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.
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I’d also like to give a special thanks to Martinsvids.net for providing research material/visuals.

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+)