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EPCOT was intended to also be a place to live, no?
by spiritplumber 12y ago
EPCOT was intended to also be a place to live, no?
- ryanburk 12y agoEPCOT was originally going to be a place to live - a model for future urban living ideas. and going to be all of what is now disney world.[1] I don't think walt was going to live there though :-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Prototype_Community_of_Tomorrow_(concept) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Prototype_Communit...
- cpwright 12y agoCinderella's Castle in DisneyWorld was to have an apartment for Walt Disney, though he died before it was completed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Castle
- joezydeco 12y agoWalt actually lived in an apartment off Main Street during the construction and early days of Disneyland: http://www.justdisney.com/Features/Apartment.html http://www.justdisney.com/Features/Apartment.html And now Disney actually allows a random guest to stay in the Cinderella's Castle suite each night: http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/cinderella-castle-suite.htm http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/cinderella-castle-suite.htm
- djrogers 12y agoExcept that suite is in Disney WORLD, not Disneyland...
- andyzweb 12y agoEPCOT (Every Person Comes Out Tired)
- noonespecial 12y agoThey never really gave up on that: http://www.disneygoldenoak.com/ http://www.disneygoldenoak.com/ Unfortunately, instead of a futuristic urban dream, it became a "mousified" 'burb for the 1%.
- joezydeco 12y agoGolden Oak isn't really an example of Disney's EPCOT concept. A closer example is probably Celebration, Florida: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration,_Florida