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Walt Disney had
always envisioned building a city of the future.
He wanted to create an environment where people
could work, live and play; utilizing the newest
technological advances of the the day. He saw
an opportunity to create a new type of city;
one that avoided the problems typical of urban
areas.
When the Florida Project (as it was called)
was being developed, this new city was always
a vital component of the conceptual plans.
The city project was named the Experimental
Prototypical Community Of Tomorrow, or EPCOT
for short. Walt even had a short film produced
in 1966 in which he unveiled his plans for
the new city (the film has rarely been seen
until recently, you can view part of it the
One
Man's Dream exhibit at the Disney's Hollywood Studios).
Sadly, Walt Disney passed away a few
months later, and while the construction of
the Magic Kingdom and the rest of the Walt
Disney World Resort continued on, plans for
the construction of EPCOT were put on hold.
Over time, the Disney team realized that building
an entire city with all of its inherent complexities
was beyond their reach, particularly after
the huge financial strain that the Florida
Project put on the company. However, they still
wished to see Walt's dream become a reality,
so a new idea was born. EPCOT would be created,
but rather than being a city of tomorrow, it
would be a theme park—but unlike any
theme park that had ever been seen. Taking
inspiration from the World's Fairs of years
gone by (see the History
of the Magic Kingdom to
learn how influential the 1964-65 New York
World's Fair was on its development), EPCOT
was reconceptualized as an ongoing showcase
of
the latest technology
and the various cultures of the world's nations—basically
a permanent World's Fair.
And so EPCOT was born. The design of the park
went through many changes, but soon the new
park opened its doors to an eagerly awaiting
public, and the rest is history. |
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