But Walt’s brother Roy O. Disney insisted the project as a whole go forward, starting with the Magic Kingdom. Walt died in December 1966, just as the Florida Project was coming to fruition. The miniature golf courses are Fantasia Gardens, across the street from the Walt Disney World Swan Hotel in the Epcot resort area, and Winter Summerland, right next to Blizzard Beach. EPCOT was to be a place where the Imagineers’ ideas were put to practical use, for the betterment of all mankind.