New Future World Bypass Walkways Confirmed to Open Soon at Epcot

    As we speculated in our November article, there will be two new Spaceship Earth/Future World bypass walkways opening soon at Epcot.

    We know that Spaceship Earth will be undergoing a refurbishment in the future, we just don’t know when it’ll happen. It’s not just the interior of the attraction that will see changes during the refurbishment either, if concept art is to be believed. When looking at the concept art below, it looks like the reverse of Spaceship Earth will also see changes as this section of Future World transforms into World Discovery.

    As a reminder, here’s what the back of Spaceship Earth looks like now.

    While the closure dates and exact details about how far-reaching the Spaceship Earth area refurbishment will be are still unknown, a couple of projects taking place right now might give us a good idea of what the arrival experience at Epcot might look like in 2020.

    Disney has confirmed that there will be two new bypasses in Future World that will take guests into Future World east or west, bypassing what is soon to be an even more expansive construction zone in early 2020.

    The first bypass is to Future World east from near the Guest Relations building. The pathway seen below will connect guests from the Spaceship Earth area to an area new Mission: SPACE and the new, temporary MouseGear location.

    The second confirmed pathway will connect guests with the area next to The Seas pavilion and the area in front of Spaceship Earth. This pathway will take guests right past the construction site for Journey of Water – Inspired by Moana.

    Disney hasn’t confirmed the exact opening date for the two bypass walkways, but we’ll keep you updated in the coming days and weeks as work continues around Epcot!

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