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Wonders Of Weather
Sponsored by the National Weather Service
EPCOT has always been about educating and entertaining the masses ever since its inception. One of the larger topics that hasn’t yet been covered in EPCOT is weather. (Together in future world you would have Land, Sky, and Sea.) Our pavilion shows the beauty and destructive power of nature’s greatest force through hands on exhibits, unique dining experiences, a massive weather show adventure, and a high speed thrill ride showing the awesome power of severe weather. Together all under one roof, we hope to entertain and educate the entire world about the vast properties of a force they experience every day.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz5Srls6j1p-bl80Ung3RktCU0E
(A very classic EPCOT Style traditonal song written by
Loa Shelley for the pavilion)
Located in future world west, between the seas and the land, sits a huge, 3-story pavilion perched on top of a hill. There’s a massive tornado shaped structure surrounded by a flowing metallic structure (much like the Tron attraction in Shanghai Disneyland.) And the top is covered with cloud like balloon objects. And at night, the whole exterior is covered with LED mood lights.
As you enter the pavilion you enter a huge atrium, the ceiling is all glass and allows for sunlight to fill the pavilion. You enter in on the top floor and you’re surrounded by smooth and organic architecture, the atrium walls are filled with blue. The entire pavilion is simplistic and futuristic, and accompanied by the pavilions score, gives the guest a very relaxed and serene feel.
Pavilion Layout:
Further in guests encounter the interactive exhibits:
The Science of Weather
Meteorology & Me:
Meteorologists are able to predict the weather by using several different tools. The tools they use to measure atmospheric conditions gather information, and then they use that information to make an educated guess about future weather patterns. Meteorologists use these methods on a daily, and even hourly, basis!
Most people are familiar with thermometers, barometers, and anemometers for measuring temperature, air pressure, and wind speed, respectively. Meteorologists use other tools, as well. For example, weather balloons are special balloons that have a weather pack on them that measures temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction in all the layers of the troposphere.
This area is composed of several stations; the first station will show the different instruments meteorologists use to predict the weather. Guest will press buttons or use a touch screen to activate the different instruments (thermometers, barometers, and anemometers for measuring temperature, air pressure, and wind speed. weather balloons are special balloons that have a weather pack on them that measures temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction in all the layers of the troposphere.. At the end, guests can put their knowledge to the test in a jeopardy-like game to get the highest score.
The second station will be an game similar to a kinect system. Guest will stand in front of a large screen and use their bodies to guide the weather balloon through a series of obstacles such as a thunderstorm (avoid the lightning), heavy winds (the balloon will lean harder to the left or right), and fog (avoid the rocks) all in an effort to get the balloon back to the weather center.
The Third Station Is about how Meteorologists relay the weather back to us. Guests can look at interactive maps to see what the real time weather is in their city or across the world.
The touch screens also let guests touch an area and try to guess what the weather is by the symbols on the map and how the Meteorologist explains it.
The fourth station is Talking Up A Storm - Make Your Own Weather Forecast
Guests can pick up some props and stand in front of a green screen to make their own forecast. of course this short one minute video can be sent via email back home.
The second area will be a mix of exhibits mainly directed toward kids.
Small scale wind tunnel for kids to release weather senors and then guests can try it for themselves in a full size wind tunnel, an area where guests learn how to clouds are formed, a station using water misters to create rainbows, a two story vapor tornado, Air Ball, and lastly, a station dedicated to wind energy where kids can design a wind turbine and then test it out.
After working up an appetite, guests have two dining options sure to please.
VORTEX is a signature dining experience unparalleled in Epcot. Located on the upper level of our inverted conical building design (which evokes a tornado), guests will have a 180 degree vista through glass windows overlooking the west side of Future World and spectacular views of Spaceship Earth, the Epcot monorail loop, the glass pyramids of the Imagination pavilion, and a glimpse toward World Showcase. Designed in contemporary style with a color scheme to calm us after our harrowing storm chase, the menu will feature familiar cuisine with a thematic twist. Imagine Hail Caesar salad, Tornadoes of Beef topped with “tumbleweed” onion crisps, Sizzling Pork Loin, Alberta Clipper potatoes, Rainbow Trout, or Weather Vane Chicken. Plan on topping off your meal with mud pie, or a snow cup drizzled with raspberry sauce.
