In this edition of the Weekly Disney Round-Up: take a tour of EPCOT’s World Celebration, Walt The Dreamer statue debuts, plus a new Storyliving Community location announced.
This is your Disney news round-up for the week of December 9, 2023.
World of Walt Tours EPCOT’s World Celebration At Night/Day: On December 5 (which happens to be Walt Disney’s birthday), EPCOT opened the new World Celebration neighborhood. The construction walls are down and the new area features plenty of gardens, green space, sculptures, and places to sit and relax.
Take a look at a daytime tour.
Take a look at a nighttime tour.
Walt The Dreamer Statue Debuts: Appropriately, on Walt Disney’s Birthday, December 5, EPCOT unveiled World Celebration and Dreamer’s Point, complete with the statue of Walt himself called “Walt The Dreamer.”
Luminous- The Symphony of Us Debuts at EPCOT: On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, EPCOT presented the world premiere of the park’s new nighttime spectacular: Luminous – The Symphony of Us.
Disney Announces Additional Storyliving Community Location: The Storyliving by Disney team has been working closely with Disney Imagineers and DMB Development to develop a vision for Asteria, a new Storyliving by Disney residential community that is being explored in the heart of North Carolina near Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.
Biggest Disney news this week: new Storyliving location or the debut of Luminous at EPCOT?