Published On May 07, 2020
Explore the Original Epcot World Showcase that never came to be and ultimately, the Disney World That Never Was. The Story of how it evolved from Walt Disney's Unbuilt land within Disneyland, to a separate tourist destination near The Magic Kingdom, and into the Epcot Center version that was to feature 30 countries, then 20, and exactly what those countries & their attractions would’ve been.
PART 2: https://youtu.be/0kfHVNreQmM
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SOURCES:
DisneyDocs.net
Disney History Institute
RetroWDW.com
http://insightsandsounds.blogspot.com
Twitter.com @scarlettashley1
http://www.lostepcot.com/worldshowcase.html
https://www.themeparksandentertainment.com/2019/11/original-world-showcase-design-epcot.html
https://allears.net/2019/08/18/six-pavilions-we-wish-would-come-to-world-showcase/
http://insightsandsounds.blogspot.com/2016/03/magic-carpet-ride-for-epcot.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_attractions_that_were_never_built#Epcot
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/12/03/504.aspx
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Costa_Rica_Pavilion
https://sites.google.com/site/theoriginalepcot/the-world-showcase
https://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/08/25/why-for-did-phase-ii-of-epcot-s-world-showcase-never-get-built.aspx
http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2007/09/21/why-for-aren-t-there-more-countries-in-epcot-s-world-showcase-area.aspx
https://waltdatedworld.com/id207.htm
https://www.retrowdw.com/pictorial-souvenir/wdw-concept-art-models/epcot-center/epcot-center-concept-art-models-gallery/
http://progresscityusa.com/2011/06/19/epcot-origins-a-model-future-1978/comment-page-1/
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Equatorial_Africa_Pavilion
http://insightsandsounds.blogspot.com/2019/07/rare-epcot-concept-art-for-united-arab.html
https://themeparkuniversity.com/disney/unrealized-world-showcase-part-5-arab-nations-pavilion/
http://progresscityusa.com/2012/02/20/neverworlds-epcot-centers-lost-scandinavia-pavilion/
http://insightsandsounds.blogspot.com/2020/01/rare-concept-art-world-showcase-in-round.html
https://themeparkart.tumblr.com/post/166045470020/japan-pavilion-omnimover-collin-campbell-1980s
VIDEOS USED
RetroWDW.com:
1966 EPCOT Film - The Florida Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm-09B0px8
Magic Kingdom Club - 1980 Update - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDsDgeeveg
1975 Walt Disney World Press Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVmvnyXR10
WFTV: Epcot Center World Showcase & Future World Press Reveal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4uaiDTHnQ&t=27s
Various clips from Disney’s The Imagineering Story (available on Disney+)