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Horizons (Disney)

Horizons
Horizonsepcotlogo copy.svg
Horizons.jpg
Epcot
Coordinates 28°22′26″N 81°32′48″W / 28.37389°N 81.54667°W / 28.37389; -81.54667Coordinates: 28°22′26″N 81°32′48″W / 28.37389°N 81.54667°W / 28.37389; -81.54667
Status Removed
Cost US$60 million
Opening date October 1, 1983 (Original) December, 1995 (Reopening)
Closing date December 1994 (Original) January 9, 1999 (Reopening)
Replaced by Mission: SPACE
General statistics
Attraction type Dark ride
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
George McGinnis
Theme Future life
Music "New Horizons" (theme song) by George Wilkins
Length 1,346 ft (410 m)
Site area 136,835 sq ft (12,712.4 m2)
Vehicle type Omnimover
Vehicles 184
Riders per vehicle 3–4
Duration 14:45
Host Bob Holt and Dena Dietrich
Steel 3,700 tons (More than Spaceship Earth)
Pavilion surface area 37,000 sq ft (3,437 m2)
Dispatch interval 4.8 seconds
Ride speed 1.53 ft/s (0.47 m/s)
Sponsor General Electric (1983–1993)
None (1993–1999)

Horizons was the name of a dark ride attraction at Epcot (then known as EPCOT Center), a theme park at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Located on the eastern side of the "Future World" section of Epcot, the attraction used Disney's Omnimover conveyance system, which took guests past show scenes depicting visions of the future. It is believed to be the sequel to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, an attraction in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Horizons was the only attraction in "Future World" to showcase all of Epcot's "Future World" elements: communication, community interaction, energy, transportation, anatomy, physiology, along with man's relationship to the sea, land, air, and space. The attraction officially opened on October 1, 1983, as part of Phase II of Epcot. Horizons originally closed in December 1994, a little more than a year after General Electric had ended its sponsorship of the attraction. Horizons re-opened in December 1995 due to the closure of two other attractions that were down for refurbishment in "Future World", Universe of Energy and World of Motion. The attraction permanently closed on January 9, 1999, after which the attraction was dismantled and its structure demolished to make room for Mission: SPACE, a motion simulator thrill ride that opened on October 9, 2003.

The attraction, although extinct, still retains a sizable cult following, especially among Disney park aficionados.


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