Originally posted by Main Street USA
...and offering up just a little tidbit from the corner of my mind.
As cool as Mission:Space is, I would trade it in for Horizons any day of the week.
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They shouldn't have gotten rid of Horizons. Use the extra space around Wonders of Life and Test Track (I wish I could attach photos without going to the photo album :lol: ) - but I believe if they should have kept any Future World attraction, it would be Horizons.
(World of Motion, Imagination, Kitchen Kabaret, and Spaceship Earth are so close).
And while World of Motion may have been the most hilarious and detailed, Imagination may have been the most loveable, Kitchen Kabaret being the most clever, and Spaceship Earth the most dramatic, Horizons was the perfect blend.
Like World of Motion, it had that slight comedic tone to it. It personalized you and the hosts. Like Spaceship Earth, it adds that drama during many of the scenes with breathtaking sets and musical scores, one of the most memorable being space.
Horizons was EPCOT. It was Walt Disney. A trip through the future (which could have been updated) while also looking at comedic visions of the past - and the cutting edge of science today (the Omnisphere). Sure, perhaps the vision of the future was outdated in 1997. So that means it should have been closed? Naw. I just say refurbish the whole thing. But don't lose the spririt.
It was the story of mankind and all progress. "If we can dream it, we can do it," we heard several times through Horizons. We heard it a lot - from Walt Disney, the many himself.
Mission Space is a good ride. But I think that's all it is - a good good ride. But it lacks. It lacks in heart (Horizons had the spirit of family, you got attached to it), which can be brought out by character, song, and score. And while the technology is amazing. . . well, that doesn't "wow" me. Horizons was quality. That was something to "wow" about. We saw it. It was ours. For fifteen (or more) minutes each trip.
Mission Space also lacks in theme. Yes, space flight. But where's that thread that we're given? It's more indirect. So yeah, we land in Mars, it's over. We go out to send email cards. Ride it again. Where's our "Dream it and do it!"? It just lacks, that's all. Not to mention small pavilion.
Horizons is one of the most well-beloved Disney attractions. Some people know it as the "orange" attraction, others as the "choose your own ending". But in any case, people still love it, grasping the few Walt Disney World Forever or Official Album tracks which are no longer available. And the home movies. And once the technology of Mission Space is outdated, will people keep going back because they're in love with the attraction? Maybe. But I feel as though Horizons had that power that Mission Space could never gain.
Even when I listen to the soundtracks, I just sigh, "I can't believe it's gone." It's unbelievable. Because Horizons WAS Horizons. It's grown to be a part of us.
Horizons will always live on so long as there is progress and imagination. Good job, MSU.
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