My mom was on Body Wars back in 1990, after the ride she felt super sick...ended up finding out she was pregnant with me. Everytime I visit I stare at the pavilion knowing that's where knowledge of my existence began.
I loved Body Wars! It reminded me of some of the episodes of cartoons that I used to watch that had a similar plot. Like Captain Planet, the episode where they go inside Kwame.
I think your existence began with a very different moment, being your dad's sperm winding its way through her egg wall. And no, Disney had nothing to do with it .
I find it interesting how the imagineers seem to either have a severe case of creative drought, or higer ups have no vision. They let sizable chunks of the park literally die
To their credit, updating any park based on the future would cost so much to regularly maintain. The whole premise of Epcot and Tomorrowland sound great on paper till you realize how much corporate heads would be willing to invest in those ideas.
@Trump4Prison2021 Clearly you don't realize how much money Disney has. Them doing nothing with these parks isn't because Disney can't scrape together a couple of pennies.
Skytech RTS regardless their job is to make stuff that is profitable. It’s not that they cant afford it, its that it doesn’t make practical sense to do so.
@@LKOnyx Yeah there's a reason why museums all tend to be state funded in some way unless they're roadside attractions. Making anything about science means having to hire well payed experts as well as meaning that you have to make regular updates because science is never a static thing. And there is not much room for branding which makes it really unattractive to corporations, much better in their view to have some sort of branded IP because that requires less updates (since you control it) and you have already made the marketing for the ride in the IP itself and the ride ends up also serving as marketing.
A couple years ago, I begged my family to take me to Epcot during the food & wine festival for my birthday. The flowers were pretty, but I was there for one thing and one thing only: what might be my only chance to get inside the beautiful golden dome. When I got there and, for the first time ever the garden wasn’t roped off, I RAN inside there and looked at every little remaining detail. It was incredible. I got a picture under the arches for Body Wars (still beautiful) and it was one of the happiest moments of my life. I wish so much I could have seen more, but I am so incredibly happy that I got to see it at all. For those who haven’t, I still think it’s the most beautiful building in all of Epcot. If you can see it, I highly recommend it.
Bro SAMEEEEEE I went to Epcot, not realizing the festival was going on. Once I had found out, I freaked out and rushed over to the pavilion, it was one of the greatest days of my life
@@brokentilebench I know! My family thought I was crazy, but they knew I was a major Disney nerd. It’s incredible just how pretty the front gardens are, and how criminally underutilized this amazing piece of architecture is. At the very least, the F&W Festival content inside fits very well with the looks of the building, and if you weren’t looking for it you might not even notice the hints of what it used to be. I heard even the arches were removed since I was there.
@@brokentilebench My mother was actually pretty supportive of it, although my father was well and truly confused. She even tried to ask the cast members standing outside the curtained entrance to Body Wars if I could stick my head in there and look behind the curtain, and was of course instantly denied. It's the thought that counts.
@@BrightSunFilms Can you do a "Cancelled" episode of the Titanic 2? Please blue Star line said it would come in 2018 then 2019 then 2020 and yet still no Titanic 2 can you do an episode on it please
its sad that epcot is being consumed by disney IPs. like sure disney has some really good IPs but... i felt the joy i felt at epcot because of the culture and science that was explored, not their frozen attraction.
Amen. I’m not saying the IP or their rides are bad, but WDW loses character and charm each time it happens. It’s as if Disney doesn’t respect the theme parks as being their own IP and the unique opportunities they can have separate from more traditional IP.
@@KingHarambe_RIP Because they gotta squeeze that liscened merchandise money, bro. How else are they gonna make money if they can't sell Disney IP merch? In all seriousness, it is disappointing that Disney isn't doing original things anymore. I'm not even a big fan of Disney, but I do like the original, unique aesthetics in the parks more than the IP stuff.
I agree, I have such fond memories of visiting Epcot as a child/younger person and miss some of the things that aren't there anymore. Especially the changes to the world showcase (last time I was there the Norway ride was under construction to become the frozen ride and the Canada film had gotten some Disney IP updates). I hate seeing it change, but I know it probably has to.
as a biologist it HURTS MY SOUL that they let this go. EPCOT used to be so much better :( now it's all about entertainment and IP. i miss having a chill park that was all about science and culture
It would be cool for the Bankrupt series to cover about the bankrupt shipping company, Hanjin Shipping. One of the largest container shipping companies in the world and offered bulk and container services. They had owned almost 100 container vessels and had 6,000 employees and transported cargo to countries that had notable companies such as Nike. Until it's unexpected bankruptcy in 2017.
I'll always have fond memories of visiting epcot in the early 90s when I had a broken leg so we were allowed to get a wheelchair at Epcot and skip EVERY. SINGLE. LINE. It was my greatest park visit from my Floridian childhood. I'll never forget seeing that huge line for Spaceship Earth and my sister wheeling me into the secret handicap access door to skip that line. I felt like a crippled Louis XVI.
@@AngelsOfAresED *No you're thinking of Texas. Snow, hurricane, rain, no rain anything shuts down the state and then they come crying to their government for assistance.*
Fun fact: I used to work at Epcot in a position called "Epcot East". Basically I did roving as security for the entire left side, all the way from the entrance to the Mexico pavilion. One of my favorite things to do was explore the Wonders of Life building. Mind you, I had no idea of what used to be there; because the building was mostly used for storage at this time. So anyways, I came across this weird little area with tile floors, and walls. And what I knew used to be a que line. But it was very run down and the posters that were on the wall were faded, cracked, and dilapidated. When I first went in I thought I had stumbled on some sort of genetic testing center or something! 😂 But nope! It was the old Journey into the Human body/Body wars ride. Funny enough, they had the old TVs still on the walls, and two of them were even still on!! It was a very interesting experience. Turns out, they decided to shut down that ride. Took the ride cars out of it, gave em an update, and Voila! They made the Star Wars ride in Hollywood Studios. The que line is/was identical. The cars are identical. Even the set up is identical. So just remember when you ride the old Star Wars ride in Hollywood Studios, that you're quite literally in a piece of history from another park. Another fun story; I ran into another Cast member in there one time, and he had mentioned something about a freaky animatronic who was still in the building. So of course I had to go find that! Went through some twists and turns and pretty much immediately found it. Suffice it to say, it was truly creepy. I wish I'd of taken a picture because it was in a dark room. With a spotlight on the animatronic; and he sat up in his little seat on the robo-arm thing. When I got closer to it I noticed that the synthetic hand-skin had rotted away, so his metal skeleton was exposed. Basically had robo-hands but the rest was how he appeared when he was in service. That same year somebody stole his jacket I heard! This was all 2016-2018, so it was actually really recent. Right before, and during the construction of the Guardians ride!!
Star Tours and Body Wars used the same ATLAS simulators, they took out the Body Wars simulators to use for parts for the Star Tours simulators that have been running since 1989. Star Tours received a major update in 2011 but they continue to use the same ATLAS simulators with improved video displays, audio, and animatronics.
