This ride has such a huge following online. It's one of the most influential rides disney has ever made, and it's a shame it doesn't get an official tribute by disney
I never really knew much about the ride growing up because it wasn't around when I started visiting the Disney Parks, but I can see why people are still very passionate about brining it back in a more modern form.
I was already around for a few years but my parents didn't like Epcot when they were there as kids so we never visited the park until after 2000. By then Horizons had closed and I missed out on it.
I know right!? Disney really swept it under the rug. I have been going to the Disney Parks for the last 19 years and never heard a peep about Horizons. It wasn't until CZcams that I learned about it.
You know now that I think about it, ALOT of the ride elements of Horizons can still be found today in the current version of Spaceship Earth. While it focuses more on communications than futuristic technology, it still has an engaging narrative, and has an interactive screen section at the end where you can pick YOUR future. It just comes to show that sometimes extinct Disney attractions are not truly dead from the parks. They just change into different forms at different locations. 🙂🙂
This was THE GREATEST ride Disney ever created! And, it was a LONG ride! The day this ride was demolished was a dark day in Disney history. In its place...a ride that cant even compare...
I was shocked to see how long it was (almost 15 minutes) but with the omnimover it made sense since they keep loading and unloading people with no stopping. Never getting a chance to experience it is one my biggest theme park regrets.
Epcot, when it was EPCOT Center, was a thing to behold. Future World is a shadow of what it once was. Communicore was amazing! Now they don’t know what to do with those buildings and they weren’t even in the Bkuesky art for the impending overhaul. Hopefully eventually we’lol get Horizons II...
I really though the park that needed to most help out of the 4 in Florida was Hollywood Studios, but the more research I've done about Epcot I have to agree with you. The park is having a mid-life crisis: it doesn't know what it wants to be anymore. I know GOTG is still coming to the park but after that there really isn't much. What happens when Disney decides to keep changing the classics to something based on IPs? I don't think it's going to go over well with longtime fans of the park.
I think the IPs work better in the World Showcase. The countries can still have their identities AND have a Disney IP. Futureworld should return to its roots...showcase current and future technologies. Hopefully the Futureworld overhaul will do just that. A nice nod that Disney could do is with the rumored Epcot Monorail Hotel. Make it look like the Progress City central tower. It could be a scaled down version AND would provide seasonal show space. It’d also balance out the sight lines with Spaceship Earth and GotG. Fans would go nuts!
The days of Epcot being an Educational Theme park aren't coming back. Guardians of the galaxy, mission space, the confusion of the future play pavilion to test track are sticking around. Sure you still have imagination, the seas, & land which are shells of their former selves, then we have world showcase to the famous spaceship earth which are the only things left in the educational aspect from the original epcot center. Kids these days don't want to go to a theme park to be educated, they wanna have fun and get away from boredom they get at school.
@@madden8021it sucks how epcot just seems so ip based now, everything that made it epcot appears to be leaving, even in the world showcase theyre overhauling rides that represent the countries with stuff based on movies (extremely directed towards frozen ever after)
Sorry you guys didn't get to see it. As a Florida native, born in the 70's I rode it many times. The coolest thing about it was how open the ride felt. You felt like you were floating past actual habitats in various environments. You'd usually start "outside" and then float "inside" a house or seabase or whatever. Many of the "interiors" of the habitats were two or three levels. The space was enormous. Your entire field of view was themed from top to bottom and left to right. You can't get a feel for it in video unfortunately. But, I loved that ride. It was my favorite.
This is and always will be one of my favorite rides from Epcot. ! The Ambiance of it. The beautiful Orange Grove smell from the ride. The futuristic aspect of it! This ride is very nostalgic for me. Along with world of motion
With the sinkhole problem I understand why the building was taken down, but to replace it entirely was such a shame. Especially the way they treated the ride after GE didn't renew its sponsorship.
@@ThemeParkHistory agreed. From what i heard the reason why the ride closed so suddely and without much notice it's because they didn't know until December how bad the sinkhole was... At that time they were deciding on updating Horizons or making a new thrill ride in which the vehicle would be a Jetpack.
MATHEUS PG I was told that the only reason it reopened was the east part of future world had at the time was wonders of life open while world of motion and energy adventure where being done up so Disney had no choice but to open horizons
It's sad to see the futurism that was Epcot slowly fade away. Perhaps a video about the Racer at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, PA. It's a one-of-a-kind roller coaster, as in, it's the last of it's kind.
