EPCOT
TOURING
- Attraction Seating
Photo Gallery - Basic Services
- Calendar of Events
- Character Meet and
Greet FAQ - Epcot with Kids I
- Epcot with Kids II
- Extra Magic Hours
- Fast Facts
- FastPass+
- Kennels
- News
- Operating Hours
- Overlooked
Attractions - Refurbishments and Closings
- Restaurant Photo Gallery
- Ride Restrictions
- Smoking Policy
- Special Needs Travelers
- Ticket FAQ
AT A GLANCE...
FUTURE WORLD
- Character Spot
- Club Cool
- Innoventions
- Journey into
Imagination - Mission: Space
- Spaceship Earth
- Test Track
- -- Cool Wash
- The Seas w/Nemo & Friends
- The Land
--Soarin' Around the World Guardians of the Galaxy
Inspired Attraction - 2021
WORLD SHOWCASE
- Phineas & Ferb:
Agent P's
World Showcase
Adventure
- Kidcot Fun Spots
- Mexico
- Norway
-- Frozen Ever After - China
- Germany
- Italy
- American Adventure
- Japan
- Morocco
- France
--Ratatouille - 2021
- United Kingdom
- Canada
ENTERTAINMENT
- Eat to the Beat Concerts
- Garden Rocks Concerts
- IllumiNations:
Reflections of Earth - IllumiNations Boat
Cruises - Innoventions Fountains
- Live Entertainment
- -- British Revolution, UK
- -- Guardians of the Galaxy Live - Summer 2018
- -- The JAMMitors
SPECIAL EVENTS
HOLIDAYS
OTHER WALT DISNEY WORLD
THEME PARKS
OTHER DISNEY THEME
PARKS
Epcot

Future World is open from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
World
Showcase is open
11 a.m to 9 p.m.
IllumiNations
Most Nights at 9 p.m.
Time may be later during Epcot's Food and Wine Festival and Holidays Around the World.
Epcot Extra Magic Hours
To all who come to this place of joy, hope and friendship, welcome.
Epcot Center is inspired by Walt Disney's creative genius. Here, human
achievements are celebrated through imagination, the wonders of enterprise,
and concepts of a future that promises new and exciting benefits for
all.
May Epcot Center entertain, inform and inspire. And, above all, may
it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape
a world that offers hope to people everywhere.
(Dedication Plaque)
On October 1, 1979 ground broke for the second Theme Park at Walt Disney World. Three years and $1.4 billion later, on October 1, 1982, Epcot Center opened at the Walt Disney World resort. The new Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow was connected via monorail to the familiar Magic Kingdom theme park.
It was Walt's Dream to have a self-contained city reside here... unfortunately he passed away before it could be built. The Walt Disney Company created a theme park which incorporated Walt's love for World's Fairs and the promise of the future!
Epcot has come along way since the early days.
OVERVIEW
Welcome to Epcot, a theme park design to both entertain and educate. Epcot is twice the size of the Magic Kingdom, so be prepared to walk. You really won't be able to see it all in one day, so if that's all the time you have, plan carefully.
The 9,000 space parking lot rarely fills. Trams take you to the main entrance of Epcot where you enter the turnstiles and find yourself right in front of Spaceship Earth.
Epcot is made up of Future World and World Showcase. Future World is where you can experience the past and future of technology advancements. World Showcase highlights the art, architecture and culture of the countries that surround the World Showcase Lagoon.
Epcot is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Most of Future World remains open until 7 p.m.; World Showcase opens at 11 a.m. and remains open until 9 p.m. IllumiNations is shown nightly, at closing, around the World Showcase Lagoon. On busy holidays (4th of July, Christmas, Easter) Epcot may remain open until 10 p.m. or later.
Ever wonder what EPCOT stands for? The official answer is Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Epcot visitors and cast members have other answers: Every Person Comes Out Tired, Employee Paychecks Come Out Tuesday, and so on.
What's New?
Epcot's International Flower and Garden Festival - February 28 - May 28, 2018
Mission: Space opened August 13, 2017 with an updated Orange Mission and a new Green Mission! - Announced at 2017 D23Expo
What's Coming - Near Future?
Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival - August 30 - November
Guardians of the Galaxy LIVE - American Gardens Theatre - Summer 2018
New Art Exhibition Coming to Epcot's American Adventure - Summer 2018
Brand New China Film -- Announced 7/15/17 at the D23 Expo, the next generation digital camera has been invited to provide a seamless circle vision show to the China pavillion. Debut date unknown.
Distant Future
Guardians of the Galaxy will be built in the same area as Universerve of Energy, Universe of Energy CLOSES August 13, 2017! Tentative opening date 2021 - Announced at 2017 D23Expo
Ratatouille attraction (like Disneyland Paris) will be built in a new area of the France pavillion. Tentative opening date 2021 - Announced at 2017 D23Expo
Unnamed "SPACE" Restaurant - Announced at 2017 D23Expo - The restaurant will invite guests to travel into space for amazing dining experiences in the stars. Opening Date Unknown
What's Going Going GONE?
Festival of the Arts - January and February, 2018
Universe of Energy Closed August 17, 2017 to make way for new Guardians of the Galaxy attraction.