Being born in 78 and experiencing horizons in 86 and 88. I still think this dark ride is better then some VR experience. Not to mention the message or story it sends.
This ride inspired my future when I was 9 years old. I remember every inch and note of it. It molded my childhood. Because of this ride, I'm now a pilot and a govt entrepreneur... with hobbies in space, science, and aeronautics. It's because of this ride. If I can dream it , it can do it. And I did. RIP Horizons ❤️
For those of you who never got to experience Horizons, this was the real deal. It was a long and epic experience of just pure scenery bliss. The ride system was cool, the story was well-done and the attention to detail throughout was astounding. Getting to pick your own story at the end and have a customized wall of projections played in front of you was jaw-dropping back then. I rode this only once when I was around nine or 10 way back in 1989 or so. But I will always have certain visions of this ride forever etched in my mind. Mission: Space isn't bad by any means. But it's a shame they had to tear Horizons down to build it. With all of the unfortunate changes that Epcot has endured and with more to come, it's attractions like Horizons and the original Universe of Energy and Maelstrom that will always leave lasting legacies of soul and emotion and great original storytelling.
Wow.. just watched this with my five year old.. have to say brought tears to my eyes. . Wish some rides could've stayed. Even my son said he wished he could have gone on it. These are the rides that made DISNEY stand out from all theme parks . Thanks to whoever put this video on here. You touched the Regan families heart. ..and brought back great memories.
I worked on the audio and acoustic systems of Horizons for at least two years- including the noise suppression of the ride system with Dave Harbaugh. Good to see the names and photos of those involved again- sparked a number of memories.
Although this video is an incredible memento from this ride, it doesn't hold a candle to the actual ride experience. It's impossible to capture the sensations, smells, and stunning visuals of the real ride. The two 80' OMNIMAX screens (well before Soarin's time, with superior implementation), the massive sets, the animatronics, the lighting, the detailed scenery that pulled everything together throughout the ride, the surround sound fed via infrared into each car (well before surround sound).
This was, EASILY, my favorite attraction when I visited EPCOT in 1985 as a 10-year old. It really was an amazing attraction that captured my sci-fi loving mind! This is an OUTSTANDING tribute video! Thank you for putting it together and sharing!
That was a great video. Horizons was one of my favorite attractions at Epcot. I did get to ride it one last time at the very end, in December 1998 right after I graduated from college. It's a shame what's happened to Epcot. I don't think it reflects Walt's vision anymore, but rather the shareholders.
I remember as a child thinking that the video calls were such a crazy concept and now for my children they don't understand NOT having it!! This was one of my favorite rides and very sad that it is gone!!
The other day, I was in Hollywood studios eating at the restaurant next to Star Tours, and in one corner of the room, the hovercrafty thing in the desert farm scene was there!!!
I'm so glad I had the chance to ride this when I was a kid. This was what EPCOT was all about and I miss this EPCOT, even though I'll always enjoy it. What an amazing tribute and this brings back memories of my childhood.
Recently watched a Carousel of Progress video and I never noticed how much the families in both attractions looked alike. Then I remembered the part in this video that said Horizons was a continuation of Carousel of Progress. You can still find some of the animatronics from Horizons in Space Mountain.
WOW! What an emotional experience. So many forgotten childhood memories. Thank you so much for putting the time and energy in creating this comprehensive video so I me relive one of my favorite rides.
Couldn't agree more. Horizons was by far the best and most ambitious project of the post-Walt Disney-designed attractions like Pirates and Haunted Mansion. I'm sure the master himself would have approved.
My favorite ride at EPCOT. Rode it in 1994 and 1996. I have not been back since, but I don't think it would be the same without Horizons. I wish they would build a new Horizons that is updated.
Fun little fact: the footage from the different destinations you could select at the end of the ride still survives at Tokyo Disneyland. As you exit Star Tours, they have a little area with video screens that houses this footage. Thought it was a really neat little tribute to Horizons. My brother pointed it out, and I totally flipped out, lol.
This is what EPCOT is about, not Nemo, Test Track, Ellen, And mission space. EPCOT was about human achievement and the future, not fun and games, about learning and having a blast. Disney thinks that parks cant do that, well when learning involved, i guess they disregard the old AND BETTER EPCOT. IF anybody could pull this off, id be Disney, but i think that taking out all of these classic attractions was the biggest failure Disney has ever made.
Mission Space and Test Track are great attractions but something is missing from the current EPCOT. When EPCOT Center opened people complained that it was boring, they wanted thrill rides (roller coasters) and that got louder into the '90's. They didn't want to learn on vacation, they wanted to turn off their brains and have some excitement. Disney responded, and EPCOT Park is what you have now.
Keith Dean that's what makes me mad. instead of coming up with new and exciting ways to convey their ideas (Which they were plenty capable of) they give the people what they want. i know that's why the are in business but Disney is known for being different. And with EPCOT they created a masterpiece. and now they've ruined it.
