Russia being added to World Showcase?

[Anthony007]

Russian food would be too close to German food, IMHO. As I am Ukrainian, we have always avoided the Germany restaurants because we can go to my grandmother's and get very similar cuisine.

Africa would be nice, but there is AKL. I vote for South America (Peru, Brazil, Argentina?)

Lately I've had a hinkering for Greek food, throw in some mythology and history and a Greece Pavillion would be awesome. Might be difficult to get Greece to invest right now though....

[Buttercup]

33?

That's what I thought too, Mel! But then everyone said that there is actually a lot of space between each current pavilion that could be used. I wish I could find the thread where people were referencing some information on it.....

Edit: Okay I just did some reading online. It was supposed to have 31 countries, not 33. Still, that's a lot!

[villavic]

Edit: Okay I just did some reading online. It was supposed to have 31 countries, not 33. Still, that's a lot!

It doesn't make sense, does it? I mean, with 31 pavilions World Showcase should be a separate park, and impossible to visit in one day. Can you imagine the new Magic Your Way packages??

[Crow]

they planned for a few other countries to be added when they first opened WS. There is space for them. I heard that a few diff ones were planned for the opening of Epcot. And there have been rumors for yrs of others.

[villavic]

Maybe a bit out of topic, cause I'll mention resorts instead of pavilions, but I found interesting to mention an old book I had in my old boxes, just dusted off, it's called A Complete Edition about Walt Disney World, The Vacation Kingdom of the world.

It's a thin 20 pages book from 1969, with a message of Roy Disney. It just mention EPCOT with no detail, but what I found interesting (and about countries) is that the initial idea of resorts include 5: Polynesian, Contemporary, Persian, Asian and Venetian, with coloured pics of the models.

[SandmanGStefani24]

shouldnt this be moved to news/rumors section. there is no proof and no official news.



unfortunately...


I say bring it on!

[squad51]

Let us not forget they wanted to add Switzerland to World Showcase also. With it's own Matterhorn Bobsleds.

I want to say that video was from 1990ish. They show Port Orleans and Dixie Landings under construction. The Yacht was nearing completion and The Boardwalk was not going to be a hotel.

[NJGIRL]

We took the segway tour in October and were told that no new countries are being added any time soon. In order to add a country they must put up most of the money and at that point nothing was in the works. The last country that was on board to be added backed out. It was Spain. Some how I don't see Russia putting up money in EPCOT.

[Buttercup]

If you look at a map of world showcase or take a peek on google earth you'll see there is a ton of space between each country. I think we've grown accustomed to having a nice division and space between the countries, but maybe the original intent was to have one right after the other. Boom boom boom no space in between. My guess is that's why they approached so many countries to fill in world showcase.

[Lindsey]

We took the segway tour in October and were told that no new countries are being added any time soon. In order to add a country they must put up most of the money and at that point nothing was in the works. The last country that was on board to be added backed out. It was Spain. Some how I don't see Russia putting up money in EPCOT.

Yep! There was even a temporary Spain pavilion for a little while, (it was sometime in the early to mid 2000's). I think they had it up during the Food and Wine Festival. I guess it didn't do too well. I was living in Orlando at the time, my husband worked for Disney, so I visited the parks often. I wasn't impressed with the Spain pavilion, maybe it would be different if it wasn't a temporary one though, (at TS restaurant really helps!).

[darthmacho]

It doesn't make sense, does it? I mean, with 31 pavilions World Showcase should be a separate park, and impossible to visit in one day. Can you imagine the new Magic Your Way packages??

That's a good point. It took me two days to get through the 11 countries last summer, and I still feel like I didn't spend enough time in a few of them.

I'm still hoping for a Brazil Pavilion, because I'm really looking forward to getting a Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Bikini Wax.

[NJGIRL]

Yep! There was even a temporary Spain pavilion for a little while, (it was sometime in the early to mid 2000's). I think they had it up during the Food and Wine Festival. I guess it didn't do too well. I was living in Orlando at the time, my husband worked for Disney, so I visited the parks often. I wasn't impressed with the Spain pavilion, maybe it would be different if it wasn't a temporary one though, (at TS restaurant really helps!).

The reason there isn't a pavilion for Spain isn't because the temp one didn't do well. According to our tour guide it was because Spain began to have civil unrest and they pulled out of the deal.