Epcot Opening Video

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Top 10 Disney World Rides/Attractions

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Epcot Commercial, Circa 1988

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Candlelight Processional Returns to Epcot

The Candlelight Processional will return to Epcot November 26 through December 30, 2010. Joined by a mass choir and 50-piece live orchestra, this immensely popular holiday tradition will take place at America Gardens Theatre nightly at 5 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:15 PM.

Below are scheduled celebrity narrators (subject to change without notice):

November 26-28, 2010 – Isabella Rossellini
November 29 – December 1, 2010 – TBA
December 2-4, 2010 – Corbin Bernsen
December 5-6, 2010 – Susan Lucci
December 7-9, 2010 - Jodi Benson
December 10-11, 2010 – Whoopi Goldberg
December 12-15, 2010 – Steven Curtis Chapman
December 16-18, 2010 – Thomas Gibson
December 19-21, 2010 – Trace Adkins
December 22-23, 2010 – Brad Garrett
December 24-27, 2010 – Edward James Olmos
December 28-30, 2010 – Marlee Matlin/Jack Jason

Note: Performances are included with Epcot admission, and guests are advised to arrive early.

For more information about the Epcot Candlelight Processional, visit www.disneyworld.com/holidays.

“Captain EO” to Return to Epcot This Summer

Walt Disney World Resort has announced that “Captain EO,” the classic musical spectacular and thrilling space-fantasy adventure that ran at Epcot from 1986-94, will return to the theme park July 2, 2010. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, “Captain EO” was a 17-minute, 3-D film that starred the Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston. The colorful Disney-created characters in “Captain EO” included Hooter, Fuzzball, the Geex (which had two shaggy heads named Idy and Ody), Major Domo and Minor Domo. “Captain EO” will be presented multiple times daily at the Imagination Pavilion at Epcot, replacing “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience,” which is planned to return at an undetermined date.

Epcot Computer Central Dedication, 1982

Comprehensive Disney World Timeline

Orlando, Florida Guide (www.orlando-florida.net), the largest online guide to Disney World and Central Florida, has launched the most comprehensive Walt Disney World timeline on the Internet. The Walt Disney World Timeline highlights the evolution of the theme park from 1964 (when Walt Disney secretly started purchasing thousands of acres of land for his “Florida Project”) to 2010.

Orlando, Florida Guide’s Walt Disney World Timeline at www.orlando-florida.net takes readers on a fascinating journey through Disney World history that includes Walt Disney’s first hastily arranged press conference in 1965 detailing his plans for the project, site preparation for Disney’s Magic Kingdom, the grand opening of Disney World in 1971, the original attractions at Disney’s Magic Kingdom and the construction and grand opening of Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios (now known as Hollywood Studios), Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Blizzard Beach, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon and Downtown Disney, as well as the introduction of all new Disney attractions and resorts throughout the years.

“The comprehensive, up-to-date Walt Disney World Timeline at www.orlando-florida.net allows you to relive all of your favorite memories of the Disney theme parks throughout the years,” said Rich Weidman, editor of Orlando, Florida Guide. “We will continue to expand and revise the Walt Disney World Timeline as needed.”

To view the Walt Disney World Timeline, visit Orlando, Florida Guide at www.orlando-florida.net/disney/resources/timeline.htm.

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Disney World: A History in Videos

The Making of Disney World, 1960s

Walt Disney Goes to the New York World’s Fair, 1964

Walt Disney “Florida Project” Preview, 1966

Disney World, September 1971

Contemporary Resort Construction, 1971

Disney World Grand Opening, October 1971, Part 1

Disney World Grand Opening, October 1971, Part 2

Disney World Promo Film from 1971

Disney World Commercial, 1971

Mickey Mouse Revue, 1971

Disney World, 1974

Space Mountain Opening Ceremony, 1975

River Country, 1976

Disney World, 1979

Disney World, 1980

Epcot Center Under Construction, 1981

Epcot Grand Opening, 1982

Disney World 15th Anniversary, 1986

Pleasure Island, 1989

Disney-MGM Studios Grand Opening, 1989

Disney World Christmas Parade, 1989

Disney World, 1993

Downtown Disney, 1997

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Promo, 1998

Year of a Million Dreams, 2007

Epcot 25th Anniversary Fireworks, 2007

Disney’s Animal Kingdom 10th Anniversary, 2008

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Horizons

This Epcot Future World ride made its debut in 1983 and closed in 1999 to make way for Mission: SPACE. Although Horizons has developed somewhat of a cult following over the years, I remember it as a mediocre Future World attraction that dated very quickly.