Anthony Studios They have. The only thing they've kept in which is the "Old" Epcot is Spaceship Earth and Living With The Land. Everything else has been changed - World Of Motion has become Test Track 2.0, Horizons became Mission Space, the food rocks show was replaced by Soarin', Universe Of Energy became "Ellens Energy" or whatever it's called (I went in and watched a bit of the intro movie and walked right back out disgusted), Wonders Of Life has been cannibilised and holds the food and wine festival as well as the flower festival and the mexico ride has become "The Three Caballeros"...oh and Maelstrom is now gonna be a frozen themed ride.
This is when Epcot was beautiful and inspiring. Horizons is forever imprinted into my brain. The best days of my life. A little bit of heaven on Earth.
I was 100% sure I saw this at Epcot in 1996 and still didn't remember the name, but yeah! I was mesmerized the one time I rode Horizons and is quite hard to forget it. You made my memory relive it one more time!
This ride has one heck of a soundtrack sound effects or no sound effects. Disney is truly magical in their musical orchestrations as well. Thanks a million Martinsvids it's truly like experiencing the old rides very well put together I mean it GOOD JOB 👍😊. Keep up the great work!!! :)
I sooo miss this ride!!! Thank you..thank you..thank you for allowing many EPCOT fans, like myself, to be able to relive the rides of old. I always loved the part when they would show the orange groves and you could smell the oranges. Thanks again!!
These rides were a work of art. Disney had to choice but to change with the times after many of these rides lost their sponsorship. Thank god for TH-cam where the memories live on.
The Disney actor at 30:56 is Pete Reneday, famous for many voice narrations at Disney Parks (see his Wiki page). This video is awesome!! How I miss this attraction--built from the glory years at WED /WDI. What were they thinking to remove this attraction?? A sad loss. Love the music!!! Thank you so much for an excellent video--with so much great information and history!! Well done!!
I read another comment once (on a different message board) that EPCOT should bring Horizons back as a "tribute" to their 30 year anniversary this year (2012). I fully support this idea!!
Wow! As she says in the ride, "Now that's really lovely!". What a wonderfully groovy tribute to Epcot's now-gone masterpiece. Such a shame this attraction is no longer. I wish I could go back in time, make a million trillion dollars, and sponsor the ride so it could have lived on. "Horizons - sponsored by Sue Slacks". Well I can dream...and if I can dream it...maybe someday...I can rebuild it myself. I sure wish today's generation of kiddos could experience this like I did...
I went to EPCOT a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been in years. Having grown up with rides like Horizons and World of Motion, Dreamflight in Tomorrowland. EPCOT is a joke now. It's NOTHING what it used to be. I couldn't understand why I felt sad there. I thought it was because I was older, but now I realize it's because it's changed for the worst. It's lost is special uniqueness that made it so innovative and special. I don't care to go back to EPCOT.
What a wonderful tribute video! Horizons was my favorite ride of all time. I am so glad videos like this exist for fans of extinct attractions. Thank you for putting this compilation together :)
This and the World of Motion (which is now Test Track) helped me like Star Trek More than ever. I was 16-18 when I saw all this. I was so up set when I went back in 04 the building was just lonely and World of Motion was replace with Test Track. Then in 07 the Horizon building was gone replacing with Mission Space. Thanks for showing this.
This video was amazing! Thanks for creating and sharing. Made me sad to think of all those awesome EPCOT attractions like Horizons that are now just memories -- World of Motion, Body Wars, The original Living Seas, etc. The removal of Horizons was the beginning of the dumbing down of EPCOT. And it continues with the replacement of Maelstrom with the new Frozen attraction. I'm sure Walt is continuously rolling over in his grave over all these decisions.
I couldn't agree with you any more. This was what EPCOT was all about, education with the Disney twist. The 64/65 World's Fair left me in awe of the future. The Original EPCOT made me feel the same way.
I drove home to NW Arkansas to have an early Christmas with family December of 1972, and then "hit the road" toward Central Florida. A buddy of mine was born and raised in Clermont, and his parents graciously let me board with them when I first arrived in Central Florida. I went out to Disney employment the next day and secured a job in "Water Craft" (piloting the "Ferry boats, hotel launches, and the World Cruse Boat") which functioned without the need for "tracks".
Thank you so very much for this video! Horizons was my favorite attraction at epcot when I was a teenager. I remember the first time I experienced it, I rode it several times that day, I am so happy to see this video and have the chance to experience it all over again, i wish it was still in operation, so often our favorite attractions get taken away to make room for new one's, I wish they could co exist along side the new, but that's just not how it works. Thanks again for all your hard work!
Old Epcot seems awesome, and I understand why they took Horizons out and other stuff, just I wish there was old Epcot and New Epcot, like two separate parks that connect at international gateway. New Epcot is where imagineering can do whatever they want to the existing pavilions and old Epcot reverts back to what the pavilion was before changed (Journey Into Imagination, Universe Of Energy, World of Motion, Horizons, The Land's Attractions) just I think they should still try to educate but keep it fun like their original philosophy, like update Ellen's energy, and add some things to living with the land, not change them to be something completely different.
