People get so mad about screens, well Energy shows not 1, not 2, but 3 movies counting the "pre show". Not 3D movies, just plain old-fashioned flat screen fun. The Dino segment is awesome, but short in comparison to the movie segments. Originally the idea of being seated in a movie theater that started to move after the movie ended and then taking you into the world the film discussed, was amazing. Now, with the new LPS? trackless system (Wasn't UOE the first of the old "trackless" system then GMR?) and after riding it for 25 years, the moving theater concept is no longer fresh. It might be time for it to go.
I would hope they could still use the dinos, but maybe go trackless with smaller vehicles set in a similar position to the current theater 1 set up. Cars would travel through the DINOrama 3 cars wide before getting to theater 2. Theater 2 could be remade into a series of smaller pathways where the cars would enter single-file, maybe stopping occasionally in small 3-4 car groups to view a cool scene play out (Maybe in the round?). This would save space and increase the time of this section. This new section would be about 20th century energy and current energy. I don't know if the room is there for this, but if not, they could reduce the size one theater one to accommodate it since the vehicles will be smaller.
Also in the current version, they is no big finale. No lasers or mirrors, just the conclusion of the Jeopardy game.
In this new version that I am making up, I could see returning to transformed Theater 1. Something that would make you feel like you were in a different room from the first time you were there. Now more futuristic and focusing on the FUTURE of energy. It is in Future World after all! Using the castle projection tech, some hidden futuristic elements, along with dramatically different lighting and music, I think this could be achieved. Guest could exit with the optimism of the possibilities of tomorrow. I used to feel this way a lot in Future world, but a lot less today. Now people exit energy feeling they have just watch an episode of Jeopardy, bored or well rested.
Everything I have outlined may not even be feasible, I doubt this is the best approach, but it's all I could brainstorm with my non-imagineer mind. I think at least some elements I mentioned could be used. I hope what finally gets made it something I couldn't even imagine now, or at least get some sort of sorely needed revamp that adds to the attraction instead of subtract from it like the original refurb did.