@@dontmesswiththeman this makes sense. I saw body wars in the late 90s and came back on Star Wars weekend in 2015, I thought both rides looked familiar.
@@solinvictus4367 Same. I loved anything related to the inside of the human body, after the Captain Planet "An Inside Job" episode in which they go into Kwame's body, and the fifth level of the Toonami "Trapped in Hyperspace" game where you went inside TOM.
I was super young when the Wonders of Life was still a thing, but I recall Body Wars so vividly for making me want to vomit time and time again. And yet I would ALWAYS want to ride it multiple times. (I was not the brightest kid sometimes, lmfao.) But those emoji looking things for Play hurts my soul so much.
@@disneyboy3030 It's very sad because they're essentially turning it into a virtual emoji museum for Tik Tok e-kids. It would be nice if they did something for adults for once instead of a "family friendly" or an entire building catered to dumb children who only care about how many views they're getting an hour. At least the original was educational and interactive. Truly a loss.
@@DwightLivesMatter well Disney has a contacts thing where you can mail to them. Maybe you can write a letter about that to them. But as you can see I am a huge Disney nerd and I don't mind.
@@disneyboy3030 Disney won't care because it's evil. They won't get the Marvel license for WDW so they can make an Ant-Man and The Wasp version of Body Wars where they go inside The Falcon.
@@elizabethchan1831 that’s not a flashlight, those are lights that were built into the room and are permanently on. when you walk in, that’s the first thing you see, I’m sure it’s shocked a bunch of people who weren’t expecting it
anytime I need to test a keyboard or microphone or something like that, I default to saying "What's up guys, my name is Jake and welcome to Abandoned, episode (whatever)"
2 years later when a 2021 opening date was announced and now the pavilion being left in the dark again. Now with Bob Iger back in charge, I wonder what lies ahead for the Former Wonders of Life Pavilion
Pretty much the planned Play pavilion project was recently cancelled because of rising minimum wages and how it would require more cast members to run the pavilion than what Disney currently can afford.
Funny story. My parents took me here when I was in elementary school (early 2000’s). We’ve been to Disney before, but we never really visited this place too much. One day they decided to kill some time while we waited for our fast pass time for Test Track, and they took me in to ‘The Making of Me’. We had been to Body Wars before, but never this show. So, they innocently figured it was something new. But, right before we went in, I’ll never forget my mom asking my dad verbatim, “Do you think they show....?” My dad responded adamantly, “I doubt it...” Long story short, they showed exactly how a baby was made and I was traumatized by some of the specific language they used to describe the actions. Not to mention the crazy scenes. Knowing my parents did this ruined my whole day. My parents felt so bad. Anyway, that’s how I learned about the birds and the bees. I’m now 28 and I’ll never forget that day.
The legendary Wonders of Life Pavilion. The nostalgia my parents get talking about the Body Wars ride is always fun to listen to. I kinda hope it gets a reboot of sorts.
2005 was the last time I visited The Wonders of Life. I made my husband watch “The Making of Me,” and while waiting for it to start, I overheard one cast member tell another that she had never seen the place so busy before! The pavilion was slammed! It was essentially as busy as it was in the late 80s/early 90s when we went.
I went there on 3 or 4 different years as a kid from the mid 80 to early 90s and it was the coolest place. Loved both Cranium Command and Body Wars, which was packed. EPCOT as a whole was a much different place back then - all about discovery, science, tech and the coming techno-utopia. I get that it’s next to impossible to keep such a place up to date and still be profitable, so having it even for a few of my formative years was special.
I loved going to Epcot as a kid in the late '80s and early '90s. Cranium Command was always a favorite. I only went on Body Wars once, because my mom was one of the people who was made nauseous by it. Horizons was great too; it had this cool hidden lounge upstairs that we always got to hang out in because my dad's employer was affiliated with the pavilion's sponsor (GE, I think). Taking a break in the A/C up there on a hot Florida summer's day was a treat. In the late '90s I actually lived in Orlando for a time and had an annual pass to WDW so I could just waltz over to Epcot for dinner or whatever (in those days you could actually just walk into many restaurants on Disney property without having made a reservation a year before). Test Track had just opened and I would go over and ride it all the time. Back then it was still based around a new vehicle testing theme, and when you got out on the high speed loop the V8 sound effects were like sweet music. Gas was 98 cents a gallon, I had a new Pontiac Trans Am and everything was all right in the world; at least, it felt like it was when you were at Disney World. Thanks for stirring my memories of it all! I am now officially old.
The motion from Body Wars made my brother sick and he's never been able to go on a simulator since (14 years and counting) and now I've found out we were some of the last people to go on it, as we went to Disney New years 2006/2007.
I agree, i went on a couple simulators n almost hurled. Even this one geared tward kids at a museum n science center. I closed my eyes , held on. When it was over I got out n ran for the bathroom. Wife said " you get sick?" " yeah i boofed in the sink" " ew why the sink?" "Im not sticking my face in a place that has probably had a million butts on it , ok? I rinsed it out if youre worried"
I still think it is kinda awesome how my family were one of the last people in the Wonders of Life area. We use to go to Disney World for Thanksgiving week and the week after that. In 2006 we heard that the Wonders of Life was going to open for the Christmas season. We never got a chance to go into it before (as the last time we went was in 1989) so it was crazy how 90s and quiet it was. They had no advertisement for it and we only found out about it from the web. It felt so weird being in the area. Of course my dad took so many pictures since we knew it might be the last time we would be in there.
They caught the big mouthed idiot mentioned in this video selling Haunted Mansion stuff and Buzzy's clothes. But, Buzzy's clothes were stolen a few months before the whole Buzzy was stolen. Buzzy hasn't been found. We don't know for sure it was him.
I first went to WDW as a kid in 1992. Loved it. I didn't get back until 2012 and by that stage Epcot, the park that made the strongest impression on me, was in a seriously sorry state compared to what I remembered. World showcase wasn't too bad, but Future world had been ravaged by budget cuts, closures, dumbing down and weird additions that were completely thematically inconsistent with the parks original mission. Even the latest plans (probably mostly shelved now) didn't get back to what made the original idea so unique.
I always liked this pavilion. My family still quotes Cranium Commando. It's kind of sad how Disney has just changed EPCOT into nothing more than just another theme park.
The making of me is probably the oddest attraction Disney world has had. I mean who goes to Disney world to watch an educational film about human reproduction with animated talking sperm and Martin Short? Like was that how many parents in Orlando at the time thought their kids the birds and the bees?
Eh, I can see my parents doing that. It wouldn't have been that much different from going to the Science center and seeing the different stages of a baby in the womb. And my Mom did work at a hospital so she would've been quick to have answered any questions my twin sis and I had. And this is coming from someone who grew up going in the 2000's.
Remember, this is Florida lol. Anything is possible there. Also, people weren't as sensitive back then. It was more of an open topic. Amazing how this generation gets so shocked about every little thing.