I agree. I feel that the rides could have been updated easily here and there to not look dated. Instead of tearing down the whole pavilions and building new, like Mission Space and Test Track. Future World started out as a scientific and learning showcase. Thrill rides like those are not cohesive with the whole Future World EPCOT concept. I also am against integrating Disney franchises and films into EPCOT attractions, such as the Living Seas is now with Nemo and they've managed to turn Maelstrom into a Frozen ride. Balance the education and entertainment elements like it was in the 80's.
Horizons was a really great attraction and Martin always does a great job with his ultimate tributes. The only concern I have with bringing Horizons back is that we've already done everything they said would be in the future. Household robots, video conferencing, holograms . Actually mission space is really the horizons of today because everyday spa
Argh, the sad reality of it. I really miss this ride a lot. My dad took a picture of me in front of this ride when it was FREEZING cold. That was actually the year that the Challenger blew up unfortunately.
Dear Fellow (perhaps long ago) Disney World employee, I want to thank you for a "portal" into the past that no longer exists. My late best friend/wife "Joy" worked at Disney back in the ancient of days (1971 - 1973). Joy moved down from Michigan and was working behind the scenes tagging merchandise in the warehouses before the Magic Kingdom opened in October of 1971. I was still on active duty in the Navy, but relocated to central Florida shortly after I received my Honorable discharge.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video of this amazing attraction! I can't imagine why Disney would destroy such a beautiful attraction!? Especially in the WDW resort, where it would seem space is no concern whatsoever? I wish some big sponsor would've stepped up to keep this amazing attraction with us. Again, the almighty $$ wins out, as Disney couldn't have afforded to keep it up with their own $$!?:(
Imagine that! I had just finished being one of the two "Throttleman" in the "Main Control" engine room of a WWII destroyer (DD-757 USS Putnam), and now, I was commanding my own water crafts! I was in a state of both, pinch me, "disbelief" and "Ecstasy" all at once! Since my childhood in Arkansas, I watched The Wonderful World of Disney on black and white TV Sunday nights, and dreamed of going there. Now, I was actually working there! It was like being paid to "play" and get paid for it!
Your videos are amazing, unfortunately I did not get the chance to ride many of these original Epcot rides as my first visit to Epcot wasn't until the early 2000s. I hope Disney brings back more rides like this, that are entertaining and also educational. The original Epcot rides leave me with such a feeling of excitement about science and technology, like if the human race puts our minds to it we really can accomplish anything!
Unfortunatly with the films like Frozen, Tangled etc, it's gonna be replacing a lot of rides like Maelstrom is being replaced with a Frozen themed ride.
@The Gallifreyan Gamer - yea, there's a lot of stuff that was from Horizons that were placed into other rides like some of it was actually put into the exit of Space Mountain in Magic Kingdom.
I am working on "incredible things" that Joy and I had started out on about 4 years ago. I will be launching a "funding campaign" to help me keep going on our "dream" until I take my "last breath" and wake up to see her once again - never to be separated again for Eternity. Touch base with me, if this resonates with you. Best Regards, William Wright Thanks again for giving me "something" that gives me "fond memories of my life with Joy on the Disney property.
this was, and always will be one of my favorite attractions. Thank you so much for your tribute. I have watched this video over and over since i discovered it. I have subsribed to your channel. thanks to apple tv, i can watch your videos on my 3d tv set! I go to disneyworld all the time, if you are ever there and want to meet up and talk, would love to have the chance to meet you. Keep the videos coming!!!!
Joy and I "found" each other less than 6 months later in our "common" break room and "one date" and "a week later" I asked her to marry me! So much we had in "common" discussed on that first date, it was inevitable that we were brought together. Too many corollaries to discuss here that brought our 38+ year marriage into reality. I, sadly, lost her to "late stage Uterine cancer on May 2nd, 2011 at 4:34 AM, as I held her hand in a Hospice center in Winter Park, FL while she took her last breath.
Maybe some kind of entirely spaced theme building. Not just a building, but maybe a space station. What living in space would be like. How transportation from station to station to earth would be like, something that can really show what our future could be like. Livable space stations. I'm really just coming up with this. But they do need a ride that can hold peoples' attention span for more than 10 minutes.
They were the films in the middle of the ride...the DNA animation, shuttle launch etc. Because of the design of the ride vehicles, you couldn't see the ground and room surroundings like in Soarin', just screen.
