World Showcase | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-15

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot


00:02:40 1 Dedication
00:03:35 2 History
00:03:44 2.1 Experimental concept
00:06:15 2.2 Concept scrapped
00:09:20 2.3 Opening and operation as park
00:11:02 3 Areas
00:12:14 3.1 Future World
00:14:51 3.1.1 Corporate sponsorships
00:16:51 3.2 World Showcase
00:20:21 3.2.1 Proposed pavilions and unused locations
00:22:15 3.2.2 Alcohol policy
00:23:00 3.2.3 The World Showcase Adventure
00:24:18 3.2.4 IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
00:25:45 4 Annual events
00:28:17 5 Attendance
00:28:26 6 iThe Official Album of Walt Disney World EPCOT Center/i
00:28:57 6.1 Track listing
00:30:33 7 See also



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Epcot is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division. Inspired by an unrealized concept developed by Walt Disney, the park opened on October 1, 1982, as EPCOT Center, and was the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World, after the Magic Kingdom. Spanning 305 acres (123 ha), more than twice the size of the Magic Kingdom park, Epcot is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely technological innovation and international culture, and is often referred to as a "permanent world's fair".Epcot was originally conceived by Walt Disney during the early development of Walt Disney World, as an experimental planned community that would serve as a center for American innovation and urban living. Known as "EPCOT", the idea included an urban city center, residential areas, and a series of mass transportation systems that would connect the community. After Disney's death in 1966, the "EPCOT" concept was abandoned as the company had uncertainty about maintaining an operating city. In the 1970s, WED Enterprises began developing a second theme park for the resort to supplement Magic Kingdom, as that park's popularity grew. The new park maintained the idea of showcasing modern innovation through avant-garde edutainment attractions, as well as the addition of a world nations exposition. The newly-designed park, featuring two sections—Future World and World Showcase—opened as EPCOT Center in 1982. In 1994, the park was renamed to "Epcot," dropping the acronym and "Center" from the name. 
In 2018, Epcot hosted 12.444 million guests, ranking it as the fourth-most-visited theme park in North America and the seventh-most-visited theme park in the world. The park is represented by Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere.