The History of Horizons - (Mission: SPACE) | Epcot
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Undoubtedly Epcot's most popular demolished attraction, Horizons was a omnimover dark-ride housed in it's future world section. Despite it's late 90's closure, Horizons remains a favorite amongst Epcot enthusiasts.
Bonus Info:
The submarine prop at 7:44 has since been removed, exact whereabouts are currently unknown: pbs.twimg.com/media/C-CFd5HXo...
Song's used:
• Epcot Horizons Musical Score: • Horizons EPCOT Center ...
• EPCOT Mission Space Area Loop And Theme Music: • EPCOT Mission Space Ar...
Video's used:
• [4K] Mission: SPACE - Green (Milder) Intensity: Epcot (Orlando, FL): • [4K] Mission: SPACE - ...
• 6g Centrifuge run: • 6g Centrifuge run
• Disney Epcot Horizons - Complete POV Ride (1992): • Disney Epcot Horizons ...
• Disney's CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS Ultimate PANDAVISION Multi-Angle Edition - FULL SHOW: • Disney's CAROUSEL OF P...
• EPCOT CENTER - Under Construction (Walt Disney: One Man's Dream 1981): • EPCOT CENTER - Under C...
• Epcot Center Horizons End GE Exit Sign 1992: • Epcot Center Horizons ...
• Horizons - EPCOT Center - Circa 1996: • Horizons - EPCOT Cente...
• INTERCOT: Horizons - Future World - Epcot - Complete Ride Through - 1998: • INTERCOT: Horizons - F...
• Horizons Vehicles lost at Disney Studios Paris: • Horizons Vehicles lost...
• Monorail to Epcot Center 1991, Horizons, World of Motion, Imagination Exteriors, Walt Disney World: • Monorail to Epcot Cent...
• Step Into Horizons: • Epcot Video Flashback:...
• Horizons POV Ride Through Restored Video - EPCOT Center - 1990: vimeo.com/96656439
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The world needs fewer simulation rides and more dark rides.
We can have both, if I have to choose however I’ll ALWAYS pick a dark ride/haunted house (attraction)
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I worked at Test Track in 1999-2000. Back then we used to have to take turns on third shift to operate the attraction overnight while the techs did brake checks and other maintenance stuff (I have no idea if they still do this). I remember one night me and another guy (Patrick-something, don't remember) were called over to Horizons to assist with something. When we got there, they gave us a radio and took us to the loading area. They'd removed a section of ride vehicles, making an opening that was slightly wider than each show scene. Patrick and I were to walk along with this opening of missing ride vehicles as they advanced the vehicles through the attraction, and radio back to them each time the opening was lined up properly with each show scene. They were making notes on each location so that the following week, when they were to begin removing animatronics and set pieces, they would know exactly how to line up the opening so the pieces could be removed through the gap in the ride vehicles.
This probably doesn't sound too exciting, but it was! I feel like I was one of the very last people to ever see the inside of Horizons before it was dismantled and demolished. It feels like an honor, really. It's also kind of sad. It was strange seeing all those animatronics frozen in time... in the same positions they'd been in since the last time that e-stop was pressed.
Cool story. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing! 😊
That is super cool and thanks for your work!
I did the software for the last 40 seconds of the ride where you chose your future. I worked nearly 24 hours a day for the week prior to the hard opening in the deep deep underground because my work could only be done when the ride moved which was very little until opening day.
@@leemandell4144 wow you were doing cutting edge stuff super early. What was your next project after that and how long did you work with Disney?
funny how a ride about the future makes us all want to go back to the past
ik like tot on ca :(
Too deep
Amen
@Remy Dean who tho?
"It's always fun looking back at tomorrow" - the early part of the Horizons ride.
The smell on these rides made them so memorable
I think you got it right--Mission: Space feels cold. Horizon feels like it encapsulated the whole feel of what EPCOT was meant to be.
Actually Epcot was supposed to be its own city and not a theme park.
The current entity known as Disney is steadily converting Epcot into a Universal Studios-California Adventure park.
@@user-or6yn8pm3c Oh of course I know that--I've seen Walt's presentation. But by the time Horizon was there that idea was firmly gone--so I guess I mean the original world fair aspect.
@@EricMontreal22 The original rides they had fit in with the more educational themes. Much of it is gone except for Spaceship Earth and Impressions de France. I remember the experience of going there and feeling hope for the future.
