GALLERY II: CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS

Urban Center & Cosmopolitan Hotel

Epcot at night (a)

Epcot at night (b)

The hotel, shopping center and high-density housing

Epcot at night (c)

The hotel

Side and underground architecural details

Urban center and view of the enclosed areas: shopping center and convention facilities

Epcot at night (d)

A cosmopolitan hotel, towering thirty or more stories, was planned to be the theme building of EPCOT's completely enclosed commercial center. These various renderings show this proposed central icon.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)
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Industrial Park

Conceptual rendering (a)

Typical Industrial Complex

Conceptual rendering (b)

Utilizing the radial design upon which all elements of the proposed development are based, this Industrial Complex is but one of several similar areas planned for Disney World's 1,000-acre Industrial Park. Here the Disney staff would have worked with individual corporations to create a showcase of industry.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)
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Transportation Hub & Systems

Wedway Peoplemover and Monoral stations & car parking

Wedway Peoplemover and Monoral stations

Close-up of the monorail

View of an enclosed area: shops & Wedway Peoplemover

Transportation Hub (black and white rendering)

Wedway Peoplemover type I

Wedway Peoplemover type II

Transportation Hub (color rendering)

These renderings shows how differing modes of transportation would have be channeled into non-conflicting traffic flows below the pedestrian level of the city. The Transportation Lobby was located at the very heart of EPCOT, directly beneath the 30-story theme hotel. This was to be the central arrival-departure for all passengers using the monorail or the newly-designed "WEDway People Mover."
Interspersed throughout the commercial center of EPCOT will be international shopping areas, where visitors will find imported merchandise, foreign cuising, dinner shows and roving entertainers native to many lands. Seen above the streets in this completely enclosed downtown center art eh "WEDway People Mover" and the monorails, prime transportation means for the residents of EPCOT.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)
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Radial Design


The so-called radial design was a key element of Walt Disney's Epcot. Here is an aerial view of the urban center and a detail of the greenbelt between the high density housing and the suburbian areas.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)
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Master Plan

Master Plan drawn by Walt Disney, 1965-66


The original master plan of Walt Disney World was drawn by Walt Disney. The plan follows a main Monorail line all along the property. From south to north of the property, can be noticed the airport, the entrance complex, the Industrial Park, Epcot and the themepark and tourist area.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)
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Shopping Center

The international shopping center was supposed to be located in the domed area of the urban center. It was supposed to feature architectural elements from all over the world with corresponding entertainment, shopping and culutural events. This the only element of Walt Disney's project that was realized when Epcot became a themepark in 1982.

(Artwork by Walt Disney Productions - The Walt Disney Company)