♫ A world of peace ♫ A world of love ♫ With happiness in every heart ♫ That's what we're dreaming of ♫ Dreams of the future ♫ We'll make them come true ♫ The future belongs to the dreamer ♫ The dreamer inside of you ♫ Dreams of the future ♫ All shiny and new ♫ If you see it in the eyes of a dreamer ♫ The future belongs to you - [Narrator] One of
history's greatest dreamers was Walt Disney, whose vivid imagination helped him to become the
leading pioneer and innovator in the world of show business. Still he looked far beyond his lifetime, to the creation of a showplace
that could point the way to exciting and achievable new
directions in future living. He called his dream Epcot, Experimental Prototype
Community of Tomorrow. By the middle 1960s,
the Disney organization acquired more than 27,000 acres of land in the center of Florida to build Walt Disney's
last and greatest dream. On October 1st 1971, the first phase of Walt Disney
World opened to the public. Almost immediately, it
became the number one vacation destination in the world. Nearly 140 million visitors have come here from all 50 states and
more than a 100 nations. From the very beginning, the Epcot dedication to
innovative technologies has been a part of the Walt
Disney World master plan. Advanced new electric-powered
monorail trains and linear induction-powered people movers already demonstrate potential
new transportation systems. Other Community of Tomorrow technologies include a central energy
plant solar project, the world's first use of steel modular
construction at the hotels, a unique network of underground
crisscrossing utilidors, computer-controlled fire,
safety, and energy systems, the world's first 100%
electronic phone system, and the use of once pesky water hyacinths for treating of wastewater and creating methane gas for energy. And so with Epcot's foundation
already established, the Disney organization is
now rapidly moving ahead with the creation of EPCOT Center. This vast new showplace will come to life thanks to the ideas, the
inventions, the imagination, and the magic of the people
at Walt Disney Productions. (jaunty music) This is WED Enterprises, a
unique Disney design organization made up of artists, designers, architects, engineers, and dozens of others,
working in a harmonic blend of space age creativity
called Imagineering. They bring to reality the kinds of dreams that
EPCOT Center is made of. Today, they are imagineering the future, and with the help of their
sketches, renderings, models, and a little imagination on our part, we can turn the clock
ahead to October 1st 1982 for a preview look at Walt
Disney's greatest dream, EPCOT Center, a vast new showplace for the innovations of tomorrow
and the nations of today. This unique community of ideas will encompass two major theme. First, Future World, posing the challenges and previewing choices for
the community of tomorrow. And second, the World Showcase,
a community of nations focusing on the cultures,
traditions, tourism, and accomplishments of
people around the world. (solemn music) Your journey to tomorrow
begins with Spaceship Earth. Towering nearly 17 stories
above Future World, this mammoth geosphere is the first structure of its
kind anywhere in the world. Inside, you'll board a unique time machine and spiral deep into the past in search of clues to our
survival through the ages and how they'll help us chart
the course of our own future, on this, our Spaceship Earth. (cheery music) The Land will be your gateway to the major geographic
regions of the Earth. Here, you'll discover
the promise and potential that remarkable new agricultural methods are already bringing to food production, including a look at plants which have learned to grow without soil. ♫ The earth and man ♫ The earth man ♫ Can be good friends ♫ Be good friends ♫ Let's listen so our
harvest time will never end - [Narrator] In this dramatic building, the universe of energy awaits you. Its solar paneled roof will help power your traveling theater cars. A ride on sunshine, it'll
bring you face to face with immense creatures
of the primeval world, where the formation of our
fossil fuels took place. Then, on a spectacular wraparound screen, you'll explore emerging new energy systems that may help power our
world in the future. ♫ Feel the glow ♫ Here we go ♫ Through the universe of energy ♫ From the seas ♫ Till the skies ♫ There's a force beyond our eyes ♫ We all have sparks ♫ Imagination, that's how our minds ♫ Create creations ♫ Oh, they can make ♫ Our wildest dreams come true ♫ These little sparks ♫ In me and you - [Narrator] Dreams,
fantasies, creativity, that's your journey into imagination, into the boundless realms of the arts, literature, science, and film. Just imagine a visit to a
place where you can visualize anything your mind can fantasize. ♫ A dream can be a dream come true ♫ Just add the spark ♫ In me and you (delicate music) - [Narrator] Another kind of journey will take you into the world of motion, where a whimsical series
