Epcot®

"To all who come to this place of joy, hope and friendship, welcome. Epcot Center is inspired by Walt Disney's creative genius. Here, human achievements are celebrated through imagination, the wonders of enterprise, and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting benefits for all. May Epcot Center entertain, inform and inspire. And, above all, may it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere." -- Card Walker

Epcot News

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Disney Worlds Fifteenth Annual Epcot International Flower & Gard...  2/11/2008 9:26 AM EST
Celebrating "Fun in the Sun," the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival is packed with new experiences for the entire family. See millions of blooms and the largest collection of Disney Topiary anywhere! Interact with top ho......  More>>

Disney's Spaceship Earth To Soft Open in December  12/3/2007 4:36 PM EST
Walt Disney Imagineering announced that the newly remodeled Spaceship Earth will be re-opening in mid-December. The classic Epcot ride had many updates, including a new soundtrack, new technology, a new story overlay and even a new narrator, Judi Den......  More>>

Article in Playboy Partially Resposible for Disney's Epcot?  10/3/2007 3:14 PM EST
When one thinks of Epcot, certain words come to mind...imagination, creativity, futuristic, Playboy...PLAYBOY??? Ok, maybe not. But, according to a new book, Realityland, written by David Koenig, Playboy had something to do with Epcot coming to frui......  More>>

Disney's 12th Annual International Food & Wine Festival Opens Fr...  9/24/2007 10:16 AM EST
It is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate during the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival presented by Vanity Fair Premium Napkins Sept. 28 through Nov. 11 at Walt Disney World Resort. Epcot guests can explore the nuances of great win......  More>>

Muppet Mobile Lab Descends Walt Disney World  8/30/2007 9:55 AM EST
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. --  "Did that Audio-Animatronics figure just ask me a question? From Now until – September 6th, 2007, guests to Epcot's Future World might be asking themselves that very question. Walt Disney......  More>>

Disney World's Epcot Canada Pavilion Film To Update  7/26/2007 9:05 AM EST
Walt Disney World's Epcot Canada pavilion will be seeing an updated film for their attraction, O Canada, very soon. The current film, made in 1982, is very outdated and will be replaced in August. The O Canada film is shown on a 360 degree scree......  More>>

Disney World's Spaceship Earth Going Back To Its Roots  7/9/2007 12:32 PM EST
Epcot Vice President Jim MacPhee announced Thursday that the 257 foot tall Mickey arm, glove, and wand logo that was attached to the Spaceship Earth Attraction in 2000 will be taken down. This is great news for many Disney purists, who felt the wa......  More>>

Disney World Epcot July News and Updates  7/9/2007 10:41 AM EST
The World Showcase at EPCOT will be changing some of the names of their restaurants soon. Some names have been released and will be changed between the fall of 2007 and fall of 2008. Italy's new premier restaurant will be Tutto Italia, and will be......  More>>

Epcot® Overview

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Epcot, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow opened in Orlando Florida on October 1, 1982. This park was designed to "entertain, inform and inspire". This showplace of technology and cultural diversity, is a blend of the educational as well as the entertaining. In planning the development of Epcot, Walt Disney said that Epcot would never be completed and would "always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems".

Epcot consists of two themed areas, Future World and World Showcase. Future World features rides, displays and attractions that focus on the world we live in today and the possiblilites of tomorrow. Around the World Showcase lagoon are the eleven countries. In the country pavilions, one might find restaurants, exhibits, attractions, and musical or dance performances, all designed to give you a taste of a different culture.

Epcot World Showcase Passport Kit

Spaceship Earth (Without Mickey Wand) Photo P...

Official Epcot Walt Disney World DVD

Epcot® History

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During the construction of Epcot® center nearly 3,000 designers and 4000 construction workers where involved in the building phase 1 of the theme park. By the end of the first year the operational cost of the park was over one billion dollars. During the design phase a 1/8th inch scale model of EPCOT covered over 1,428 sq. ft. which is larger than most homes.

Opening day at EPCOT Center was quite a large event. After all, it was only the third Disney Park opening in history. All of the Disney executives were on hand, and Card Walker, company chairman, read the dedication. On both October 1 and October 2, the Orlando Sentinal had extensive coverage of the new park, including maps, overviews, and a special color section. The actual park dedication was held on October 25, much like the Magic Kingdom in 1971, which also opened on October 1 but had its dedication on October 25.