PICNIC BASKET a quick service restaurant awaits guests at the end of our featured attraction, where classic picnic fare will be on the menu: hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken, mashed taters, barbequed beans, washed down with lemonade, ice tea, or your favorite soda. Room for apple pie? Sure, we’ve got you covered. Guests will enjoy their lunch in our indoor picnic grove under a leafy canopy and sit on picnic benches with checkered table clothes. Screens will simulate a beautiful outdoor day. We guarantee this will be one picnic that will never be ruined by the weather.
After a satisfying lunch or dinner, head over to an Omnimax Presentation - Eye of the Storm.
Guests will enter an underground chamber lined with cracked stonework and faded reliefs along the walls. These reliefs will show the embodiment of each of the weather phenomenons we will see during the show such as tornado, rainbow, hurricane, hail, cloud, wind, and sandstorm to name a few.
Guests will notice that next to each embodiment is a smaller figure often shown as a great deal smaller and more timid. Soon, guests will be ushered in into an omnimax theater setting where they will pick their seats.
However, in keeping with the theme, the theater will look more like an outdoor roman theater. The sides of the theater will look like cracked stone instead of the normal dark walls. The seats, while padded and comfortable, should be a similar sandy color. Each seat will have their own speakers for clear sound and immersion in the show.
As guests take their seats, the screen will already be active with a bright blue sky and occasional clouds passing by, to help convey the outdoor theater (guests should feel like they're outside).
Before the show begins, a cast member will recite the safety spiel and indicate where the exits are.
The Show: A voice greets us. (I'm picturing something like Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon, someone who is unsure in front of others, but rolls their eyes at other people's antics)
Voice: "Hi there! It's been so long since I got to speak with humans. I'm Zephyr, but you probably know me better as the West Wind. "
(The scene pans down from the sky to a grassy field where flowers and tall grasses sway in the breeze.) Note: The audience will never actually see Zephyr. This will be more like from his point of view.
Zephyr: "Thank you for visiting with me. I always love to see you humans enjoying the talents of my family. Oh..my family...well, it's very large. I have thousands of aunts and uncles who can control storms, lightning, rain, and snow. I also have many brothers and sisters; you probably know them as North Wind, South Wind, East Wind, just to name a few. We each have our own duties; I create the gentle breezes in spring."
(The scene will weave through the grass as if the audience is following Zephyr. A slight breeze will flow through the theater. The scene will again pan up to take in a nice spring day, with a bright sun, and green grass.)
Zephyr: "My family is very..uh..active. We each have our different thoughts and reactions, some a little more passionate than others. Oh, who I am kidding, we fight a lot and you humans sometimes feel the brunt of our controllable disagreements."
Zephyr: "Where do I fit in? You know when everyone else is fighting and not talking to each other so they use some poor sap to send passive aggressive messages? Yeah, I'm that sap. But it's not all bad; let me show you."
(Suddenly, Zephyr takes off and we follow as him soars through the air, occasionally doing barrel rolls. Wind sound effects followed by a stronger wind through the theater. We arrive up in the clouds.)
Zephyr: "Here are my cousins, the clouds."
(The scene has us diving around and occasionally through the clouds.)
"They're such gossips. They constantly gather around all day and talk. Ever gets tired of the constant cloudy days? That's when you know there must be some juicy news. Oh look there is some now."
(Zephyr takes off to a cluster of clouds and descends.)
(The scene is suddenly full of rain and and brutal winds.)
Zephyr: "Uh, sorry. It looks like this might be a bad time to visit. It seems like the twins, Hurricane and Squall decided to act up."
( The waves crash and swamp a lighthouse, roaring back to repeat again and again.)
Zephyr: "Where is North Wind when you need him? He's a little frigid, but his cooler head always manages to freeze the Twins in their tracks."
