Epcot Update - Mouse Gears Changes & More (Part 1)

It has been a while since we've visited our all-time favorite theme park, Epcot, therefore we found a lot of new work, refurbishments and additions that are really worth reporting. Let's take a look together, shall we?

We'll start with a view of Spaceship Earth from outside the park:

NEW! - New posters have showed up on the front of the ticket booths:

Nice, new logo:

NEW! - As of today, they're no longer testing the new entrance system (CLICK HERE to learn more):

Will they install it on every park? Did it work? I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens:

Work continues on the broken "Leave a Legacy" stone:

The park is great during the Flower & Garden Festival

It's the enormous Spaceship Earth!:

Mickey and Friends having a picnic:



For many more 2011 Flower & Garden Festival pictures, please CLICK HERE!

Continuing our tour of the park, we find the great Fountain of Nations:

No news on what will replace the "Slapstick Studios", inside INNOVENTIONS WEST:

NEW! - Going to the East side, we find that there have been some changes to Mouse Gear, recently:

Other than the new carpet and layout, they've also installed new directional signs and a new map of this huge store (I think it was really needed for all the guests that didn't know where to find a certain item::

The new map:

A higher-resolution version for you to look at:

Some of the new directional signs:

A general look inside the store:

A lot of Pirates of the Caribbean merchandise:

The new carpet has finally been installed in the whole store:

Exiting the store:

Some fantastic flowers:

Watering them:

That is all for part 1 of this update! Make sure that you see also PART 2, by clicking on the link. Thanks a lot for viewing!

Epcot Update - Mouse Gears Changes & More (Part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of this new Epcot update. We'll continue where we left on PART 1.

The sand sculpture of the "African Cats" movie is constantly changing, due to the fact that when it rains (even though it hasn't been raining a lot), of course the sand particles get "disjointed", therefore they have to start over, or at least adjust the parts that "melted". Here's how it looks right now (it has not rained yesterday):

Coming next: The Chimpanzee's movie:

NEW! - Mater has finally been added as a topiary, just at the main entrance of World Showcase:

Lightning McQueen is still there:

In the U.K. pavilion:

NEW! - We assisted to the very first performance of the new band, "The English Channel", which has replaced the famous "British Invasion":

To view more photos and a full-length video of the new show, please CLICK HERE!

In the French Pavilion:

NEW! - Impressions de France has been completely digitalized, making the film look much, much better! The images are really great, and while the movie is still the same one, it surely looks more contemporary:

Aladdin, in Morocco:

The Japanese pavilion:

The "Inferno" barge (the one that releases the huge fire, during "Illuminations: Reflection of Earth") is under refurbishment:

The Globe is always present, though:

Flower Power is almost ending:

More covered seats added near the new pizzeria:

The new pizza window is still open, and while it is slated to close again in May, we really hope that it will remain open for good! It's great to finally have a quick (and good) self-service in  Italy. It is one of the few pavilions in World Showcase (along with Canada) that doesn't have a smaller quick service restaurant:

The Ziti sisters:

It's the first time that we find here in the U.S. the Italian counterpart of Mickey Mouse!:

Repaving in pre progress near the Germany pavilion:

NEW! - A new stand for the Biergarten restaurant:

The boring African pavilion (if it wasn't for Andrew Mutiso, there would be no need to come here):

The newly-refurbished Chinese store:

(CLICK HERE for a lot of photos of the new Chinese Store, which reopened just recently)

Work is underway on the smaller, outdoor shop on the side of the Chinese Store:

Work has begun on the new Brazilian pavilion, coming in 2013 (read the official announcement HERE):

Just joking. There's NO construction on any new pavilion right now, but maybe, in the future...

Anyway, we'll and this update with a panoramic photo of one of the best-looking gardens of Epcot:

And that's about it. Please, make sure to view also PART 1 of this update.

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