Epcot

Epcot is a theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA. It is dedicated to international culture and technological innovation. It opened on October 1, 1982, and was originally named EPCOT Center.

Timeline

• October 1 1978: Card Walker (Pres. of Walt Disney Productions) reveals plans for the theme park.
• October 1 1979: Official Groundbreaking and start of construction.
• October 1, 1982: Epcot opens with World of Motion, Spaceship Earth, The Land, Universe of Energy, CommuniCore, and most of the World Showcase
• October 1, 1983: Horizons opens
• October 1, 1984: Morocco opens
• January 2, 1986: Magic Journeys closes, to reopen at the Magic Kingdom
• January 15, 1986: The Living Seas opens
• May 26, 1986: Spaceship Earth reopens with narrator Walter Cronkite
• September 12, 1986: Captain EO starring Michael Jackson opens
• July 1, 1988: Norway opens
• July 5, 1988: Maelstrom opens at Norway
• October 19, 1989: Wonders of Life opens
• September 30, 1992: Kraft ends sponsorship of The Land
• November 1992: Nestle begins sponsorship of The Land
• September 30, 1993: General Electric ends sponsorship of Horizons
• 1994 Name changed from EPCOT Center to Epcot
• January 30, 1994: CommuniCore closes
• July 1, 1994: Innoventions opens
• July 6, 1994: Captain EO closes
• November 21, 1994: Honey, I Shrunk the Audience opens
• November 23, 1994: Spaceship Earth reopens with narrator Jeremy Irons
• January 2, 1996: World of Motion closes
• September 15, 1996: Universe of Energy reopens, now starring Ellen DeGeneres
• January, 1998: United Technologies ends sponsorship of The Living Seas
• January 9, 1999: Horizons closes
• October 1, 1999: Journey Into Imagination reopens
• March 17, 1999: Test Track opens
• June 1, 2001: MetLife ends sponsorship of Wonders of Life
• June 1, 2002: Journey Into Imagination reopens, this time with Figment
• January 1, 2003: AT&T ends sponsorship of Spaceship Earth
• October 2003: opens
• January 3, 2004: Food Rocks closes
• March 17, 2004: Exxon Mobil ends sponsorship of Universe of Energy
• May 5, 2005: Soarin' opens at The Land Pavilion