'Epcot is the second theme park built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. It was dedicated to international culture and technological innovation. The park opened on October 1, 1982, and was named EPCOT Center from October 1, 1982 to December 31, 1993. It was the largest Disney theme park in the world by area until 1998, when Disney's Animal Kingdom opened. History The planned community The name Epcot derives from the acronym EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow), a utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney (he sometimes used the word "City" instead of "Community" when expanding the acronym). In Walt Disney's words: "EPCOT... will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are now emerging from the creative centers of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed, but will always be introducin