@@user-or6yn8pm3c Yep, now it's a hodge podge with of course Disney owned character related attractions in both parts of the park.
it's a shame epcot is losing that essence of what it was designed to be, but i can understand that trying to continue the upkeep of being constantly futuristic is probably expensive and tough
+barfyman362
I think if epcot transformed itself into a retro futuristic park, it would be awesome! 😎❤
the whole concept of epcot as a whole, celebrating our world and the human future, is ridiculous now. what is there to celebrate? the ocean that we've destroyed? the nature we've destroyed? the space travel we cant afford because we expend all our resources on destroying the ocean and nature? i say fuck it and put up a thrill ride sponsored by general atomics in which kids get to drone strike refugees approaching their national border, and an educational exhibit about how to screw people with predatory financial instruments, because thats about all we have left
The whole ‘world expo and vision of the future’ thing may have worked back in the early 80s but compare it to the other parks at Disney World and it’s imo very outdated which is why I totally understand why they are replacing older and almost non working attractions with stuff like universe of energy being replaced by guardians of the galaxy cosmic rewind (can’t wait for that it’s gonna be awesome I just hope that James Gunn is involved) and world of motion being replaced by test track
Disney in general like that. They are more known for butchering Star Wars and making endless Marvel movies than their niche of great animated films.
@@jemimallah2591 They rather promote war using Marvel characters. Iron Man and Captain America sanitize American militarism. Most visitors to Epcot these days are aware the parks are milking them for their money. I used to enjoy the experience now not so much seeing how bad the world is now. Also I recently saw a news piece about WDW workers living in motels in poverty.
"Horizons really was the epitome of what the original idea behind E.P.C.O.T. was, that being the future and hope for it" This is exactly the truth.
Mission Space is so important to me, I had my best memories there as a kid. My dad worked at HP, and on the side of the ride theres an area where you can show your HP badge and enter through a door. This was a cool, air conditioned space where you could get free drinks, watch TV on bean bag chairs, and watch people in the line from a large one-sided window. We used to go through there all the time, and the lady working there was really nice. Pretty sweet job if you ask me. We were always the only ones there and it was nice to take a break from the heat and walking all day. We've been to Epcot numerous times, even when there was no color option. Anyways, it was cool seeing the background of this ride that...kinda really means a lot to me! Ty!
Honestly I get that Horizon best encapsulated Epcot but after a recent reride of mission space I would almost never want it to leave due to just how unique it is and the fact that if it leaves we might never have a ride like it again
Just want to say thank you for taking the time to make such quality videos AND narrating them, instead of using text to speech like soooo many other channels are doing!
My dad worked as a security officer for Disneyworld back in the mid 80s, he did this for just over 5 years. While I was in the Army and visited him on leave, he talked to his boss and I got to go to work with him one night, (he worked graveyard). It was around Christmas so I got to watch the "behind the scenes" of the workers decorating the park! THAT WAS COOL!! Not EVERYONE can say THAT!
Anyway, it's kind of reminiscent watching these videos. My dad passed in 2008, so it hits home for me.Glad I subscribed to keep that memory alive. Keep the great videos coming!! I'll keep watching!
I honestly wish that I could've experienced Horizons when it was still open. Seriously, I was only 6 months old when it permanently closed. The perception of the future seemed like a very interesting concept and I can see why so many people adored it. Alas, I was never able to experience it. Owning a piece of the old ride would make up for it (but that is practically impossible of owning a part of a Disney ride).
Horizon was the whole feel of Epcot, it showed what was possible through being transported to another time and space. Epcot has lost this fan.
I found out an old album full of pictures of me with my parents at WDW when I was just 3 years old, so really I remember nothing of that trip. In that album there are pictures of us at EPCOT with the date 1997 written on the back, so knowing Horizons closed on 1999 after it's reopening, there was a pretty big chance I went on it with my parents back then! They told me they were pretty sure we did went on it, my mom even remembered the music when I showed it to her.
I of course remember nothing of that, but just knowing I got to experience Horizons in my life (even without being aware of it) makes me incredibly happy.
Ryan Whittier it was my favorite Disney ride as a kid. It was definitely the greatest time to be at Epcot
Its not the same as actually going on the ride, but if you go to the description to this video and view the links, the very last one is a POV of the ride. Truly the only way that anyone can experience this ride now.
I had forgotten this ride even existed, but watching your video brought back childhood memories I had totally forgotten about! Thank you so much for that experience, you've made my day!
Once again, a solid video. I'll throw my two cents in. The attraction I would like to see you make a video on is Extraterrorestial Alien Encounter.
