Behind the Attraction is a Disney Plus series that, as the name says, takes viewers behind specific attractions found in Disney Parks, but some of the episodes stretch the definition of what counts as an “attraction.” While the first season gave us the history of the Haunted Mansion and the new season gives us the story of the creation of Pirates of the Caribbean, Season 1 also included an episode on the Disneyland Hotel, and the brand-new Season 2, arriving on November 1, includes an episode about food in Disney Parks. Season 2 also includes an episode about an entire theme park: Epcot.
Rather than focusing on a single attraction found at Epcot, the episode of Behind the Attraction covers the entire park from its earliest concepts through the modern day. I had a chance to speak with series director Brian Volk-Weis and asked him about why Epcot got its own episode, and he said that it all came down to one guy named Disney... not Walt, but Roy. The director said:
