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EPCOT was intended to also be a place to live, no?

EPCOT was originally going to be a place to live - a model for future urban living ideas. and going to be all of what is now disney world.[1]

I don't think walt was going to live there though :-)

Cinderella's Castle in DisneyWorld was to have an apartment for Walt Disney, though he died before it was completed.

Walt actually lived in an apartment off Main Street during the construction and early days of Disneyland:

And now Disney actually allows a random guest to stay in the Cinderella's Castle suite each night:

Except that suite is in Disney WORLD, not Disneyland...

EPCOT (Every Person Comes Out Tired)

They never really gave up on that:

Unfortunately, instead of a futuristic urban dream, it became a "mousified" 'burb for the 1%.

Golden Oak isn't really an example of Disney's EPCOT concept. A closer example is probably Celebration, Florida: