Tag: D23

Major Multi-Year Overhaul for Epcot!

by socalthemeparkwizard, posted in Uncategorized
Epcot Transformation Concept Art

Lots of brand new details of Epcot’s transformation were confirmed today at D23 and I am going to break it all down right here in this article.

New Festival Center

Festival Center Concept Art

Part of the transformation of Epcot includes a brand new three story festival center and nighttime spectacular viewing area. Personally, I think this looks fantastic and will be a great addition to the park and add some lovely greenery and open spaces to the park. This coupled with the addition of the Moana water gardens will be amazing to walk through.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Guardians of the Galaxy Concept Art

It was revealed that Epcot will be home to a Xandarian Outpost that will home to the Guardians of the Galaxy. In Cosmic Rewind riders will be able to experience the first ever reverse launch in a Disney coaster! This will be a story telling coaster in which each car will rotate to show you all the show scenes as you travel throughout the ride.

World Showcase

A few new things are coming to the World Showcase. A new CircleVision film will be coming to the Canada Pavilion. Ratatouille Remy’s Adventure will be coming to the France Pavilion as well as a new crepery.

Remy’s Concept Art

A new Mary Poppins “Highly Immersive” ride will be coming to the U.K Pavilion in time for Disney World’s 50th Anniversary.

New Epcot Neighborhoods

At the end of the presentation it was announced that Epcot will be rezoned into four distinct neighborhoods that better suit the new theme and direction that the park is going in. Also Spaceship Earth will go through an extensive refurb that will change every single scene except the Industrial Revolution. Lastly, the restaurant next to Mission Space will be called Space 220.

So what do you guys think of all the Epcot announcements? Comment your thoughts below! Also if you would like to subscribe or leave a donation it really helps out this blog so thank you very much!

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Disneyland’s Tomorrowland French Fry Rocks Coming Down!

by socalthemeparkwizard, posted in Uncategorized

Finally! Those of you who have been following my Youtube channel and Twitter for a while know that I have been waiting for this moment to happen for months! It was heavily rumored months ago that as part of Project Stardust that the massive French Fry rocks would be coming down at the entrance to Tomorrowland.

Then it was pushed back until sometime after Galaxy’s Edge opened because of expected crowds that never showed up. Now it is almost Fall and the project is under construction in full force. It is actually a two part project, one part deals with lowering the curbs on the East side of the hub, and the other part deals with bringing the rocks down. Below is a current view of what it looks like inside the construction walls.

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Tomorrowland marquee is gone and to the left the rocks are ready to be demolished. All images courtesy of MiceChat.
, Disneyland Update: Pumpkins, Crowds & Bees Buzz Into Disneyland
Image courtesy of Micechat

Here are some photos of the curb lowering portion of the project and again all images are courtesy of fellow blog Micechat.

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, Disneyland Update: Pumpkins, Crowds & Bees Buzz Into Disneyland

I am very excited to see this project finally happen. It will take a couple months for both sides of the rocks to come down, but when they do we will have a grand wide open entrance to Tomorrowland. It is unclear if the Tomorrowland marquee is coming back in its current form or not, but I would personally like to see an arched version like the one at Walt Disney World come to our Tomorrowland.

This project along with rumors heating up of a complete Tomorrowland revamp (potentially to be announced this weekend at D23) have me super excited that we could be getting a brand new Tomorrowland within the next few years possibly beginning constrcution as early as next year! If you would like to hear the latest Disneylan rumor update regarding the future of Tomorrowland click here!

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That’s it for today’s Disneyland update, what do you think of the curb and rocks projects? Are you excited for a potential new Tomrrowland? What would you put in a new Tomorrowland? Comment your thoughts below!