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Epcot’s Spaceship Earth Is My Disney Castle
For a fuller reading experience, play this in the background. Trust me. When Epcot opened in October of 1982, the park’s icon, Spaceship Earth, had its grand debut. Featured prominently near the front gate of Epcot’s Future World, Spaceship Earth was (and still is) a 15 minute slow dark ride through history. Suitable for the whole family, the attraction celebrated communication as the key component to human survival. We thrived when we began to communicate and share ideas globally. An important lesson then and probably even more important now. We all have a common interest: our planet. When I went to Disney World as a kid, Epcot didn’t exist yet. …