Martin thanks for your work.... it was a time when EPCOT was new and amazing, is strange how they created something as good as world of motion and Horizons and then took them down, even the great Energy Ride is different now, this rides where grand and amazing, it seem now they just building 3 minute rides like the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and JUNK like the little mermaid (doesn't even have water), I guess Disney doesn't like orlando that much and prefers to build amazing stuff elsewere like Radiator Springs Racers (California), Mystic Manor (Hong Kong) and the new pirates (Shanghai), why couldn't they give us a pixar land instead of a toy story ? anyway great video, God bless the 80's
Hi Martin, could you help clear something up for me? (Incidentally, I've just been watching this ride on our Dec 1995 / Jan 1996 movie footage of visiting Florida from Lichfield, Staffordshire, which is what reminded me of the question). The question is: you know the dramatic part that starts at about 26:35 on this video, with the DNA computer animation and sweeping music? Well, those computer graphics look too modern to me to have been available by 1st October 1983 when this ride debuted. Also I'm not sure I can remember seeing that part on our first visit to EPCOT Center in Oct/Nov 1988, when I was 9 years old, although my memory might not be great from that time. So I've always wondered - was that part added later, maybe in the early 1990s? If the computer graphics are indeed from 1983, they're some of the most ahead-of-their-time graphics I've ever seen from that time period. (A young person today might wonder why we're making such a big thing of the difference between 1983 and, say, 1990, but of course the pace of change in technology was so great in the 80s and 90s that graphics from 1990 look totally different to 1983). Thanks, Andrew {Apologies if I've asked this question before and have forgotten about it!}
Is that an nbc logo on the building at 29.40 to 29.43 just curious ,I rode this ride at least 50 times a year from 1987 till it closed :( ,....I have seen more in this video than i seen on the ride ,thanks for uploading this ,i am sure it took alot of time and effort,,,brings back great memories
Rides like this, dreamflight, world of motion, etc; all had education & hope. Now you get a cheap thrill on the replacements. So sad. Disney should make a "retro park" to bring back the best things it had.
It's funny, one of the biggest complaints Disney had about EPCOT when it opened was that it was "boring," there were no thrill rides. That was one of the reasons Body Wars was created, to be EPCOT's first thrill ride. Now, we are beginning to see what was lost when those attractions were closed. Disney called it "edutainment" but apparently too many people do not want to learn while of vacation.
The funny thing about it was, Disney was planning on a "West-Cot" which was to be built around the carpark of Anaheim Disney, which would showcase a lot of the rides from the world showcase and future part of Epcot like Horizons, World Of Motions, Maelstrom, Body Wars etc
Yeah but they an do both, it just takes some effort. Like the original test track wasn't that out of place really, and Nemo can work, but if it's done like frozen was, then it doesn't work
They kind of had to. There were serious structural problems identified in the late 90's, including a rumored sink hole under the building. The thing would have eventually collapsed under it's own weight. Rather than rebuild the aging ride, they opted for something new. Unfortunately, it's replacement was a billion dollar tilt-o-whirl.
Big Al in terms of never experience it, yes. Thank goodness for TH-cam. (Sorry for the LONG delay, went back to Epcot yesterday, still miss the old stuff)
Being born in 78 and experiencing horizons in 86 and 88.
I still think this dark ride is better then some VR experience.
Not to mention the message or story it sends.
This ride inspired my future when I was 9 years old. I remember every inch and note of it. It molded my childhood. Because of this ride, I'm now a pilot and a govt entrepreneur... with hobbies in space, science, and aeronautics. It's because of this ride. If I can dream it , it can do it. And I did. RIP Horizons ❤️
Ugh. Why do I watch this all the time? It just makes me cry. I miss this ride so much.
For those of you who never got to experience Horizons, this was the real deal. It was a long and epic experience of just pure scenery bliss. The ride system was cool, the story was well-done and the attention to detail throughout was astounding. Getting to pick your own story at the end and have a customized wall of projections played in front of you was jaw-dropping back then. I rode this only once when I was around nine or 10 way back in 1989 or so. But I will always have certain visions of this ride forever etched in my mind.
Mission: Space isn't bad by any means. But it's a shame they had to tear Horizons down to build it. With all of the unfortunate changes that Epcot has endured and with more to come, it's attractions like Horizons and the original Universe of Energy and Maelstrom that will always leave lasting legacies of soul and emotion and great original storytelling.
I did get to experience it and believe me it was a true gem, only wish it were still with us today.
100% agree, my first visit to Horizons was also in 1989 as a 5-year old. It was amazing. I still remember the alternate endings. We did it twice.
Wow.. just watched this with my five year old.. have to say brought tears to my eyes. . Wish some rides could've stayed. Even my son said he wished he could have gone on it. These are the rides that made DISNEY stand out from all theme parks . Thanks to whoever put this video on here. You touched the Regan families heart. ..and brought back great memories.
I worked on the audio and acoustic systems of Horizons for at least two years- including the noise suppression of the ride system with Dave Harbaugh. Good to see the names and photos of those involved again- sparked a number of memories.
This is truly an indispensable resource. I watch this over and over and learn something new every time. Thank you, Martin.
Although this video is an incredible memento from this ride, it doesn't hold a candle to the actual ride experience. It's impossible to capture the sensations, smells, and stunning visuals of the real ride. The two 80' OMNIMAX screens (well before Soarin's time, with superior implementation), the massive sets, the animatronics, the lighting, the detailed scenery that pulled everything together throughout the ride, the surround sound fed via infrared into each car (well before surround sound).
