I'll definitely try to be there, work allowing (hard to know 7 months in advance). But since it's a Monday, it'll be a lot easier than if it were Fri-Sun. (Believe it or not October is a big wedding month - bigger than June - and wedding cakes just don't bake themselves! )
Epcot in it's present incarnation is amazing, but even if I had only visited the park twice in the 80's - early 1983 and Nov 1986 - and didn't visit again until 2003, those first visits made enough of an impression on me to instantly make it my favorite Disney park. I'll admit there are a couple attractions I never saw - like JII ver 2, and others I know I rode, but can just barely remember - SeaCabs, Horizons. And there are things I vividly remember from that first visit 24 years ago, like the original SSE postshow area (though I can't recall the original name) and it's video information systems, as well as the video info kiosks scattered around the park, seeing the original lucite columns in front of SSE at night, standing in line for SSE for for 45 minutes with it actually wrapping around both sides of the globe, the witch scene in Magic Journeys, eating a fruit & cheese platter at Le Cellier, and drinking barley tea from Japan. Things I wish could return, but I know they won't - so I'll just keep them inside, just like everyone else here, in our own idealized EPCOT's, while I enjoy what the park has become and will become.
). We are by no means uninitiated to the wonders and wonderfulness that is EPCOT, but we're simply not as informed or aware of all history and nostalgia of every nook and cranny. So if possible, I think it would be really cool if there was some sort of "tour" or "walk" lead by some of the more passionate and informed that could introduce some of this nostalgia to those of us who are in a sense "newbies". Not so much an introduction type of thing but more of a Hidden EPCOT or EPCOT Then and Now type deal. You know all the attractions and details that make it such a special place. This could be great for the spouses, significant others, and children of the serious EPCOT devotees who may not be as informed themselves, or for people like my DH and myself who love EPCOT and want to celebrate but are intimidated by the idea of being lost or out of place with the truly devoted. I know Disney offers different tours of EPCOT themselves, but this could be a fun event for those who don't have the time or simply can't afford one of the official tours. I don't know if this is even possible but it was a thought at least.
