Ellen's Energy Adventure?

[FettFan]

Nope. Not worth it. As mentioned above, the dinosaurs are the only real draw.

Heck, the dinosaurs have ALWAYS been the only real draw.

Beware of strange, sketchy-looking dinosaurs promising candy.

 

[Chef Mickey]

The Ellen aspect aside, it's one of the best attractions at EPCOT. It harkens back to what EOCOT used to be and has some very cool animatronic dinosaurs, great set design, and cool audio/video.

Sure, Ellen and Bill Nye got a little stake, but they don't bother me at all and don't take away from the essence of the original attraction.

You'd be silly to miss it because it's only 45min. Not even a decision for me...

 

[Chef Mickey]

To be honest, I actually think this attraction is more of a must do than Test Track or Mission Space.

 

[FettFan]

The Ellen aspect aside, it's one of the best attractions at EPCOT. It harkens back to what EOCOT used to be

I'm going to disagree, because I fondly remember the original "kinetic mosaic" preshow.

Scrapping that for Ellen is a bigger sin than scrapping "The Deluge" in favor of Crush Turtle.

 

[popcenturylover]

It's worth it if you've never been!

 

[acishere]

I should probably add that I figure we will do World Showcase on our last day there. We have friends with AP's who are coming out to meet us, and since we never see them I figured we could socialize better if we did that together than if that whole time is focused on waiting for rides, so the first day at Epcot would really be more about the rest of it.

I would focus on riding the other attractions in FW and if you have the time for it at the end of the day, then jump on line. You will get right on every time they open the doors for the pre-show, so there won't be much of a wait. If not you can probably set aside 45 minutes for the attraction on your WS leg of the trip.

 

[Killnme]

Only if you are overly hot and want to sit and cool down.

 

[morningstar]

I would focus on riding the other attractions in FW and if you have the time for it at the end of the day, then jump on line. You will get right on every time they open the doors for the pre-show, so there won't be much of a wait. If not you can probably set aside 45 minutes for the attraction on your WS leg of the trip.

Good point. If you consider the pre-show an air-conditioned queue with a movie, it's not such a long ride.

 

[morningstar]

I want to add to my pitch by comparing this ride vs. Dinosaur at AK. Dinosaur has more exciting motion in the vehicle, more scary Dinosaurs attacking you, but the set is pretty bare. Energy has great rockwork and plants. Even the smell is sulphurous. You really feel like you're in the Mesozoic. And the Dinosaurs, though not as mobile, are much bigger.

 

[lebeau]

I want to add to my pitch by comparing this ride vs. Dinosaur at AK. Dinosaur has more exciting motion in the vehicle, more scary Dinosaurs attacking you, but the set is pretty bare. Energy has great rockwork and plants. Even the smell is sulphurous. You really feel like you're in the Mesozoic. And the Dinosaurs, though not as mobile, are much bigger.

Sure, but Dinosaur doesn't have an Ellen animatronic either.

 

[Communicore]

If I want to relive the old Jeopardy set I'll watch it. It's the Jeopardy from my childhood lol

 

[lebeau]

The only word that describes this attraction is "dated".

It stars Ellen in her closeted sit-com days. The movie reflects that sit-com experience. Everything about it screams 90's. And the informational aspects are hopelessly out of date. I hear that high schools in central florida give their students extra credit for writing papers on all the out of date info in the movie.

 

[cw1982]

Ok, see... now this debate has me somewhat wishing that we could get a later ADR at BoG so that we might not be quite as rushed around Epcot that day (even if it's not necessarily to get this exact ride worked in, just in general). But, since we'll be doing the headliners that day for sure with our FP+ and single rider line for Test Track, it won't be the end of the world if we work a few things in while we're eating and drinking from World Showcase.

Maybe it's time to put together a list of rides that would work well for World Showcase day, if needed... hmm...

 

[cw1982]

The only word that describes this attraction is "dated".

It stars Ellen in her closeted sit-com days. The movie reflects that sit-com experience. Everything about it screams 90's. And the informational aspects are hopelessly out of date. I hear that high schools in central florida give their students extra credit for writing papers on all the out of date info in the movie.

