Epcot®
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Epcot News
17th Epcot Flower & Garden Festival Shifts Dates Earlier Than Ev... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The 17th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival kicks off March 3 - earlier than ever - and continues for 75 days through May 16, 2010, with bold strokes of seasonal color and brand-new topiary whimsy. Last year's festival began March 18; now Walt Disney World guests get a head start on the gardening season as they explore exhibits and activities geared toward discovery and outdoor fun.
Even before spring has sprung, Donald Duck and hi...
Walt Disney World Epcot Debuts Sum of All Thrills This past October, 14, 2009 Wednesday, Walt Disney World opened up a new attraction in Epcot called "Sum of All Thrills".
The new attraction, which is located in the Innoventions Pavilion, is a roller coaster simulator ride. Each guest is able to program their own ride into the robotic arm. It is the first ride in the Innoventions Plaza.
"Our aim is to show kids how math and engineering make the things they c...
The Walt Disney Company and Environmental Tectonics Corporation ... The Walt Disney World Resort and Environmental Tectonics Corporation have ended a five year long legal battle.
Environmental Tectonics Corporation, the designers of the 2003 " Mission:Space " attraction, had filed a lawsuit against the Disney Company stating that they were owed money on their work and that Disney had leaked design information to another corporation.
However, the Disney Com...
Hurricane Exhibit Opens at Walt Disney World's Epcot A while back, Magical Mountain reported that Disney was going to be housing a hurricane simulator in Epcot, which was to teach people how to be better prepared in the situation as well as being used as an educational tool. The exhibit opened up on Tuesday morning, August 26th, 2008 to Meteorologists and emergency management experts.
Later in the afternoon, the exhibit was opened to the public. Guests get to experience the hurricane in a "4-D" environme...
New Ultra-Interactive Attraction at Epcot Immerses Walt Disney W... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Epcot guests at Walt Disney World Resort will be treated to a brand new, highly interactive attraction inspired by Disney Channel's Emmy Award-winning animated series, Disney's Kim Possible. The new experience is slated to premiere in late 2008.
Using the latest technology, Disney's Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure invites guests of all ages to become secret agents, teaming up with members of Team Possible to save the world from various comical...
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Epcot® Overview
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® History
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
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 here.
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
- Sabah Habas Mustapha - Jalan Kopo
- Uttara-Kuru - Our Life
- Hevia - Busindre Reel
- Hevia - Gaviotes
- Cusco - Tula
- Uttara-Kuru- Falling Through A Cloud
Epcot® Trivia
- 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
- 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
For more photos from Epcot® please visit our Epcot photos page by
clicking here.
Epcot Reviews
| 6/29/2005 |
Reviewer:
Zack Smith, Franktown, CO, USAEven 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 ,USAEPCOT 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 |
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The Disney Expert, St. Louis, MO, USAEpcot 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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