Leave a Legacy

Throughout history people have marked important events by dedicating something meaningful to them. So when given the opportunity to have a unique image of oneself to be displayed within the landscaping at the entrance to Epcot many visitors took advantage. Disney's Leave A Legacy Sculpture was the focal point for Epcot's Millennium 2000 Celebration. It continues to be a lasting record of this special time, a symbol of the past meeting the present, with a bold look toward the future. Leave A Legacy creates a new threshold for Epcot, with 35 sculpted and polished granite megaliths appearing to emerge out of the ground like foothills, continuing to grow as they point up toward Spaceship Earth. Each of the stones is covered with engraved 1-inch-square images of guests who have visited Epcot. Images will live on so guests can revisit them each time they return.

The megaliths range from 3 to 19 feet high, with the heaviest weighing more than 50,000 pounds. The plaza was designed by veteran John Hench, along with a team of Walt Disney Imagineering interns. Mr. Hench started as an artist with The Walt Disney Company in 1939, and went on to help design and build Disneyland. He was the original art director for Epcot, and chief designer of Spaceship Earth.

There is room for 750,000 images. Although new tiles are no longer available for purchase, more than 550,000 Epcot guests left a personal record of their Epcot memories at Leave a Legacy.

Leave A Legacy is not only a tribute to the millennium, but it's also a piece of art and a family album. Guests can continue to visit the Leave a Legacy Locator station, in the Camera Center underneath Spaceship Earth, for assistance in locating tiles.

Last Updated: May 9, 2009