The Model 770 Amphicar was named after its ability to achieve speeds of seven knots in the water and 70 mph on land. 3,878 Amphicars were manufactured in Germany from 1961 to 1968. During that time 3,046 were imported into the United States. The . . . — — Map (db m189939) HM
Near Osceola Parkway west of West Buena Vista Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Turtles have been around for over 200 million years. Today, many species face possible extinction because they are hunted as food and medicine.
The brown tortoise is the largest tortoise in Asia often growing to more than 18 inches long. The . . . — — Map (db m242965) HM
Near Epcot Center Drive east of World Drive, on the right when traveling east.
In the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, trees and shrubs are cultivated with exquisite care to create miniature likenesses of much larger trees.
Since the sixth century, varieties of bonsai forms have reflected living concepts of balance, . . . — — Map (db m242923) HM
Near Osceola Parkway west of West Buena Vista Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The plants and animals you see along the Trail have remained virtually unchanged since the late Cretaceous. The dinosaurs themselves were not as fortunate, disappearing from the earth 65 million years ago. — — Map (db m243014) HM
On World Drive north of Osceola Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction was built as a tribute to "Gertie the Dinosaur," one of the first well-known animated cartoon stars. Gertie first amazed vaudeville audiences in 1914 when she was projected life-size onto a screen and shared . . . — — Map (db m189938) HM
Near World Drive north of Osceola Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
The World you have entered was created by The Walt Disney Company and is dedicated to Hollywood - not a place on the map, but a state of mind that exists, wherever people dream and wonder and imagine, a place where illusion, and reality are fused . . . — — Map (db m243043) HM
In 1706, Thomas Twining became
one of the first individuals to
introduce tea drinking to the English.
Word of this exotic, new drink quickly
spread. Even eighteenth century English novelist Jane Austen and Charles II Earl Grey were Twinings . . . — — Map (db m198210) HM
Near Epcot Center Drive east of World Drive, on the right when traveling east.
The petite plants in these containers form vignettes inspired by the nearby Garden Railway.
Look closely, and you will see diminutive cottages built from bits of nature by fantastical woodland creatures.
Inspired by European folklore as . . . — — Map (db m242924) HM
This fossil Gateway is composed of the
giant bones of a Brachiosaurus, one of the
largest creatures that ever walked the earth.
It stands fifty-two feet tall and more than
eighty feet long. A peaceful plant-eater,
the Brachiosaurus' enormous . . . — — Map (db m198209) HM
Near Epcot Center Drive east of World Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed vast coniferous forests filled with ancient trees, colossal cycads, ferns, and mosses.
Over millennia of geological transformation, these prehistoric plants became the coal and oil we use as fuel . . . — — Map (db m242850) HM
Near World Drive north of Osceola Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
"Movies are a medium of expression like a symphony orchestra...or a painter's brush and canvas."
Walt Disney
The Cameraman
Created by Aldo and Andrea Favilli
1995 — — Map (db m242777) HM
The Province Bell was the name first used to describe me. I was ordered from the English bell foundry of Whitechapel in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Assembly. I was to be part of the celebration which would commemorate the 50th anniversary of William . . . — — Map (db m76520) HM
Under the boughs of the original Liberty Tree in Boston in 1765, patriots, calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty,” gathered to protest the imposition of the Stamp Act. In the years that followed, almost every American town had a . . . — — Map (db m76711) HM
Near World Drive north of Seven Seas Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The original Liberty Tree, a stately elm, was a rallying point for pre-revolutionary activities. The open space under its branches was called "Liberty Hall" and a flag pole was erected through its branches with a hoisted flag the symbol for . . . — — Map (db m242969) HM
Near Caribbean Way, on the right when traveling north.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens in 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He grew up not too far away in the small town of Hannibal. From there, he would raft over to islands in the Mississippi and watch as majestic steamboats paddled by. As a young man, he . . . — — Map (db m188578) HM
This fossil cast is an exact replica of “Sue”, the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found. Named for her discoverer, Sue was found in South Dakota on August 12, 1990. Sue is 90% complete, a fossil find of enormous importance . . . — — Map (db m76896) HM
The Carousel of Progress first premiered at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. The show then moved to Disneyland where it opened as part of a new Tomorrowland. In 1973, Carousel of Progress relocated to its current home here in the Magic Kingdom at . . . — — Map (db m189941) HM
