Epcot is Trending and Disney Fans Aren’t Sure Why Since It’s Closed

Like so many other random pop-culture topics on Twitter, Disney fans aren’t exactly sure WHY Epcot began trending on the social media site. On the evening of Monday, April 13 the theme park began to trend without a clear reason why, prompting fans of all things Disney to reminisce about their trips to the park, which remains closed due to the COVID-19 coroanvirus. Though like so many trending topics before it, fan confusion lead to theme continually tweeting the trend and making it trend even more without knowing exactly why. We’ve collected the best responses to the Twitter confusion below!

The real reason why Epcot began trending is an easy one to surmise though. This evening a Twitter account shared a video from TikTok with the caption “Okay now this is goals ?,” featuring a video of a couple seemingly traveling together across the globe and experiencing the world together. To the keen observer though it was quite clear that the pair’s globe-trotting love was just a documentation of their trip through the World Showcase at Epcot. As of this writing the tweet has 13.1K retweets and 55.6K likes, with countless replies pointing out that the couple is actually at Epcot, resulting in the park trending online.

As of this writing it’s still unclear when the Walt Disney World Resort (including Epcot) and other Disney Parks will eventually re-open but The Walt Disney Company has already begun the process of furloughing employees to the parks. It was reported today that Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California alone will furlough some 30,000 workers including employees that work at the two theme-parks on the property plus all three hotels and Downtown Disney.

All Disney parks closed on mid-March and despite setting a tentative re-open date, have extended their closure to being indefinite. In a statement released at the time, The Walt Disney Company wrote, “While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California’s executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure … We will monitor the ongoing situation and follow the advice and guidance of federal and state officials and health agencies.”

Disneyland recently confirmed construction work on its Marvel-inspired land, Avengers Campus, has also been put on pause amid the shutdowns. The new land inside Disney California Adventure Park was originally scheduled to open July 18, 2020.

(Cover photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images)

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Still an hour wait right now somehow

At least you admit that they are fun pics

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I mean, it’s closed but other than it should be okay?

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