Walt Disney World's Epcot Center Guide
Epcot
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The city of the future The name Epcot is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. Walt Disney originally intended Epcot to be a working city for the future. The original architectural model can be viewed on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority in the Magic Kingdom. While today that concept might seem a bit far-fetched, today's Epcot is dedicated to creating the brighter tomorrow that Walt envisioned. |
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Epcot is an "educational park." It is divided into two distinct areas, Future World and World Showcase. World Showcase is structured to showcase various international locations, especially in terms of food and/or trade goods. Don't miss the impossibly cheesy but fun Mexico ride along with the extravagant Maelstrom ride in the Norway pavilion. Future World is comprised of various 'futuristic' attractions, many sponsored by various industrial concerns. The Test Track, a recent addition in which visitors go through the motions of tests for new cars, is a probably the most fun, and the most traditionally theme-park. Recently, Epcot has added "Soarin'", an adventure where visitors hang-glide through many landscapes, and "Mission Space". Epcot may appeal more to adult visitors, but the park has made efforts to appeal to the entire family in recent years with the addition of more character greetings and "Kidcot" funstops which encourage the children to work on a craft and interact with the cast members who are representing their home countries.
Future World
Future World is the front area of the park, dedicated to technological innovation.
- Imagination! - Home of three attractions:
- "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" - 3D movie, definitely not for the faint of heart!
- ImageWorks - Interactive exhibit.
- Journey Into Imagination with Figment - A classic Disney dark ride, starring Eric Idle.
- Innoventions - A hands-on exhibition featuring the latest in technology and how it's finding its way into every aspect of our lives. (Note that it is divided into two wings: Innoventions East and Innoventions West.)
- The Land - Home of three attractions:
- Circle of Life - A movie about conservation starring the Lion King characters Simba, Puumba, and Timon.
- Living with the Land - An educational boat ride through Disney's hydroponic greenhouses and a lesson on how we can live in peace with the land.
- Soarin' - A simulated aerial flight over California, a copy of the highly popular ride at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California.
- Mission: Space - A flight simulator which simulates a journey to Mars.
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends An AZA-member aquarium, with a ride using state-of-the-art holographic technology to show characters from "Finding Nemo" with real fish, and "Turtle Talk with Crush", an interactive show featuring the sea turtle.
- Spaceship Earth - A dark ride travel through the history of communication inside Epcot's iconic geodesic sphere, narrated by Judi Dench.
- Test Track - A unique thrill ride along a vehicle test track designed to push your vehicle to its limit.
- Universe of Energy - A slow moving dinosaur experience featuring Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ellen DeGeneres.
World Showcase
World Showcase is the back area of the park with different pavilions representing countries from around the world, all themed with architecture, food, drink and culture to match. All pavilions, except the United States, have a table service restaurant and most also have a counter service restaurant. Starting from the Future World/World Showcase plaza and going clockwise around World Showcase Lagoon, the countries included are:
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I can show you the world Some of your favorite Disney characters can be met at their
respective home countries represented in World Showcase:
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- Mexico
- Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros - Join Panchito, Jose Carioca, and Donald Duck on a boat ride through Mexico's colorful past.
- Norway
- Maelstrom - Ride a Viking boat through Norway's storybook lands, and enjoy a travel film afterwards.
- China
- Reflections of China - A Circle-Vision 360 travel movie of China's most well-known sights.
- Germany
- Italy
- United States
- The American Adventure - Film and Audio-Animatronic presentation through American history.
- Japan
- Bijutsu-Kan Gallery - Changing exhibits on Japanese culture
- Morocco
- Gallery of Arts and History
- France
- Impressions de France - A travel movie through the French countryside with a classical music soundtrack.
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- O Canada! - A Circle-Vision travel movie narrated by Martin Short.
Epcot is also the only park with a back entrance. Guests who are coming in from Disney's Hollywood Studios, or who are staying at the Swan/Dolphin, Yacht/Beach Clubs, or Boardwalk, may walk or take the ferry to Epcot and enter through the International Gateway, located between the United Kingdom and France pavilions in World Showcase.
Parkwide
- Illuminations: Reflections of Earth - At park closing, enjoy this extravagant display of fireworks, lasers, fountains and electric lighting over World Showcase Lagoon.
- Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure - An interactive adventure, designed to be both entertaining and educational. Use your official "Kimmunicator" (distributed at kiosks throughout the park) to receive messages from Kim and other members of Team Possible to help with your assignment: save the world from villains in one of seven World Showcase pavilions (Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Japan, France, United Kingdom)
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