In 1995 The Disney Company decided to change the name of EPCOT Center to just Epcot.

Epcot's 25th Anniversary

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For almost twenty-five years Epcot has entertained and inspired guests from around the world. The history of the park's development is equally entertaining, as Epcot's original plan was far different than what became a reality...continue reading about Epcot's 25th anniversary in our Disney Columns section.

Did you know that Magical Mountain is holding an Epcot 25th Anniversary Celebration on October 1st of this year? For more information head on over to the official "Epcot Thing" homepage.

Epcot Illuminations Pre-Show Music

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• Sabah Habas Mustapha - Jalan Kopo
• Uttara-Kuru - Our Life
• Hevia - Busindre Reel
• Hevia - Gaviotes
• Cusco - Tula
• Uttara-Kuru- Falling Through A Cloud

	Expedition Everest Nightime Print Mount Everest soaring high above Asia in Disney's Animal Kingdom. Remember the haunting nighttime beauty of the Forbidden Mountain all year long with this print. Print is 8x10 viewable with 11x14 matte. Printed on Kodak Professional photo paper with a dye-sublimation printer that promises the print will hold up for years of enjoyment under normal viewing conditions. Mounted on the matte with acid free photo and document tape to avoid deterioration.  More>>

Epcot® Trivia

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• The entire Disneyland Theme Park (excluding California Adventure and parking) can fit into the lagoon at Epcot.
• Spaceship Earth is the most popuplar ride in the Walt Disney World® because it is the only attraction that is right at the entrance to a park.
• Inside Spaceship Earth a little unknown fast is that Andrew Jackson is operating the Gutenberg's printing press.
• 11,324 individual panels make up the exterior shell of Spaceship Earth.
• Each pavillion in the World Showcase is exactly the same size.
• Epcot® has a small version of The Magic Kingdom's utilidoors underneath Future World.
• The American Adverutre was originally going to have Will Rogers hosting with Ben Franklin and Mark Twain.
• Morocco is the only country in Epcot's World Showcase to be sponsored by the government and not a corporation. In fact, The King of Morocco sent his royal craftsmen to lay all the tile work, carvings and paintings used in the pavilion.

Epcot® Hidden Mickeys

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• Look closley at the sleeping Monk on Spaceship Earth to locate a hidden Mickey nearby.
• In Living with the Land there is a hidden Mickey visible when you pass the laboratory. Look for colored test tube tops in a test tube spinner machine.

Epcot® Photos

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Spaceship Earth

Mission: Space

Illuminations

Test Track

Soarin' Sign

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For more photos from Epcot® please visit our Epcot photos page by clicking here.

Reviews

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6/29/2005

Reviewer: Zack Smith, Franktown, CO, USA
Even though I love all of the Disney World parks, Epcot is probably my favorite. Everything about it is great. Even though the idea of Epcot is learning, Disney does a great job of still making it fun. The big thrill rides are great too. Even though the only major rides there are Test Track, Mission Space, and Soarin, there is plenty to do. Mission Space is definately the most intense! World Showcase is also cool, especially in the evenings. All of the countries are lit up, and Illuminations is going on. That is the best firework show in Disney World!

6/28/2005

Reviewer: Marc Fumo, Philadelphia, PA ,USA
EPCOT is by far the best themepark Disney has ever created. Just the site of Spaceship Earth alone facinates me. It is Disney's greatest site to see. Mission Space was worth the wait, and EPCOT is always changing for the better. The park is beautiful with all types of flowers all over the park, plus the Leave a Legacy Pavillion as you enter the park. The park is literaly two worlds in one. World Showcase is wonderful. It truely captures the cultures of each of the countries, and the food is unbelievable! Illuminations never gets old and is the best fireworks display i have ever seen.

4/15/2005

Reviewer: The Disney Expert, St. Louis, MO, USA
Epcot is a great place because it takes all of that stuff that you learn in school and they put it all into a fun ride. There's body wars teaches about the body, mission space not only tells you about a space launch, you actually get an experience on how it is like to be in a space launch.The only problem I have with this is that some rides may not be as exciting as the ones in the other parks and people may not want to learn the stuff taught in school in an actual theme park. I don't know when but before they made Test Track and the Mission Space, I was thinking about how Epcot did not have an enough thrill rides. Well, now that they made Test Track and then, one of my favorites, Mission Space, Disney has done a pretty good job at bringing more rides that attract the people who love fast rides.

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