Cranium Command
| Cranium Command | |
|---|---|
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| Epcot | |
| Area |
Future World Wonders of Life Pavilion |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | October 19, 1989 |
| Closing date | January 1, 2007 |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Theater Presentation |
| Theme | The Human Brain |
| Music | Original score by David Newman |
| Duration | 17:00 |
| Host | Buzzy (Scott Curtis) |
| Director |
Jerry Rees Opening Sequence Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Pre-show length | 5:00 |
Cranium Command was an attraction at the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park. The show was a humorous presentation on the importance of the human brain.
The show's script was written by Jenny Tripp, a staff writer in Disney Feature Animation, and directed by Jerry Rees, who in addition to many other Disney film-based attractions, directed "The Brave Little Toaster". The pre-show itself was the first directing effort of Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, famous for later directing "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
It premiered on October 19, 1989; as of January 4, 2004 it began to operate seasonally, closing permanently on January 1, 2007.
During the 2007 International Food & Wine Festival, the entrance was used as a wine presentation. The pavilion has continued to be used for various Epcot festival events. As of 2016, the attraction still stands today hidden from public view, but it is no longer operational due to lack of maintenance.
From the entrance at the back of the pavilion, guests walked into a very basic, sparsely themed holding room with a digital counter reading the time until the next show. On the walls hung propaganda posters encouraging guests to enlist in the "Cranium Command" (similar signage could be seen advertising the show around the "Wonders of Life" pavilion). Also there was signage including brain teasers and humorous gags and puns, setting the stage for both the concept and tone. Guests were then led into a narrow, tall room with brightly colored carpeted walls. Facing the guests was a plain movie screen, and closed automatic doors to their left.
The movie screen would soon illuminate showing an animated segment featuring the boisterous and loud General Knowledge (voiced by Corey Burton) briefing his "Cranium Commando" troops on their mission: to pilot human brains and keep the people they're in out of trouble. A bumbling little soldier named Buzzy (Scott Curtis) has been given one of the most difficult missions of all: piloting a twelve-year-old boy.
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