(A chill goes through the theater. And snow starts to fall.)
Zephyr: (in relief) "There he is."
(The stormy weather dissipates until only the snow remains. However as we look around, the lighthouse is now a frozen block of ice.)
Zephyr laughs nervously. "Oh look, time to go."
(As we ascend again, we look back to see the snow continues to fall, getting higher and higher.)
Zephyr: "Lets try somewhere a little warmer. How about we visit South Wind? He's not so bad, but boy does he have a temper."
(We dive through the clouds only to see a huge sandstorm and Zephyr has landed us right in the oncoming path.)
(Much like Wall-E and Eve in the sandstorm, our view is suddenly clouded over. Through the speakers, the guests can hearing the tinking of the sand grains striking them. A warmer breeze flows through the theater.)
Zehpyr: "Great! (Exacerbated) Don't know what got his wind shear up."
(The sandstorm continues until we hear what sounds like rain.
The scene starts to show a gentle rainfall.
Zephyr: "Uh-oh, I don't like the look of this. I think East Wind is trying to rain on his parade."
(The rain suddenly becomes violent, and the noise is almost deafening to the audience.)
Zephyr: "East! Stop it"
(The wind blows harder. The wind howls through the speakers.)
Zephyr: "Oh great! Who invited Tempest?!"
Zephyr: "Don't worry, she likes her sudden storms and temper tantrums, but she tires out pretty quickly. Just be glad she didn't bring.." (Suddenly, lightning strikes and thunder booms through the theater.) "..thunder and lightening."
Zephyr: "This needs to stop before it gets out of hand!" A lightening bolt strikes just in front of us.
Zephyr" "Hey! Don't shoot the messenger!"
(A green sky slowly edges across the scene followed quickly by hail that is coming down. The impact made by the hailstones comes through the speakers almost as if they were standing in the middle of it.The scene pans to the ground, showing hail bigger than baseballs. The wind roars through the speakers whips and howls.)
Zephyr: "Look out!"
(One tornado touches down.)
Zephyr: "This wasn't supposed to happen."
(A second tornado touches down.)
Zephyr: "Everyone! Please stop!"
(Three tornadoes touch down. The wind, the lightning, and the thunder are constantly echoing, drowning out Zephyr's pleas.)
Zephyr: "It's a family feud!"
(The scene turns around and a tornado is right on top of us! We're sucked up into the tornado staring straight up into the eye.)
Zephyr: "Hold on, everybody! I'm going to try and get us out."
(The scene shows us struggling towards the top, until finally we bust through. We rise above the storm where Zephyr lands us in a soaked field, the clouds start to disappear and the sun begins to shine.)
Zephyr: "Sorry about that. Like I said my family can be a little extreme sometimes, but we're not all bad. Look! Here's my favorite part after a big family fight."
Zephyr: "Doesn't she do beautiful work?"
(The scene pans away as Zephyr continues on.)
Zephyr: "Sorry about all that again, but I hope you come back to visit me again. Or maybe I can come visit you where you live. I need a vacation."
(The scene stops panning until the same bright blue sky that the guest first saw when they entered the show.)
WEATHER WARS
(Main E-Ticket)
Queue:
As guests enter the queue for the main attraction, they pass by a series of still screens, video screens and posters detailing facts and photos of global weather extremes. Below are examples of the information to be provided:
Hottest Temperatures on Earth
134 F – Death Valley, California (USA)
131 F – Kebili, Tunisia
129.2 F – Tirat Zvi, Israel
128.5 F – Sulaibya, Kuwait
128.3 F – Mohenjo-daro, Sindh, Pakistan
Coldest Temperatures on Earth
Minus 128.6 F – Vostok Station, Antarctica
Minus 117 F – Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
Minus 116.5 F – Dome A, Antarctica
Minus 90 F – Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia
Minus 87 F – North Ice, Greenland
Most Rainfall in 24 hours
71.9 inches, Cilaos, Reunion, 7 – 8 January 1966
Largest snowfall in 24 hour period
100.8 inches in Capracotta, Italy, 5 March 2015
Fastest Wind Speed
302 mph – From a tornado near Oklahoma City, OK
As guests near the main attraction, which focuses on tornadoes, they are presented with these facts:
World’s Deadliest Tornados
Approximately 1,300 deaths, Bangladesh, 26 April 1989
In North America – 695 deaths, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, 18 March 1925
In Europe – 600+ deaths, Valletta, Malta, 23 September 1556
In South America – 63 deaths, San Justo, Sante Fe, Argentina, 10 January 1973
Preshow:
You enter a large room filled with computers and animatronic meteorologists looking at radars and live weather feed. Then you see Dr. Lisa Skinner (AA) turn and greet you…
Dr. Lisa Skinner: Hello, My name is Dr. Skinner, and welcome to The Weather Institute!
