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Jim Hill sent the Disney internet community into frenzy yesterday by reporting a rumor that Epcot may get that Russian pavilion we have been hearing about for so many years.

…based on what WDI insiders have been telling me since just before Christmas — the Russia pavilion is now back up on WDI’s active projects board. It’s actually one of the projects that managers mention these days whenever they interview would-be WDI recruits. Saying things like ” … we’re going to need to hire lots of new artists to help design Epcot’s new Russia pavilion.”

This is one of those classics that ranks right up there with Beastly Kingdom, Time Racers, and a villains themed park or land.  It gets circulated every so often, because there is so much information out there about the original plans.  It seems whenever we get a look at really interesting but never used plans, we sort of wish it to happen year after year.  But this appears to be well beyond the wishful thinking of Disney World lovers.

What I like about a plan like this is that it does not include the dismantling or changing of a current attraction, which has been the case in nearly all of the recent developments at Epcot.  This is a true addition and that alone makes it exciting.  Will this be the way Imagineers get to add an e-ticket to the World Showcase?  Only time will tell.