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FIELD GUIDE 02 / 18

Walt Disney World · Bay Lake, Florida

EPCOT

“a permanent world's fair”

Walt's city of tomorrow grew up into a permanent world's fair — one half rockets and test tracks, the other half a lagoon ringed by eleven countries. Come for the sphere, stay for snacking around the world.

Mapped
44 experiences
Headliners
7
Queue scan
44 eligible names
Opened
October 1, 1982

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World Celebration

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Experiences in World Celebration at EPCOT
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Spaceship Earth Headliner Icon The 180-ft geosphere — a time machine from cave paintings to the internet.
GoofyCore at CommuniCore Hall Show Seasonal Goofy, at industrial scale.
Journey Into Imagination With Figment Dark ride One little spark — Figment still lives here.
Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival Show Three shorts in 4D — the theater does tricks.
ImageWorks - The "What If" Labs Play area Hands-on music, color, and imagination experiments after Figment.
Leave A Legacy Exhibit Thousands of guest portraits line the park's entrance display.
Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future Play area Historical study Interactive technology exhibits at the exit of Spaceship Earth.
JAMMitors Live music Percussionists turn everyday equipment into a rhythmic street show.

World Discovery

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Experiences in World Discovery at EPCOT
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Headliner Coaster A backwards-launching storytelling coaster in the dark.
Test Track Headliner Race track Single Rider Check day-of Design a car, then hit 65 mph on the outside loop.
Mission: SPACE Headliner Spinner Centrifuge astronaut training — orange if you dare.
Advanced Training Lab Play area Mission-control games and a space-themed indoor play lab.

World Nature

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Experiences in World Nature at EPCOT
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Soarin' Across America Headliner Show Concept art Hang-glide over America's greatest hits.
Living with the Land Boat ride A boat ride through real working greenhouses.
The Seas with Nemo & Friends Dark ride A clamobile ride into a 5.7-million-gallon aquarium.
SeaBase Aquarium Landmark The 5.7-million-gallon tank the clamobiles feed into.
Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana Landmark A walk-through water garden where the water walks too.
Awesome Planet Show Earth in ten cinematic minutes, weather effects included.
Turtle Talk With Crush Show Live improv with a sea turtle, somehow.
Bruce's Shark World Play area A shark-sized photo stop and play area inside SeaBase.

World Showcase

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Experiences in World Showcase at EPCOT
Experience Minutes Level Trend
Frozen Ever After Headliner Boat ride Arendelle by boat, inside the Norway pavilion.
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure Headliner Dark ride Single Rider Shrink to rat-size and scurry through Gusteau's.
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros Boat ride A boat drift through Mexico, inside the pyramid.
The American Adventure Show Animatronic history on a ten-story hidden stage.
Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 Show Canada in the round — 360 degrees, no corners.
Disney's DuckTales World Showcase Adventure Play area Phone-led World Showcase missions; refurbishment may limit the available experience.
House of the Whispering Willows Exhibit Chinese art and cultural exhibitions beyond the pavilion gardens.
Kidcot Fun Stops Play area Collect activity cards at all eleven World Showcase pavilions.
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Show A musical retelling in the France pavilion theater.
Impressions de France Show A panoramic film journey through France.
Reflections of China Show A Circle-Vision tour of China's landscapes and cities.
Luminous The Symphony of Us Nighttime spectacular Fireworks, fountains, and music fill World Showcase Lagoon nightly.
Command Performance Live music British rock classics performed in the United Kingdom pavilion.
Matsuriza Live music Traditional Japanese taiko drums thunder above the pavilion.
Max & Aydar Live music A lively Central Asian musical performance in World Showcase.
Rose & Crown Pub Musician Live music A pub pianist leads sing-alongs in the United Kingdom pavilion.
Sergio Show A comic juggling performance in the Italy pavilion.
Voices of Liberty Live music A cappella harmonies ring through The American Adventure rotunda.
World Showcase Lagoon Landmark Historical study Eleven nations around the water — Luminous fires over it nightly.

What makes this park itself.

EPCOT is two parks holding hands: a front half that still believes in the future — launch coasters, test tracks, astronaut centrifuges — and a back half where eleven countries share one lagoon.

World Showcase is staffed through a cultural-exchange program, so the person pouring your school bread in Norway is actually from Norway. Eating around the lagoon is the real headliner attraction.

The field map treats the lagoon as EPCOT's organizing shape, with World Celebration at the hinge and each pavilion held in its own authored position.

opened
October 1, 1982
neighborhoods
Four
the icon
Spaceship Earth
my headliners
Guardians · Test Track · Remy's