When EPCOT opened in 1982, the new Walt Disney World Park brought Walt Disney's vision of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow to life. When people think of EPCOT, they often envision the ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The park that Walt Disney described as his ‘Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow,’ or ‘Epcot’ for short, opened to the public 39 years ago today. After successfully running ...

Exactly three years to the day after construction started, Disney CEO Card Walker opened the gates to the bold entertainment experiment called Epcot on Oct. 1, 1982. “To all who come to this place of ...

On Oct. 1, 1982, Walt Disney World Resort invited guests to imagine what life would be like in the 21st century with the opening of EPCOT Center. This first-of-its-kind theme park focused on ...

ET celebrates EPCOT's 40th anniversary with behind-the-scenes stories and a look at the park's opening weekend in October 1982. EPCOT, the modified vision of Walt Disney's dream for an “Experimental ...

While it was meant to be an opening day attraction, this deceptively complex ride needed about four more months to make it work. In no small part it was due to its incredible opening scene: Meeting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WRTV's Ken Nelson took viewers inside Future World and World Showcase when EPCOT opened in October 1982.

I’ve seen a lot of EPCOT concept art in my day. But a new video released by Disney has some behind-the-scenes shots that I’ve never seen before, including scale models of everything from the Horizons ...

An adults-only lounge at the base of Spaceship Earth inside Disney's EPCOT park is opening next week.

Epcot's new flagship merchandise destination, ‘Creations Shop’ is said to have opened inside World Celebration earlier this month. The store celebrates the park’s past and the exciting future by using ...

Walt Disney World's Epcot under construction prior to its official opening on October 1st, 1982. November 1978: Disney World, Epcot Centre, Florida, as it was expected to look in 1982. (Photo by ...