Seems like a mistake for Epcot to move away from what the park's original concept was. I understand it's hard to predict the future but Epcot seems to have an identity crisis at the moment. Should be interesting to see what happens in the next few years and if they move away completely from futurism. Racer at Kennywood Park has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Yamcha Kippur.
It was one of the best rides if not the best ride, made you feel really good afterwards, even tho you already feel good being at Epcot... Made the future feel very hopeful and good!
I thought I was the only one who felt like that! It's the most optimistic and feel good attraction I've ever seen. I think the soundtrack plays a big part in that.
I only went on this ride once before it closed but I remember it so vividly. I thought it was cool. I was so amazed by the details, the music and autotronics.
By far the greatest ride ever created. When I was in high school I went to EPCOT with my parents and rode it 3 times. It was in the mid 90s. I was sad the next time I went and it was closed. The time after that it was gone.
Horizons is easily one of my favorite rides of all time. It’s safe to say that when this ride was shut down, it was the beginning of the end of EPCOT Center. It’s nothing like it use to be and they need to bring it back.
Loved this ride. I was a Disney fanatic back in the day, and rides like this--and the ethos it represented--was a big reason why. Later-era Eisner and then Iger (and Chapek, etc) have just killed all the love I had for Disney. It took a long time for me to turn from fan to detractor, but if I was to pinpoint where it started, it was with the unceremonious destruction of my favorite ride at EPCOT. In the past five years I have only returned under duress (pressured by my children, who are now both legally adults so if they want to go back now, they can pay for it).
Love the use of the Epcot entrance theme :D Great video and absolutely amazing! Love all your work and seeing everything you do! Who knows maybe someday you can even do an interview with imagineers or engineers from coaster companies or other theme park personnel too!!1
Horizons was our favorite ride at EPCOT and we were so sad to see it go. Mission Space is one of those rides that you do once and then say "I saw it, I don't need to do this again". Horizons was incredible, was closed for one trip but back open for the next one. We thought they'd changed their minds about closing it and boy were we happy. We rode it over and over again for 2 hours because it was POURING outside. The next time we went it had closed permanently, so we were really sad. We had to mourn its loss a second time, and it was as bad as the first time. I never noticed the disrepair, when I'm in WDW I'm a kid again and it's all magic for me. Boy do I miss this experience!
I have watched all of your videos thus far; but I saved this one for last. This was one of my favorite attractions at Epcot when I was a little kid. I remember always fighting with my brother to make the selections for the final portion of the ride. Thank you so much for bringing this ride back to all of us who enjoyed it. Your channel has brought back so many memories that I can share stories with my daughter when the time comes. "If we can dream it, then we can do it Yes we can, yes we can! New Horizons for you and for me" Since we're already in Epcot; might I recommend your next video be one about "The World of Motion"
You can never have too many videos about Horizons. I only rode this ride one time and it is still my favorite to this day! Thanks for such a great vid, man
Shame it's gone, it really is one of the best attractions ever created by Disney. It just did everything right and its message of a brighter tomorrow was great.
That's a pretty good comparison, I know people say Spaceship Earth is that attraction for Epcot but i find it to be boring at times. At least Horizons was nice to look at and who doesn't like seeing what the future has to hold?
And I would agree Spaceship Earth is the definitive Epcot ride. But if you took SE, Horizons and Journey Into Imagination(the original) and kept them going, refurbed w/the occasional overlay you could have had a good core of rides at Epcot while changing out the other ones. Would have helped keep Epcot's identity intact whilst welcoming new rides and ideas(i.e. Test Track, Frozen Ever After, Ratatouille etc.)
That change over from Journey Into Imagination to Journey Into Your Imagination is one of the worst decisions ever made by Disney. I understand why they did it but the way they changed everything was just wrong. Who thought removing everything that made the ride a classic was a good idea?
Thank you for making this video ! Nice tribute to an amazing ride. This attraction is definitely one my favorites. I remember going on it for the first time in 1986. I miss it!!!
I was on this as a kid. The smell was very sterile/ new technology composite, kind of "plasticy". Some people say they were/or are bored as a kid at Epcot but NOT me. As a little kid, I was blown away. The place was fascinating and made you imagine new ideas. I like the concept and themes of Epcot, and It's probably as relevant as ever. World culture and humanities life sciences. There is ao much that Disney can work with, even if there IP's become more prevalent.
I went to Epcot a fair amount in 1991/1992. And i know I'd been in years before. It's so strange while I remembered much while actually seeing the video, I couldn't bring up a memory of this ride before that. I know I rode it, but perhaps not as much as the other rides. Seems rather a shame it took such help to remember something obviously so impressive.
