EPCOT opened at Walt Disney World resort, in Bay Lake, Florida, in October 1982 – but despite it being a popular tourist attraction for four decades, many people have no idea what the theme park’s name actually meansEPCOT opened at Walt Disney World resort, in Bay Lake, Florida, in October 1982 – but despite it being a popular tourist attraction for four decades, many people have no idea what the theme park’s name actually means