One project, however, that Disney fans had not heard much about since the COVID-19 outbreak derailed projects was the proposed Walt Disney statue set to be built in the new World Celebration neighborhood near Spaceship Earth.
Today, Imagineer Zach Riddley confirmed that the statue — featuring the world’s biggest dreamer — is still in the works. He wrote:
Today – on Walt Disney’s birthday – we are reminded of his legacy of hope. Walt showed us all the potential we have to dream of a better future and how important and special it is to bring that future to life. As we shared at D23 Expo last year, that dreamer’s spirit inspired us to feature a new statue of Walt as part of the new World Celebration neighborhood in EPCOT, in a location we are appropriately calling Dreamer’s Point.
Walt said, “EPCOT will always be in a state of becoming…” and it’s that spirit of potential and possibility that inspires all we are bringing to life in the transformation of EPCOT.
In celebration of today, I hope you’re encouraged to dream big and inspire others as we dream of a better future we can make a reality together.
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Although Riddley did not give an exact timeline for the construction of the new statue, which will be the first of Walt Disney in the EPCOT theme park — the famed Partners Statue is, of course, located at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park — we can hope it will be completed in time for Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2021.
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