We have seen that a lot in the comments that people remember Horizons but don't actually remember what the ride was about. It's weird but I guess makes sense since it was surrounded by Wonders of Life, World of Motion and Universe of Energy, which seem to have a bigger following. Might have just faded in with that section of the park.
I wouldve loved to see all of the opening day epcot attractions but sadly I was born in 2003 once a majority had been dumbed down or replaced. Im going on my first disney world trip in april with my school band so when we go to epcot i'll definitely be trying to go on spaceship earth since that one hasnt had any major changes
The imagineers of today have no clue as to how they can just make something based on a character or thrill ride rather than just make something that relates to people all ages, Horizons did just that and also all the attractions at future world in the 80s and 90s.
Amazing job. For your next video, you can consider either Alien Encounter at the Magic Kingdom, Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue at Universal Studios Florida, Curse of Dark Castle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Voyage to the Iron Reef at Knott's Berry Farm, and/or Justice League: Battle for Metropolis at Six Flags Great Adventure. It'd be interesting to hear YOUR thoughts on those attractions.
I love your videos they are so great! 10/10 every time! I honestly become a little sad when each video ends. Maybe one day do an hours worth (or more trust me ill watch it) on a park and its entirety!
Thank you so much memyselfandi! I have to change up the endings, they usually end on a somber note 😂We have plans to cover the history of theme parks, those videos will definitely take longer to put together but definitely will have a longer run time than the videos we currently put out.
When he said that educational and thought inspiring rides were being replaced by thrill rides, that hurt XD. Now they have Guardians of the Galaxy replacing another attraction at EPCOT haha
Martin E. Would definitely love to see that! Was at Universal last fall and absolutely love that attraction and if I need to give my legs a quick breather I love to lounge by that talking fountain or that fancy restaurant.
I never got to experience this ride. I wish i got to ride it. Thank you for the video. The next suggestion is Disney back lot tour at Disney Hollywood Studios
Hey, you think you can add to list Universe of energy / Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot, and sometime next year, to celebrate 30th anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios, can you talk about it's two opening day attractions, The Great Movie Ride and the Backlot studio tour?
I've never been to Disney world only Disneyland. I'm from the west so I doubt I will ever go ,but I sure appreciate all the videos I can watch . It might not be the same but I still get to see what it looked like.
Greatest dark ride of all time. Fun fact, you can see the Space Shuttle docked at the window where the son is “floating away”. Of course, the shuttle would be decommissioned before this future could ever be seen.
Still have never been to Epcot. I’ve been living in Florida all my life and gone to everywhere except Epcot. It just didn’t seem as fun as the other theme parks. I think I’ll finally visit it soon.
Love all of your videos! Just wanted to point out that Walt died on December 15th, not December 6th as you mentioned in this video. Keep up the super good work!!
Hello, and welcome to Theme Park History, the channel for everything to do with theme parks. Old and new, big and small. In today’s episode we blast off into the depths of our solar system as we explore Mission: SPACE a motion based simulator ride that opened at EPCOT on August 15th, 2003 This attraction was suggested by all these astronauts of the International Space Training Center, so thank you to everyone for your comments. As always, if there’s an attraction you’d like us to cover in a future video, leave a comment down below, you never know? Your suggestion might be next month’s video. PLEASE MAN!!!! DO MISSION SPACE!!!
I'm glad it left on a higher note then it would have if it stuck around till now. Look at the lines for living with the land or carousel of progress if horizons was around today no one would ride it as much as they say they would. We have so few relics left from the past and no one gives them the love they deserve
Everyone says they closed this in 99. I was on this ride June 2001. It was the only time I ever went to Disney world. Epcot still had the 2000 on top of it.
They should have figured out how to get the money to update that ride and found a way to preserve the mural. A harsh reality on things that doesn't always work out. Still they could have preserve the mural. They've probably had somebody to create a mural so they can make an exact copy to put in Horizons. There might be an original copy in the archives someplace.
You could do a video about those guys that figured out how to bypass Horizons security and walked about the ride scenes. They took a bunch of stuff from the ride before it got closed down too.
This ride has such a huge following online. It's one of the most influential rides disney has ever made, and it's a shame it doesn't get an official tribute by disney
I never really knew much about the ride growing up because it wasn't around when I started visiting the Disney Parks, but I can see why people are still very passionate about brining it back in a more modern form.