This was, EASILY, my favorite attraction when I visited EPCOT in 1985 as a 10-year old. It really was an amazing attraction that captured my sci-fi loving mind! This is an OUTSTANDING tribute video! Thank you for putting it together and sharing!
That was a great video. Horizons was one of my favorite attractions at Epcot. I did get to ride it one last time at the very end, in December 1998 right after I graduated from college. It's a shame what's happened to Epcot. I don't think it reflects Walt's vision anymore, but rather the shareholders.
I remember as a child thinking that the video calls were such a crazy concept and now for my children they don't understand NOT having it!! This was one of my favorite rides and very sad that it is gone!!
This video is about the closest thing we'll get to going back in time. So awesome. Thanks for posting. I so wish Horizons was still around.
The other day, I was in Hollywood studios eating at the restaurant next to Star Tours, and in one corner of the room, the hovercrafty thing in the desert farm scene was there!!!
I'm so glad I had the chance to ride this when I was a kid. This was what EPCOT was all about and I miss this EPCOT, even though I'll always enjoy it. What an amazing tribute and this brings back memories of my childhood.
Recently watched a Carousel of Progress video and I never noticed how much the families in both attractions looked alike. Then I remembered the part in this video that said Horizons was a continuation of Carousel of Progress. You can still find some of the animatronics from Horizons in Space Mountain.
This left me with a weird feeling. I wish I could have seen Horizons at least once.
same...............if I had a time machine I would TOTALY go back to 1985 and ride EVERYTHING Epcot had to offer
Munchiezxx it was a miracle. It shaped my life. It was my childhood. I wish you could’ve seen it. It doesn’t get better than this.
WOW! What an emotional experience. So many forgotten childhood memories. Thank you so much for putting the time and energy in creating this comprehensive video so I me relive one of my favorite rides.
Couldn't agree more. Horizons was by far the best and most ambitious project of the post-Walt Disney-designed attractions like Pirates and Haunted Mansion. I'm sure the master himself would have approved.
My favorite ride at EPCOT. Rode it in 1994 and 1996. I have not been back since, but I don't think it would be the same without Horizons. I wish they would build a new Horizons that is updated.
Old epcot was a lot more captivating than it is today.
Fun little fact: the footage from the different destinations you could select at the end of the ride still survives at Tokyo Disneyland. As you exit Star Tours, they have a little area with video screens that houses this footage. Thought it was a really neat little tribute to Horizons. My brother pointed it out, and I totally flipped out, lol.
This is what EPCOT is about, not Nemo, Test Track, Ellen, And mission space. EPCOT was about human achievement and the future, not fun and games, about learning and having a blast. Disney thinks that parks cant do that, well when learning involved, i guess they disregard the old AND BETTER EPCOT. IF anybody could pull this off, id be Disney, but i think that taking out all of these classic attractions was the biggest failure Disney has ever made.
Mission Space and Test Track are great attractions but something is missing from the current EPCOT. When EPCOT Center opened people complained that it was boring, they wanted thrill rides (roller coasters) and that got louder into the '90's. They didn't want to learn on vacation, they wanted to turn off their brains and have some excitement. Disney responded, and EPCOT Park is what you have now.
Keith Dean that's what makes me mad. instead of coming up with new and exciting ways to convey their ideas (Which they were plenty capable of) they give the people what they want. i know that's why the are in business but Disney is known for being different. And with EPCOT they created a masterpiece. and now they've ruined it.
Anthony Studios They have. The only thing they've kept in which is the "Old" Epcot is Spaceship Earth and Living With The Land. Everything else has been changed - World Of Motion has become Test Track 2.0, Horizons became Mission Space, the food rocks show was replaced by Soarin', Universe Of Energy became "Ellens Energy" or whatever it's called (I went in and watched a bit of the intro movie and walked right back out disgusted), Wonders Of Life has been cannibilised and holds the food and wine festival as well as the flower festival and the mexico ride has become "The Three Caballeros"...oh and Maelstrom is now gonna be a frozen themed ride.
Hikari Walker its a sad reality...
But soarin' is better than an annoying food musical/rock show!!!
This is when Epcot was beautiful and inspiring. Horizons is forever imprinted into my brain. The best days of my life. A little bit of heaven on Earth.
I was 100% sure I saw this at Epcot in 1996 and still didn't remember the name, but yeah! I was mesmerized the one time I rode Horizons and is quite hard to forget it. You made my memory relive it one more time!
Who's watching in 2019? I cant get enough of Martin's vids. Watch them over and over!
This was so wonderful to see again. It was sad at the end but I think Walt would have been happy to see what you've done here. Thank you so much.
This ride has one heck of a soundtrack sound effects or no sound effects. Disney is truly magical in their musical orchestrations as well. Thanks a million Martinsvids it's truly like experiencing the old rides very well put together I mean it GOOD JOB 👍😊. Keep up the great work!!! :)
This was such a great ride. What EPCOT was all about!
and also i do love the music in the beginning of the ride
and the accordian-ish music...god i miss this ride
I feel like this is still your crowning achievement in historical documentation. Never gets old.