@@DwightLivesMatter True, it's more the fact why on your Disney vacation would you watch an eduction film about human reproduction ? Especially since Body wars next door(while educational )was still a thrill ride. Like It seems like something would make for grade schools, like they did with The Story of Menstruation or Poohs great school bus adventure
Thanks so much Jake! I have always wondered about this! I remember going their when I was a kid. I really do miss it! I can't express my gratitude enough!
I know! His Disney videos are kind of bittersweet for me because my family had to cancel the trip we had booked for January 2021 because with Covid numbers skyrocketing like they are and no vaccine in sight it's just too dangerous for my 70+ year old parents - one of which has asthma - to be there. We booked that trip back in February before Covid really hit the US and we're all heartbroken about it. 😩
@@jjlegend3922 Oh shut the fuck up, Rambo.🙄 Good for you that nothing has happened to you or your family; we've already lost someone in the family to Covid over the summer and would rather it not happen again. Respecting the damage this virus can do and taking precautions against it isn't the same as fear. If being cavalier about the lives of strangers builds up your self-confidence of how big and brave you are, that says a lot more about you than it does the people you chide.
@@jjlegend3922 Nice job editing your comment to omit the part where you said _"I can't imagine living in fear like your family, we are the exact opposite. Nothing has happened. Smh"_ to mock my family's caution.
i was only 7 when the pavilion closed, and despite having been to disney world a couple times prior, i had never been in there myself. however there has always been something about the place that was fascinating to me. i've always been interested in lost/abandoned stuff like this, especially with disney. i love reading about it and watching urban exploration of this place specifically. something about it is alluring and fascinating to me.
5:03 I saw "The Making of Me" when I was like 11 in the late 90s. I remember on my way into the theater a boy screamed at the top of his lungs, "I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE BABIES COME FROM" or something very similar.
The reason the guy gets restrained for grabbing his phone is because he was shown a picture of his car at the location of the theft and he said "How bout I come back with my lawyer." And the Cop said "Okay, leave your car and phone." And he then grabbed his phone causing the officers to restrain him. As he could delete potential evidence from the phone.
Still seemed a bit unnecessary. Should have given him one last chance. "Hand the phone back or we will take it from you by force.... and it'll hurt". Then i think he'd hand it right over. Not that i have pity for this thief... just saying.
@@robertcorbett9455 He essentially was trying to steal and destroy evidence in front of police. He deserved to be restrained. There's cases of abuse of power in our nation, I just don't feel this is one of them.
@@jrios29 Not calling the cops wrong. But he wouldn't have anyway out of that room. And he wasn't attempting to smash it. I think he made a sudden move so the cops reacted fast too. Neither party thought out their actions. The guy was an idiot for thinking grabbing the phone would accomplish anything. And yeah the cops didn't really have the time to think out what they did. The phone wasn't going anywhere.
You should do a episode about Wellington, Washington. The town of Wellington ceased to be, at least in name, long before it officially became a ghost town. The town was founded in 1893. The town included a train depot that was unfortunately destined to become the site of the deadliest avalanche in US history.
With videos like this, when you see people have “disliked” the video...what are people disliking? Do you not like the video details? Is it boring? Do you not agree with what he’s saying? It’s weird to me to dislike a video that’s essentially just stating facts.
To be fair, just leave them be. You never know, someone might have something mentally wrong or just simply clicked disliked so they don't get this recommended to them
My school made a field trip to Epcot when i was 7 and its something i still remember to this day. I remember being afraid of the animatonic velociraptors in an attraction about dinosaurs i dont remember the name of, the "honey i struck the audience" movie, and i vividly remember "body wars" as it was one of my favorites. I have always meant to go back after 25 years to experience it one more time, but i feel like it is completely different than what the inner child of me remembers
Seems like Disney is sorta finally doing something about/with their abandoned/defunct attractions. Wonder what they’ll do about Discovery Island in the future.
I just really enjoy your series. I can't really say if it's the informative nature, the pacing, or your narration. Or, maybe a tad bit of all of the above. But I hope that you never stop them. Tho they make me sad, I still do seem to enjoy the sad nostalgia they bring me to. ☺️ Thanks for another great video bud!!
I’m glad that my wife and I went when we did; 1991 and 1994. She’s a nurse so it was always an interesting attraction to go to. Thanks for illustrating it on your channel. You do great work.
This video recalled memories of my visit in '91 as an 11 year old. This place was so cutting edge at the time. I'm pretty sure my dad found maybe the last stuffed Dale they had in the park at this pavilion. He'd hit every other souvenir shop in the park hoping to complete the Chip and Dale Rescue Ranger Duo.
Well Dude, All i Have to say is Keep Up the good Work, Since tbh, I truly do love all the work you put into these videos, Not to mention ya posted this video the Day i found this Channel again...Sooo...Yeah, Love ya Work, and i hope ya have a swell day
mine too! i’m hoping to visit once it gets converted to play... i feel like it’ll be bittersweet but i’ve never been to epcot and i really want to be able to step inside
Wow dude I joined your channel when you had a few thousand subscribers and now your closing in 1 mil subs!!! Your videos have always been awesome bro and you continue to make amazing videos and I love them all!! Keep it up man!!
When I first came across one of these videos, I'd never think that I'd love it this much like, I love abandoned places and this channel is a haven of documentation of these places so thank you so much for making these
Insanely good Docu to say the least, about the one pavilion I saw getting completed, but never got to experience. In August 1989, they were hyping the hell out of it during the Monorail spiel on the EPCOT circuit, as well as lots of pre-opening signs and pictures for the ride. I regret not having a chance to ride it sadly. BTW: The EPCOT Promotional film used in this... where and how can the entire thing be viewed/purchased??? I've found the snippets on-line from various places, but not in its entirety. That would truly be something to behold.
It amazing how many Disney theme park ideas were either built and then abondanded. Or semi-built and then left in limbo for years on end. Before either being finished or abandoned. Thanks for bringing life to all these places, Jake! 😄
Yeah, but then you realize how much that poor woman regrets being a volunteer for MET and getting a splinter in the first place (if you look closely at the end, the volunteer we're inside appears female.) She could've been an expert lawyer and instead she's the host in an endo story. There could've been a man, because men are so much more fun as the host, especially if it's a black man (I'm not being racist, I just have a preference towards black men in fantasies like this.)
I have so many fond memories of the Wonders of Life. Mostly because it was my first trip in 1996 and I was only 7. Thank you for these videos, always puts a smile on my face.
I have endosomatophilia, so Body Wars was my jam. I just want to know who you're inside in the ride. They're at a distance because it was to be imagined as your own body, but I hope it's a man, because all of the episodes of cartoons with this plot that I watched as a kid used male hosts. The one that I remember using a female host (Magic School Bus "Makes a Stink" episode in which the bus goes into the body of Janet) was really gross, so that turned me off of female hosts, even if I am bi. So yeah...
