The Choice Competition Thread

mickeyfan5534

Well-Known Member
Well 3 are quickly interested...that's enough for me to be honest.

Here's what I'll do...

There are 5 others @Brer Panther @DSquared @mharrington @mickeyfan5534 @ScorpionX that I've all now tagged and should get a notification.

Challenge 7 will be posted momentarily (a day ahead of schedule) due to requests for more time.

Please note! If you are around, please respond, like, comment, do something so that I know you got this message. If you are busy or out of town tomorrow on Halloween, please let us know too. Honor code here though guys. If you're busy, you'll have a grace period for the submission date up to 24 hours after the originally scheduled due date (Sunday November 8th) to ensure that everyone has a fair playing field.

Hopefully that makes it fair for everyone. The people who want it early, and the people who might be busy.

Challenge 7 coming up!:)
I have work all day tomorrow plus a paper due Monday but I'm game other than that.
 

spacemt354

Chili's
Challenge 7: A New York World's Fair
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The 1964/65 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York has been remembered for the last 50 years as the venue which the world saw the advanced technological ingenuity of WED Enterprises on full display with the use of Audio-Animatronics.

WED Enterprises designed four attractions for the fair, all of which you can still ride at Disney Parks today:

The Carousel of Progress (sponsored by General Electric)
it's a small world (sponsored by Pepsi-Cola)
Ford's Magic Skyway (what became the "Peoplemover")
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (at the Illinois Pavilion)

The 64/65 World's Fair officially closed on October 17, 1965...50 years ago. Now...in 2015...in Challenge 7...the New York World's Fair is back!

In this challenge, each of you works for Walt Disney Imagineering and have been individually tasked with designing an attraction for the 2015 New York World's Fair. When designing your attraction, keep in mind that while the 64/65 WED attractions listed above may not seem so advanced by today's standards, they were incredibly advanced 50 years ago.

In order to successfully complete this task, your 2015 New York World's Fair attraction must showcase to the world the technological advances of WDI to shape the rest of the 21st century. You must also choose a corporate sponsor (ie Pepsi) for the attraction, like the previous World's Fair. Be imaginative and creative!

Challenge 7 is due Sunday November 8th at 8PM EST. Good Luck to all!
 

spacemt354

Chili's
Just to update y'all....

I didn't hear back from @Brer Panther or @ScorpionX but I hope you both are still good with the due date being next Sunday. If not, please let us know!

mharrington hasn't been online since yesterday, so he will automatically get the extension till Monday November 9th at 8PM to submit, along with mickeyfan5534.

To summarize:

Contestants submitting on Sunday November 8th at 8PM:
@RMichael21
@IDInstitute
@DSquared
@Flippin'Flounder
@Brer Panther *
@ScorpionX *

Contestants with an extension till Monday November 9th at 8PM:
@mickeyfan5534
@mharrington

And for the people submitting on Sunday...reviews and the results won't come till Monday night after all the projects have been submitted. Thanks!:)
 

RMichael21

Well-Known Member
THE CHOICE: CHALLENGE 7:
@RMichael21 Proudly Presents...


Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress... Presented By General Electric

50 years ago, the WED team, led by Walt Disney, opened four attractions that used new technologies and innovations that had millions of guests picking their dropped jaws off of the floor. From the classic “it’s a small world” and Carousel of Progress attractions to the groundbreaking Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln audio-animatronic show and to the Ford sponsored Magic Skyway, these attractions were able to push the boundaries in theme park entertainment.

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The whole point of the World’s Fair is to showcase progress. Whether that is substantial in science or industry, companies from around the world were able to showcase their innovations to a global audience. For the 2015 New York World’s Fair, Walt Disney Imagineering was tasked with creating an all new attraction that once again pushes the boundaries of innovation and celebrates progress in the modern world.

Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress will take the basic ideas and themes created with Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress and build off of them, focusing on the future rather than the past. Using innovative technologies and effects, this attraction will enlighten its guests with meaning while still keeping famous touches of Disney magic.

While Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Progress does not have a direct connection to the Walt Disney Company's creations, I have decided to add Walt's name in the title as an allusion to the original 1964 Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

Sponsor:
I chose General Electric as my sponsor because of their original sponsorship for the 1964 World's Fair and that we could see change in progress in their company along with this attraction that's focused so much about progress.

Theme:

Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress will take guests deep into the heart of the progress of man kind. Those who visit the attraction will be immersed in a modern, yet classical look throughout the attraction as they travel through the decades.

Inspired by the original Carousel of Progress, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Progress will take the original idea to a whole new level.
Disneyland's Original Carousel of Progress:
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Backstory:

Every Disney attraction would not be complete without a story. While Disney’s World’s Fair attractions have traditionally lacked backstories, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress will play host to the Disney Brothers Institute of Progress. This fictional university will inspire the attraction along with its façade, queue and ride vehicles. The story goes that guests will take part in a one of a kind experiment. They will be the first to test the Progressinator, a time machine that allows guests to travel anywhere on a timeline and view man’s progress first hand.

Façade:

The façade of this attraction will be very reminiscent of the Disneyland’s “it’s a small world” attraction. Featuring a modern Mary Blair inspired façade, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color will use these architectural styles to set the scene for the attraction.

Queue:

The queue of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress will take guests on a guided tour through the Disney Brothers Institute of Progress. At the end of the queue, guests will experience a pre-show that will have the head engineer and technician of the Progressinator explain the institute and the attraction’s background.

Ride Vehicles:

Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Progress will allow guests to experience a one of a kind attraction in completely unique vehicles. This attraction will combine a KUKA arm with a trackless vehicle to create an amazing experience for guests of the attraction. Due to the fact that KUKA’s lease with Universal has expired, Walt Disney Imagineering now has access to this amazing technology. On a typical trackless base, the KUKA two arms will sit.

Then, the vehicle will be attached to the KUKA arms. The two KUKA arms underneath the vehicle will allow for guests to tip forward, backwards and side to side and rise higher or lower. In addition, these KUKA arms can completely retract, allowing the vehicle to sit almost on top of the trackless base. This can be useful for when there are multiple vehicles in the same room. All of this, added onto the trackless vehicle base will create an out of this world experience.

The vehicles that guests sit in themselves will be themed to the Progressinator, a futuristic and modern time machine. In front of every guest will be a small screen. Each vehicle can seat 12 (3 rows of 4).

Ride Experience:

Guests will begin the attraction at the loading area, themed to the laboratory of the institute. Once guests have boarded the attraction, they will hear a safety spiel and be off on their journey. Five vehicles can be loaded and leave the loading area at one single time.

Scene 1:
Once guests leave the loading area they will find that they are in a square room. Here, one their personal small screens, the guests will see the head engineer of the Progressinator. He explains that as the first test subjects of the Progressinator, there are risks. But, he then tells him that we’ll be going back in time first, to the invention of the very first computer. The room is filled with bright light (and then darkness) as the vehicles use their KUKA arms to being lift up the Progressinator. This will give the illusion that guests are floating.

Scene 2:
Guests have just entered a scene where a massive computer is in front of them. The setting is the early 19th century. Here, Charles Babbage (the inventor of the first computer) will explain to them the creation of his invention. However, in the middle of his spiel, the head engineer pops back up onto the screen and explains that an important event is going on in the future and that we have to catch it. Therefore, the room goes light and then dark once again and the vehicles rise up to travel to 1990, when the World Wide Web was first invented.
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Scene 3:
Scene 3 will follow a similar pattern to Scene 2. Here, Tim Berners-Lee will explain the invention of the Internet before being interrupted once again by the head engineer. However, this time he says that they’ll be traveling to the future, in 2064. The vehicles rise up, and the guests now travel into the future.

