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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Travel
Dewayne Bevil

HISTORICAL FACTS: 40 thoughts for epcot s 40th anniversary 5e453174 351b 4b40 ae95 7819bc22f33d | History Defined

ORLANDO, Fla. — I don’t have documentation for this, but I might end up at Epcot more than any other Central Florida theme park. One reason is it’s the one friends and relatives are most likely to invite me to tag along. “We’re going to Epcot. Want to meet us there?”

The park has turned 40, and in some ways, there are signs of its middle ages. Its spine is wrecked right now, propped up by construction walls. Some people wonder if it has a drinking problem. It’s going through nighttime spectaculars one right after the other.

But there have been good times, too, Disney fans. Here are my 40 random memories for Epcot’s 40th birthday.

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