They should turn it into an ESPN centre where u can do all sports related stuff and have a little broadcast studio in there u can watch like at 30 rock
Sad seeing a lot of Disney rides/attractions closing. I will never forget going to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot with my Grandpa back in the 80's. He brought his RV up to Ohio and took us all back down to Florida where he lived. So Disney world will always be special to me. I'm wondering how long the parks will remain open. It's just a matter of time before people stop going. Prices are just getting way out of hand.
Was going through my collector pins and found Figment from 1984. He became one of my favorite characters then and still is. Wonder how much it is worth now?
my favorite pavilion getting some love in 2020!! i was obsessed with both cranium command and alien encounter a few years ago, and now both the lead animatronics there have suffered mysterious fates. i think i’ve cursed them :(
I worked for Met back when they sponsored the pavilion. Within the pavilion was a small conference center. Once a year my division held our annual meeting there with staff coming from NY, GA and iL. Great winter get away! We’d tack on a few days before or after and get free passes to any park. I’m sure other divisions did the same.
Just put it all back the way it was. It’s been long enough that the “vintage-ness” of mid 1980’s futurism would be cool to experience. The whole park definitely had a Star Trek Next Gen aesthetic.
As a child Cranium Command utterly blew my... mind. It was the thing I'd always think about when talking about Disney and as said will always be a fond memory. I'm glad their doing something with the building, but its sad to see it all gone.
All the money Disney has and they were too cheap to keep it modern? Body Wars was cool. Different building, but I miss Horizons too. Mission Space is cool but Horizons was too.
Body Wars was cool, but if you look close at the volunteer we went inside at the end, when they move, they seem to be a woman. It could be a man, but I just don't like going inside women. (Or children, for that matter - I'm TERRIFIED of children.) It's gross.
I visited this pavilion as a nine-year-old kid in 1990. I remember thinking it was really cool to zoom down an IMAX bloodstream from the perspective of a blood cell on the “Body Wars” ride.
I like to think up a parody of Body Wars where it's Swayzak as Captain Braddock, Sara as Dr. Lair, Moltar as Mission Control, and TOM as the patient (or as I call him, Clint.) In case you didn't know, those are all Toonami characters in the roles. Toonami was a block on Cartoon Network that I adored as a kid.
You know captain schettino from the costa concordia got the nickname captain coward because he used a life boat for himself to save himself so I guess he got what he deserved
They missed a huge opportunity by not revamping this. A lot has changed in 30 years with regard to our understanding of health. Plus, Body Wars was always a fun ride.
My mom was on Body Wars back in 1990, after the ride she felt super sick...ended up finding out she was pregnant with me. Everytime I visit I stare at the pavilion knowing that's where knowledge of my existence began.
As a fellow 1990 person I tip my hat to you. My first ever Disney park experience was Epcot in 1995. Disney siblings yo.
I loved Body Wars! It reminded me of some of the episodes of cartoons that I used to watch that had a similar plot. Like Captain Planet, the episode where they go inside Kwame.
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Damn, blast from the past right there
@@swamp1138 Yeah. I remember I had a Magic School Bus "The Giant Germ" book in which the bus goes into the body of a sick kid. I loved that book. XD
I think your existence began with a very different moment, being your dad's sperm winding its way through her egg wall.
And no, Disney had nothing to do with it .
I find it interesting how the imagineers seem to either have a severe case of creative drought, or higer ups have no vision. They let sizable chunks of the park literally die
To their credit, updating any park based on the future would cost so much to regularly maintain. The whole premise of Epcot and Tomorrowland sound great on paper till you realize how much corporate heads would be willing to invest in those ideas.
Disney's pure aim is to make money for share holders. If they can get away with cutting costs they will.
@Trump4Prison2021 Clearly you don't realize how much money Disney has.
Them doing nothing with these parks isn't because Disney can't scrape together a couple of pennies.
Skytech RTS regardless their job is to make stuff that is profitable. It’s not that they cant afford it, its that it doesn’t make practical sense to do so.
@@LKOnyx Yeah there's a reason why museums all tend to be state funded in some way unless they're roadside attractions. Making anything about science means having to hire well payed experts as well as meaning that you have to make regular updates because science is never a static thing. And there is not much room for branding which makes it really unattractive to corporations, much better in their view to have some sort of branded IP because that requires less updates (since you control it) and you have already made the marketing for the ride in the IP itself and the ride ends up also serving as marketing.
A couple years ago, I begged my family to take me to Epcot during the food & wine festival for my birthday. The flowers were pretty, but I was there for one thing and one thing only: what might be my only chance to get inside the beautiful golden dome. When I got there and, for the first time ever the garden wasn’t roped off, I RAN inside there and looked at every little remaining detail. It was incredible. I got a picture under the arches for Body Wars (still beautiful) and it was one of the happiest moments of my life. I wish so much I could have seen more, but I am so incredibly happy that I got to see it at all. For those who haven’t, I still think it’s the most beautiful building in all of Epcot. If you can see it, I highly recommend it.
Bro SAMEEEEEE I went to Epcot, not realizing the festival was going on. Once I had found out, I freaked out and rushed over to the pavilion, it was one of the greatest days of my life
@@brokentilebench I know! My family thought I was crazy, but they knew I was a major Disney nerd. It’s incredible just how pretty the front gardens are, and how criminally underutilized this amazing piece of architecture is. At the very least, the F&W Festival content inside fits very well with the looks of the building, and if you weren’t looking for it you might not even notice the hints of what it used to be. I heard even the arches were removed since I was there.
@@ryanwasserman6929 SAAMMMMEMMEMEMEM BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA
They too thought I was weird and were confused as to what I was going ape shit about
@@brokentilebench My mother was actually pretty supportive of it, although my father was well and truly confused. She even tried to ask the cast members standing outside the curtained entrance to Body Wars if I could stick my head in there and look behind the curtain, and was of course instantly denied. It's the thought that counts.
@@ryanwasserman6929 indeeed, that sounds mighty epik
At least they’re finally doing something meaningful with that building and not just as a festival storage centre.
Exactly
"Meaningful" is debateable...
The whole very top level of that building is used for offices for various reasons. Way more than just festival storage.
@@BrightSunFilms Can you do a "Cancelled" episode of the Titanic 2? Please blue Star line said it would come in 2018 then 2019 then 2020 and yet still no Titanic 2 can you do an episode on it please
They were. But unfortunately due to Disney's downturn and finances from covid, The plan to redevelopment is currently on hold... Indefinitely. 🤷
its sad that epcot is being consumed by disney IPs. like sure disney has some really good IPs but... i felt the joy i felt at epcot because of the culture and science that was explored, not their frozen attraction.
Time marches on.
Capitalism is so that superheroes get prioritized over the arts and sciences.
Amen. I’m not saying the IP or their rides are bad, but WDW loses character and charm each time it happens. It’s as if Disney doesn’t respect the theme parks as being their own IP and the unique opportunities they can have separate from more traditional IP.