of audio animatronic scenes will show that the story of transportation is indeed a moving experience. ♫ Fun to be free ♫ To wander and roam ♫ To go where you please ♫ To travel with ease ♫ To do all there is to be done ♫ It's fun to be free - [Narrator] But what about the future? Tran Center will give you
an over-the-shoulder look at new designs and technologies for tomorrow's world of motion. (delicate music) Here, you'll reach for new horizons, a spectacular odyssey into the future where you'll discover the
envisioned technologies of the 21st century and beyond. Here, you'll visit a city of tomorrow, desert farm, space
colony, and undersea city. ♫ For the whole human race ♫ There is time, there is space ♫ As we reach for new horizons (dramatic music) - [Narrator] How would you like to venture into the living seas,
yet stay safe and dry? In Sea Base Alpha, you'll do just that and still be able to explore the wonders of our aquatic frontier, a futuristic research
station beneath the waters of the largest saltwater tank
environment in the world. (solemn music) At the hub of Future World is CommuniCore, Epcot's community core. Here is your own close
encounter with the future, where you can personally participate in a wide range of hands-on activities that may soon apply to
your own daily living. Epcot Computer Central will
focus on the role computers play in serving your everyday needs. Future Choice Theater will enable you to express your opinions on important issues of today and tomorrow. Other CommuniCore
attractions will enable you to further explore the worlds
of energy, communications, space, and many more concepts
from the day after tomorrow. Just beyond Future World, nestled on the banks of a broad lagoon is the World Showcase, the first permanent international
exposition of its kind. Here, nations stand side
by side in friendship along the banks of a broad lagoon. As you stroll along the promenade
that circles the lagoon, you'll discover exciting shows,
attractions, restaurants, shops, and great architectural landmarks unique to each nation. In the shadow of the famed Eiffel Tower, Disney cameras will whisk you across the romantic French countryside, your film journey made
all the more magical by the great classical music
of France's finest composers. (elegant music) Stately buildings and gabled rooftops provide a traditional British setting for your stroll through
the United Kingdom. A few steps away and
you're in a spacious plaza surrounded by the picturesque
medieval buildings of Old Germany. Here, there's a difference though. It's Oktoberfest year-round
in the nearby beer garden. Classic art, graceful architecture, you're now in Italy, where
you'll discover sculptures of a noted Lion of Saint Mark's before you enter a recreation
of the Doge's Palace. (serene music) From classic Europe to the exotic Orient, here, you'll stroll through a garden rich with living Japanese art
and colorful koi fish ponds. You've arrived in ageless China. The magic of Circle-Vision
will unlock mystery and beauty, 60,000 years of our oldest civilization. From ancient Asia, you now
strike out for colorful Mexico, where you'll find a country moving boldly into the future. (stately music) Then to majestic Canada where
Disney Circle-Vision cameras place you in the northern wilderness. (solemn music) Would you like to meet a cast of three dozen great American
figures brought to life by the magic of Disney audio animatronics? You'll find that to be just one part of the American adventure, the centerpiece and host
for the World Showcase, perhaps the most inspiring
and dramatic show ever presented about America. ♫ America ♫ You must keep dreaming now ♫ Dreaming the promised vow ♫ Of your pioneers ♫ America ♫ Keep on flying now ♫ Keep your spirit free ♫ Facing new frontiers - [Narrator] Yes, if dreaming is what the American adventure is all about, then so is doing. That's what's happening today. Walt Disney built a staff of doers. And today, his greatest
dream, EPCOT Center, is indeed becoming reality. And no matter where you go in Future World or World Showcase, it'll be an experience unlike
anything you've ever imagined, except perhaps in your wildest dreams. (pleasant music) ♫ It started in the mind of just one man ♫ Then the dream inside became a plan ♫ Now the time is almost at hand ♫ We're getting ready ♫ We're getting ready ♫ 15 years ago, we started small ♫ But with people working
hard and giving their all ♫ Our dream kept growing strong and tall ♫ We're almost ready, almost ready ♫ We're getting ready, getting ready ♫ The dream's achieved, Imagineers ♫ The artists and the engineers ♫ The work in hand with caring heart ♫ Trying hard to do their part ♫ We're getting ready for you ♫ We're getting ready for you ♫ We're getting ready for you ♫ We're getting ready ♫ We're getting ready ♫ We're getting ready ♫ For you (lively music)