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Scene 4:
“Oh no, something’s wrong.” This is what the guests will hear in the middle of the darkness. The KUKA arms give the illusion that guests are floating a turbulent (the vehicle is also spinning slowly) ride through the air. They are told that they have been trapped in a time riff directly at the present day and that they must all use the backup energy stored in the vehicles to escape. Eventually, the sound of a whirring machine begins and the vehicles tip up and an elevator mechanism lifts the five vehicles 20 feet up to a second level.

Scene 5:
On the second level, the five vehicles move in a single line facing the same direction. They face a “window” which is actually a live feed outside of the New York World’s Fair. But soon, these windows begin to change and evolve. In a time lapse sort of way, we see the present landscape build up into a futuristic city (similar in style and scale to Tomorrowland from the film “Tomorrowland”).

We hear the engineer describe how the guests must of taken a separate route to the future.

Scene 6:
Suddenly, guests begin to fall rapidly. In total, guests will descend a whopping 50 feet in this elevator. Using another elevator mechanism, guests will move to the lower level of the attraction. This level is in fact mainly underground due to the size and scope of the next scene. This scene is the largest scene in the attraction. In addition, scene 6 serves as a transitional scene, using LED lights to create a time travel feel.

Due to the elevator’s sheer height, a rotation of the elevators in the shaft will allow for constant loading. This can be compared to Walt Disney World’s Tower of Terror.

Scene 7:
After emerging from the elevator, guests enter a MASSIVE show scene. Made of practical sets that are 50 feet high (the show building for this section of the attraction rises 20 feet about ground level). Guests have arrived in the future. Guests can see energy efficient transportation and homes, futuristic hologram projections on the side of buildings and a central area that features dancing fountains. This is our vision of what a futuristic city will be. While most of this scene will put to use practical sets, screens are used to create a background behind these large buildings.
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Trackless rides are often known for their one room where the vehicles scramble around each other. Here, the five vehicles in the one group mix with the group in front of them and once the group from behind them arrives, the front group will leave. This will allow for 10 vehicles to be in this one room at once.
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In this scene, the futuristic city will provide a glimpse at mankind’s future. In addition, while this scene may seem slightly unrealistic, that’s what progress is all about, breaking the mold and doing something that has never been seen before. Once guests have spent about 4 minutes in the futuristic city, they exit into a building on the far end of the scene. Each vehicle in the original group will enter the same building but a separate elevator.

Scene 8:
Guests will board this final elevator and rise the 30 feet back to ground level. While they make their ascent, the head engineer will thank them for testing out the Progressinator. He then invites them to exit the Progressinator at the future time and explore the future’s technology and life-style. He explains that a stationary Progressinator will be waiting for them once they are willing to return to the present. This lift will use a similar cycle elevator mechanism as the 50 foot lift.

Guests arrive at the unloading area, which is themed to the futuristic city. They disembark into the post-show.

Post Show:

Guests can have the opportunity to test out futuristic gadgets and technologies in an Innoventions style expo. This is similar to many of Epcot’s post-shows. Once guests have had their fill, they can travel through a “progressinator tunnel”, which uses a moving walkway and lighting effects, and back to the present.

Guests who are not able to ride (such as small toddlers, pregnant women or those with heart of back problems) are able to enter directly into the post-show.

Attraction Statistics:

Ride Type: Dark Ride (E-Ticket)
Vehicle Type: Trackless/KUKA Arm
Capacity: 3,400 Riders Per Hour
Height Restriction: 32 Inches

Thanks for reading!
 
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DSquared

Well-Known Member
What would a World's Fair be without a Disney attraction? At the 2015 New York World's Fair, two of the world's most important and innovative companies will join forces to create the attraction of the century. Microsoft and Disney will team up to display the power of the new Microsoft HoloLens The HoloLens is a new innovation in the hologram field. It's power was on display at E3.



As you can see, the HoloLens displays images to the person with the glasses on in a 3 dimensional form Here is the inner workings of the HoloLens.