@@ThemeParkHistory I wasn't even born when it opened haha (2000 kid). But I wish I would have
I was already around for a few years but my parents didn't like Epcot when they were there as kids so we never visited the park until after 2000. By then Horizons had closed and I missed out on it.
Horizons was awesome! It brought together all the epcot themes! Definitely in my personal top 3! ❤
I know right!? Disney really swept it under the rug. I have been going to the Disney Parks for the last 19 years and never heard a peep about Horizons. It wasn't until CZcams that I learned about it.
You know now that I think about it, ALOT of the ride elements of Horizons can still be found today in the current version of Spaceship Earth. While it focuses more on communications than futuristic technology, it still has an engaging narrative, and has an interactive screen section at the end where you can pick YOUR future. It just comes to show that sometimes extinct Disney attractions are not truly dead from the parks. They just change into different forms at different locations. 🙂🙂
This was THE GREATEST ride Disney ever created! And, it was a LONG ride! The day this ride was demolished was a dark day in Disney history. In its place...a ride that cant even compare...
I was shocked to see how long it was (almost 15 minutes) but with the omnimover it made sense since they keep loading and unloading people with no stopping. Never getting a chance to experience it is one my biggest theme park regrets.
Epcot, when it was EPCOT Center, was a thing to behold. Future World is a shadow of what it once was. Communicore was amazing! Now they don’t know what to do with those buildings and they weren’t even in the Bkuesky art for the impending overhaul. Hopefully eventually we’lol get Horizons II...
I really though the park that needed to most help out of the 4 in Florida was Hollywood Studios, but the more research I've done about Epcot I have to agree with you. The park is having a mid-life crisis: it doesn't know what it wants to be anymore. I know GOTG is still coming to the park but after that there really isn't much. What happens when Disney decides to keep changing the classics to something based on IPs? I don't think it's going to go over well with longtime fans of the park.
I think the IPs work better in the World Showcase. The countries can still have their identities AND have a Disney IP. Futureworld should return to its roots...showcase current and future technologies. Hopefully the Futureworld overhaul will do just that. A nice nod that Disney could do is with the rumored Epcot Monorail Hotel. Make it look like the Progress City central tower. It could be a scaled down version AND would provide seasonal show space. It’d also balance out the sight lines with Spaceship Earth and GotG. Fans would go nuts!
I wasn't lucky enough to experience this incredible ride, but mission space is absolute trash
LMAO horizons predicted the zoom birthday party I had to have with my family in quarantine
I always loved that background music. The screaming trumpets send chills
It's a hot take but I think Horizons has the best soundtrack of any Disney ride.
Yup
@@ThemeParkHistory I love how they put so much heart into a theme park ride soundtrack
We need a Horizons 2.0 when Epcot gets overhauled!!!
The days of Epcot being an Educational Theme park aren't coming back. Guardians of the galaxy, mission space, the confusion of the future play pavilion to test track are sticking around.
Sure you still have imagination, the seas, & land which are shells of their former selves, then we have world showcase to the famous spaceship earth which are the only things left in the educational aspect from the original epcot center.
Kids these days don't want to go to a theme park to be educated, they wanna have fun and get away from boredom they get at school.
@@madden8021it sucks how epcot just seems so ip based now, everything that made it epcot appears to be leaving, even in the world showcase theyre overhauling rides that represent the countries with stuff based on movies (extremely directed towards frozen ever after)
Amazing my friend. I wish I could have ridden it but this video is the next best thing.
Tampa Jay me too bro. I missed it I was in Disneyland land till 2008.
Thank you Tampa Jay! I'm in the same boat as you, never got to experience it myself. Probably one of my biggest theme park regrets.
Sorry you guys didn't get to see it. As a Florida native, born in the 70's I rode it many times. The coolest thing about it was how open the ride felt. You felt like you were floating past actual habitats in various environments. You'd usually start "outside" and then float "inside" a house or seabase or whatever. Many of the "interiors" of the habitats were two or three levels. The space was enormous. Your entire field of view was themed from top to bottom and left to right. You can't get a feel for it in video unfortunately. But, I loved that ride. It was my favorite.
This is and always will be one of my favorite rides from Epcot. ! The Ambiance of it. The beautiful Orange Grove smell from the ride. The futuristic aspect of it! This ride is very nostalgic for me. Along with world of motion
Horizons is the best ride ever created and if updated would be a great solution to the ageing problem of Epcot
With the sinkhole problem I understand why the building was taken down, but to replace it entirely was such a shame. Especially the way they treated the ride after GE didn't renew its sponsorship.
