Amazing New Epcot Entrance!?!

Today Zach Riddley, Walt Disney World Site Portfolio Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering, unveiled the brand new amazing and original entrance area and fountain for EPCOT. Look at it- it's beautiful!

Problem is, it's not all that original. The top photo is from the 1982 opening season era of EPCOT Center. The photo directly above and the one below are from today's ongoing transformation into a park that will celebrate Disney's Intellectual Properties from all over the world.  

Yes, it's a beautiful work! Going back to the original designs for the park is sure to please. Those Imagineers knew what they were doing and created an iconic and visionary theme park. Today's Imagineers working on the current transformation have an assignment to do that fully meets the mandate of more of the things park fans love... in the Magic Kingdom. It's not their fault.

Let's hope the next phase of this transformation truly surprises and delights in a good way!

(Photographs copyright The Walt Disney Company.)