Walt Disney World is making another major change to EPCOT, and this time, the company is walking away from a feature that was supposed to help define the park’s future. After years of problems, repeated repairs, and temporary closures, Disney has begun permanently removing a major part of World Celebration’s original design. What was once promoted as an exciting addition ...

When EPCOT’s World Celebration Gardens opened in late 2023, the embedded pavement lighting was promoted as the park’s ultimate futuristic centerpiece. Designed to echo the classic EPCOT logo around the central planter, hundreds of feet of custom LED strips were built to pulse and change colors in sync with Spaceship Earth. Credit: Disney Instead, the high-tech feature quickly turned into ...

Planning a Christmas trip to Walt Disney World? A subtle schedule update on Disney’s official calendar might change how you plan your evenings at EPCOT. For the 2026 holiday season, Disney has quietly capped EPCOT’s operating hours at 9:00 p.m., cutting back on a long-standing seasonal tradition of staying open late. Credit: Disney Historically, Disney extended EPCOT’s closing time from ...

Guests walking through EPCOT’s World Celebration Gardens are facing a dangerous new obstacle. Disney has ripped out the defective in-ground LED lights behind Spaceship Earth, leaving behind open, unpaved concrete trenches across active pedestrian pathways. Credit: Michael Gray, Flickr What was designed as a futuristic, synchronized light display has collapsed into a multi-year operational headache. Now, the empty channels left ...

It’s best to bring your ID when visiting even the most magical place on Earth, as you might be denied and blocked from enjoying something with a little more kick. Credit: Disney Physical ID Still Required for Drinks, Even at Disney World Guests visiting the 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World Resort are being reminded ...

EPCOT’s Mexico Pavilion is undergoing an eye-catching transformation as painters restore the iconic Mesoamerican pyramid to its original 1982 opening-day color scheme. However, while the outside celebrates park history, significant operational changes are taking place inside Plaza de los Amigos. Credit: Reinhard Link, Flickr Bringing Back the 1982 Facade For over four decades, Central Florida’s intense heat and rain faded ...

EPCOT has never really stopped changing since it first opened, and this fall is proving to be another genuinely active stretch for the park. One of its longtime dining destinations just closed its doors for a refurbishment, and it’s far from the only thing shifting around World Showcase and World Discovery right now. Between a beloved underwater dining room going ...

Fall at Walt Disney World does not just mean Halloween taking over Magic Kingdom. It also means EPCOT finally gets a festival again. And if you have visited EPCOT during one of the rare gaps between festivals, you know how different the park feels without one. The booths are gone, World Showcase is quieter, and a big part of what ...

Construction has become a familiar sight around Walt Disney World, and guests don’t have to look far to find another project underway. From major attraction work to smaller refurbishments, Disney continues to update different corners of the resort. EPCOT’s World Showcase is no exception. Several pavilions have seen construction walls and refurbishment work appear in recent months, creating temporary changes ...

Fall is creeping closer, and that can only mean one thing for Disney World fans: the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is right around the corner. Every year, EPCOT slowly starts dropping little hints about what’s coming, and this year is no different. Details are trickling out about returning favorites, new marketplace treats, and now a brand-new addition that ...