Happy 30th anniversary Horizons!
I sooo miss this ride!!! Thank you..thank you..thank you for allowing many EPCOT fans, like myself, to be able to relive the rides of old. I always loved the part when they would show the orange groves and you could smell the oranges. Thanks again!!
These rides were a work of art. Disney had to choice but to change with the times after many of these rides lost their sponsorship. Thank god for TH-cam where the memories live on.
Wow, great memories and excellent work
I never got the privilege to ride Horizons, but this made me shed a tear. Thank you for making the tributes reflecting this wonderful attraction.
The Disney actor at 30:56 is Pete Reneday, famous for many voice narrations at Disney Parks (see his Wiki page). This video is awesome!! How I miss this attraction--built from the glory years at WED /WDI. What were they thinking to remove this attraction?? A sad loss. Love the music!!! Thank you so much for an excellent video--with so much great information and history!! Well done!!
I will never forget that moment in 1986 when I choose underwater for my return :)
supersuperwendy Jan 87 for me 😉
I always chose space
I read another comment once (on a different message board) that EPCOT should bring Horizons back as a "tribute" to their 30 year anniversary this year (2012). I fully support this idea!!
Wow! As she says in the ride, "Now that's really lovely!". What a wonderfully groovy tribute to Epcot's now-gone masterpiece. Such a shame this attraction is no longer. I wish I could go back in time, make a million trillion dollars, and sponsor the ride so it could have lived on. "Horizons - sponsored by Sue Slacks". Well I can dream...and if I can dream it...maybe someday...I can rebuild it myself. I sure wish today's generation of kiddos could experience this like I did...
35:30 "Every 10 minutes!"... "I'm a moron!"
I went to EPCOT a couple of weeks ago. I haven't been in years. Having grown up with rides like Horizons and World of Motion, Dreamflight in Tomorrowland. EPCOT is a joke now. It's NOTHING what it used to be. I couldn't understand why I felt sad there. I thought it was because I was older, but now I realize it's because it's changed for the worst. It's lost is special uniqueness that made it so innovative and special. I don't care to go back to EPCOT.
What a wonderful tribute video! Horizons was my favorite ride of all time. I am so glad videos like this exist for fans of extinct attractions. Thank you for putting this compilation together :)
My favorite disney ride ever!!!!
This and the World of Motion (which is now Test Track) helped me like Star Trek More than ever. I was 16-18 when I saw all this. I was so up set when I went back in 04 the building was just lonely and World of Motion was replace with Test Track. Then in 07 the Horizon building was gone replacing with Mission Space. Thanks for showing this.
This video was amazing! Thanks for creating and sharing. Made me sad to think of all those awesome EPCOT attractions like Horizons that are now just memories -- World of Motion, Body Wars, The original Living Seas, etc. The removal of Horizons was the beginning of the dumbing down of EPCOT. And it continues with the replacement of Maelstrom with the new Frozen attraction. I'm sure Walt is continuously rolling over in his grave over all these decisions.
I couldn't agree with you any more. This was what EPCOT was all about, education with the Disney twist. The 64/65 World's Fair left me in awe of the future. The Original EPCOT made me feel the same way.
I drove home to NW Arkansas to have an early Christmas with family December of 1972, and then "hit the road" toward Central Florida. A buddy of mine was born and raised in Clermont, and his parents graciously let me board with them when I first arrived in Central Florida. I went out to Disney employment the next day and secured a job in "Water Craft" (piloting the "Ferry boats, hotel launches, and the World Cruse Boat") which functioned without the need for "tracks".
I'm 45 and experienced horizons twice in my life.
Hands down, having experienced VR.
Can't compete with this experience.
Grate video!! You brought back many great memories when I was on this ride whit my dad.
Thank you so very much for this video! Horizons was my favorite attraction at epcot when I was a teenager. I remember the first time I experienced it, I rode it several times that day, I am so happy to see this video and have the chance to experience it all over again, i wish it was still in operation, so often our favorite attractions get taken away to make room for new one's, I wish they could co exist along side the new, but that's just not how it works. Thanks again for all your hard work!
Don't know how fast you think we can read, but I'm happy there's a pause button. ;
Thanks so much for sharing. I never thought I'd relive the joy of the Horizons experience.
Old Epcot seems awesome, and I understand why they took Horizons out and other stuff, just I wish there was old Epcot and New Epcot, like two separate parks that connect at international gateway. New Epcot is where imagineering can do whatever they want to the existing pavilions and old Epcot reverts back to what the pavilion was before changed (Journey Into Imagination, Universe Of Energy, World of Motion, Horizons, The Land's Attractions) just I think they should still try to educate but keep it fun like their original philosophy, like update Ellen's energy, and add some things to living with the land, not change them to be something completely different.