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The system will be changed, so that the images are displayed and triggered by the narrator's voice.


Now, on to the attraction itself.


The Wonderful World Around You! Presented by Microsoft will be the most innovative and immersive look at the future of technology ever. As you walk through the plain white, futuristic outside facade, you then enter a small museum. One half is dedicated to Walt Disney and the other to Bill Gates. Think One Man's Dream.

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At the end of the small museum queue, there are double doors with cast members handing out the specialized HoloLens. When you put them on and step into the next room, you are greeted by Walt Disney and Bill Gates. They are both in just a regular hotel room. Outside the window they are looking at though, is Walt's grand vision... the original EPCOT Center. They turn from the window and Walt speaks. "Welcome, to the future. The innovations of the world are the greatest they've ever been." Gates then starts talking. "And we want to share these innovations with you. Me and Walt personally present, The Wonderful World Around You." They turn back and the doors to the next room opens.

As you enter the next room, you are greeted by a futuristic room with the loading area at the other side. The room is mostly white, with a steel structure and some blue. You are then put in lines to board the ride vehicle, the Peoplemover vehicle with a slightly different paint job.

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The ride then takes off.The narrator takes over as the ride takes off into the first room, which is themed to the 2015 World's Fair. As the narrator speaks, holographic people walk through the fair. "Innovation at large. The greatest in the world all gathered. Despite religion, culture, race, and distance, innovation is something bigger that brings us all together. When the world comes together, we see the wonders around us."

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The ride moves into the next room. Wind blows and the vehicle appears to take flights as buildings rise all around you. "The modern city. New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Dubai. The great urban jungle. It's flame kindled by the spirit of entrepreneurship, but also greed and deception. The modern corporation and international goods. Reminding us that we are all on one world."

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The vehicle moves to the next room, a regular suburban neighborhood. Holographic cars drive by and kids play on their lawns. "The suburbs. An international idea of community. Where kindness can be above all else. Suburbs aren't based on economics or politics, but the humanity and morals of man."

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The ride vehicle again moves on to a rural farm area. Holographic corn stalks sway in the breeze, and cattle roam in the distance. "The rural community. An example of distance not being a boundary. An expansion to a new frontier and a reminder of the past. From the Great Plains, to the middle of China, to the heart of Africa, the rural experience is a global warm welcoming."

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The ride moves into the next room, Walt's vision of EPCOT Center. Holographic people with jet-packs, flying cars, and monorails fly and move around as "When You Wish Upon a Star" instrumentals play. "Our world is one. If we realize the danger of conflict and if we accept differences, the future is bright. Humanity is not as different as we think. Put the weapons down, make peace, accept everything for what it is, and keep innovating. Only then will you be able to see and harness the wonderful world around you."

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The ride vehicle arrives back at the loading area, and you proceed outside.



The Wonderful World Around You! Presented by Microsoft is sure to be an innovative, and immersive experience that has never been seen before.
 

Flippin'Flounder

Well-Known Member
Walt Disney's Wonderful Worlds
This section of the 2015 New York Worlds Fair will feature 3 attractions, The World of Color, The World of Motion, and the World of Technology. They will all showcase new advancements in our world.

World Plaza
In the center of Walt Disney's Wonderful Worlds is World Plaza. Here you will find refreshments as well as a replica of The Fountain of Nations. At the refreshment stands you will find food from around the world, like spaghetti from Italy, or sushi from Japan.

World of Color: Sponsored by Crayola
The World of Color will be a series of exhibits about color. These include a painting room, like Tokyo Disneyland's Goofy's Paint 'n' Play House and a giant wall that can be colored on by waving your arm, like the Hunny Walls in the queue for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. At the back you will find coloring stations and a projection screen showing Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color episodes. When the fair is over the World of Color will replace Image Works at Epcot.

