23/01/2021
So many things to see and do in EPCOT! You could spend days exploring this gem of a Disney park. Check out these 10 fascinating facts about EPCOT and contact me when you want to check them out for yourself on your next Disney vacation.
10 Fascinating Facts About EPCOT! 🌐
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1. One Spacious Spaceship
Perhaps the most timeless of all Disney Parks icons, the geodesic globe attraction known as Spaceship Earth spans more than 165 feet in diameter.
2. Great Ways to Get Your Steps
EPCOT spans an astonishing 305 acres—that’s more than twice the size of Magic Kingdom Park! A stroll around World Showcase is about 1.3 miles in length.
3. Festivals for Every Season
At almost any time of year, there’s a festival being celebrated at EPCOT!
4. Norway with a “Frozen” Twist
The Norway pavilion is the most recent addition to World Showcase, opening back on June 3, 1988. But it wasn’t until 2016 that Anna, Elsa and friends joined the pavilion in the iconic attraction, Frozen Ever After.
5. Fastest Disney Attraction
Clocking in a thrilling 65 miles per hour, Test Track isn’t just the fastest attraction at Walt Disney World Resort. it’s the fastest attraction at any Disney theme park!
6. So Many Things to “Sea”
The Seas with Nemo & Friends is home to one of the largest inland marine environments in the world! It’s 5.7-million-gallon tank contains approximately 1,600 aquatic animals.
7. Four Decades of Figment
Since the early years of EPCOT, the dream-finding dragon known as Figment has served an assortment of roles in the park. An iconic character, Figment can still be found running wild in the Imagination! pavilion.
8. A Tale of Two Entrances
Did you know EPCOT is one of the only Disney Parks with more than one entrance? For instance, Guests of select Disney Resort hotels can ride the Disney Skyliner and enter at the International Gateway.
9. Flights of Sights and Scents
You don’t need to walk for miles around World Showcase to travel the globe! You can see—and smell—all kinds of international locales aboard Soarin’ Around the World!
10. An All-New Pixar Adventure
Coming soon, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure will give Guests of all sizes the chance to shrink down to the size of a rat and race across Gusteau’s kitchen floor!
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