Horizions Question

[I3olTz]

Does any one know what disney did with all the stuff in horizions, did they throw it out?, put it in a warehouse?, use it in another ride?...... if any one knows any thing about it i would be happy to hear it

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

There have been assorted things done. The ride vehicles were supposedly sold to some kind of park in Mexico, although I thought I had heard that they never ended up being used. You can see one or two of the flying car type props on the tram tour at Disney Studios Paris. Another prop has been painted and used as decor at the Backlot Express restaurant at our own Disney/MGM Studios. And, as always, the MouseSurplus warehouse somehow gets their hands on various props and portions of show scenes and sells them to the general public. They just sold a portion of the neon-50s future part of the Looking Back at Tomorrow segment a few months ago for about $200, if I remember right.

 

[I3olTz]

KOOL lol 1 more question what did they do to the building, demolish it right?

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Yeah, they demolished it. It took some work, though. It sounded like the wrecking balls would just bounce off the thing.

 

[mousermerf]

They had to cut and collapse the thing, it was aluminum and it was mostly recycled.

 

[marni1971]

Horizons structure had more steel than Spaceship Earth; hence it`s unelegant removal.

 

[mousermerf]

You're right marni, my brain said "recycle" and thought aluminum. It's steel was recycled, sorry

 

[Horizons1]

Hey marni, do you happen to know what became of Horizons two signs, the main one and the little one?

I have often wondered if they are safe or belong to someone now.

 

[darthjohnny]

Last March I took the UnDISCOVERed Futureworld Tour at Epcot and went into a break room at Ellen's Energy Adventure. I saw a note book tucked away on the shelf that said "Horizons Drawings". I don't know if they were the origianl sketches for the ride, or some sort of joke book. I was afraid to touch it because I didn't want the tour guide to get mad at me, she was very nice. However, I think it was something important because it looked old and was with other important information.

 

[marni1971]

Hey marni, do you happen to know what became of Horizons two signs, the main one and the little one?

I have often wondered if they are safe or belong to someone now.

Who knows; they may end up at MouseSurplus. There again it`s 6 years now and nothing has appeared. Don`t be surprised if they just got flattened - a lot of the show sets and the Omnimax theatres were just crushed, as well as the entire ride system (not ride vehicles though)