The overhaul of EPCOT is much-needed and much-delayed (due mostly to the delays and massive investment in Shanghai Disneyland). They haven’t revealed everything they’re going to be doing, but the map they showed at D23 and the announcements were interesting:
• A new space-themed restaurant next to Mission: Space
• A new ‘mission’ at that attraction as well as a new ‘Green Team’ mission (the one that doesn’t move) that’s unique, so people who ride it don’t feel like they’re getting a lesser experience
• A new movie in China that’s the first seamless, 360 CircleVision movie
• A new Ratatouille ride in France (the one at Disneyland Paris)
• A new Guardians of the Galaxy ride of some sort in the Energy pavilion – I have serious reservations about this and really hope it’s not just a thrill ride with zero education/science
• The removal of CommuniCore / Innoventions
• The removal of the Fountain of Nations
What wasn’t announced, but was expected to be –
• A new Brazil land added to World Showcase
• An overhauled Imagination pavilion; it desperately needs some love