(Theme Plays)
Dr. Lisa Skinner: Every day at the weather institute we are gaining new insight on the mysteries of nature’s greatest force, Tornados.
Tornados come in many shapes and sizes, and given the correct weather conditions we can see tornados at their best.
(Then Dr. David Matthews (AA) stands)
Dr. David Matthews: Hello everybody, I’m Dr. David Matthews; I am the head Meteorologist here at WI.
The Weather Institute has spent millions developing a state of the art storm chasing team called The Interceptors. This team includes a State of the art Vehicle We call Zulu 714, Piloted By our very own Reed Williams! Thanks to its armor and airflow reduction technology, Zulu is able to record data inside of a tornado!
Dr. Lisa Skinner: But that vehicle is way too dangerous for our
observers to ride in. You will be riding in this specially designed transport van. Dr. Matthews, how’s the weather?
Dr. David Matthews: Well conditions today are just screaming tornado, we will be likely to catch some big ones!
Dr. Lisa Skinner: Thank you, well everybody looks like we are all ready to go! Have fun and stay safe!
(the room then goes dark and the large screen at the front of the room then turns to static and then Reed Williams is seen working on Zulu)
Reed Williams: Hey there folks, I’m Reed Williams and ill be your Drive- *Skinner cuts him off*
Dr. Lisa Skinner: You will be the LEADER of the chasing convoy. Your tornado interceptor is too dangerous for our dear guests here.
Reed Williams: Ah you always ruin the fun in storm chasing Skinner.
Dr. Lisa Skinner: That’s Dr. Skinner and im just doing my job Reed!
Reed Williams: Yes ma’am, see yall on the field.
(Screen turns back to radar. Dr. Skinner then turns to face the crowd.)
Dr. Lisa Skinner: Well now that you know your mission, please listen to the following safety insructions, and have a safe and educational ride.
(The room then turns dark)
(Saftey Instructions)
(Then you see a door open in the corner and Reed pops out)
Reed Williams: I know y’all are supposed to go in this boring old transport van, but I thought we could switch yall over to Zulu and have some real fun! Just head through those doors and let’s get to chasing!
You then head through the doors and into a garage where you see multiple vehicles ready to leave, and then you see Zulu pulling up to the loading area.
(Two loading areas for capacity)
Ride Vehicle:
Your ride vehicle is a tornado interceptor. It borrows the design from star tours (40 seats on a motion base) except there are large windows on the sides and there is a screen up in the front. And the entire thing is on a wheelbase. The cars are also trackless. An animatronic Reed sits up front.
Vehicle Drawing:
360 Room:
(Everything is accurate except the theater will feature multiple wind and rain effects from the ceiling.)
THE RIDE:
Reed Williams: Hello again everybody, just finished doing one last check on Zulu and looks like she’s ready to go. Is everybody ready?
Interceptor team: Affirmative, you are clear for go. Contacting your team now... We are clear, let's move out.
Dr. Lisa Skinner: Williams! Where are all of my passengers?!
Reed Williams: I thought they could come along with me. Good luck.
(Switches radio off)
Reed Williams: ok let’s set off.
(Reed pushes a button and a garage door opens, the car then starts and takes off down the road)
(Your car enters a large 360 screen room)
Reed Williams: Our Radar feed from the Doppler car will be displayed here on this monitor. Oh! You see that? It’s a circulation, thats where we're going to see our twister.
