Horizons
Horizons may be familiar to those who visited Walt Disney World in the early years of the company. It was a building in the middle of EPCOT that allowed people to learn about scientific breakthroughs. It was positioned in the center of the park. Horizons was created as a follow-up to the Carousel of Progress, which was shown during the 1964 World’s Fair as an ode to “utopian futurism.” and as a companion piece to the Carousel of Progress. Visitors may choose to go to the Mesa Verde desert town, the Bravo Centauri space station, or the undersea Sea Castle research base via an Omnirover ride system that included two 70-millimeter “OMNIMAX” screens. After a six-year lifespan, the ride was decommissioned in 1989.
Horizons
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
When Disney bought the rights to the Alien film property, they immediately began work on a new attraction that would be located in the heart of Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World’s theme park. The Imagineering team worked with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, to create a terrifying “theater-in-the-round” experience that depicts what would happen if aliens took over the world. When it was finished, Disney CEO Michael Eisner ordered that it be closed since the happy pre-show did not reflect the actual scary and dramatic ride. The ride was eventually closed. It first opened its doors in 1995 and closed its doors in 2003, when it was replaced by Stitch’s Great Escape!
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
