Wow. I can't believe that for all this time I thought this was a Sorin' thread. But I had to do it.
SORIN' OVER THE LAND:
“Sorin’ to flight deck, you are clear for liftoff.”
The large, safe-like doors part as a brilliant blue is visible behind the doors, clouded by real smoke coming from either side of the door. The blue gradually disappears as the room fills with smoke and the doors aren’t visible any more. The hang gliders rise in the darkness as the music starts to build and finally, when the vehicles are set, the cymbal crash that originally goes with the golden gate bridge goes with a sudden puff of smoke and the screen suddenly showing you dangling high above the clouds. You sway above the clouds for a moment, then you dip into them as smoke appears and you actually dip a little bit.
(This next part slightly mirrors Living with The Land’s general feeling)
Next you find yourself in the rainforest as an early-morning rainstorm is going on. There are flashes of lightning (ENERGY!!!), but very quiet thunder. You feel the rain in your hair as a cool mist and a calming mildew-ish sent fills the room. You meet many members of the forest, including a fly-by of a toucan and a quick view of a panther. You even pass by a large waterfall.You rise above the rainforest’s leaves and, as the leaves make the screen obscured, you come out of them viewing…
A desert! The climate quickly becomes dry as you soar over the sand dunes and pyramids. You can see the sun almost at the center of the sky as you come close to the ground. Sand is kicked up as you feel the wind of a sandstorm around you. You emerge in…
California’s orange groves! You soar over a little house where outside, a dog is barking at you. You keep going as you see the sun at the center of the sky and the oranges trees under you. You can smell the oranges as you pass by another hanglider. You rise into the clouds as your vision becomes all white and you lower, only to find yourself…
At Cape Canaveral during into a Mission: (into) Space! The sun is starting to set in the sky as you soar right next to a huge spaceship. The deafening roar of liftoff overtakes the room:
“3…2…1…Liftoff!”
The spaceship lifts off, shaking the hang gliders. The plume of smoke leftover engulfs you as real smoke also comes into the room. This means a perfect segway into…
The Living Seas (the real ones)! You smell the faint smell of sea salt and dip towards the sea. You feel as if you can touch it with your feet! The sun is setting and the reflection glimmers on the water. You’re surprised as a blast of water is felt. There’s a large whale under you! You see several other fish swarming around it, and a dolphin pack in the distance. Then you fly right next to…
The Intercoastal Highway (Track… you get it!)! It’s nighttime by now as you follow the roadway full of cars. The cars are speeding along and so are you, as you fly right next to a cloud, which obscures your view long enough to make a quick cut to…
The road leading to Disneyworld!!! You see the cars entering the iconic “Where Dreams Come True” gates as you break off from the road and fly right over…
The Magic Kingdom!!!! You swoop down Main Street with all of the lights on as you come up to Cinderella’s Castle. You see a trail of pixie dust twirl around the spires of the castle and Tinkerbell comes in full view. She zaps the hang gliders with pixie dust and they actually start to sparkle (due to new imbedded fiber-optics in the handrails and the metal “roof’)! You are magically transported to…
Disney’s Hollywood Studios!!! You fly down Hollywood Boulevard with Tink at our side and come up to see the Earful Tower. It sparkles with pixie dust (and we sparkle too) as a blast of pixie dust transports us to…
Disney’s Animal Kingdom!!! We soar around The Tree of Life as it sparkles with pixie dust and Tinkerbell zooms around it. A final blast of pixie dust enchants our hang gliders and finally sends us to…
EPCOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We soar around the countries and, as we pass them, their torches light up. We see the earth globe in the center of the lake sparkle as fireworks start shooting up around it. We see the Dream Catcher soar in next to us and The Dreamfinder gives us a little wink as Figment flies next to us as a bar of “One Little Spark” plays. Finally, we see Spaceship Earth. With a few bars of “Tomorrow’s Child” and the Illuminations theme mixed in for good measure, we fly around the globe with Tink, Dreamfinder, and Figment flying with us. As the globe fills with pixie dust, several patterns of multicolored “communication” reminiscent of the old SSE finale also swirls around the globe. Finally, the fireworks from the lagoon become huge enough to be seen from The Land, which we’re slowly hovering over. The fireworks fill the air as we look up at them and, finally the sky turns to black and the only light left is our pixie dust lights, which gradually fade. We lower back to the ground as the lights come back up and the door, as we see, is back in place.
“Thanks for Sorin’ with us!”