Disney Turning EPCOT into a Mall: Guests Question Mass Changes After 42 Years

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A group of six young adults in front of EPCOT's Spaceship Earth at nighttime at Walt Disney World Resort.

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8 Comments

  1. Danny O.

    In a couple weeks from today, I’ll be visiting Disney World. Although, I don’t know how much time I’ll be spending in the parks.

    Magic Kingdom is half-closed, as is. Epcot is just a mall (according to this article). I don’t even know what Disney has done with Hollywood Studios. And animals are being replaced with IP in Animal Kingdom.

    At least I told the people bringing me there too not waste their money on any “extras” for me. I don’t need Lightning Lanes to ride. I don’t need the sun to set, to have fun at the parks.

  2. KSG

    Sounds like a bunch of whiners wrote this.

  3. Mike

    Just put it back like it was when it opened. It was great then.

  4. Todd R Hudson

    The thing with EPCOT is that it was always supposed to be changing in certain ways like the test track and such. That never really happened. I do enjoy EPCOT today. Having said that I enjoyed it more the older way they did things.

  5. Jon

    So a whole article on one angry redit user. I am planning on visiting in 2028 after hopefully most of the construction and refurbs are done. However I wholeheartedly disagree that Epcot is a mall. My only issue is the lack of the world showcase international cast members when we went in 2022. I can’t wait to go back.

  6. Hal

    I think we need to get rid of the entire Disney management and creative stuff rather than getting rid of Tom Sawyer Island. Let’s do it!

  7. Hal

    I think we need to get rid of the entire Disney management and creative staff rather than getting rid of Tom Sawyer Island. Let’s do it!

  8. Gail Solomon

    Seven members of my family visited Epcot in January and we liked it a lot. We walked through the countries and did the Frozen ride, Figment which I have loved for years, The Land and the Globe ride. My only issue with Disneyworld is the admission costs. Disney should be affordable and let the visitors spend money buying souvenirs inside the parks.

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