The maze of construction walls STRIKES AGAIN in EPCOT!

EPCOT has a reputation for being a confusing maze of temporary construction walls because Disney has been updating and refurbishing various parts of this park for YEARS now. We finally saw a big chunk of those construction walls come down when the World Celebration Gardens opened in late 2023. Now, however, NEW construction walls have gone up, and they’re blocking one of the most popular shortcuts in the park.

Today, we noticed that new construction walls have been put up in the World Nature section of EPCOT.

The walls are blocking the shortcut that runs from World Nature to World Showcase. Here’s a look at which shortcut is now blocked on a map (please enjoy our amazing artistic skills):

For reference, we’re looking at the zoomed-in part of the EPCOT map that’s close to the Imagination pavilion. Here’s a zoomed-out map of EPCOT — the section where the shortcut is closed is right next to the Imagination pavilion, in the middle/left part of the map.

So for now, if you find yourself in World Nature and you want to go to World Showcase, you’ll need to take an alternate route! The fastest way to get there is to cut through the World Celebration gardens. Here is our beautiful map showing you that redirected path:

Of course, that path has you going right at World Showcase, which we know is controversial. You can definitely choose to go left instead (starting at the Mexico pavilion) once you arrive at the crossroads.

Several shortcuts and pathways have been closed, reopened, and closed again in EPCOT recently. For a while, one of our favorite shortcuts to get from the entrance back to World Nature was closed, but luckily that one has reopened since then!

EPCOT’s massive transformation has been years in the making, but it’s nearing completion! The World Celebration Gardens (including the Walt the Dreamer statue) are now open…

…and the new CommuniCore Hall and CommuniCore Plaza festival areas should open this year! We’re hoping that they’ll open in time to be used for the Food & Wine Festival later this summer.

Stay tuned to DFB for more updates on the latest Disney news!

Click here to read our full guide to EPCOT’s massive transformation.

What are some of your favorite shortcuts to use in Disney World? Let us know in the comments.

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