How does Universe of Energy manage to remain open?

[Clamman73]

C'mon now .. UoE is definitely one of the top 7 attractions in FutureWorld

 

[FettFan]

Just make a shortened video and keep the dino scene. Keep Ellen as the host, as I like her, but I could take or leave Bill Nye. At least that's what I'd do. Unless you added something completely new, I'm okay with that, too! (As long as it isn't on the same level as SGE)

The problem is that Bill Nye makes it horribly dated.

He's not really in anymore. I mean hell, the biggest things he's done recently are "Dancing with the Stars" and a brief cameo with Bob Newhart on "Big Bang Theory". His career has not aged well at all in the past 15 years.
(likewise for Jamie Lee Curtis, who now spends her days shilling for anti-constipation yogurt. And Michael Richards.....well....yeah. Michael Richards.)

Ellen on the other hand is still going strong....one of the more popular daytime TV talk/comedy shows as well as Finding Dory coming soon from Pixar. Plus, Ellen is charming as all heck....and she's a fellow Louisianian to boot....her cousin was my high school vice principal.

 

[FettFan]

They should put a new ride in displaying the issues of the world and ways to solve them.
Scene 1, different visions of the future
Scene 2, what they had to do to build the cities and the harm it has caused
Scene 3, an ominax taking you thru forests and valleys that could have been saved
Scene 4, scenery of a valley in the future displaying dams and an entrance to an underground city built downward to save land and space.
Scene 5, A community that doesn't leave a mark on the environment and doesn't use any fossil fuels.
Scene 6, a desert farm operated from a tower and computerized hovercrafts harvesting and growing the plants growing alternative fuels and bamboo which will replace the use of the wood we use today
Scene 7, The underground city which will lead into an underwater city
Scene 8, the underwater city
Scene 9, travel displaying travel in the future, cruise ship by air with a model of the Epcot city.
Scene 10, the travel scene will lead into space
Scene 11, then on the way back you will ride backwards viewing peppers ghosts scenes along with emotional music score leading to a futuristic city
Scene 12, end in a motion theater going back to regular time.

Umm....You pretty much just described Horizons.

 

[Jeff456]

I absolutely love this ride for Nostalgia purposes mostly I think, I don't even want a refurb I just want it to stay as it is even leave the dated film as it is!

Stupid Judy, Stupid Energy..

 

[75disney]

I hate Ellen's Energy Adventure... But then I hated the original Universe of Energy more. At least the current version is slightly more entertaining. I would skip it, but my kids (11 and 8) love it. They think Ellen is really funny. Because of the attraction, they want to watch Jeopardy at home. When at Epcot, I have to go on it. What type of mother would I be if I said that we were skipping the educational show that addresses really important modern issues to go ride a really fun and fast car ride?

 

[Goofyernmost]

Universe of Energy
Part 1

I'm so glad you posted that. I remember a long time ago having a disagreement, of sorts, with another poster about the changes made to UoE. The other poster contended that the loss of the technological wonder that was the preshow was shameful. They went on to describe how the screens rotated in sections and how revolutionary that this was, but it was torn out when they redid it to Ellen. I replied that I remembered no such thing ever happening and was soundly rebutted for my lack of appreciation of that technology.

Well, redemption is mine. What that person thought was a mechanical marvel turned out to be nothing more the a movie projection on the screen. Not moving parts, just a picture projected on the flat screens that still exist, unchanged from that time. That block screen process was first witnessed by me at a pavilion in Expo 67 in Montreal years before. It was a method of filming with superimposed lines making it appear to be a screen with numerous splits in it. Once again our vision working with our brain to create an illusion. I can now put that away as NOT an indication of my loss of memory and lack of observation. There are many other signs but, that's not one of them.