Travisma 1,317 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 www.orlandoweekly.com Fact or Fiction...? Disney has confirmed a slew of updates are headed to Epcot, including what they’re now billing as one of the world’s longest enclosed coasters for their newGuardians of the Galaxy ride. All these changes might include another surprise one. There were tons of rumors of Disney changing the name of one of its parks, but the company confirmed that Hollywood Studios won’t be seeing a name change “in the foreseeable future.” However, that same week new government documents surfaced showing a new name for Epcot. Earlier this month, Disney filed paperwork to redo the Epcot parking lot, shifting the surface parking to the east. On the western side, the parking lot is replaced by an 84-acre lake and new buildings. These new buildings are likely the long-rumored Epcot entrance hotel. It looks like the majority of the hotel, or whatever building this may be, will be behind the Living Seas pavilion, with parts of it stretching over toward the entrance plaza. While the documents are interesting in their almost confirmation of the new hotel, there’s another detail that seems even more interesting. Blog Mickey, a local Disney news site that first reported the new documents, was able to zoom in on the documents to discover that Disney oddly referred to Epcot by a different name in them. Typically, these documents are extremely accurate since they do have a legal bearing on the projects in question so it's unlikely that Disney just accidentally changed the name of Epcot on the documents. In the documents, the park is referred to as “Epcot World Center.” The name is located over Future World, so it’s clear that it is not just referring to World Showcase but to the park as a whole. Originally known as "EPCOT Center" from the park's opening in 1982 until 1993, in 1994 the name was changed to "Epcot '94," then "Epcot ’95" the following year. This yearly name change only lasted two years before the current "Epcot" name was adopted. The new name keeps the lower-case Epcot, downplaying the original acronym, but brings in the "Center" from the original name. The "world" in the name is a unique addition and one that some guests might find confusing since the park has both a future technology section and a world cultures section. The park is just beginning a massive update that is rumored to be costing well over a billion dollars and will last just under a decade. Disney has confirmed that Future World will receive a major update, but with new additions, like the Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster, it's clear the area will be staying put. So for now, we can be sure that the entire park won’t become a showcase of the nations. However, the name could point to a more unifying nature of Future World that celebrates the past and future history of the world (and beyond via Mission: Space and the new space station-themed restaurant). For now, though the primary focus will be on the confirmed additions to the park, which include a new Ratatouille ride, a new Guardians of the Galaxyride, and a new film in the China pavilion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Here we go again. Two weeks ago, these same garbage sites were all claiming to have unearthed the new name for Hollywood Studios. That ended up being wrong. Now they need more clicks, so it's time to fabricate another story. The permit they're using as the source of this rumor is not something prepared by Disney. It's a drawing from some flunky in an engineer's office. Names get mangled on these things all the time. No big deal. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 32 minutes ago, Tri-Circle-D said: Here we go again. Two weeks ago, these same garbage sites were all claiming to have unearthed the new name for Hollywood Studios. That ended up being wrong. Now they need more clicks, so it's time to fabricate another story. The permit they're using as the source of this rumor is not something prepared by Disney. It's a drawing from some flunky in an engineer's office. Names get mangled on these things all the time. No big deal. TCD Agree x2 In saying that, this rumor to me sounds more plausible than last weeks rumor about Hollywood studios changing their name. Epcot world Center, would not be that big of a change. I can see them changing Epcot’s name to Epcot world Center compared to changing Hollywood studios to one of those goofy names the river mill churned up a few weeks agoI can see them changing Epcot’s name to Epcot world Center compared to changing Hollywood studios to one of those goofy names the river mill churned up a few weeks ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 The rumored Epcot name change is trivial and fits with the addition of a new hotel if that part of the rumor is true as well. I also noticed on the HS name change Disney says "in the foreseeable future". I still think once they are done with the park upgrades they will change the name to something like Disney's Hollywood Adventure. If folks are really interested in name changes look at how many times has Disney Springs been renamed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WannaBeImagineer 98 Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 I'll add that the permit application was to amend the original permit which is the norm, I'm sure that old Epcot name has been on the plans for over 30 years. Just like if you pull up some recent SFWMD applications for Magic Kingdom they use old fonts, logos and names... They are going for clicks with this article for sure. WBI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avatab.... Steve 124 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Not sure why they just don't cut to the chase and announce new names for all the Parks..... Epcot will now be Frozen Land Hollywood Studios will now be Star Wars Land Animal Kingdom will now be Avatar Land And Magic Kingdom will now be Merchandise Land Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 17 hours ago, Avatab.... Steve said: Not sure why they just don't cut to the chase and announce new names for all the Parks..... Epcot will now be Frozen Land Hollywood Studios will now be Star Wars Land Animal Kingdom will now be Avatar Land And Magic Kingdom will now be Merchandise Land EPCOT will be Guardians of the Frozen Galaxy, or Elsa's Icy Realm. They could make test track have icy patches, snow and arctic blasts. You can go ice fishing with Nemo. Soarin will be all scenes from Norway in the winter. keith_h and Avatab.... Steve 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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