@@KingHarambe_RIP
Because they gotta squeeze that liscened merchandise money, bro. How else are they gonna make money if they can't sell Disney IP merch?
In all seriousness, it is disappointing that Disney isn't doing original things anymore. I'm not even a big fan of Disney, but I do like the original, unique aesthetics in the parks more than the IP stuff.
I agree, I have such fond memories of visiting Epcot as a child/younger person and miss some of the things that aren't there anymore. Especially the changes to the world showcase (last time I was there the Norway ride was under construction to become the frozen ride and the Canada film had gotten some Disney IP updates). I hate seeing it change, but I know it probably has to.
as a biologist it HURTS MY SOUL that they let this go. EPCOT used to be so much better :( now it's all about entertainment and IP. i miss having a chill park that was all about science and culture
It would be cool for the Bankrupt series to cover about the bankrupt shipping company, Hanjin Shipping. One of the largest container shipping companies in the world and offered bulk and container services. They had owned almost 100 container vessels and had 6,000 employees and transported cargo to countries that had notable companies such as Nike. Until it's unexpected bankruptcy in 2017.
I agree
Good idea
I 2nd this
Agree!
I've seen their containers everywhere, had no idea they were bankrupt!
I'll always have fond memories of visiting epcot in the early 90s when I had a broken leg so we were allowed to get a wheelchair at Epcot and skip EVERY. SINGLE. LINE. It was my greatest park visit from my Floridian childhood. I'll never forget seeing that huge line for Spaceship Earth and my sister wheeling me into the secret handicap access door to skip that line. I felt like a crippled Louis XVI.
That is EPIC.
I thought that was normally how one feels in Florida?
@@AngelsOfAresED *No you're thinking of Texas. Snow, hurricane, rain, no rain anything shuts down the state and then they come crying to their government for assistance.*
My dad was handicapped so we could also skip all the ride lines at any theme park we went to, I feel ya my guy
Louis XVI was not crippled>
Fun fact: I used to work at Epcot in a position called "Epcot East". Basically I did roving as security for the entire left side, all the way from the entrance to the Mexico pavilion. One of my favorite things to do was explore the Wonders of Life building.
Mind you, I had no idea of what used to be there; because the building was mostly used for storage at this time. So anyways, I came across this weird little area with tile floors, and walls. And what I knew used to be a que line. But it was very run down and the posters that were on the wall were faded, cracked, and dilapidated. When I first went in I thought I had stumbled on some sort of genetic testing center or something! 😂
But nope! It was the old Journey into the Human body/Body wars ride. Funny enough, they had the old TVs still on the walls, and two of them were even still on!! It was a very interesting experience.
Turns out, they decided to shut down that ride. Took the ride cars out of it, gave em an update, and Voila! They made the Star Wars ride in Hollywood Studios. The que line is/was identical. The cars are identical. Even the set up is identical.
So just remember when you ride the old Star Wars ride in Hollywood Studios, that you're quite literally in a piece of history from another park.
Another fun story; I ran into another Cast member in there one time, and he had mentioned something about a freaky animatronic who was still in the building. So of course I had to go find that!
Went through some twists and turns and pretty much immediately found it. Suffice it to say, it was truly creepy. I wish I'd of taken a picture because it was in a dark room. With a spotlight on the animatronic; and he sat up in his little seat on the robo-arm thing. When I got closer to it I noticed that the synthetic hand-skin had rotted away, so his metal skeleton was exposed. Basically had robo-hands but the rest was how he appeared when he was in service.
That same year somebody stole his jacket I heard!
This was all 2016-2018, so it was actually really recent. Right before, and during the construction of the Guardians ride!!
Star Tours and Body Wars used the same ATLAS simulators, they took out the Body Wars simulators to use for parts for the Star Tours simulators that have been running since 1989. Star Tours received a major update in 2011 but they continue to use the same ATLAS simulators with improved video displays, audio, and animatronics.
I remember as a kid actually going on the body wars ride. It was my favorite
I guess you didn't watch the video...he talks about the theft. The guy was caught, he sold the clothes to an NBA player.
@@dontmesswiththeman this makes sense. I saw body wars in the late 90s and came back on Star Wars weekend in 2015, I thought both rides looked familiar.
@@solinvictus4367 Same. I loved anything related to the inside of the human body, after the Captain Planet "An Inside Job" episode in which they go into Kwame's body, and the fifth level of the Toonami "Trapped in Hyperspace" game where you went inside TOM.
I was super young when the Wonders of Life was still a thing, but I recall Body Wars so vividly for making me want to vomit time and time again. And yet I would ALWAYS want to ride it multiple times. (I was not the brightest kid sometimes, lmfao.) But those emoji looking things for Play hurts my soul so much.
Hey it’s modern day internet. That’s just what it is. Also why do I feel that they took some inspiration from some of the depictions of the internet.
@@disneyboy3030 It's very sad because they're essentially turning it into a virtual emoji museum for Tik Tok e-kids. It would be nice if they did something for adults for once instead of a "family friendly" or an entire building catered to dumb children who only care about how many views they're getting an hour. At least the original was educational and interactive. Truly a loss.
@@DwightLivesMatter well Disney has a contacts thing where you can mail to them. Maybe you can write a letter about that to them. But as you can see I am a huge Disney nerd and I don't mind.
Went on it once...made me so sick!
@@disneyboy3030 Disney won't care because it's evil. They won't get the Marvel license for WDW so they can make an Ant-Man and The Wasp version of Body Wars where they go inside The Falcon.
The Wonders of Life music loop *SLAPS*
Avery has returned
CatJAM edit incoming?
Avery speaks the truth
The Oh of Pleasure?
Wonders of Life: this will get more Thrill Seekers in EPCOT
30 Years later
Play Pavilion: This will get more young families in EPCOT
Imgine how eerie it would be to walk into a dark room full of unmoving animatronics. Like the one Buzzy was in.
That clip showing Buzzy with a flashlight on his face is super creepy.
@@elizabethchan1831 that’s not a flashlight, those are lights that were built into the room and are permanently on. when you walk in, that’s the first thing you see, I’m sure it’s shocked a bunch of people who weren’t expecting it
@@rickharrison1887 ah I see. Super creepy either way. rip old man btw
@@elizabethchan1831 I sooo felt that vibe! 🤣
One night at Buzzy's
I dont think I love another series on any platform as much as this one
That’s a big honour
@@BrightSunFilms you deserve it
Wish their was more !!
@@Ghostvertigo me too!
Me as well
anytime I need to test a keyboard or microphone or something like that, I default to saying "What's up guys, my name is Jake and welcome to Abandoned, episode (whatever)"
Yes. I love that.
@Cassandra F you know it!
...great.. now I'm gonna catch myself saying this to random a.. people at work! 😉😏🤣
2 years later when a 2021 opening date was announced and now the pavilion being left in the dark again. Now with Bob Iger back in charge, I wonder what lies ahead for the Former Wonders of Life Pavilion
I winced as soon as I heard '2021 opening'.
