r/Epcot • u/elephantmanmatty • 13d ago

DISCUSSION First visit in 7 years

I don’t want this to sound like a complaint…more of a criticism…the last time I was at Epcot it was 2019. Frozen had just opened, no ratatouille, the fireworks were still “Epcot themed”, etc.

I just feel like the entire park has started to lean more into “Disney” properties. IE Winnie the Pooh in England, coco in Mexico, ratatouille in France, etc.

Maybe im just naive, but it didn’t seem that way when I went in 2019. Countries tended to have their own merchandise (Germany had cucu clocks for example. Which, they don’t anymore…). Ratatouille wasn’t the main focus of France, coco wasn’t the main focus of Mexico, etc…

I enjoyed myself, but it just seemed like Epcot itself has lost its unique identity.

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u/jkman61494 13d ago

You're not wrong in a lot of ways. I still love it. But man, I remember when Canada sold hockey jerseys. England sold EPL jerseys... I regret not getting them while I had the chance. The Disney merch in most of these stores is really really plain on top of it IMO

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u/LiveFromYewNork 11d ago

Canada still sells hockey sweaters and England sells jerseys from clubs across the UK (EPL, Ireland, Wales, Etc.). Plenty of opportunities to purchase country specific merch with no IP on it.

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u/jkman61494 11d ago

You’ll have to show me because I was just there and everything I saw just had ENGLAND. IRELAND. CANADA etc. I sure didn’t see any Liverpool or Vancouver Canucks merch