@@ThemeParkHistory agreed. From what i heard the reason why the ride closed so suddely and without much notice it's because they didn't know until December how bad the sinkhole was... At that time they were deciding on updating Horizons or making a new thrill ride in which the vehicle would be a Jetpack.
MATHEUS PG I was told that the only reason it reopened was the east part of future world had at the time was wonders of life open while world of motion and energy adventure where being done up so Disney had no choice but to open horizons
@@onebadbarjoke4421 You are talking about the first closure. From what i know they had these plans for the second closure.
An updated Horizons would certainly be much more welcome than Guardians of the Galaxy...
I suggest “Journey Into Imagination” and “Mr Toad’s Wild Ride”
Both have been added to the list, thank you for the suggestions Trolls.
Yes Fidget!
*Figment
It's sad to see the futurism that was Epcot slowly fade away.
Perhaps a video about the Racer at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, PA. It's a one-of-a-kind roller coaster, as in, it's the last of it's kind.
Seems like a mistake for Epcot to move away from what the park's original concept was. I understand it's hard to predict the future but Epcot seems to have an identity crisis at the moment. Should be interesting to see what happens in the next few years and if they move away completely from futurism.
Racer at Kennywood Park has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Yamcha Kippur.
It was one of the best rides if not the best ride, made you feel really good afterwards, even tho you already feel good being at Epcot... Made the future feel very hopeful and good!
I thought I was the only one who felt like that! It's the most optimistic and feel good attraction I've ever seen. I think the soundtrack plays a big part in that.
Totally agree!!
I sure wish Horizons was still around. Its such a masterpiece of engineering and wonder. EPCOT has never been the same without it.
I only went on this ride once before it closed but I remember it so vividly. I thought it was cool. I was so amazed by the details, the music and autotronics.
By far the greatest ride ever created. When I was in high school I went to EPCOT with my parents and rode it 3 times. It was in the mid 90s. I was sad the next time I went and it was closed. The time after that it was gone.
Horizons is easily one of my favorite rides of all time. It’s safe to say that when this ride was shut down, it was the beginning of the end of EPCOT Center. It’s nothing like it use to be and they need to bring it back.
Loved this ride. I was a Disney fanatic back in the day, and rides like this--and the ethos it represented--was a big reason why. Later-era Eisner and then Iger (and Chapek, etc) have just killed all the love I had for Disney. It took a long time for me to turn from fan to detractor, but if I was to pinpoint where it started, it was with the unceremonious destruction of my favorite ride at EPCOT. In the past five years I have only returned under duress (pressured by my children, who are now both legally adults so if they want to go back now, they can pay for it).
Brilliant attraction! Music, sights & sounds! Nuff said! 😉
Top video by the way! ! 😉 O.O.K 👌💙
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@@jimmymelendez1836 ya just don't get it do ya Jimmy!
Love the use of the Epcot entrance theme :D Great video and absolutely amazing! Love all your work and seeing everything you do! Who knows maybe someday you can even do an interview with imagineers or engineers from coaster companies or other theme park personnel too!!1
Horizons was our favorite ride at EPCOT and we were so sad to see it go. Mission Space is one of those rides that you do once and then say "I saw it, I don't need to do this again". Horizons was incredible, was closed for one trip but back open for the next one. We thought they'd changed their minds about closing it and boy were we happy. We rode it over and over again for 2 hours because it was POURING outside. The next time we went it had closed permanently, so we were really sad. We had to mourn its loss a second time, and it was as bad as the first time. I never noticed the disrepair, when I'm in WDW I'm a kid again and it's all magic for me. Boy do I miss this experience!
The history of the ghost busters ride would be amazing!
Ghostbusters Spooktacular has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Emily TheStrange.
Another awesome video. this is seriously my favorite channel about theme parks.
I have watched all of your videos thus far; but I saved this one for last. This was one of my favorite attractions at Epcot when I was a little kid. I remember always fighting with my brother to make the selections for the final portion of the ride. Thank you so much for bringing this ride back to all of us who enjoyed it. Your channel has brought back so many memories that I can share stories with my daughter when the time comes.
"If we can dream it, then we can do it
Yes we can, yes we can!
New Horizons for you and for me"
Since we're already in Epcot; might I recommend your next video be one about "The World of Motion"
Spider-Man The Ride at Islands of Adventure!!! The game just came out recently and I remember how much I loved this ride when it first came out.
