ”



The Failure Of Epcot

(10/8/14) I’m going to throw this right out there first so it has time to sink in…

Epcot has Failed.

There, I said it. It is worth noting that I actually wrote most of this piece way back in July… long before it was ever confirmed that Maelstrom was going to close down to make way for a Frozen themed makeover, but for whatever reason, I just wasn't ready to finish it until now.

So what’s wrong with Epcot you ask? Historically, Epcot was Disney’s big experiment, opened in 1982 by Disney management after Walt’s death, to create a permanent World’s Fair style theme park environment, with a unique sponsorship focused business plan concept. To this day Epcot is a theme park like no other, and is often cited as the favorite park for many Walt Disney World fans.

But I tell you that Epcot has failed… or perhaps it is more accurate to say that the business model created for it has failed.



While the Magic Kingdom (and Disneyland before it) were designed to run as huge cross-promotional marketing machines, sharing and promoting the various Walt Disney Studios films, TV shows, and characters, Epcot was designed to be a different kind of beast. Inspired by the temporary World’s Fair / Expo events that took place across North America during most of the 20th century, Epcot was designed to run under a similar business model, with each pavilion being sponsored by a company, or approved along with a similar co-sponsorship deal by the world nation it represented. In the case of the later, the staff of the World Showcase pavilions are part of a Cultural Representative Program, where natives of that country agree to come work at Walt Disney World for a year at a time and represent their native homeland. Some are sponsored directly by their governments, while most use a mixture of private funding from select native corporate entities.



The business model worked at first. Each pavilion was built and later maintained through various sponsorship deals and for many years Epcot worked like a well oiled machine, with guests traveling from across the globe to visit, inspired by the messages of global unity, great technological progress, and the overall concept of “If you can dream it, you can do it.” It wasn’t until the 90’s when the first signs of trouble started, and the problem only got worse as we crossed through the waves of financial and political turmoil of early 21s century.



Like many deep set problems, the first signs of change started to bubble up from the core… CommuniCore. In the early 90’s, it became clear that the now decade old futuristic technology on display within CommuniCore was starting to show it’s age.

The huge costs of a full pavilion sponsorship made it difficult for many early technology companies to justify the cost to buy their way into Epcot, so the old CommuniCore was removed to make way for Innoventions, a midway of small sponsorship opportunities that could be changed out as quickly as needed. Innoventions had the right idea at heart, but the cheaply made temporary display areas were a turn off to many guests. The American public too had begun to wise-up and sour on the idea of having too much corporate sponsorship.



It wasn’t long before many of the Future World pavilions began to lose their sponsorships as previous deals expired and the sponsors would opt out of renewing. While the exact details of these deals are closely guarded secrets, I’ve been told that sponsorship length is typically for a 10 year term. Currently however, there are more pavilions without official sponsorship than those with, and some of the current deals are estimated to be approaching the end of their terms very soon.



- Horizons, while no longer in the park, was the first to lose a sponsor, seeing the relationship with General Electric go dark in 1993 as soon as the 10 year deal came to an end. Horizon stayed open for a time without a sponsor, closed down, only to reopen while Test Track was under construction next door, then close again for good in 1999. It was replaced by Mission: Space in 2003 which was sponsored by Compaq, who was purchased by rival HP (Hewlett Packard) before the attraction even opened. I’m actually not sure of the attraction’s current status to know if they have signed an extension of some kind, or if the terms of a new deal are actively under negotiations.



- The Wonders of Life pavilion which opened in 1989 with a sponsorship from Met Life, also lost their deal at the end of the first term. Before long it too would experience a sporadic operational schedule, opening in the busy months, before it was closed entirely in early 2007.



- Universe of Energy was sponsored by Exxon (later ExxonMoble) up through 2004, and while it hasn’t closed down, it has remained sponsor-less ever since.



- Imagination’s longtime sponsor, Kodak, ended their relationship with the attraction in 2010, and it has thus far remained open and sponsor free.



- World of Motion is one of the big success stories, as it started out with a sponsorship by GM (General Motors) who has managed to maintain their sponsorship with the attraction through the transformation into Test Track, and even through their own bankruptcy problems, renewing the deal again with the latest update to the Test Track attraction (Version 2.0) just a few years ago.



- Spaceship Earth has gone through a series of sponsors over the years (BELL, to AT&T and then Siemens in 2005) but as the icon of the park itself, it has been lucky enough to be a popular sponsorship opportunity. But the question is, will Seimens stay on beyond 2015?



