Disney has revealed the concrete replacement for the problematic pavement lights in World Celebration Gardens at EPCOT.

Pavement Lights Removed From World Celebration

Disney blocked half of the center courtyard with planters in August. Crews began removing strips of light from the pavement soon after. A section of the previously blocked off area is now open.

Where strips of light used to be, there are now strips of white concrete with rocky flecks.

Just like the lights before them, these create a giant version of the EPCOT logo with the central planter.

Though lights in this section have been removed and replaced, the project is ongoing. A section of the gardens to the west is currently blocked off by planters.

Here’s a look at the new concrete where it meets the plastic covers of old lighting. There are various spacers placed between them in an attempt to create a more even surface.

World Celebration Gardens opened in December 2023 and problems with the in-ground lighting began immediately. Whole sections went dark or didn’t synchronize properly with the lighting on Spaceship Earth. The plastic light covers warped and cracked, leading to areas being roped-off due to the tripping hazard. Disney tried to hold the covers down with random screws.

Despite multiple attempts to restore the lighting effect, problems persisted until Disney decided to remove the lights entirely.

The lights paid homage to the light-up pavement that was removed from Future World for its World Celebration transformation. But the old lights, pictured above, were achieved with different technology and did not have the same issues.

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