Pretty much the planned Play pavilion project was recently cancelled because of rising minimum wages and how it would require more cast members to run the pavilion than what Disney currently can afford.
Funny story. My parents took me here when I was in elementary school (early 2000’s). We’ve been to Disney before, but we never really visited this place too much. One day they decided to kill some time while we waited for our fast pass time for Test Track, and they took me in to ‘The Making of Me’. We had been to Body Wars before, but never this show. So, they innocently figured it was something new. But, right before we went in, I’ll never forget my mom asking my dad verbatim, “Do you think they show....?” My dad responded adamantly, “I doubt it...”
Long story short, they showed exactly how a baby was made and I was traumatized by some of the specific language they used to describe the actions. Not to mention the crazy scenes. Knowing my parents did this ruined my whole day. My parents felt so bad.
Anyway, that’s how I learned about the birds and the bees. I’m now 28 and I’ll never forget that day.
The legendary Wonders of Life Pavilion. The nostalgia my parents get talking about the Body Wars ride is always fun to listen to. I kinda hope it gets a reboot of sorts.
I want to see a Marvel retheme where Ant-Man and The Wasp go inside The Falcon (Sam Wilson.) That way, it can have an IP and still be educational.
2005 was the last time I visited The Wonders of Life. I made my husband watch “The Making of Me,” and while waiting for it to start, I overheard one cast member tell another that she had never seen the place so busy before! The pavilion was slammed! It was essentially as busy as it was in the late 80s/early 90s when we went.
I remember going there in 1992 it was so fun and vibrant. I want to cry those where one of my priceless memories.
The Wonders of Life arch can now be seen on the MK toll entrance. You're welcome for that
I thought you’re pfp was bob odenkirk, then Kevin Costner, then I read your username and realized, it was Michael Eisner
Are you really him!
THANKS, MIKEY!
It makes sense. Jake was Buzzy all along
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Disney wanting sponsors for rides is just garbage idea
I went there on 3 or 4 different years as a kid from the mid 80 to early 90s and it was the coolest place. Loved both Cranium Command and Body Wars, which was packed. EPCOT as a whole was a much different place back then - all about discovery, science, tech and the coming techno-utopia. I get that it’s next to impossible to keep such a place up to date and still be profitable, so having it even for a few of my formative years was special.
I loved going to Epcot as a kid in the late '80s and early '90s. Cranium Command was always a favorite. I only went on Body Wars once, because my mom was one of the people who was made nauseous by it. Horizons was great too; it had this cool hidden lounge upstairs that we always got to hang out in because my dad's employer was affiliated with the pavilion's sponsor (GE, I think). Taking a break in the A/C up there on a hot Florida summer's day was a treat.
In the late '90s I actually lived in Orlando for a time and had an annual pass to WDW so I could just waltz over to Epcot for dinner or whatever (in those days you could actually just walk into many restaurants on Disney property without having made a reservation a year before). Test Track had just opened and I would go over and ride it all the time. Back then it was still based around a new vehicle testing theme, and when you got out on the high speed loop the V8 sound effects were like sweet music. Gas was 98 cents a gallon, I had a new Pontiac Trans Am and everything was all right in the world; at least, it felt like it was when you were at Disney World.
Thanks for stirring my memories of it all! I am now officially old.
Sounds amazing! What fantastic memories.
Bill from Test Track was played by John Higgins, who was also the voice of Mentok on Harvey Birdman.
The motion from Body Wars made my brother sick and he's never been able to go on a simulator since (14 years and counting) and now I've found out we were some of the last people to go on it, as we went to Disney New years 2006/2007.
That simulator was definitely violent, I always came off sick and I had to ride the ride as part of a school project.
I agree, i went on a couple simulators n almost hurled. Even this one geared tward kids at a museum n science center. I closed my eyes , held on. When it was over I got out n ran for the bathroom. Wife said " you get sick?"
" yeah i boofed in the sink"
" ew why the sink?"
"Im not sticking my face in a place that has probably had a million butts on it , ok? I rinsed it out if youre worried"
I LOVED the ride, because I'm into the human body and all that. The motion never made me sick. I guess I have a strong stomach.
I still think it is kinda awesome how my family were one of the last people in the Wonders of Life area. We use to go to Disney World for Thanksgiving week and the week after that. In 2006 we heard that the Wonders of Life was going to open for the Christmas season. We never got a chance to go into it before (as the last time we went was in 1989) so it was crazy how 90s and quiet it was. They had no advertisement for it and we only found out about it from the web. It felt so weird being in the area. Of course my dad took so many pictures since we knew it might be the last time we would be in there.
How the hell does someone smuggle a big ass animatronic out of the park?! 😂😂😂
Makes me think it was an inside job 🤔
It remains unsolved
Uhhh
@@missybarbour6885 I thought they caught him
They caught the big mouthed idiot mentioned in this video selling Haunted Mansion stuff and Buzzy's clothes. But, Buzzy's clothes were stolen a few months before the whole Buzzy was stolen. Buzzy hasn't been found. We don't know for sure it was him.
December 2018 was an inside job.
I first went to WDW as a kid in 1992. Loved it. I didn't get back until 2012 and by that stage Epcot, the park that made the strongest impression on me, was in a seriously sorry state compared to what I remembered. World showcase wasn't too bad, but Future world had been ravaged by budget cuts, closures, dumbing down and weird additions that were completely thematically inconsistent with the parks original mission. Even the latest plans (probably mostly shelved now) didn't get back to what made the original idea so unique.
I always liked this pavilion. My family still quotes Cranium Commando. It's kind of sad how Disney has just changed EPCOT into nothing more than just another theme park.
The making of me is probably the oddest attraction Disney world has had. I mean who goes to Disney world to watch an educational film about human reproduction with animated talking sperm and Martin Short?
Like was that how many parents in Orlando at the time thought their kids the birds and the bees?
The 80's were a different time
Eh, I can see my parents doing that. It wouldn't have been that much different from going to the Science center and seeing the different stages of a baby in the womb. And my Mom did work at a hospital so she would've been quick to have answered any questions my twin sis and I had. And this is coming from someone who grew up going in the 2000's.
I can just imagine that being so awkward
Remember, this is Florida lol. Anything is possible there. Also, people weren't as sensitive back then. It was more of an open topic. Amazing how this generation gets so shocked about every little thing.
@@DwightLivesMatter True, it's more the fact why on your Disney vacation would you watch an eduction film about human reproduction ? Especially since Body wars next door(while educational )was still a thrill ride.
Like It seems like something would make for grade schools, like they did with The Story of Menstruation or Poohs great school bus adventure
Last time I was this early, Figment wasn’t just my imagination.
im so glad i got to go to epcot in the late 90s early 2000s. it was a magical time for disney world.
I went in 2006. I was probably one of the last people to go on Body Wars, lmao!
Thanks so much Jake! I have always wondered about this! I remember going their when I was a kid. I really do miss it! I can't express my gratitude enough!
