Next week marks the end of the theme park off season for many US locales and with that a new an exciting season awaits; for theme parks and this website alike! So with theme parks opening, carnivals comeing to town and the influx of trip reports on the horizon, I …
Entries Tagged as 'park map'
Crapstravaganza Week 21: Six Flags Great Adventure 1999-2008
March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · park map crapstravaganza, six flags
Crapstravaganza Week 20: Hersheypark 1999
March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · park map crapstravaganza
Whew! Twenty weeks have gone by since the first Crapstravaganza! With park opening dates rapidly approaching, the Crapstravaganza series will be coming to a close next week in favor of trip reports and the like. Now after several weeks of Disney park maps, let’s switch gears to a more homey …
Crapstravaganza 19: Disney’s MGM Studios 2003
March 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · disney, park map crapstravaganza
These past four Crapstravaganza’s have all dealt with Disney theme parks. If you count past Crapstravaganza’s, we’ve essentially covered every other Disney theme park and waterpark except for MGM Studios, now known as Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I guess it’s high time for that park to step into the limelight……
Crapstravaganza Week 17: Magic Kingdom 1998
February 28th, 2009 · No Comments · disney, park map crapstravaganza
Another week, another Crapstravaganza! That doesn’t sound too pleasing, does it? Well anyway, keeping with the Disney theme, our next destination is Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. It almost goes without saying that Magic Kingdom is the premiere park at WDW; actually, it’s the most visited park in the world! …
Crapstravaganza Week 16: Epcot Center 1983
February 21st, 2009 · No Comments · disney, park map crapstravaganza
It’s been a pretty slow week around here at the DoD3. I’ve been busy with other obligations and focusing more on this site’s search engine visibility, plus a bit of writers block! But alas, the weekend is here and so is another installment of the Theme Park Crapstravaganza! To make up for the lack of articles this past week, I’ll pull out arguably the best park map I have, a vintage 1983 Epcot Center park map. Unlike the previous Epcot park map, this one is lovingly kept in a plastic bag and put in a place where it won’t get crushed or ripped.
First let me say that this map is from the 1983 season which is one year after the park opened. I wasn’t even a thought yet in 1983 so I don’t have any stories to share from this trip!
The cover, which is made from cardboard, features an awesomely 80s design with bright retro-tastic colors. The cover simply proclaims “Walt Disney World Epcot Center.” Back then the name was EPCOT Center, with EPCOT being an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.” Today, the park is simply known as ‘Epcot’ with the acronym notation as well as ‘Center’ being dropped.
The park map resides on the second page for easy viewing. The map is fairly utilitatian, simply showing the locations of the pavilions. Some things to notice in this map:
Two Future World pavilions, Living Seas and Wonders of Life, were not around in 83.
Horizons was there but still under construction.
In World Showcase, the Norway and Morocco pavilions have not been built yet.
Here’s a nifty little feature; it’s a cardboard wheel that can be spun to show what every pavilion has to offer. I have it stopped on World of Motion among other things.
Let’s check out the attraction pages next…