I agree. I feel that the rides could have been updated easily here and there to not look dated. Instead of tearing down the whole pavilions and building new, like Mission Space and Test Track. Future World started out as a scientific and learning showcase. Thrill rides like those are not cohesive with the whole Future World EPCOT concept. I also am against integrating Disney franchises and films into EPCOT attractions, such as the Living Seas is now with Nemo and they've managed to turn Maelstrom into a Frozen ride. Balance the education and entertainment elements like it was in the 80's.
Horizons was a really great attraction and Martin always does a great job with his ultimate tributes. The only concern I have with bringing Horizons back is that we've already done everything they said would be in the future. Household robots, video conferencing, holograms . Actually mission space is really the horizons of today because everyday spa
You the man MartinsVidsDoNet...always rocking shit!!!! This will always be the best ride at WDW...I challenge anyone that thinks otherwise!!!!!
Argh, the sad reality of it. I really miss this ride a lot. My dad took a picture of me in front of this ride when it was FREEZING cold. That was actually the year that the Challenger blew up unfortunately.
Absolutely FANTASTIC! Well done! I am sure Walt Disney himself would have loved this tribute! Todd
Dear Fellow (perhaps long ago) Disney World employee, I want to thank you for a "portal" into the past that no longer exists. My late best friend/wife "Joy" worked at Disney back in the ancient of days (1971 - 1973). Joy moved down from Michigan and was working behind the scenes tagging merchandise in the warehouses before the Magic Kingdom opened in October of 1971. I was still on active duty in the Navy, but relocated to central Florida shortly after I received my Honorable discharge.
My favorite attraction of all time! Great video.
Thank you so much, you'd just brought back such a wonderful time. It almost smelled like oranges.
That was fantastic thanks. I rode that ride a hundred times.
"Come up to, Brava." Boy, I miss hearing that line
I wish that I could time travel just to see this ride in person. Hopefully Disney decides to rebuild or remake it.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video of this amazing attraction! I can't imagine why Disney would destroy such a beautiful attraction!? Especially in the WDW resort, where it would seem space is no concern whatsoever? I wish some big sponsor would've stepped up to keep this amazing attraction with us. Again, the almighty $$ wins out, as Disney couldn't have afforded to keep it up with their own $$!?:(
Imagine that! I had just finished being one of the two "Throttleman" in the "Main Control" engine room of a WWII destroyer (DD-757 USS Putnam), and now, I was commanding my own water crafts! I was in a state of both, pinch me, "disbelief" and "Ecstasy" all at once! Since my childhood in Arkansas, I watched The Wonderful World of Disney on black and white TV Sunday nights, and dreamed of going there. Now, I was actually working there! It was like being paid to "play" and get paid for it!
Looking at this, sometimes it makes me wonder what happened to those ideas. Why we haven't seen anything like this yet being done in the world today.
Your videos are amazing, unfortunately I did not get the chance to ride many of these original Epcot rides as my first visit to Epcot wasn't until the early 2000s. I hope Disney brings back more rides like this, that are entertaining and also educational. The original Epcot rides leave me with such a feeling of excitement about science and technology, like if the human race puts our minds to it we really can accomplish anything!
"If we can dream it, we can do it," Walt Disney.
Unfortunatly with the films like Frozen, Tangled etc, it's gonna be replacing a lot of rides like Maelstrom is being replaced with a Frozen themed ride.
But Michael Eisner (hope I spelled that right) wanted more rides with film tie-ins
If We Can Dream It, We Can Do It And Thats The Most Exciting Part.
the vehicle at 31:13 can be found at the backlot express restaurant at Hollywood studios park I checked like 4 or 5 days ago
well what's left of it
@The Gallifreyan Gamer - yea, there's a lot of stuff that was from Horizons that were placed into other rides like some of it was actually put into the exit of Space Mountain in Magic Kingdom.
there is a rumor (just a rumor) that Disney is going could close down autotopia in tomorrowland. Horizons could be a near perfect fit for that spot.
Thanks for such an interestinig well-made documentary! EPCOT could certainly use a great new attraction like this one today!
I use to love rides like these at Disney. I am sooo sad I never got to ride it before it closed down.
they should make a 5th park called Nostalgialand. All the rides they go rid of. Like cranium command and the original figment ride
I am working on "incredible things" that Joy and I had started out on about 4 years ago. I will be launching a "funding campaign" to help me keep going on our "dream" until I take my "last breath" and wake up to see her once again - never to be separated again for Eternity. Touch base with me, if this resonates with you. Best Regards, William Wright Thanks again for giving me "something" that gives me "fond memories of my life with Joy on the Disney property.
Horizons was a fun attraction.
Thanks for making this. :)
this was, and always will be one of my favorite attractions. Thank you so much for your tribute. I have watched this video over and over since i discovered it. I have subsribed to your channel.
thanks to apple tv, i can watch your videos on my 3d tv set!
I go to disneyworld all the time, if you are ever there and want to meet up and talk, would love to have the chance to meet you.
Keep the videos coming!!!!
