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The '''Walt Disney Company''' was founded by [[Walt Disney]] and is one of the largest entertainment corporations in the world. It owns the rights to
Short for '''Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow'''. EPCOT
presently is a [[theme park]] opened in 1981 within [[Walt Disney World]]. However, the
Disney's animated films and many theme parks including, [[Disneyland]], [[Walt Disney World]], [[Eurodisney]], and [[Disneyworld, Japan]].
original vision of EPCOT by [[Walt Disney]] was that of an actual model
community which would be a laboratory for city planning and functioning.
The idea of EPCOT help prompt the state of [[Florida]] to create the
[[Reedy Creek Improvement Distict]] which allowed the [[Disney Company]]
to exercise quasi-governmental powers over [[Walt Disney World]].


Much of the motivation of EPCOT in creating an idea city has was implemented in the city of [[Celebration, Florida]]. However, [[Celebration, Florida]] and the original idea for [[EPCOT]] differ in that the vision of [[EPCOT]]
was based in 1950's [[futurism]] with skyscrapers and prefabricated houses
while [[Celebration, Florida]] is rooted in 1990's suburbanism.

Revision as of 23:44, 2 February 2002

The Walt Disney Company was founded by Walt Disney and is one of the largest entertainment corporations in the world. It owns the rights to Disney's animated films and many theme parks including, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Eurodisney, and Disneyworld, Japan.