If Horizons never left

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

If Horizons never left what are your predictions of the state it would be in now? I'm thinking either in terrible shape and untouched or totally scaled down. My last memorie of Horizons in 1999 are positive and I am starting to think that if it were still here my outlook on that ride would be pretty negative.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

Its over man...its over.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

If Horizons never left what are your predictions of the state it would be in now? I'm thinking either in terrible shape and untouched or totally scaled down. My last memorie of Horizons in 1999 are positive and I am starting to think that if it were still here my outlook on that ride would be pretty negative.

The focus of Horizons was on human relationships and communication, moreso than on technology per sé. Thanks to this, the ride had a certain timelessless about it.

Still, you can't have a ride that presents future living of thirty years ago without problems. The big problem for me is not technological. For example, how Horizons' finale was a big hologram telephone, when the direction we moved in was small mobile communications. No, the real problem, the biggest change, is that we no longer dream of colonising the desert, the ocean, everywhere else. On the contrary, nowadays we would consider it an ecological disaster to transform and industrialise the earth's deserts and oceans!

 

[All Disney All The Time]

It'd be at the bottom of the giant sinkhole.

 

[Uddy]

A worn down and out Horizons would be better than what is there now! "I miss you Horizons!"

 

[lego606]

It'd be at the bottom of the giant sinkhole.

the sinkhole they built the upsy-downsy spins-aroundsy ride on?

 

[MarkTwain]

It'd need some work, that's for sure. You can wrap the ride up in all the nostalgia that you like, but I'm not sure how the Imax rooms would hold up compared to Soarin', which places you in front similar screens with more movement and for far longer, or how much appeal the "choose-your-own" finale would have for a generation raised on Midway Mania or Star Tours II.

At the very least I imagine it would have had to go through a couple of SSE-style redos with some new scenes and AA costume replacements.

 

[PREMiERdrum]

If Horizons never left...

...We'd be complaining that they wouldn't update it.

Even as a hardcore Horizons fan, I'm starting to realize that it's probably for the better that it's no longer there. Goodness, look at SSE... Even with a big-name sponsor and a less complex show, they don't seem willing to commit to a proper re-think.

The size, the scope, and the quality of Horizons put it outside the ability/willingness of current management to keep it relevant.

It would be a bigger, more dilapidated, out of date Carousel of Progress. And we'd be furious.

 

[bgraham34]

Horizons will always have a special place in my heart. Its an attraction that I so desperately wanted to walk around in and explore. The only way I could experience that attraction again to its fullest is to invent a time machine. But that is never going to happen.

 

[AllyInWonderland]

It would still be amazing, but it would need an update.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

If you Can dream it...Then you can...Demo it...Yes you can...YES YOU CAAAAAAAAANN!!!!

 

[TropicalFig8]

If you Can dream it...Then you can...Demo it...Yes you can...YES YOU CAAAAAAAAANN!!!!

I never saw Horizons, but for some reason the demolishing pictures of it makes me sad

 

[AllyInWonderland]

I never saw Horizons, but for some reason the demolishing pictures of it makes me sad

Same here!

 

[turbosnatch]

I have some questions.

Did they remove set pieces and AAs? If so did they store them re-use them. I know some props made it but items like the screens, sets, etc.

The big window panels around the building, was it for a lounge or did sunlight come through?

Last time i rode it, early 90s when Wonders of life was just opening, it was in very good shape. Was one of my favorite rides at the time. Now i dont think people would enjoy it except for a niche. If had been updated now, I think it would be hacked like Imagination, sadly.

80s and 90s Disney is probably the best time for the parks and it saddens me that this golden age will never happen again. Although Carland is incredible I believe this is the way Disney will build attractions from now on, hopefully.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I have some questions.

Did they remove set pieces and AAs? If so did they store them re-use them. I know some props made it but items like the screens, sets, etc.

Some props are lingering at DHS..

A Hovership is at Backlot Express

A few boxes on the Backlot Tour queue area

The Robot Butler during his time at the Epcot 25th exhibit before moving to his more recent spot at One Man's Dream at DHS

Another 2 ships are on the backlot tour at Disney Studios Paris

 

[FettFan]

I have some questions.

Did they remove set pieces and AAs? If so did they store them re-use them. I know some props made it but items like the screens, sets, etc.

They removed everything.....and while most of it was sent to other parks (Tokyo and Paris) a lot of it ended up in the hands of private collectors. I remember the guys at MouseSurplus auctioning off a few of the ride cars five or six years ago.

 

[All Disney All The Time]

the sinkhole they built the upsy-downsy spins-aroundsy ride on?

From the Wiki article: "No reason was publicly given, but the lack of corporate sponsorship probably played a large part in the decision. It is also claimed that a reason for the attraction closing was major structural problems (a large marshland sink-hole underneath the structure which emerged in 1998), along with problems with the roof. The building was claimed to have been close to collapsing under its own weight.[4]"

 

[Clamman73]

It went down a hero...

 

[lego606]

From the Wiki article: "No reason was publicly given, but the lack of corporate sponsorship probably played a large part in the decision. It is also claimed that a reason for the attraction closing was major structural problems (a large marshland sink-hole underneath the structure which emerged in 1998), along with problems with the roof. The building was claimed to have been close to collapsing under its own weight.[4]"

They can give all the PR answers they want. Does it make sense to build a giant spinning thing on top of a sinkhole?

 

[All Disney All The Time]

They can give all the PR answers they want. Does it make sense to build a giant spinning thing on top of a sinkhole?

I'm not an engineer, architect, or industrial contractor. But if you need a nuclear medicine scan, give me a ringy-dingy. In the meantime, I only "know" what I read, and that includes what's written here.