- The Land has also had a number of sponsors over the years: Kraft from 82-92 and Nestle from 93 to 2009. Nestle dropped out however, and it wasn’t until 2011 when Chiquita signed a larger deal with the entire resort and cruise line, that they became the sponsor of the Living with the Land ride.



- The Living Seas opened in 1986 and was sponsored by United Technology up through 1998, but this is where things get interesting however. Unlike the other pavilions which could be closed down if Disney chose to do so, The Living Seas is inhabited by a large number of marine animals ranging from fish to dolphins to protected manatees. Closing down the pavilion was not an option as the pavilion would still have to be staffed and the animals fed and taken care of, regardless of sponsorship status. It also helped by the pavilion is home to the popular Coral Reef Restaurant, which offers underwater viewing into the main exhibit tank. Unable to find a new sponsor, Disney cut the pavilion’s budget where they could for a few years… axing the preshow film as well as closing the “Seacab” omni-mover ride in 2001 when it started to fall into disrepair.



What happened next with The Living Seas pavilion may be paving the way for the future however. Disney found themselves with a huge hit on their hands, thanks to Pixar’s Finding Nemo film hitting theaters in Summer 2003, reeling in the second highest gross for the year at $936 million world-wide. The marine life themed film was the perfect fit for The Living Seas pavilion and Disney began to experiment by adding Finding Nemo themed decorative elements to the pavilion starting in late 2003 and by late 2004 they opened the first Nemo themed attraction within, “Turtle Talk with Crush”. The mini attraction was a smash hit with guests who overwhelmed the limited capacity of the theater it was in, which led not only to it’s own expansion, but the transformation of the entire pavilion into “The Seas with Nemo & Friends” by late 2005. At this point Disney opted to go all in here, and began work transforming the attraction’s old entrance, pre-show theaters, hydrolators and the closed Seacab ride into a new Nemo themed dark ride experience that opened in early 2007.



While this was the first time that an Epcot pavilion has been entirely re-themed to tie into a Disney or Pixar animated films, this was not the first time that a Disney film has been brought to life in Epcot.. that honor would go to the 4D “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience” attraction at the Imagination pavilion that opened in 1994 and closed in 2010, with the theme of the 4D film’s “Imagination Institute” was used as the theme for the 1999 version of the revamped dark ride experience.



While Future World has thus far received most of the attention in terms of sponsorship and new attractions, the World Showcase pavilions are aging. They have been quietly getting small updates when they can get the countries to agree to help pay for them, but none seem very eager to do so anymore. The last World Showcase pavilion to be added to the park was Norway which opened in 1988 and all negotiations to design and build new country pavilions have failed since then due to disagreeable financial terms for both the building of the pavilion as well as ongoing annual operating expense payments. For example, until the government of Norway opted to step away from their deal with Disney, they were said to have paid $200,000 a year to keep the Norway pavilion running.



While Canada and China have all received new films for their show theaters, and Mexico revamped their boat ride about five years ago as well, which saw the introduction of the Three Caballeros characters to lighten the mood and bring a little more entertainment to the experience. However, their presence is said to be scaled back quite a bit from the initial proposal, as the Mexican government resigned a new deal with Disney and asked to keep more of the cultural information in the attraction intact.



Norway however, found themselves on the block as the last untouched major attraction in World Showcase, but as the government opted out several years ago and Disney found themselves sitting on top of another runaway animated hit in the form of Frozen this past year. They tested the waters with something small (Anna & Elsa character Meet & Greet in Norway) in much the same way they did with Finding Nemo at The Living Seas, and the response was huge… and now the rest is history as Maelstrom has now closed and a new large Frozen themed attraction will open in 2016.



It is with this in mind that I say that Epcot has failed… but it is fixable. The old business model isn’t working anymore as we’ve seen Disney forced to take over more and more pavilions… and this isn’t a bad thing, as otherwise I think Epcot would sit stagnant. So while there are those who are upset at Frozen coming to Norway… I’m not one of them and I’m looking forward to it. I look at it with the eyes who remember what happened over at The Living Seas and that pavilion is not only better for it, but I’m hoping we see Disney start to take more of a creative role throughout Epcot, especially in World Showcase, where it would only make sense to add a copy of the new Ratatouille dark ride that just opened at the Paris resort as a starting point, and then look how they can expand into the other World Showcase pavilions as well to breathe some new life into the park.



Because Epcot IS a great park… it just needs to evolve and grow to realize it’s true potential.

