![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Walt Disney World, contrary to some plebeian beliefs, is not a single theme park. We’ll wait while you Google the song Hooray for the 21st Century and watch the video on YouTube. For the theme park’s grand opening broadcast the Disney company took this into consideration and had the program’s host, Danny Kaye, sing an entire song about what exactly an EPCOT is. Now it’s entirely understandable that if you’re not as painfully familiar with Walt Disney World as the author of this book and certain internet personas that the previous statement might boggle the mind a bit. What was it the center of exactly…?Īll of the Walt Disney World resort is technically EPCOT. EPCOT was an acronym standing for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow and the theme park itself was meant to be the center of this community, hence the name EPCOT Center. Epcot as it is branded today originally opened – formally in October of 1982 no less – as EPCOT Center. While true, this statement is troublesome. The Orlando Sentinel, The Chicago Sun Times, The Mesa Verde Times, Progress City USA, The EPCOT Discovery Center, Widen Your World, LOST Epcot, The Ocala Star-Banner, Intercot, The Palm Beach Post, Imaginerding, The Montreal Gazette, Horizons 1, The Pittsburg Press, Walt Dated World, The Milwaukee Journal, The Unofficial Guide, The Boca Raton News, The Telegraph, The Palm Beach Daily News, The Thinkwell Group, The Lakeland Ledger, Martins Vids, The Gainesville Sun, Eyes and Ears, The New York Times, Disney Echo, CBC News, The Daytona Beach Morning, Slate, AllEars, The Passporter, This Day in Disney History, D23, Playmotion, Central Florida Lifestyle, Mouseplanet, Imagineering Disney, The Internet Wayback Machine, The Universe of Energy Companion Site, Discussion Kingdom, The Themed Entertainment Association, The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, and the Walt Disney Company.Īs anyone remotely familiar with the park can attest, there was a 99% probability this book would begin with the following sentence:ĮPCOT Center opened on October 1, 1982, at the Walt Disney World Resort… This book would not be possible without the assistance of numerous individuals, publications, and resources. With that in mind, let us begin at the beginning, for sing-song show tunes have suggested that’s a very good place to start… As EPCOT Center proved when it opened, that can be a tricky balance to strike. Will it be informative and entertaining? We hope so. This book is for the curious minds in the world who think there might be something more. As a theme park built at the apex of the art form with nearly three decades of growth behind it since the park’s inception, Epcot stands as a fascinating and yet often entirely misunderstood monument to the human kind. This book is not for anyone of that mindset. Certainly one could take Disney’s own words on their website about the park at face value and just regard it as the place with a large golf-ball looking structure. Copyright © 2012 Epcyclopedia Press - Smashwords EditionĪ product of the sunshine state: Orange you glad it’s from FLORIDA?ĮPCOT (n) – THAT PLACE WITH THE BIG SILVER BALL.Ĭontrary to popular belief, there’s more to Epcot than just a very large silver ball.
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