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During construction, a group of endangered birds called the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker was discovered nesting in a wooded area destined for development. The entire construction site had to be moved 300 feet in order to preserve that area’s natural state. A back service road was named after the birds as a reminder of the company’s conservation efforts.
The Walt Disney Story on Main Street, U.S.A., over in the Magic Kingdom Park became the EPCOT Preview Center. It informed Guests of the new park with a film and concept artwork. Once the monorail track to EPCOT Center was completed, trains took Guests to the site for a view of the construction progress.
October 1, 1982, was the EPCOT Center grandng. More than 100 television crews from all over the world descended on property. Bands and orchestras played before huge crowds. Celebrities and dignitaries, including Walt’s wife, Lillian, helped dedicate areas of the park. The International Ceremony of the Waters took place in the large fountain behind Spaceship Earth. Young adults from 23 nations each poured a gallon of their country’s water into the fountain, symbolizing the unity of world friendship. Water came from as far away as the Arctic Ocean, the Nile River in Africa, and Yangtze River in China, and as close as the Mississippi.
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