Play! is a planned pavilion for
Epcot at
Walt Disney World
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. Located in
World Discovery, it was set to open in 2021, but the attraction missed its opening window without any formal announcement of a delay. In January 2023, Play! was removed from EPCOT guide maps
following over three years without the attraction being mentioned by Disney. Later that month, Disney officially announced that the attraction's concept was being reevaluated. As originally announced, Play was set to be constructed within the former
Wonders of Life
The Wonders of Life pavilion was an attraction at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Located inside a golden colored dome between Mission: SPACE (formerly Horizons) and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (formerly ...
pavilion and themed as an interactive futuristic city where guests would be able to interact with a variety of
Disney
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characters.
Overview
According to concept artwork by
Walt Disney Imagineering
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, the pavilion as originally announced was planned to contain:
*An
Animation Academy-like experience where
Edna Mode teaches guests to draw.
*Hotel Heist- An interactive game hosted by
Judy Hopps and
Nick Wilde from ''
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' or ''Zoomania'' in various regions) is a 2016 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore from a screenplay by Jared Bush an ...
''.
*An Arcade
*Monorail Mark X
*A water balloon fight video game experience with various Disney characters.
Other potential attractions included
meet and greets for
Wreck-It-Ralph,
Vanellope von Schweetz,
Joy
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,
Sadness
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and
Baymax
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.
References
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts attractions
Epcot
World Discovery
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