Overview

• Disney reopened CommuniCore Hall on October 2 with little more than tables and blank walls instead of Food & Wine Festival theming.
• Guests and bloggers describe the space as lifeless, with some likening it to a school cafeteria.
• The hall had operated as GoofyCore Hall for Cool Kid Summer and continued for a few weeks after the season ended before reverting to this basic setup.
• Culinary demonstrations that once anchored Food & Wine programming remain suspended since the COVID-19 pause and were not restored for the reopening.
• The only publicly confirmed near-term plan is a Santa meet-and-greet during EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays, with no broader long-term use announced.