Lol!!! Wow... as a high school teacher, I can totally see that happening.

 

[lebeau]

When we rode it in 2010, as I said before, the baby slept. My then 5-year-old was initially afraid of the dinos. So I told her, "Honey they're not real. See how they only move an inch or two". That was enough to put her at ease. The dinos are kind of neat, but there is very little motion. The movie is kind of funny. Ellen's old sit-com level of funny. The movie is filled with bad info to the point where you are probably better informed if you don't watch it. But it's air conditioned. And it will kill some time if you run out of things to do.

 

[cw1982]

When we rode it in 2010, as I said before, the baby slept. My then 5-year-old was initially afraid of the dinos. So I told her, "Honey they're not real. See how they only move an inch or two". That was enough to put her at ease. The dinos are kind of neat, but there is very little motion. The movie is kind of funny. Ellen's old sit-com level of funny. The movie is filled with bad info to the point where you are probably better informed if you don't watch it. But it's air conditioned. And it will kill some time if you run out of things to do.

You really think we might run out of things to do, though, if we're only there from roughly 10 am to 3 pm? My FP+ are for Soarin', Spaceship Earth, and Mission Space. I get that most of the minor attractions will probably have very little wait, but even so... there seems to be a pretty good number of them.

 

[lebeau]

You really think we might run out of things to do, though, if we're only there from roughly 10 am to 3 pm? My FP+ are for Soarin', Spaceship Earth, and Mission Space. I get that most of the minor attractions will probably have very little wait, but even so... there seems to be a pretty good number of them.

Depends on your interest level. Having been to Epcot many times, I can blow through Future World in 2 hours. But we skip a lot. In the old days, we could spend hours there. But not so much any more. There is less to explore. Future World is kind of a disaster these days. After you ride Soarin' and arguably Test Track, you are basically killing time. There are things that are worth doing. But nothing that I would consider a must do.

If you find yourself on Universe of Energy, you will know you ran out of things to do.

 

[cw1982]

Well, I've been playing around on Touring Plans, and using their free tools I was able to put together a basic itenerary for that day. I made a point to say that we would get there at 11, even though I plan to get there closer to 10, to allow for buffer time in case we're running late or the lines are a little longer for some reason. The things I figure we definitely want to do are TT, Soarin', Mission Space, Spaceship Earth, Maelstrom, The Three Caballeros, The Seas with Nemo, Sum of all Thrills, and Figment (this one is mainly for my curiosity because I remember the original ride from my childhood and want to compare lol). Anything else that we should probably add to that list?

 

[ToyStorygirl]

Ok, see... now this debate has me somewhat wishing that we could get a later ADR at BoG so that we might not be quite as rushed around Epcot that day (even if it's not necessarily to get this exact ride worked in, just in general). But, since we'll be doing the headliners that day for sure with our FP+ and single rider line for Test Track, it won't be the end of the world if we work a few things in while we're eating and drinking from World Showcase.

Maybe it's time to put together a list of rides that would work well for World Showcase day, if needed... hmm...

When are you going? I sometimes think people give the impression you need to plan everything down to the last second with FP this and FP that. Other than Soarin' /Toy Story Mania occasionally we don't FP at all. If it's when the kids aren't off then it try not to sweat it. We do go off season and we do know the parks like the back of our hand so don't faff with maps, etc but honestly you don't need to overly think planning. We know where we're going each day and maybe if we're staying for a show or going for dinner that night but that's it.

 

[cw1982]

When are you going? I sometimes think people give the impression you need to plan everything down to the last second with FP this and FP that. Other than Soarin' /Toy Story Mania occasionally we don't FP at all. If it's when the kids aren't off then it try not to sweat it. We do go off season and we do know the parks like the back of our hand so don't faff with maps, etc but honestly you don't need to overly think planning. We know where we're going each day and maybe if we're staying for a show or going for dinner that night but that's it.

I don't have the luxury of going in the off seasons lol... I teach, so the only times I can go are when it's busier. This trip is the first week of June. I know a lot of schools are out by then, but I've also been told by more than one travel agent that early June is better crowd-wise than late June or any time in July. Touring Plans predicts the crowd levels most days of our stay as a 6 or 7.