Thanks again, Alien encounter seems like a good attraction to cover since it was another repurposed ride and not just a total tear-down. Which will allow for a more in-depth "changes to" section of the video.
So, just out of curiosity, are you gonna focus mostly on Disney Parks, or should we also suggest a wide variety of rides from throughout the world?
I'm open to any ride suggestions from any park, I've previously just done just Disney parks because I have personal experience with them and they're what I find interesting. I do plan on expanding further into other parks later, though. These videos as of now don't have much rhyme or reason behind when I release them but in the future I hope to do videos on rides that have recently been closed, demolished, renovated or repurposed.
Park Ride History can you talk about the 82'/ 94' land pavilion,plz?
Park Ride History me too
Wow, 9 seconds in and I have chills. For those of you who were around for the OG EPCOT, you get me!!!
Dude i don't know how to make your channel huge, but it needs to be! Your videos are amazing! Keep them coming! Also +1 on the Alien Encounter suggestion :-)
Thanks Justin, knowing that people enjoy these videos so much really helps keep me motivated. New video already in the works and will hopefully be ready in a few weeks!
When I was a kid, my family went to a warehouse outside of Orlando that sol all sorts of old Disney stuff. I think it was called Mousewares or something. Hotel room linens, lamps, all sorts of random stuff. One of the items we saw was a Horizons ride vehicle. Now, I had never heard of Horizons, but my parents knew what it was. I was more excited over the giant AT-AT in the corner of the warehouse. That was awesome.
I really enjoyed this ride as a kid. Wish it was still there as it felt perfect for Epcot. Great video
Horizons always smelled of oranges. Something I'll never forget, no matter how old I'll get. Loved that ride.
Please do one on the Carousel of Progress or the hall of presidents! I love your videos and I can't wait for the next one!
When I was a kid, I peeled off the number off one of the carts and stuck it on my leather wallet. When I changed wallets, i cut out that piece of leather and still keep it in my newer wallets. "55" is my favorite souvenir from Disney World from like 30 years ago
Definitely do 20K Leagues Under the Sea at Magic Kingdom.
i don't buy the sinkhole story. how could they have put mission space there so soon then?
kristin I hadn’t heard it was a sinkhole per se...but that the structure of the Horizons building was failing due to the weight distribution of the structure’s wide, angled roof, and some shifting or changes in the land beneath the pavilion.
I never got a chance to ride Horizons, but I remember riding mission space. I actually felt like I was an astronaut at one point. I loved it
Can we get an updated Horizons tribute? You've improved so much in 3 years
There was a Horizon fan that was creating a simulation of the ride on line.
You could move through the queue, get on an omnimover and "ride" the attraction. He was recreating it as completely as possible.
Orange mission space mode always left me deaf afterwords so I stopped going on it as a result but thats just 'cause my ears being my ears. Still I like the little stitch made up of scrap like componets i got there from the disney pin collection XD .
Horizons!! One of my favorite Disney rides of all time! Reminds me of when I went to epcot with my mom and dad... when I hear the song I miss my mom so much... thanks for the memories!! 😢😭
Came here from Defunct, I really like your style! I'll be pleasantly watching you both!
I seem to have hit a perfect time in Disney's life to have had passes and gone a fair amount there in the first part of the 1990s. I loved the old rides like Horizons.
Love love love the videos! Keep it up! If you wanna keep the Epcot theme going I'd love to see Journey Into Imagination/Journey Into YOUR Imagination/Journey Into Imagination With Figment. They messed up that ride so bad for their first re-do that they had to fix it again within 2 years (and still fell way short of the original.) Plus, rumor is it might finally be completely replaced (or updated again) someday soon.
I hope that they do redo Journey Into Imagination. It seems silly, that Marvel/Disney released 10 issues of the "Figment" comicbook, if they don't plan on reviving it. Especially since it was The Dreamfinder that was the main character, who of course is not in the ride currently.
I rode Horizons when i was a kid. It was REALLY cool. Haven't been to the park since the early 90s....seems that's for the best, as everything good about EPCOT is gone.
I remember riding Mission: Space back in the day growing up. We went two weeks after launch or so. The wait time was long and two cars had to be cleaned out from motion sick guests. It was pretty intense. Not too much later the ride was nerfed and the G's reduced which significantly helped.
I distinctly remember Mission Space's stronger G Force mode made all three of my family members sick and then we had to go to the absolute other side of the park to make our dinner reservations in the Italy section. I know this isn't really related to the video but it's burned into my mind to the point where that memory is why I clicked on this video. In retrospect, very funny but Never Again.
