For kicks and giggles I decided to look up Walt Disney World on Wikipedia, seeing as I’ll be headed there soon enough and I’m excited. :P
After a bit of digging around, I found some very interesting things about the origins of the now Epcot park. Turns out, Disney World was never supposed to be a set of theme parks, but was supposed to revolve around the workings of EPCOT - standing for “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow“.
More or less, this was supposed to be a utopia community Walt Disney planned for Florida. The plans were vast and very sci-fi - reminds me of The Giver in a sense… even to controlled weather, as the center and life of the community was to be enclosed like a dome. But the plans are remarkable, too, and I kind’ve wish this could be realized for today… I want to see how it would turn out. Here’s a Youtube of the original plans for EPCOT:
This is only part two of three. Part One and Part Three can be found by clicking the links I’ve provided - there was one version on Youtube that’s contained in one video, but the quality sucks pretty badly - you can barely decipher the image and sound sometimes. I embedded Part Two because that’s where the information starts - Part One is merely an ad for Disneyland that sets the tone for the rest of the video.
Please give them all a watch; they’re incredibly interesting and informative. I’d like to buy a copy of this video on the Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland DVD.
I haven’t done much else today. I saw “You Don’t Mess With The Zohan”. Pretty fabulous movie, as that’s the only word I can really use to describe it with. XD Go see it - it’s probably the best Adam Sandler film in years. :)
Also, my brother showed me this:
Party on, Wayne and Garth. :) Good to see some good old humor from great duo once again.