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 - Rehabs and Closures
- 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
- Universe of Energy
WORLD SHOWCASE
- Phineas & Ferb:
Agent P's
World Showcase
Adventure
- Kidcot Fun Spots
- Mexico
- Norway
- China
- Germany
- Italy
- American Adventure
- Japan
- Morocco
- France
- United Kingdom
- Canada
ENTERTAINMENT
- Eat to the Beat Concerts
- Garden Rocks Concerts
- IllumiNations:
Reflections of Earth - IllumiNations Boat
Cruises - Innoventions Fountains
- Live Entertainment
- -- American Music Machine
- -- Flag Wavers of Sansepolcro
- -- Quickstep, UK
- -- British Revolution, UK
- -- The JAMMitors
- Sounds Like Summer Concert Series
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 Epcot's 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.
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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?
Norway -- Frozen Ever After replaces the Maelstrom and the Royal Summerhus houses Anna and Elsa for meet and greets - June 21, 2016
The new "Soarin' Around the World" has opened!
Summer Sounds Like Concert Series - June 5 -July 23.
Turtle Talk with Crush -While Dory has already been making appearances at Epcot's Turtle Talk with Crush, other characters from the film "Finding Dory" have been added to the interactive attraction.
Joy and Sadness from Inside Out Character Meet and Greet - Near Character Spot
Disney*Pixar Short Film Festival Replaced Captain EO
Baymax Meet and Greet added to Epcot Character Spot - across from Mickey and Friends
What's Coming?
Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival - September 14 - November 14, 2016
Holidays Around the World - November 25 - December 30, 2015
What's Going - Going - Gone...
Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival - March 2 - May 30, 2016
