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Walt Disney
World's Epcot Center Information
This year coming to Epcot only is one of Disney�s
greatest entertainment events! Rock out under the
stars with �Sounds Like Summer� a series of tribute
bands in concert jamming out to your favorite tunes
from U2, Bon Jovi, the Bee Gees, Janet Jackson and
much, much more! This awesome event can be found
at the World Showcase in the America Gardens Theatre
at Epcot from June 12th through July 30th!
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 E.P.C.O.T.
(Experimental Prototype Community
of Tomorrow)
is an acronym for a vision brought to the
table by Walt Disney himself back before 1970. Epcot
was originally supposed to be a futuristic utopian city
that explored conceptual ideas for human growth and development
and technological advances in energy and other facets of
human existence. This city would be home to 20,000
habitants and would include People Movers like the monorail
system in Magic Kingdom, and underground tunnels for automobiles
to promote pedestrian safety above ground. This vision
left the possibility of promoting all of these new technological
advancements very limited to the public if not for a massive
venue of display, so that idea subsided and the Epcot you
see today was thought to be the best alternative.
Since it's grand opening on October 1st,
1982, Epcot Center has done a great job in keeping up with
the times by adding a host of new attractions. Epcot
is divided into two sides. Future World, which became
the enhancement of Walt Disney's original idea is a wonderful
place where guests are given the ability to take a peek
into technological advancements in construction, computers,
and new and resourceful ideas in in-home technologies.
Future world is broken into several Pavilions which concentrate
on various topics from energy and conservatory methods to
food and agricultural management advancements.
The other half of Epcot is the World Showcase,
a large circle of pavilions dedicated to different countries
from Canada to the United Kingdom, and from China to The
American Adventure, with many more countries in between.
These pavilions offer food and beverages from their respectful
countries and all or most of the waiters and waitresses
and shop keepers are also from the countries they represent.
There are also some interesting rides amidst the pavilions
that go into greater detail on stories and folk tales in
those countries.
Feel free to take a tour through the
two halves of Epcot Center
by clicking on one of the
images below.
With all there is to see and do at Epcot
Center, there is also a lot to learn. There are all
of the advancements of future technologies, which inspire
the youth of today to be inventive for tomorrow. You
also have the bevy of cultures which come together in the
World Showcase, teaching everyone about the histories, foods,
and diversity of the countries they visit. With over
300 acres (twice the size of Magic Kingdom) Epcot Center
has plenty to offer everyone, young and old. It continues
to be an attraction dedicated to hope, imagination, and
invention; it also provides the marvels of enterprise creativity,
and ingenuity which have helped and will continue to help
shape the world, and hopefully for the better.
 IllumiNations:
Reflections of Earth
At approximately 9:00 PM every night Everyone
in Epcot makes their way over to World Showcase and gathers
around the bank of the World Showcase Lagoon, a man made
lagoon with a diameter of around 1.2 miles. This is
the location where IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
takes place. It starts with a score of wonderful and
inspiring music, followed by lights, water fountains, and
lasers all in sync with the score itself. As the show
progresses the fire works commence, lighting up the entire
bank of the lagoon with wonderful flashes of colorful light
and sound.
The current version of the show features
a Millennium based theme, telling the story of the earth
and our growth over time. The story is divided into
three parts: Chaos, Order, and Meaning. These are
19 torches around the perimeter of the lagoon, symbolizing
the first 19 centuries. At the end of the presentation,
the illuminated globe opens to reveal a 20th torch which
symbolizes the completed 20th century.
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