The Amazing Adventures of Spider Man has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Zudjr32.
You can never have too many videos about Horizons. I only rode this ride one time and it is still my favorite to this day!
Thanks for such a great vid, man
Shame it's gone, it really is one of the best attractions ever created by Disney. It just did everything right and its message of a brighter tomorrow was great.
It should have been to Epcot what Haunted Mansion and/or Pirates are to Disneyland and Magic Kingdom. It was THAT good of a ride.
That's a pretty good comparison, I know people say Spaceship Earth is that attraction for Epcot but i find it to be boring at times. At least Horizons was nice to look at and who doesn't like seeing what the future has to hold?
And I would agree Spaceship Earth is the definitive Epcot ride. But if you took SE, Horizons and Journey Into Imagination(the original) and kept them going, refurbed w/the occasional overlay you could have had a good core of rides at Epcot while changing out the other ones. Would have helped keep Epcot's identity intact whilst welcoming new rides and ideas(i.e. Test Track, Frozen Ever After, Ratatouille etc.)
That change over from Journey Into Imagination to Journey Into Your Imagination is one of the worst decisions ever made by Disney. I understand why they did it but the way they changed everything was just wrong. Who thought removing everything that made the ride a classic was a good idea?
Horizons turns 35 today!
Shame it's gone!
Wow, you did your research! Excellent work. Please keep it up! Thank you.
Thank you Fredito! We had to do one of best rides ever created by Disney justice!
This brought back a lot of great memories of my trips to Disney world as a kid! Love it. Please do a lot more Disney attractions!
Thank you so much GSOAguitarplayer! We have plans to cover more Disney attractions in the future.
@@ThemeParkHistory do pleasure island 🌴
Great video! Can't wait to see what you do next
Thanks Andrew! Next month will have two Halloween themed episodes, should be fun!
I really love your videos, I just wish they were more frequent.
This is my favorite Disney ride, a ride I never rode but had the chance to ride in 1995...but alas I was too young to realize how cool it was!
Never riding it is one of my biggest theme park regrets, it looked like an awesome experience you had to go on to really see what made it so special.
I just remembered, I actually saw Horizons being torn down. I didn't realize it at the time, I thought it was a hotel.
Since you have done this video for Horizons at Epcot, can you please do videos about the history of Spaceship Earth and Journey into Imagination?
Both have been added to the list, thank you for the suggestions Stephen.
What they did to imagination is a crime.
Seeing Mr. Disney while listening to the attraction at the beginning of your video....thoroughly moving. ❤️❤️❤️
I don't remember riding this when I was young, but I know many loved it. Good video!
That was probably my favorite ride as a kid.
Thank you for making this video ! Nice tribute to an amazing ride. This attraction is definitely one my favorites. I remember going on it for the first time in 1986. I miss it!!!
I was on this as a kid. The smell was very sterile/ new technology composite, kind of "plasticy". Some people say they were/or are bored as a kid at Epcot but NOT me. As a little kid, I was blown away. The place was fascinating and made you imagine new ideas. I like the concept and themes of Epcot, and It's probably as relevant as ever. World culture and humanities life sciences. There is ao much that Disney can work with, even if there IP's become more prevalent.
I went to Epcot a fair amount in 1991/1992. And i know I'd been in years before. It's so strange while I remembered much while actually seeing the video, I couldn't bring up a memory of this ride before that. I know I rode it, but perhaps not as much as the other rides. Seems rather a shame it took such help to remember something obviously so impressive.
We have seen that a lot in the comments that people remember Horizons but don't actually remember what the ride was about. It's weird but I guess makes sense since it was surrounded by Wonders of Life, World of Motion and Universe of Energy, which seem to have a bigger following. Might have just faded in with that section of the park.
I would love to see a Captain Eo video!!! One of Epcots original gems!
Captain EO has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Lisa.
@ThemeParkHistory can u please do kingdom of the dinosaurs by Knotts.
Hey man, these are really good videos. I really enjoyed them, nice job! Have you done Disney’s alien encounter yet?
I wouldve loved to see all of the opening day epcot attractions but sadly I was born in 2003 once a majority had been dumbed down or replaced. Im going on my first disney world trip in april with my school band so when we go to epcot i'll definitely be trying to go on spaceship earth since that one hasnt had any major changes
Your videos keep getting better and better! Well done!
Thank you MidnightWinterWolf! It's encouraging to hear that, I felt for a while we were getting stagnate with our videos.
