What are the three new neighborhoods in EPCOT?

As part of the transformation, Epcot's Future World will be no more, replaced with three new neighborhoods: World Celebration, World Nature, and World Discovery. These neighborhoods will pair with World Showcase, which will continue to exist in its original 1982 through present-day form.



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EPCOT parking lot names 2023. EPCOT will have new parking lot names beginning this week, divided into Earth and Space. On the Space side, the sections will be Wall-E, Eve, Rocket and Gamora. On the Earth side, Moana, Heihei, Crush and Dory.

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Did you know that the last pavilion to enter the EPCOT World Showcase in Walt Disney World was Norway back in 1988? That's right; it has been 35 years since a new pavilion has joined the 11 countries featured in EPCOT's centerpiece attraction!

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2023 marks the end of its transformation with Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana, opening Oct. 16. World Celebration will also be completed in December with a new statue of Walt Disney in an area called Dreamers Point and a new exhibition space called CommuniCore Hall.

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Journey of Water is a new attraction — the first ever inspired by Moana — which officially opened in EPCOT's World Nature on October 16th, 2023! The attraction is a walkthrough trail where guests can “play with magical, living water” in an immersive way.

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In a post from Disney Imagineer Zach Riddley, he writes that “with the transformation now well under way” they have decided to close the EPCOT Experience and “make way for exciting new activities of the Odyssey pavilion to create a great experience for our guests.”

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Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana is scheduled to open October 16, 2023 within World Nature—the EPCOT neighborhood dedicated to understanding and preserving the beauty and balance of the natural world.

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Yesterland: Wonders of Life at Epcot. A golden dome houses Wonders of Life, Presented by MetLife. It's not an attraction in the traditional sense.

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The closing of the 30-year-old ride — which Princess Diana visited in 1993 — follows years of calls for change because it features several characters from Disney's 1946 film Song of the South, which featured racist stereotypes.

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Disney intended EPCOT to be a real city, and it was planned to feature commercial, residential, industrial and recreational centers, connected by a mass multimodal transportation system, that would, he said, Never cease to be a living blueprint of the future.

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Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana – New! Explore the wonders of water along a lush trail that's fun for all ages—based on the Disney animated film Moana.

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Ultimately, the answer to the question, “should you skip Epcot?” is ABSOLUTELY NOT as of 2023. Navigating the sea of construction walls isn't really as bad as it might seem–and while it'll be a lovely environment once finished, there aren't any rides you'll miss in that Giant Epcot Dirt Pit.

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Greece: 2023 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival.

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Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex in 1971, followed by Epcot (1982), Disney's Hollywood Studios (known then as Disney-MGM Studios) (1989), and Disney's Animal Kingdom (1998).

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In clockwise order, the eleven pavilions include: Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, United Stated, Japan, Morocco, France, United Kingdom and Canada. Of the eleven pavilions, Norway and Morocco were not present at the park's opening, and were added later after park opening.

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