World of Motion: Sponsored by Chevrolet
The World of Motion will showcase 2 different forms of transportation. The car exhibit will be a trackless dark ride called Speed into the Future. This will showcase many new technology's Chevrolet is working on bringing to their cars. The 2nd attraction will be an airplane simulator where you get to drive you're own plane. Speed into the Future will be relocated to Disneyland when the fair is over, and will replace the Tommorowland Speeway.

World of Technology: Sponsored by Apple
The World of Technology, rather than being a series of exhibits, will be a ride of its own. It is a successor to Horizons. In it you will see holograms, smart houses, and space colonies. When the fair is over it will be relocated to Epcot, between The Seas and The Land.
 

DinoInstitute

Well-Known Member
Challenge 7: A New York Worlds Fair
@IDInstitute's Submission


This challenge really brings Imagineering to a new perspective, which is really interesting. While World's Fair attractions eventually made it to theme parks, they can't necessarily be designed really in the same way that you design a new attraction in a park. World's Fair attractions are made to showcase the very best modern technology has to offer, and in a 'classy' manner, if that makes sense. Taking this all to heart, I have come up with a concept that I truly feel belongs and would be successful in a World's Fair. Inspired by Disney's EPCOT Center, presenting- Progress Onward! Presented by Siemens

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1965 World's Fair

Progress Onward! is a dark ride that keeps true to the core theme of the World's Fair, that humans' knowledge and technologies will forever keep advancing. How does it do this you ask? Well, with a combination of state-of-the-art technology designed specifically for this event, plus an appropriate selection of scenes to showcase the theme all inspired after EPCOT Center pavilions, which too focused on mankind's discovery.


Ride Tech:
This ride is what I'd describe as a "Trackless Omnimover". It's not connected to a track, which gives it much more fluid motion and a more realistic feel, but it still has a very high loading capacity like an omnimover and they all roughly follow the same path.

Queue/Facade:
The queue isn't greatly complex given that there isn't a huge amount of space to work with (and because it isn't a permanent location), however it still does an interesting and fun job of setting up the story. You enter what looks like a grand hall to a museum or lab, very fancy and official. After a few sets of switchbacks and small rooms with plaques for (real life) great accomplishments or portraits of great scientists, guests are ready to board their vehicles.

Ride Through- Scene 1:
Scene 1 is an opening scene describing the journey. In a dark-ish room, guests ride around a giant holographic and very realistic Earth (think Project Tomorrow scene in the Peoplemover), as a narrator explains the backstory, of how to always look to the future and what the future of many scientific fields may hold. The purpose of this scene is not only to set up the story, but also display the very finest in projection/holographic technology.

Scene 2:
Scene 2 is the first that really demonstrates the different fields (from EPCOT pavilions) represented in the ride. First up- The Sea! The narrator introduces, "The Sea has always been something that intrigued and mystified humans since the very beginning. Scientists still have many questions about what it could hold that we don't know about yet, but it's your turn to discover." The reason for that line isn't because we get to just ride by a marine biology lab or something- but actually get the sensation of riding in the sea! Specialty dark and blue-ish lighting, along with a seemless transition between real tanks with fish and open space, holographic projections, the trackless vehicles "flowing" in the water, and a little bit of mist as you enter the scene makes this possible!
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Scene 3:
Leaving the sea, the next scene finds you in a field in rural town at nighttime. "Here you are, in your average American town. While this place looks quiet, there's a lot going on here right now. Energy is one of the biggest areas of development that continues to find new innovations to make it more accessible. With wind power," as the narrator says this, several wind power generators light up in the distance, and start turning, which provides a fun wind effect for guests, "...solar power," A similar effect occurs next, with the sun rising upon a few solar panels giving a heat effect, "...and many other new future ways of producing energy." Before this scene ends, it goes dark again, before the vehicles get suddenly charged with what appears to be a burst of electricity, colorfully lighting up the vehicles with led and fiber optics that you probably didn't even realize were there!

