Originally called the Character Connection, Epcot Character Spot welcomed its first guest in May 2007.

On June 8, 2010, Kevin and Jacqueline Fink became the Epcot Character Spot's 3 Millionth guest, while celebrating their one year wedding anniversary.

In 2001, Pasta Piazza closed ; the space sat vacant until 2006, when it was converted into the Epcot Character Connection ( now Epcot Character Spot ).

Canadian Cheddar cheese soup is a featured dish at the Canada pavilion at Epcot, in Walt Disney World.

Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida.

Epcot is often referred to as a " permanent World's Fair.

* September 29, 1999: The Mickey Mouse arm holding a wand is dedicated with " 2000 " ( later changed to " Epcot ") over Spaceship Earth

The facade of the building is replicated at the Italy Pavilion in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Two red telephone boxes are on display at the World Showcase area of Disney's Epcot in Orlando, Florida, One is on display at English Gardens a Place for Weddings in Winter Park close to downtown Orlando, Florida.

Part of the fountain is replicated at the Italy Pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World, United States.

As of September 2007, the Epcot branch is closed.

He is extensively seen in Epcot merchandise.

It is similar in style to ' Spaceship Earth ' at Epcot in Orlando Florida, except the latter is a complete sphere.

Epcot is accessible by a spur monorail line that was added upon that park's opening in 1982.

The actual attraction in Disney's Hollywood Studios is very similar to the plans for the equivalent that was proposed for Epcot, only, when newly-appointed CEO Michael Eisner saw the plans for the pavilion, he requested that, instead of placing the ride in an already existing park, it should be surrounded by a brand new theme park which extended the showbiz, Hollywood, and entertainment theme.

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable is a 70 mm film shown in the Harvest Theater in The Land pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida.

Its design is of a triodetic-domed structure, akin to a Geodesic Dome, similar to that of the later Spaceship Earth, the icon of Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park.

Warburton is featured in the " preboarding " film shown to guests at " Soarin ' Over California " in Disney California Adventure Park and Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort.

* Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World's Epcot is based on one.

* A recording by Walker Edmiston is featured during the Great Depression scene of The American Adventure attraction at Epcot within Walt Disney World Resort.

The largest and most notable event is the September Event, held at Epcot annually.

State Road 536 ( SR 536 ), named World Center Drive for most of its length, is an east-west road that extends from Interstate 4 ( I-4 ) near the Epcot theme park to SR 535 in Lake Buena Vista, with the road continuing east to SR 417 ( The Central Florida GreeneWay ).

Another place to find them is in the United Kingdom section of the World Showcase at Epcot, Disney World, as well as the international food aisle in Kroger, Fresh and Easy, Meijer and some Publix locations nation-wide.

The road peaks at Mile Marker 13 where on clear days it is possible to see the skyline of downtown Orlando to the northeast and Space Mountain, Cinderella Castle, Spaceship Earth ( Epcot ), The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and the Contemporary Resort of Walt Disney World to the southeast.

Club Cool, formally Ice Station Cool is located in Walt Disney World Epcot park located past the Innoventions West in Future World.

Walt Disney's model display of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, the first incarnation of what would become Epcot, is also used as a display visible only from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.

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In 1994, he appeared as Dr. Nigel Channing, chairman of the Imagination Institute and host of an ' Inventor of the Year ' awards show in the three-dimensional film Honey, I Shrunk the Audience !, which was an attraction at Walt Disney World's Epcot from 1994 until 2010 and at Disneyland from 1998 until 2010.

Dench became the voice for the narration for the updated Walt Disney World Epcot attraction Spaceship Earth in February 2008.

The General Motors Hy-wire hydrogen car on display at the Test Track attraction at Disney World's Epcot

The same attraction opened on May 5, 2005, at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, as Soarin.

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The " Soarin '" attraction at Disneyland Resort's Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California and Walt Disney World's Epcot near Orlando, Florida was designed with an Erector Set.

In 1999, Disney radically refurbished the attraction as part of its Millennium Celebration at Epcot, removing Dreamfinder and Figment except for fleeting glimpses of the dragon.

In 1994, Sedaka provided the voice for Neil Moussaka, a parody of himself in Food Rocks, an attraction at Epcot from 1994-2006.

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complete with physical effects such as wind and water was created as an attraction at Walt Disney World's Epcot in 1994, and later Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.

Hans and Franz also appeared in the Cranium Command attraction in the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park.

* Spaceship Earth ( Epcot ), an attraction and icon at Epcot, located in the Walt Disney World Resort

The vehicles utilize a " traveling theatre "- style ride system similar to the Universe of Energy attraction at Epcot.

In an Imagineering book, it was revealed that The Great Movie Ride was actually going to be the main attraction in a show business themed pavilion at Epcot, which was to be called " Great Moments at the Movies.

Originally conceived as Discovery Mountain, it was originally proposed to hold more than one attraction, including an improved version of Horizons from Epcot, a larger Nautilus walk-through complete with a restaurant and a free-fall ride based on Journey to the Center of the Earth.

One of the most recognizable structures at the Walt Disney World Resort, it is not only the centerpiece and main focal point of Epcot, but also the name of the attraction housed within the 18-story geodesic sphere that takes guests on a time machine themed experience using the Omnimover system.

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He was also the uncredited voice of Mark Twain in the Epcot attraction The American Adventure.

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