Joy and I "found" each other less than 6 months later in our "common" break room and "one date" and "a week later" I asked her to marry me! So much we had in "common" discussed on that first date, it was inevitable that we were brought together. Too many corollaries to discuss here that brought our 38+ year marriage into reality. I, sadly, lost her to "late stage Uterine cancer on May 2nd, 2011 at 4:34 AM, as I held her hand in a Hospice center in Winter Park, FL while she took her last breath.
Thank you for this.
Nice :) I miss this ride
This attraction predicted everything!! =O
This is Disney at it's best when designing attractions. Horizons was a grand view of the future, and still is.
wonderful video , thanks
You notice Larry Cedar was in Horizons? Maybe singing like Bing Crosby or some baritone?
Maybe some kind of entirely spaced theme building. Not just a building, but maybe a space station. What living in space would be like. How transportation from station to station to earth would be like, something that can really show what our future could be like. Livable space stations. I'm really just coming up with this. But they do need a ride that can hold peoples' attention span for more than 10 minutes.
Its so sad to see all this and be unable to live this experience...
I never had the chance to experience this. They should demoilsh odyssey and rebuild this in its place!
They were the films in the middle of the ride...the DNA animation, shuttle launch etc. Because of the design of the ride vehicles, you couldn't see the ground and room surroundings like in Soarin', just screen.
Genuinely miserable that I will never be able to experience this personally.
That should have put this in California adventures.
This was and will always be EPCOT to me. It also always felt like a link to the 64//65 New York World's Fair.
Martin thanks for your work.... it was a time when EPCOT was new and amazing, is strange how they created something as good as world of motion and Horizons and then took them down, even the great Energy Ride is different now, this rides where grand and amazing, it seem now they just building 3 minute rides like the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and JUNK like the little mermaid (doesn't even have water), I guess Disney doesn't like orlando that much and prefers to build amazing stuff elsewere like Radiator Springs Racers (California), Mystic Manor (Hong Kong) and the new pirates (Shanghai), why couldn't they give us a pixar land instead of a toy story ?
anyway great video, God bless the 80's
Hi Martin, could you help clear something up for me? (Incidentally, I've just been watching this ride on our Dec 1995 / Jan 1996 movie footage of visiting Florida from Lichfield, Staffordshire, which is what reminded me of the question). The question is: you know the dramatic part that starts at about 26:35 on this video, with the DNA computer animation and sweeping music? Well, those computer graphics look too modern to me to have been available by 1st October 1983 when this ride debuted. Also I'm not sure I can remember seeing that part on our first visit to EPCOT Center in Oct/Nov 1988, when I was 9 years old, although my memory might not be great from that time. So I've always wondered - was that part added later, maybe in the early 1990s? If the computer graphics are indeed from 1983, they're some of the most ahead-of-their-time graphics I've ever seen from that time period. (A young person today might wonder why we're making such a big thing of the difference between 1983 and, say, 1990, but of course the pace of change in technology was so great in the 80s and 90s that graphics from 1990 look totally different to 1983). Thanks, Andrew {Apologies if I've asked this question before and have forgotten about it!}
Is that an nbc logo on the building at 29.40 to 29.43 just curious ,I rode this ride at least 50 times a year from 1987 till it closed :( ,....I have seen more in this video than i seen on the ride ,thanks for uploading this ,i am sure it took alot of time and effort,,,brings back great memories
Rides like this, dreamflight, world of motion, etc; all had education & hope. Now you get a cheap thrill on the replacements. So sad. Disney should make a "retro park" to bring back the best things it had.
It's funny, one of the biggest complaints Disney had about EPCOT when it opened was that it was "boring," there were no thrill rides. That was one of the reasons Body Wars was created, to be EPCOT's first thrill ride. Now, we are beginning to see what was lost when those attractions were closed. Disney called it "edutainment" but apparently too many people do not want to learn while of vacation.
It's such a shame.
The funny thing about it was, Disney was planning on a "West-Cot" which was to be built around the carpark of Anaheim Disney, which would showcase a lot of the rides from the world showcase and future part of Epcot like Horizons, World Of Motions, Maelstrom, Body Wars etc
Yeah but they an do both, it just takes some effort. Like the original test track wasn't that out of place really, and Nemo can work, but if it's done like frozen was, then it doesn't work
They kind of had to. There were serious structural problems identified in the late 90's, including a rumored sink hole under the building. The thing would have eventually collapsed under it's own weight. Rather than rebuild the aging ride, they opted for something new. Unfortunately, it's replacement was a billion dollar tilt-o-whirl.
Went back to Disney, they had the horizons logo pin for trade, the girl didn't know about horizons. Had to explain to her
Sad, isn't it?
Big Al in terms of never experience it, yes. Thank goodness for TH-cam. (Sorry for the LONG delay, went back to Epcot yesterday, still miss the old stuff)
Horizons is where Mission: Space now resides after sitting empty for a long period of time/
thers a hidden Mickey at 41:50
Is there a link to the exact song at the beginning? (This one doesn't have the vocals in it)
I love that ride but the ride vehicles smell like a roller coaster!