Scene 4:
Entering scene 4, the narrator continues on, "Transportation is a key part of our daily lives, and makes the world go round. As technology progresses, some of the most amazing pieces of machinery and innovation will be in transportation vehicles." Following comes an amazing display of very futuristic, planes, trains, and cars that really intrigue riders.
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Scene 5:
The final scene representing the possibilities of future science takes on perhaps the area with the least known about it- space! There are several effects that makes this scene really interesting. First, the fluid motion and weightlessness of the trackless vehicles allow for a floating, or "Zero Gravity" sensation. In addition, completely surrounding guests is a giant dome-screen that depicts an endless outer space, with a never ending effect. The narrator says, "As you look upon your home planet Earth from all the way up here, you can clearly see that there is so much to be discovered and innovated in the future that humanity will never stopping progressing!"
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Scene 6:
Scene 6 is a return back to the museum for a small ride/unload scene. Once you arrive, it is as if you are seeing the potential for the future, because the very same portraits and achievement plaques that you remember seeing in the queue change before your very eyes into brand new accomplishments that you saw the potential for during the ride. As you keep going however, they transform back to their true self. This is a very interesting effect, similar to those used in the Haunted Mansion, as they look like they are in fact real metal or painting canvasses rather than screens or projections.
Guests exit to their right while watching their step.


Overall, had a lot of fun designing this in a very purposeful and detailed way, making the most of a new World's Fair attraction. In the end, I feel that this attraction, Progress Onward!, could fit very well in a World's Fair setting. Thank you for reading my submission! :)


 

spacemt354

Chili's
Can I sit this one out? I completely forgot about this.
Unfortunately since we are so far into the competition (there's only 2 rounds to go) it would be tough to let you sit out this one.

You're more than welcome to submit something by tonight by 8pm, however it would be considered late, but by submitting something it gives you an opportunity to advance if others dont submit. Please don't stress about it though. There were 21 competitors and you made it to the final 8. That's a huge accomplishment in and of itself! The rest is just icing on the cake.
 
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Brer Panther

Well-Known Member
Okay, here goes...

Around the World in Two Minutes
Imagine a less childlike "It's a Small World" in the style of Peter Pan's Flight and you've got Around the World in Two Minutes. Presented by Coca-Cola and narrated by Eric Idle, on this attraction guests at the World's Fair board hot air balloons for a flight around the globe, with stops at the pyramids of Egypt, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal, and the Eiffel Tower. The highlight of the attraction is a sequence where guests are swept up into a thunderstorm.

So yeah, it's basically just "It's a Small World" meets Soarin' meets Peter Pan's Flight. This is what happens when you forget about a project until the day before. Sorry.
 

mickeyfan5534

Well-Known Member
Walt Disney's World in Motion
An experience beyond your imagination

In the 2015 World's Fair, Disney has returned. The Imagineers have officially brought trackless technology stateside in a fabulous display of the newest technology in theme parks with other practical uses. From projection screens that act as mirrors to show effects to the most advanced animatronics to date, Walt Disney's World in Motion takes you on a magical trip around the world with a different imagineering technique in each scene.

A large, Mary Blair-esque building towers at the entrance of the New York World's Fair, where technology and fun combine to go around the whole world where the latest in technology shows just how we can transport you to different places.

The ride starts out with a plain white room for loading. The moment the you leave the station, you're transported to Los Angeles through a tunnel, where holograms immerse you into the big city for an exploration from the other side of the coast. Then, we move to Tokyo, where projections take us into the heart of Akibahara, the pop culture center of Tokyo where we end up in a dance competition. We then move to Paris, where stunningly accurate and detailed buildings and animatronic Parisians around as we take in the sights and sounds of it all. We then move to Shanghai, where holograms, projections, and practical sets and animatronics all combine to create the cityscape, before we move into a grand castle and see Walt Disney's original plan for Epcot, driving around through the futuristic city and seeing how Walt thought we would do and how we would live in the future. We come back to the white room we began in and depart, out into the rest of the grand experience of The 2015 New York World's Fair.
 

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