Even though most can't travel very far these days, your videos are a pleasant trip to a far-off place nonetheless. Cheers!
I know! His Disney videos are kind of bittersweet for me because my family had to cancel the trip we had booked for January 2021 because with Covid numbers skyrocketing like they are and no vaccine in sight it's just too dangerous for my 70+ year old parents - one of which has asthma - to be there. We booked that trip back in February before Covid really hit the US and we're all heartbroken about it. 😩
@@kriscynical wow. I can't imagine living in fear like you
@@jjlegend3922 Oh shut the fuck up, Rambo.🙄
Good for you that nothing has happened to you or your family; we've already lost someone in the family to Covid over the summer and would rather it not happen again. Respecting the damage this virus can do and taking precautions against it isn't the same as fear.
If being cavalier about the lives of strangers builds up your self-confidence of how big and brave you are, that says a lot more about you than it does the people you chide.
@@kriscynical oh waaa waaa
@@jjlegend3922 Nice job editing your comment to omit the part where you said _"I can't imagine living in fear like your family, we are the exact opposite. Nothing has happened. Smh"_ to mock my family's caution.
i was only 7 when the pavilion closed, and despite having been to disney world a couple times prior, i had never been in there myself. however there has always been something about the place that was fascinating to me. i've always been interested in lost/abandoned stuff like this, especially with disney. i love reading about it and watching urban exploration of this place specifically. something about it is alluring and fascinating to me.
1:07-1:13 Spike Spiegel in the bottom left corner. Love your work!
You gonna carry that Giant Globe
I came in to the comments just to see if anyone else thought this.
What if HE were the volunteer we went inside in Body Wars? That would RULE...
The Fairground Pomo aesthetic dated itself quickly. I feel they should've made it themed to the turn of the century traveling circuses.
Cool idea!
It’s Friday and a new Abandoned episode from Bright Sun Films...and it’s about Walt Disney World. I’m in heaven!!!
5:03 I saw "The Making of Me" when I was like 11 in the late 90s. I remember on my way into the theater a boy screamed at the top of his lungs, "I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE BABIES COME FROM" or something very similar.
The reason the guy gets restrained for grabbing his phone is because he was shown a picture of his car at the location of the theft and he said "How bout I come back with my lawyer." And the Cop said "Okay, leave your car and phone." And he then grabbed his phone causing the officers to restrain him. As he could delete potential evidence from the phone.
Still seemed a bit unnecessary. Should have given him one last chance. "Hand the phone back or we will take it from you by force.... and it'll hurt". Then i think he'd hand it right over. Not that i have pity for this thief... just saying.
@@robertcorbett9455 He essentially was trying to steal and destroy evidence in front of police. He deserved to be restrained. There's cases of abuse of power in our nation, I just don't feel this is one of them.
@@jrios29 Not calling the cops wrong. But he wouldn't have anyway out of that room. And he wasn't attempting to smash it. I think he made a sudden move so the cops reacted fast too. Neither party thought out their actions. The guy was an idiot for thinking grabbing the phone would accomplish anything. And yeah the cops didn't really have the time to think out what they did. The phone wasn't going anywhere.
@@robertcorbett9455 Agreed. No surprise coming from men though.
You should do a episode about Wellington, Washington. The town of Wellington ceased to be, at least in name, long before it officially became a ghost town. The town was founded in 1893. The town included a train depot that was unfortunately destined to become the site of the deadliest avalanche in US history.
With videos like this, when you see people have “disliked” the video...what are people disliking? Do you not like the video details? Is it boring? Do you not agree with what he’s saying? It’s weird to me to dislike a video that’s essentially just stating facts.
It is really odd... I think a large percentage of them must have been by accident. I know I have accidentally hit dislike and had to fix it before 😅
Exactly like you clicked to learn about this
To be fair, just leave them be. You never know, someone might have something mentally wrong or just simply clicked disliked so they don't get this recommended to them
Dislikes and likes help shape your personal algorithm
Some are just assholes.
My school made a field trip to Epcot when i was 7 and its something i still remember to this day. I remember being afraid of the animatonic velociraptors in an attraction about dinosaurs i dont remember the name of, the "honey i struck the audience" movie, and i vividly remember "body wars" as it was one of my favorites. I have always meant to go back after 25 years to experience it one more time, but i feel like it is completely different than what the inner child of me remembers
The Dino ride Was Universe of energy
Body Wars was one of my favorites too!
Seems like Disney is sorta finally doing something about/with their abandoned/defunct attractions. Wonder what they’ll do about Discovery Island in the future.
This episode is way better than the original. (The original has its "Bright Sun Gaming Era" charm though.)
He was all over the place lol 😆 but weren't we all at that age?
I was just in EPCOT in Sept. And didn't even see the Dome they had the park mostly walled off to make updates for the 50th celebration
I just really enjoy your series. I can't really say if it's the informative nature, the pacing, or your narration. Or, maybe a tad bit of all of the above. But I hope that you never stop them. Tho they make me sad, I still do seem to enjoy the sad nostalgia they bring me to. ☺️ Thanks for another great video bud!!
your videos help so much with my anxiety, and im always so genuinely interested. thank you for all of your work
I’m glad that my wife and I went when we did; 1991 and 1994. She’s a nurse so it was always an interesting attraction to go to. Thanks for illustrating it on your channel. You do great work.
This video recalled memories of my visit in '91 as an 11 year old. This place was so cutting edge at the time. I'm pretty sure my dad found maybe the last stuffed Dale they had in the park at this pavilion. He'd hit every other souvenir shop in the park hoping to complete the Chip and Dale Rescue Ranger Duo.
Man you should cover the abandoned facilities form the olympic games.
Well Dude, All i Have to say is Keep Up the good Work, Since tbh, I truly do love all the work you put into these videos, Not to mention ya posted this video the Day i found this Channel again...Sooo...Yeah, Love ya Work, and i hope ya have a swell day
Thanks so much Conner!
My favorite abandoned pavilion! It’s so eerie to visit as an events pavilion
mine too! i’m hoping to visit once it gets converted to play... i feel like it’ll be bittersweet but i’ve never been to epcot and i really want to be able to step inside
Cranium Command was one of my favorites. 80’s and ‘90’s WDW was the best!
Get this guy to one million he deserves it hes the best
Wow dude I joined your channel when you had a few thousand subscribers and now your closing in 1 mil subs!!! Your videos have always been awesome bro and you continue to make amazing videos and I love them all!! Keep it up man!!
Isn’t it crazy??
@@BrightSunFilms dude it's super crazy but your deserving my friend!
1:45 but I bet they didn't even dream of Pirates of the Pancreas...
When I first came across one of these videos, I'd never think that I'd love it this much like, I love abandoned places and this channel is a haven of documentation of these places so thank you so much for making these
I feel nostalgic for this place that I never have been
Wonders of Life: this will get more Thrill Seekers in EPCOT
30 Years later
Play Pavilion: This will get more young families in EPCOT
I like Epcot because it’s the adult park. But this will ruin it. Guardians coaster looks cool though
I enjoy all of your projects, Jake. Thanks for your courage to go into some of these creepy places!
