EPCOT EPCOT Center Epcot by Paul Williams webmaster waltopia com EPCOT was the name Walt originally gave for the city portion of the Florida Project Disney World The theme park was NOT at the center rather to the north of EPCOT If you take a look at this map you ll see PARK located in the upper portion of the property where the Magic Kingdom is today and EPCOT the city is the flower looking shape in the middle The theme park was meant to be a revenue stream for the city a place for the residents to work and a tourist attraction EPCOT Center is what they named EPCOT when it opened in 82 It was a sort of nod to the idea that it wasn t EPCOT per se but the center of what EPCOT may become The name was switched from the EPCOT to Epcot as the acronym no longer made sense as noted in the listing