New Entrance at Epcot

Construction outside the main gated started in April 2019 and involves a new tram loop and a lot of construction work under and around the monorail station.  The photos are courtesy of Blog Mickey or WDW News Today.


In the above photos, you can see the temporary tram loop while construction is being performed on the new tram loop.



In these photos, you saw the demolition of the old tram loop.

The fountain at the front of the park is suppose to look similar to the origin fountain from when Epcot opened:

More new walkways and some new plants being installed:

With the old tram drop-off area cleared, some questioned what this space would be used for since it appears to be a vast area of concrete.  With photos (courtesy of Blog Mickey and WDW News Today and doing a before-and-after comparison), I hope to be explain or answer these questions.

Old tram loop:
(under initial construction)

In the above photos you notice all the pavement that had been broken up and removed.

(under current construction)

In the above photos, you notice that the old tram lines have been replaced with tables for security check.

So......the old tram loop of demolished to make way for a new security check point.  This is needed because currently all guests for Epcot have to go through one check point.  The problem with the "old" way is that guests that arrive via the monorail that had already gone through a security screening prior to boarding the monorail had to go through another second screening before entering Epcot.  With this new way, guests arriving via the monorail will not have to go through a second screening as they will exit the monorail ramp into the "secured" Epcot.  You can see that in the below pictures by a fence that is used to separate un-secured guests from secured guests.





Further Updates:
You may have noticed in some of the pictures that Disney is adding new greenery around the new walkways.  It appears that they a lot of sandy areas  and some are surround by grass; similar to the tree islands of sand that you see when driving in along World Drive.

As you enter Epcot, the new landscape on the left-hand side has finished its reconstruction. It now looks a lot like the concept pictures.

If you don't remember the concept photos, here they are:



Here are the updated photos (courtesy of Blog Mickey):

Here is the latest aerial photo of the park's entrance as construction starts to resume:

Yesterday, Zach Riddley, EPCOT reimagining lead Imagineer, posted on Instagram a behind-the-scenes video and more details about the prism pylons.

Mr. Riddley post:


www.instagram.com/p/CD3uU68D-YL/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again
(courtesy of Zach Riddley)