12:28 the uncredited footage here is from Matt Sonswa
i felt sorta bad watching this while demolishing an entire pack of biscuits lmao
Nothing wrong with a bit of indulgence :p
They shut down a pavilion themed around human health, and occasionally reopen it to celebrate a festival of alcoholism and gluttony.
@@UmmYeahOk settle down
Why?
@@UmmYeahOk seems like a legit use.
Another wonderful video showcasing the history of yesterday. Absolute masterpiece. You need your own TV show Jake.
Insanely good Docu to say the least, about the one pavilion I saw getting completed, but never got to experience. In August 1989, they were hyping the hell out of it during the Monorail spiel on the EPCOT circuit, as well as lots of pre-opening signs and pictures for the ride. I regret not having a chance to ride it sadly.
BTW: The EPCOT Promotional film used in this... where and how can the entire thing be viewed/purchased??? I've found the snippets on-line from various places, but not in its entirety. That would truly be something to behold.
It amazing how many Disney theme park ideas were either built and then abondanded. Or semi-built and then left in limbo for years on end. Before either being finished or abandoned. Thanks for bringing life to all these places, Jake! 😄
i vividly remember going to Wonders of Life and Body Wars in early 92, it had the longest wait at the time, but we definetly thought is was cool!
I listened to the music loop doing all my lockdown school work, I wish I could’ve seen it
I always wanted to see another look at this topic, Great Video!
I very much enjoyed Wonders of Life back in early ‘90s. Body Wars was so cutting edge.
Yeah, but then you realize how much that poor woman regrets being a volunteer for MET and getting a splinter in the first place (if you look closely at the end, the volunteer we're inside appears female.) She could've been an expert lawyer and instead she's the host in an endo story. There could've been a man, because men are so much more fun as the host, especially if it's a black man (I'm not being racist, I just have a preference towards black men in fantasies like this.)
It's a man. I looked closely. I call him "Clint." No points if you know who I named him after.
Every video you post and I see the notifications I get excited🥳
I have so many fond memories of the Wonders of Life. Mostly because it was my first trip in 1996 and I was only 7. Thank you for these videos, always puts a smile on my face.
As a biologist, I want to say that this would be a fantastic way to learn about the human body!! I’m sad it’s gone
I have endosomatophilia, so Body Wars was my jam. I just want to know who you're inside in the ride. They're at a distance because it was to be imagined as your own body, but I hope it's a man, because all of the episodes of cartoons with this plot that I watched as a kid used male hosts. The one that I remember using a female host (Magic School Bus "Makes a Stink" episode in which the bus goes into the body of Janet) was really gross, so that turned me off of female hosts, even if I am bi. So yeah...
They should turn it into an ESPN centre where u can do all sports related stuff and have a little broadcast studio in there u can watch like at 30 rock
Hey jake i been watching since ep.12 i hope you doing good during this time of dispair and keep up the good work
Thanks! Same goes to you. Hopefully it’ll all be over soon.
Sad seeing a lot of Disney rides/attractions closing. I will never forget going to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot with my Grandpa back in the 80's. He brought his RV up to Ohio and took us all back down to Florida where he lived. So Disney world will always be special to me. I'm wondering how long the parks will remain open. It's just a matter of time before people stop going. Prices are just getting way out of hand.
Jenny's energy is strong here
Strong Jenny vibes here. Still haven’t found our boy.
That’s what I was thinking! I legit screamed when he mentioned Buzzy.
WHERE IS THE BOY
I'm glad to see we all know Jenny
*midi of ‘I Will Remember You’ playing over a slideshow of Buzzy*
Was going through my collector pins and found Figment from 1984. He became one of my favorite characters then and still is. Wonder how much it is worth now?
Its always a good day when you upload ^_^
Totally remember this place. Thanks for the rad videos.
my favorite pavilion getting some love in 2020!! i was obsessed with both cranium command and alien encounter a few years ago, and now both the lead animatronics there have suffered mysterious fates. i think i’ve cursed them :(
My Disney hyperfixations are Alien Encounter and Body Wars.
I worked for Met back when they sponsored the pavilion. Within the pavilion was a small conference center. Once a year my division held our annual meeting there with staff coming from NY, GA and iL. Great winter get away! We’d tack on a few days before or after and get free passes to any park. I’m sure other divisions did the same.
I remember going there during the Food and Wine festival thinking “where the hell am I?” After seeing the interior of the dome.
Great Video Jake! As always! Wonders of life has such a special place in my heart!
My only memory of this was my entire family getting motion sickness on Body Wars.
My family didn't!
Time traveler from 2024 after D23. We are not getting Play pavilion I think
You should make posters of the postcards. They have an awesome design and I'd love to be able to hang them up.
Thanks for the Informative video on Epcot's Wonders of Life.
Just put it all back the way it was. It’s been long enough that the “vintage-ness” of mid 1980’s futurism would be cool to experience. The whole park definitely had a Star Trek Next Gen aesthetic.
Thanks for the video, Abandoned. Just crazy that it takes so much to keep these attractions going.
People in 80s-90s experienced the golden age of Epcot in general. I visited this year and completely skipped epcot
I've been watching these vids for a while love them man!
Jake I wanna see those postcards designs on t shirts those would look sooooo clean definitely would cop!
As a child Cranium Command utterly blew my... mind. It was the thing I'd always think about when talking about Disney and as said will always be a fond memory. I'm glad their doing something with the building, but its sad to see it all gone.
All the money Disney has and they were too cheap to keep it modern?
Body Wars was cool.
Different building, but I miss Horizons too. Mission Space is cool but Horizons was too.
Horizons was my fave. I miss it!
Body Wars was cool, but if you look close at the volunteer we went inside at the end, when they move, they seem to be a woman. It could be a man, but I just don't like going inside women. (Or children, for that matter - I'm TERRIFIED of children.) It's gross.
Great vid. Remember body wars and going on those bikes like it was yesterday..great memories
Love these videos keep them coming :p
As always, a well researched and put together project. Nice work.
Kinda depressing, but also kinda heartwarming thinking about the memories of that place!!
I visited this pavilion as a nine-year-old kid in 1990. I remember thinking it was really cool to zoom down an IMAX bloodstream from the perspective of a blood cell on the “Body Wars” ride.
I like to think up a parody of Body Wars where it's Swayzak as Captain Braddock, Sara as Dr. Lair, Moltar as Mission Control, and TOM as the patient (or as I call him, Clint.) In case you didn't know, those are all Toonami characters in the roles. Toonami was a block on Cartoon Network that I adored as a kid.
You know captain schettino from the costa concordia got the nickname captain coward because he used a life boat for himself to save himself so I guess he got what he deserved
Wrong video
They missed a huge opportunity by not revamping this. A lot has changed in 30 years with regard to our understanding of health. Plus, Body Wars was always a fun ride.