Mickey Mouse Walt Disney World and EPCOT Park Pins
Mickey Mouse Walt Disney World and EPCOT Pins. Remember your Florida vacation with a beautiful Mickey Mouse pin from the EPCOT park in Florida. These amazing pins feature Mickey Mouse with rides and attractions found at the parks, limited edition pin exclusives from Walt Disney World and EPCOT, and even rare cast-member exclusive pins.
The name Epcot is 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.) "EPCOT will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise."
EPCOT Facts and Figures
- EPCOT Total Cost: US$1.4 Billion
- Construction Time: 3 years (at the time the largest construction project on earth)
- Official Groundbreaking: October 1, 1979
- Card Walker (President of Walt Disney Productions) reveals plans for the theme park on October 1, 1978
- Park Size: over 300 acres
- The pavement at EPCOT was engineered by Disney and Kodak photography to be painted a specific custom color of pink that makes the grass look greener and pictures look brighter.