The imagineers of today have no clue as to how they can just make something based on a character or thrill ride rather than just make something that relates to people all ages, Horizons did just that and also all the attractions at future world in the 80s and 90s.
This is a really great video man big fan of your videos
Thank you Joey! We appreciate the kind words!
@@ThemeParkHistory your welcome man could u do a video on the carousel of progress please I would really appreciate it if u did
Consider it added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Joey.
@@ThemeParkHistory your welcome could u also do alien encounter too please
I've Might Go To Walt Disney World In Florida One Day. Thanks Theme Park History Mate. X
Amazing job. For your next video, you can consider either Alien Encounter at the Magic Kingdom, Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue at Universal Studios Florida, Curse of Dark Castle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Voyage to the Iron Reef at Knott's Berry Farm, and/or Justice League: Battle for Metropolis at Six Flags Great Adventure. It'd be interesting to hear YOUR thoughts on those attractions.
I love your videos they are so great! 10/10 every time! I honestly become a little sad when each video ends. Maybe one day do an hours worth (or more trust me ill watch it) on a park and its entirety!
Thank you so much memyselfandi! I have to change up the endings, they usually end on a somber note 😂We have plans to cover the history of theme parks, those videos will definitely take longer to put together but definitely will have a longer run time than the videos we currently put out.
Good job theme park history i wish i was old enough to ride horizons
Thank you bs07 cool! I agree, never got to experience Horizons myself.
When he said that educational and thought inspiring rides were being replaced by thrill rides, that hurt XD. Now they have Guardians of the Galaxy replacing another attraction at EPCOT haha
A video on Dueling Dragons in Islands of Adventure would be very much appreciated. That ride was awesome.
Dueling Dragons/Dragon Challenge has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Nick.
I never knew about this particular ride till now. Very interesting I must say, makes me wish I was born earlier, to witness this.
The Poseidon Adventure at Islands of Adventure please
Martin E. Would definitely love to see that! Was at Universal last fall and absolutely love that attraction and if I need to give my legs a quick breather I love to lounge by that talking fountain or that fancy restaurant.
Poseidon's Adventure has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Martin.
Your videos are fantastic, best channel discovery ever!
For a future video maybe Disney quest?
Disney Quest has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Thrills Parks.
I can tell you why it cost $50 to get in.
I never got to experience this ride. I wish i got to ride it. Thank you for the video. The next suggestion is Disney back lot tour at Disney Hollywood Studios
Thanks for the (three days before my) birthday present: This video.
#IfYouCanDreamItYouCanDoIt
Happy Birthday in advance Gabriel!
Theme Park History Thanks Dude!
Happy late birthday!
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 keep up the good work!!! Do the haunted mansion 😍😍
Thank you Gloria! The Haunted Mansion has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion.
Hey, you think you can add to list Universe of energy / Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot, and sometime next year, to celebrate 30th anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios, can you talk about it's two opening day attractions, The Great Movie Ride and the Backlot studio tour?
Universe of Energy/The Great Movie Ride & The Backlot Studio Tour have been added to the list, thank you for your the Jacob.
Another fantastic video! My suggestion for a future video is Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies.
Thank you! Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion VivalaUsh.
I've never been to Disney world only Disneyland. I'm from the west so I doubt I will ever go ,but I sure appreciate all the videos I can watch . It might not be the same but I still get to see what it looked like.
Greatest dark ride of all time. Fun fact, you can see the Space Shuttle docked at the window where the son is “floating away”. Of course, the shuttle would be decommissioned before this future could ever be seen.
Could you do The Great Movie Ride? That would be amazing! The best ride ever R.I.P
The Great Movie Ride has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Marina.
Theme Park History Thank you so much! You are great & so is your channel!
Horizons was, and always will be, the greatest ride at Disney World.
You can't change my mind.
Still have never been to Epcot. I’ve been living in Florida all my life and gone to everywhere except Epcot. It just didn’t seem as fun as the other theme parks. I think I’ll finally visit it soon.
To be honest I really like Mission Space and Horizons looks like it’d be extremely outdated.
There's nothing wrong with that! Mission Space is a good attraction and Horizons was in desperate need of an update.
I can see how people would have nostalgia, but I grew up riding Mission Space and it’s always been one of my favorites
Mission: SPACE and Test Track are my favorite rides at EPCOT, and among my favorites at Disney World
Hell yeah, at least mission space was a worthy replacement imo
You should do the Great Movie Ride! (By the way, love the the channel)
Love all of your videos! Just wanted to point out that Walt died on December 15th, not December 6th as you mentioned in this video. Keep up the super good work!!
