EPCOT Opening Day: Walt’s Vision, Eisner’s Changes, and the Park’s Evolution (Ep. 20)

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of I Want That Too, Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey take you back to EPCOT’s grand opening on October 1, 1982. They dive deep into how EPCOT evolved from Walt Disney’s ambitious dream of a futuristic living community to the park we know today. What We Cover: Walt Disney’s original vision for EPCOT as a living, breathing city How Disney leadership navigated the project after Walt's passing How close Disney actually came to breaking ground on Walt’s original city vision – spoiler: they nearly did! The creation of Future World and World Showcase, born from two distinct Imagineer pitches EPCOT’s rocky opening day, including malfunctioning rides and a surprising merchandising misstep The pivotal role EPCOT played in Michael Eisner’s rise to power at Disney, and how his vision reshaped the park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome back to I Want That To the podcast where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:35.6	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and I am joined as always by the lovely Lauren Hersy.
0:41.4	How you doing tonight?
0:42.4	It is a fantastic night in the Hersy household.
0:45.3	How about on your end, sir?
0:47.2	Um, it's dark here.
0:49.0	Same, it's so dark.
0:51.2	And we're still, what, two weeks out from daylight savings time, so or at least a week out.
0:57.6	So, um...
0:59.6	The times they are changing.
1:01.8	It's getting closer to winter every day and I am not looking forward.
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