Walt Disney imagined Epcot (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) as a futuristic township where people could live, work, and play in technologically enhanced splendor. After his death in 1966, the idea changed dramatically, and Epcot opened in 1982 as a park of two halves: Future World focuses on science, technology, and the environment, while World Showcase spotlights the cultures of several nations. The pairing works because both sections are educational and appeal to curious adults and kids alike. Be warned, the park is vast, a fact that has led some to joke that its name is an acronym for “Every Person Comes Out Tired.”
Top 10 Future World Exhibits
Test Track
Test Track
Buckle up for a $60-dollar ride, created by a Disney-General Motors partnership. Riders in a six-passenger convertible car are taken through exhilarating brake tests, Scurves, and a 12-second, 65-mph (104-kmph) burst of speed. You must be at
least 40 inches (102 cm) tall to ride.
Innoventions East
Innoventions
A refrigerator that can compile a grocery list and a toilet seat with a built-in warmer are among the “smart” furnishings in the House of Innoventions exhibit. Kids like this pavilion’s Internet Zone with games such as virtual tag.
Innoventions West
Few can resist Video Games of Tomorrow, a Sega presentation that lets visitors try out next generation games. In the same pavilion, Medicine’s New Vision is an exhibit that offers video games along a medical theme.
The Living Seas
The Living Seas
Come face to face with sharks, barracudas, manatees, and more on a cinematic journey to an undersea laboratory.
There are several hands-on exhibits including a deep sea diving suit that can be tried on.
Ellen’s Energy Adventure
Ellen’s Energy Adventure
A show-and-ride focusing on themes from “fossil fuel” dinosaurs to future energy concerns
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience
Honey I Shrunk the Audience
Get ready to flinch during the Imagination Pavilion’s larger-than-life film show. Seats vibrate as you’re terrorized by giant mice. The family cat and dog, and a colossal 5-year-old also loom large before you “escape.”
Body Wars
Body Wars
Hold tight as this Wonders of Life Pavilion show “reduces” you to the size of a cell for a shake, rattle, and roll rescue mission inside a human body (40-inch/102-cm minimum height).
Mission: SPACE
Mission: SPACE
This popular thrill ride takes you on a journey to space with a crash landing on Mars. It is intense and not for anyone prone
to motion sickness, or sensitive to tight spaces, loud noises or spinning. If you don’t go on the “Mission” you can enjoy interactive games at the “Advance Training Lab”
Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth
The ride inside is nothing to write home about. But, this giant golf ball – actually a 180-ft (55-m) geosphere (above) – is an engineering marvel, made of 11,324 triangular aluminum panels that absorb the rain rather than letting it run off.
Living with the Land
Living with the Land
The best of the vast Land Pavilion’s exhibits involves a boat ride through rain forest, desert, and prairie biomes. It’s followed by a look at agricultural experiments including hydroponics and growing plants in simulated Martian soil.
Source: Orlando (DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide)
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