CommuniCore Hall and Plaza

This is literally just an airport lounge. The only use for this I had was cutting through it to get to Word Showcase faster. If you want to sit down in silence, then go ahead, but I do not recommend this.

This is the building that replaced Communicore West. This is inside Disney’s EPCOT park. You have to have access to the park to get to this area. It has been under construction for the last several years while they took down the old section and built the new part. It is a large room with tall ceilings, seating areas and air conditioning. The day that I visited and saw this for the first time, I was unimpressed with the structure because it looks similar to the previous structure. It has entrances with large glass windows on both sides but it does not have any restrooms or restaurants inside. Those are both in different parts of the building and inaccessible from the large room. One exit/entrance leads you to the Mickey and Friends greeting area and the other to the stage, restrooms and eatery. Inside the ceiling is very tall (about 30 feet) with flags representing the various parts of EPCOT. They had a live show with performers singing Encanto Songs and working the crowd to get a party atmosphere going. They did a decent job of engaging people, kids and adults alike to energize the group. Overall, it is a good place to stop, cool down and recharge but nothing to write home about.

I was one of many cast members that opened Innoventions in 1994. Seeing what has become of this area is truly sad. I miss the futuristic exhibits that helped make Epcot unique from the original CommuniCore and Innoventions. Hopefully, the Imagineers could go back to the drawing board on this. It's just truly sad to see how much time and money was invested into this.

Epcot used to have a beautiful and vibrant center piece here. There were fountains and stores. Now it looks like an airport waiting area.

Is this boring? Yes! But it’s a great place to come to cool down. This would be a great place for kids with sensory or become overwhelmed with the loud sounds, colors and fast paced moving inside Epcot. It was a great place to wait on the kids and the air conditioning was as greatly appreciated!

Looks like an old airport terminal that was refurbished. I doubt Epic Universe at Universal will have anything like this. I love Disney but they are just not getting it lately.

I hate this area now. What happened to the peaceful disney music ? No just thump thump thump loud music ruining the epcot vibe. What a fail.

So after all these years the best they could come up with is a area that looks like a airport departures area. It’s a real shame they did not go through with the original concept I guess that’s Disney cost cutting on projects. The whole area is just dead space. The outdoor stage entertainment was OK. Very underwhelming.