So for the past week here on the podcast, I've been moving through the company bit by bit to discuss the D23 announcements and explain what they mean for the future of Disney.

There's been a lot to unpack and explore.

Last week we did an episode on Animal Kingdom, then an episode on the Magic Kingdom, then Hollywood Studios, and before that, we took a look at the company as a whole to discuss how waning investor confidence would place pressure on different aspects of the entire Disney organization.

Today we have an episode on what's coming to Epcot. Since 2019, Epcot is the park which has had the most work done on it, a complete redo

of future world, along with Moana's Journey of Water Ratatoui, and not one, but surprisingly,

two nighttime shows on the lagoon. So for D23, Epcot was the park with the fewest announcements.

The other three parks received at least one new, deeply themed area each.

The announcements for Epcot are smaller.

So on this episode, I will also discuss some of the non-Epcott announcements for the Disney World Resort as a whole.

But even in this, we have a lot of things to explore, including one significant project that

is now almost certainly happening, but wasn't discussed at all at the D23 event.

So once more, if you're ready, let's go.

Let's start here with some notable possible projects that were not mentioned at all. No mention of an

update to journey into imagination, even though that attraction is long overdue for an upgrade.

Even on busy days now, the attraction has only a five-minute wait. Nothing new for Figman

also no announcement of an inside-out re-themed for that pavilion.

Also, no mention of the Play Pavilion or any other plans for the old Wonders of Life Pavilion.

The last piece of news for the Play Pavilion came out from Orlando reporter Scott Guston,

who back on January 13, 2023, said,

while Disney World is reevaluating the original concept that was planned and announced for

the Play Pavilion at Epcot, I would expect more to be shared at a later date.

So right now, at least, there's no movement at the world discovery side of

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