(Sirens go off)
Reed Williams: There go the sirens! And here comes the rain.
(Rain begins to pelt down)
Reed Williams: That right there is the Wall cloud, IF we are going to see a tornado that’s where it’s going to be.
(Lightning strikes left of car)
Reed Williams: Whoa!
Interceptor team: we are getting signs of a lowering circulation at 3 o’clock
Reed Williams: Affirmative! We are in pursuit!
(Car speeds up)
Reed Williams: we are going to have to try and get in front of it, are goal here is to try and get into a twister.
(Turn right and appears to be in the path of the tornado)
Reed Williams: Planting vehicle, we are ready for intercept.
Interceptor team: this one looks good it's headed right for you- oh no, it’s loosing strength?
Reed Williams: Come on, keep going.
(Tornado disappears)
Reed Williams: man, I thought we had that one…
Interceptor team: We are getting sign of another funnel dropping just south of your position
Reed Williams: Affirmative were heading there now.
(Your car leaves the room and into a set with screens to enhance the look of it)
(Lightning strikes tree, tree falls over. Reed slams on the brakes)
Reed Williams: Rats! Control we’re going to have to go around!
Interceptor team: Affirmative, take a right.
(Zulu Backs up and takes a turn into another 360 room)
Reed Williams: There it is to our Left! Man this thing is getting strong.
Interceptor team: Left at the next intersection.
Reed Williams: Alright!
(Zulu takes sharp left)
Reed Williams: we’re gonna get right in front of it!
Interceptor team: Zulu it’s turning off course!
Reed Williams: Control what’s happening
Interceptor team: Drive! Drive!
(Zulu takes off down the road)
Reed Williams: this thing is getting big!
Interceptor team: Left!
(Zulu lefts down a dirt road)
(Winds pick up)
Reed Williams: Control this thing is a monster ABORT! ABORT!
(Tires squeal as tornado approaches)
Reed Williams: I’m stuck! Looks like were intercepting anyways
Interceptor team: it’s too strong! You won’t stay on the ground!
Reed Williams: We have no choice! Hang on everybody!
(Wind and hail pick up, Zulu bunkers down)
Reed Williams: TREE!
(Tree hits Zulu)
Reed Williams: WERE GOING IN
(Tornado approaches car shakes, the lights go out and the windows in the car break out (lift away) and the rain and wind blast through the inside.)
(Tornado then picks up the car and hurdles it inside the tornado)
(car actually is lifted into a 360 screen on the second floor)
Interceptor team: WHATS GOING On…..
(Static)
(Then Zulu approaches the eye where everything is still, trees cars and power lines can be seen floating)
Reed Williams: whoa, look at this!
(Zulu then leaves the tornado where it plummets to the ground, drops back down into 360 room 2)
Interceptor team: IS EVERYBODY OK
Reed Williams (Shocked, shaking): *Gulp* Yea, (laughing)
Control we were the first to get a research team into a tornado! Look at this data!!
Interceptor team: (Cheers)
(You leave the 360 room and turn back into the garage)
Reed Williams: Folks, you can unfasten your seatbelts, and good job.
Welcome back to the Weather Institute, and have a great day here at Epcot Center!
(Doors Open)
Ride Audio:
I also created a ride audio for the Weather wars attraction to help better visualize the ride experience. Thanks again to
Loa Shelley for composing the music.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz5Srls6j1p-Q0JNU0xlSEZQdms
Conclusion
In conclusion, The Wonders of Weather pavilion will be a tribute to weather, man’s attempts to study and understand it, and its overall beautiful power. This pavilion will continue the legacy of EPCOT, showcasing new technologies and ideas, and educating people of the world and its many wonders.
), Mickey's office (where the man-er-mouse himself can be heard preparing for dinner service), and the projector room, where an animatronic Horace can be seen dozing off at the job, occasionally waking up before falling back into a daze. These are just some of the many comical rooms found in the House of Mouse.
