Post by drwadadli on Mar 9, 2018 18:17:20 GMT
The Orlando Sentinel was reporting on March 6, 2017 that the former Epcot restaurant is getting a makeover that will cement its role as a flexible-use space for the Walt Disney World theme park. Odyssey, the angular building sandwiched between the park’s Mexico pavilion and Test Track attraction, will have a wide array of ever-changing purposes as Epcot expands, says Dave Kesting, general manager of Epcot festivals.
“We’re going to be evolving Epcot pretty heavily,” he says. “We’ve already started. We’ll look at all our open venues and see what priorities we need to have for the park. So it’s going to be flex space for whatever we need it to be. It could be a restaurant one day, it could be a merchandise shop the next day, it could be character greeting — whatever we need it to be.”
The Odyssey structure, which opened with the park in 1982, is undergoing a “light remodel,” Kesting says. The result will be a more permanent solution for temporary tenants. In recent months, the space has been used for demonstrations and exhibits during the Epcot International Festival of the Arts and a craft-beer stop for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
“We’re going to be evolving Epcot pretty heavily,” he says. “We’ve already started. We’ll look at all our open venues and see what priorities we need to have for the park. So it’s going to be flex space for whatever we need it to be. It could be a restaurant one day, it could be a merchandise shop the next day, it could be character greeting — whatever we need it to be.”
The Odyssey structure, which opened with the park in 1982, is undergoing a “light remodel,” Kesting says. The result will be a more permanent solution for temporary tenants. In recent months, the space has been used for demonstrations and exhibits during the Epcot International Festival of the Arts and a craft-beer stop for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
