

The ongoing transformation of the theme park includes a rebranding of areas, where Future World West (the Soarin’ side) will be dubbed World Nature and Future World East (the Test Track side) will become World Discovery. “World Celebration” is the designation for the central part of Epcot’s current Future World. The round building’s multicolor lighting design will be “maintained and accentuated through new colors and intensity in programmed expressions that extended into the new main entrance fountain and the entire World Celebration area that continues to take shape before our eyes,” Riddley says. These features will shine across Spaceship Earth’s silver panels and ‘connect’ with one another, resembling shimmering stars in a nighttime sky.”

“To honor this idea, our Imagineers have created custom lighting features that literally emerge from her unique architecture. Spaceship Earth is the iconic symbol of Epcot. “Spaceship Earth is a unique structure recognized around the world,” Riddley writes. They enhance Friday’s announcement regarding the celebrations tied to Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary this year. More details have emerged about changes to Epcot’s Spaceship Earth, thanks to an Instagram post by Imagineer Zach Riddley. In EPCOTs Beacon of Magic, a new lighting system illuminates the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth and produces points of lights, connecting to one another like stars in a nighttime sky.
