Space 220 has resumed construction at EPCOT recently, and we have a look at some newly installed futuristic lighting elements and courtyard landscaping.

Space 220, as you might remember, is slated to be an out-of-this-world dining experience next to Mission: SPACE. The general concept of the restaurant is that guests take a space elevator up to the International Space Station as guests experience “The Height of Dining”.

There have been a couple of pieces of concept art put out for the Space 220 Restaurant. The first, and perhaps most popular, is of the dining space. This piece of concept art shows a couple of interesting things, including tiered dining (like Coral Reef), and an out-of-this-world window into space. This window will be comprised of screens, or perhaps projections, that will simulate the vastness of space as guests orbit above the Earth. The idea of this restaurant plays nicely with the very close neighbor in Mission: SPACE.

Building a bit on the idea of a space elevator, we can see the Space 220 Restaurant and space elevator included in the Epcot overhaul concept art. Not only does the “wire” seem to be reaching towards the sky, we can make out what looks like the elevator chamber traveling up to the International Space Station.

Ok, back to today. We dropped by EPCOT to check out the new entrance fountain work and then made our way into the World Discovery (Future World East) portion of the park.

While we can’t see inside the restaurant to know how far along the work is there, we noticed that there is new courtyard landscaping and there are new, futuristic lighting elements in place.

First, here’s a look at the courtyard from a couple of weeks ago as seen from Test Track.

Here’s a look at the courtyard as of today, with futuristic lighting elements installed.

The design language is consistent with other futuristic lighting found within the Future World section of EPCOT.

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