Horizons

Future World, Epcot

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Ground clearing well underway
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Horizons now totally demolished
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"The Greatest Ride Ever Built" 10 years ago by Brent

Horizons was without a doubt the greatest single theme park attraction ever constructed. Even by today's standards, it holds up with its bold promises of the future to come. Many of Horizons's forcasts for the future have already come to pass. Truly a classic that is missed dearly every single day by many of those who were forunate enough to experience it while it was still with us. A masterpiece.

"MASTERPEICE" 10 years ago by Luke ANthony

Horizons, One of the masterpieces that was trashed in the idea that epcot wasn't good enough, was a great attraction and makes any other attraction look bland in comparison. My all time favorite

"The Greatest Ride There Isn't" 11 years ago by Sarah

HORIZONS COME BACK TO US! A perfect ride for epcot! Its ok Disney, you can bring it back! I won't judge you for making a mistake! This ride wasn't just in Epcot it WAS Epcot! What could be a more perfect introduction to every pavilion? Mesa Verde with your Loranges in the desert fields. You are the LAND! Sea Castle with your deep ocean bases and living among the fish dining in your undersea restaurant. You are THE LIVING SEAS! Nova Cite could be the very city at the end of World Of Motion! Not to mention our hover cars! The holo-communications? Spaceship Earth! The begining of the ride, the past visions of the future our sci fi movies and the grand ending which you could choose. Thats Imagination! The swirling DNA strand like the one in the (horribly) removed Wonders Of Life! They Crystals of Brava Centauri, the alternate energy spoke of in Universe of Energy! All throughout you see people of different nations like in World showcase (which could represent world peace in the future if you think about it!) And finally Brava Centauri Itself, which is the HORIZONS of tomorrow. Were in the threshold now! And they wanted to give it up!? Heck this shoulda been the ride in Spaceship Earth! The perfect intro to the park! Why why why? did they get rid of it? Why not put Space in its own Pavillion. A space pavillion (of which Brava could have represented!) I couldn't bear to see the video of the ride coming down, I cried. That was right after I stopped going for a few years. It was a dark time. New Imagination, No Horizons. sadly epcot is still in its dark ages. They really should rebuild it possibly between the land and the seas (there is room as there was for (sniff sniff) Wonders of life ( :'( ) on the other side.

"Can We Please Have It Back?" 11 years ago by AimYourBrent

Horizons was the greatest theme park experience ever created. That is actual fact. I wish Disney would just reconstruct it where Wonders Of Life currently sits empty. Everyone from kids to adults from timid riders to thrill seekers loved this attraction. It was everything that was great about EPCOT Center. I would do anything to be able to ride it again.

Description

Horizons was a masterpeice Audio Anamatronic ride-through attraction, located in Epcot's Future World.

Details

An incredible journey through lifestyles for the 21st century. After "blasting off" from the Futureport, you'll examine the marvels imagined by visionaries of the past ... Jules Verne's cannonball flight to the moon, for example. Through the wonders of micro- and macro-photography, never-before-seen images of today's world unfold on the world's largest motion-picture screen. Then it's off to explore four future habitats... the urban environment of tomorrow, a robotics-staffed desert farm, a working ocean colony, and a "space city" where asteroid mining and zero-gravity crystal manufacture are facts of everyday life. The rest of the adventure is up to you! You and your fellow passengers control which future environment to explore as you choose your own "new horizon" for the finale.

Capacity: 2,660 guests per hour
Show Time: 14:35 minutes
Speed: 1.53 fps
Ride System: Overhead omnimover
Closed: 9 January 1999