EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (television)

EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration (television) Television show; aired on October 23, 1982. Directed by Dwight Hemion. Rainy weather fails to dampen the enthusiasm as EPCOT Center is opened. Danny Kaye is the host, looking at the history of the project from Walt’s first announcement through construction. Celebrity guests help Kaye look around the park …

Epcot Discovery Center

Epcot Discovery Center Information area at Epcot; opened on July 1, 1994, and closed on October 3, 1998. Formerly Epcot Outreach and Epcot Teacher’s Center. This was an area where guests could ask their questions about any of the subjects covered at Epcot or throughout the Walt Disney World Resort. The hosts and hostesses could …

EPCOT Magazine (television)

EPCOT Magazine (television) Series on The Disney Channel, hosted by Michael Young, with each show including several different segments on topical news and entertainment, ranging from food and fashion to travel and family relationships. A two-part episode in 1984 visited the Walt Disney Archives. The show debuted on April 18, 1983, and ran for three …

EPCOT Earth Station Film, The (film)

EPCOT Earth Station Film, The (film) An eductional look at the wonders of EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. This film was created for showing on giant screens within Earth Station, the information center neighboring Spaceship Earth.

EPCOT America! America! (television)

EPCOT America! America! (television) Show on The Disney Channel, beginning April 21, 1983, and ending August 16, 1983, originating from Epcot and featuring filmed segments of all that is best in America.

EPCOT Advanced Information System (film)

EPCOT Advanced Information System (film) Educational film about the development of the WorldKey Information System from concept to completion; released in August 1984.

EPCOT Center

EPCOT Center See EPCOT.

EPCOT Building Code

EPCOT Building Code Passed by the Reedy Creek Improvement District in 1970 to enable the construction of Walt Disney World. It was written in such a way that it required strict compliance with current building regulations included in the building codes from other governmental bodies, but it also enabled the building of castles and other …

EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (film)

EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (film) Video souvenir; released in January 1984.

EPCOT

EPCOT Acronym coined by Walt Disney in 1966 meaning Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. The park was called EPCOT Center when it opened on October 1, 1982. It was a major undertaking for Disney, costing in the neighborhood of $1 billion. Toward the end of his life, Walt Disney became interested in the problems of cities. …