I suggest Water World at Universal Studios Hollywood as a new topic for the next video.
Waterworld has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Mark.
Hello, and welcome to Theme Park History, the channel for everything to do with theme parks. Old and new, big and small. In today’s episode we blast off into the depths of our solar system as we explore Mission: SPACE a motion based simulator ride that opened at EPCOT on August 15th, 2003
This attraction was suggested by all these astronauts of the International Space Training Center, so thank you to everyone for your comments. As always, if there’s an attraction you’d like us to cover in a future video, leave a comment down below, you never know? Your suggestion might be next month’s video.
PLEASE MAN!!!! DO MISSION SPACE!!!
Cool I’ve never been to Epcot. Also you are the best disney youtuber EVER! 😀
Please please do Hollywood Studios Backlot Tour! Catastrophe Canyon was a classic and it used to have so much more to it.
The Backlot Tour has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Holly.
Never heard of this attraction before today. It could be that I didn’t move to Florida until 1999
oh my gosh this video was fantastic; i would have loved to have been alive to see this ride in person!
You guys should do what lead to the creation of Halloween horrornights
We will have a video about HHN released closer to Halloween, thank you for the suggestion Anthony.
Do the Backdraft Experience from Universal Studios Hollywood.
Backdraft has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Marlon.
Please do a history of Extraterrorestial alien encounter from Disney world
Alien Encounter has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Zilla.
Oh no. I'm falling down a nostalgia hole!
Quick! Grab my hand before you fall in too deep!
lol
I'm glad it left on a higher note then it would have if it stuck around till now. Look at the lines for living with the land or carousel of progress if horizons was around today no one would ride it as much as they say they would. We have so few relics left from the past and no one gives them the love they deserve
This ride was a favorite of mine.
It is kind of interesting how they got some things right about the 21st Century so far back in the 80s.
Loved the video! Could you please do a video on Adventure Thru Inner Space? That would be a great video! It was a wonderful attraction!
Thank you Josh! Adventure Thru Inner Space has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion.
This was my favorite ride!!
I Miss The Old Disney Rides From the 80s.
This "tomorrow that never was" theme reminded me of the current iteration of Tomorrowland. I'd love to see a video on that!
I really miss this attraction
A lot of people do, including myself! Shame I never had a chance to experience it myself.
I like how none of the things on the ride has happened yet. I guess the only thing would be the video calls since we have Zoom and FaceTime now 🤣
We gotta talk about World of Motion/Test Track now
i’m binging on your vids before work
Triceratops encounter one day perhaps?
Triceratops Encounter has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion world of retro.
I can’t believe I never heard of this ride until I watched a vid on the guys who would secretly walk around the ride!
next it's Hanna barbera plz also good content👌🏻👍
Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Joel. Appreciate the kind words!
thx
Dueling dragons/Dragon challenge??
Dueling Dragons/Dragons Challenge added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Tyrone.
Great review. If you have time, I'd like to see a review of Hercules and Xena Wizards of the Screen at Universal Studios. Thanks.
Thank you wstine79! Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion.
@@ThemeParkHistory thank you. I remember seeing it on a marching band trip in 1998.
Journey into Imagination at Epcot and Dinosaur at DAK!
Both have been added to the list, thank you for the suggestions Ray.
Awesome video! You guys should do Knott’s Beary Tales/Kingdom of the Dinosaurs from Knott’s Berry Farm!
Thanks for watching! Knott's Beary Tales/Kingdom of the Dinosaurs has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion So-Cal Seany.
Everyone says they closed this in 99. I was on this ride June 2001. It was the only time I ever went to Disney world. Epcot still had the 2000 on top of it.
Oh no! They destroyed that beautiful mural! I wish there was someway they could have preserved it and removed it intact.
They should have figured out how to get the money to update that ride and found a way to preserve the mural. A harsh reality on things that doesn't always work out. Still they could have preserve the mural. They've probably had somebody to create a mural so they can make an exact copy to put in Horizons. There might be an original copy in the archives someplace.
Do Great Movie Ride !!
The Great Movie Ride has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Justin.
Hooray for Hollywood!!!! PLZ DO THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE!!!!
The Great Movie Ride has been aded to the list, thank you for the suggestion Michael.
You could do a video about those guys that figured out how to bypass Horizons security and walked about the ride scenes. They took a bunch of stuff from the ride before it got closed down too.