Basics

EPCOT is a great example of a phenomenon that can thus be know as “Epcot-ification” (Can also be stylized as EPCOTification, although even Disney doesn’t use the ALL CAPS style much anymore, so for ease of typing, non-caps, non hyphen will probably be used in most cases)
TLDR: Essentially when a revolutionary idea, or some large scale project is Diluted and/or Scaled Back in order to be Marketable to the Masses/Acheivable so much so that it no longer is what was originally wanted
- A Mix of almost Reverse Scope Creep and Greenwashing (or more aptly Revolution-washing by whatever powers that be)

Backround

The idea for EPCOT or as what the original ‘’acronym’’ was meant to be “ Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow”
- This kind of ties into Walt Disney’s Intentional Community plans, much of which ended up much more as Company Towns and are such an Engineered Environment that to all but the most devoted borderline cult members the communities feel artificial. HOWEVER personal belief in the concept notwithstanding there absolutely was a Revolutionary Design/Intent
This was described as a “Permanent World’s Fair “
It is now essentially a Tourist Trap where you get Disneyified tours of “countries”
- Not HORRIBLE, don’t take this as some propaganda slam against having fun there, ride all the rides you want or go to their concert series etc, but it is ‘’’VASTLY’’’ different than the original vision yet still called the same thing
  - THAT change is the core of what Epcotification is

So…of this isn’t a Disney Hate Piece…why does it matter?
Outreach.
On one hand is some closed off work site noone ever sees. Productive maybe, but no outreach/little transparency ‘’’will’’’ harm the vision
So maybe you create tours, or have Open House Days, maybe you decorate the place more etc
The key is to find the proper balance, but ‘’’Avoid Turning Your Project into a Theme Park’’’
- Unless we are talking about plans for an Open Source Amusement Park in which case ‘’’Open Source Cedar Point Here We Gooooooooo’’’ :3

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(need to look into if there is any prior art on this concept by the types that do this thinking for a living)