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Mission: Space will lift off in 2003
The combined forces of Walt Disney Imagineering(WDI), Compaq Computer Corp., NASA consultants, and Walt Disney World® Cast Members will send Epcot® Guests into deep space in 2003. Mission: Space, the recently announced attraction that will replace Horizons in Future World at Epcot, will launch Guests into a one-of-a-kind space adventure. From a pulse-racing liftoff to weightlessness in outer space, Guests will encounter challenges faced by real astronauts. WDI created a new ride system for the attraction that will be the first ever to take Guests straight up in simulated flight. The attraction's story line will be set decades into the future and will transport Guests in time and place to an International Space Training Center. The Horizons pavilion will be demolished to make room for the new state-of-the-art attraction. Many portions of the original pavilion, however, will be used in new locations. While the Horizons building may be going away, you can look for more than 1,000 props and other show elements from the pavilion to appear in other attractions worldwide, from Walt Disney World Resort to Tokyo DisneySea," says Mike Lentz, director of attractions development for WDI. "Much of the building itself will be recycled following the demolitions process, which will take place over the next five months." Story Musgrave, a six-time NASA shuttle astronaut whose career in the NASA space program spanned more than 30 years, is serving as an ongoing consultant on the project. Musgrave called the attraction "a place where Guests can imagine our future in space and their role in it, walking in the footsteps of heroes and building on the wealth of technology we've developed to date." |
