The Millennium Celebration was a celebration at the Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...

 of the changing of the millennium

Millennium

A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....

. The celebration ran from October 1, 1999 to January 1, 2001. The celebration was primarily based at Epcot

Epcot

Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida. The park is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was initially named...

, with its emphasis on human potential and the possibilities of the future. The changes at Epcot included:

• A Mickey Mouse
  Mickey Mouse
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   hand holding a wand over Spaceship Earth
  Spaceship Earth
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   with the text "2000".
• Millennium Central: a re-themed area in front of the Fountain of Nations.
• IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth
  IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
  IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth is an award-winning night time show performed nightly at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. The show utilizes fireworks, pyrotechnics, laser lights, fountains, and fire to create a visual production on the park's World Showcase Lagoon...
  
  , the new nightly fireworks show.
• Tapestry of Nations
  Tapestry of Nations
  The Tapestry of Nations was a parade at the Epcot theme park in Walt Disney World, Florida, USA, that ran around the World Showcase Lagoon from 1999 to 2001, after which it was rethemed as Tapestry of Dreams. The parade had a unity and world peace theme and featured a variety of large puppets and...
  
  : a new parade about unity and world peace featuring large puppets.
• Millennium Village
  Millennium Village
  The Millennium Village was located in Epcot and was the centerpiece of Disney's Millennium Celebration. The pavilion opened up its doors to the public on October 1, 1999 and was closed down on January 1, 2001. It is, however, used on occasion...
  
  : a large building with many small attractions that represent other countries that are not in World Showcase.

Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand was the theme song of the celebration, and was released on the 1999 Walt Disney World Official Album. Walt Disney World Millennium Celebration contained this song as well as the soundtracks of the fireworks show and the parade. This CD was also available in a slightly different form on the Walt Disney World: Yearlong Millennium Celebration CD, a promotional album available to purchasers of Energizer batteries.