Enjoying your videos, keep up the good work. Can't wait for more!
Surprised you didn't use any of the footage that those guys made when they figured out you could sneak off the ride and wander around
whoa whoa wait, what? do you have a link to the video?
Here's one of them, I think there's more on their channel.
ua-cam.com/video/V5wBsv0n5nA/v-deo.html
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Holy moly that's amazing
Thank you for the video. This was my favorite ride growing up visiting EPCOT Center. (was born in 1982....a very very good year for EPCOT!) I really miss this ride.
Some of the vehicles were sold for sure, there was a place in Orlando that sold theme park treasures and they definitely sold at least one vehicle.
I remember Horizons fondly, I rode it in the 80's while it was still sponsored by GE. I have been to Disney World only once...and Horizons was the only one that me and my brother wanted to go on 3 times to pick each of the endings. I loved this Ride and to be honest, I'm glad that the reason why it closed was because it' couldn't go on anymore..it feels better than We cleared it out to do something crass and commercial in it's place. Thanks for bringing back some really awesome Memories.
Wow. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember going to Horizons when it was relatively new in the mid-80s. Blew my little mind and was a huge contributor to my imagination, love of sci-fi, and fascination with the future. I went to EPCOT a few years back, and I gotta say I miss the EPCOT of the 80s. Still great in many ways, though.
Horizons was one of the best rides in WDW. I looked forward to it every time we went.
Obviously I am a Horizons fan.
Horizons was one of those rides I rode once during college and didn't the next few visits because it was an opening day attraction and so naturally it would always be there for me to ride during a future visit! I've been going to Disney since 1963. To soften that loss, I JUST happened to be in Anaheim the year Rocket Rods was operating. All of twelve months. It really sucked but I'm so glad I was one of the lucky ones to see how design by committee was starting to have a detrimental effect on attraction quality. They got into a self defeating race of needing to build the most expensive attraction ever. Or try to pull off a cheaper remodel. Again and again. At the other end, they spent tens of millions on the Yeti animatronic in the Expedition Everest (which was soon permanently broken) for a split second appearance as the train zips past at the climax. OR the extra years added to Seven Dwarves construction costs to control the mechanical rocking mine cars. It is a barely notifiable effect. Can't wait for Tron & Cosmic Rewind!!
Love love love channels like this! Definitely one of my new favorites
Thank you for this video, yogurt my new favourite channel
Mark Forrest Mmmm. Yogurt.
One of the greatest lost rides of Disney world. Great video, extremely thorough.
Hey! Thanks again for an awesome series!
I wanted to point out a couple things you mentioned:
The Horizons ride vehicle you found in the warehouse photos was actually being sold from Mouse Surplus for $10K. They even had it rigged with the ride audio; it eventually sold.
You mentioned the animatronics being recycled in various attractions; there's a couple I believe you can find at the moment:
In the Haunted Mansion, there's the tiny Leota at the end of the ride. It's possible it may have been replaced with the figure of the girl in the hologram; her hands now ave a flesh color, and were once white/translucent [the same figure was supposedly used for both originally].
I haven't been able to confirm it, but I'm fairly certain that the female scientist with the afro in the computer scene of Spaceship Earth was the one who was piloting the personal suit in the space scene [same stance, and I believe it has at least the same face].
Love your channel! Please make more.
Best ride EVER! Loved the smell of oranges when you rode past the farming area! So sad that they didn’t update it instead of canning the whole thing.
Im really enjoying your videos. Keep 'em comin' please.
Great job. Love your videos! Just discovered them but am looking forward to more.
Fascinating to see the flat screen TV and VR going on at 3:58.
You should do a video on The Living Seas. I'm not a fan of the current Nemo theme.
dude! i'm late to this party. love the videos man, keep it up, thanks for the love!
Just discovered your channel, subscribed, watched all three videos, and loved them all. Two requests. 1) talk a little slower. Hard to work and pay attention to you. ;) 2) With Avatar Land opening, could you do a Beastly Kingdom video? Keep up the great work.
I lovvveeeeeee these videos. PLEASE keep it up.
Just stumbled upon your channel. This is amazing. Keep it up!
I love finding hidden gems of channels you keep up and I'm sure the channel will grow
Horizons and Maelstrom. Two of my fav rides at Epcot. And I know they were a fav to so many, they have a cult following. I would personally buy a ride prop from Maelstrom
Thank you for this video!
Awesome job, thanks!
I really liked the original Horizons ride and was disappointed to see it had been replaced when I went there last year. It was one of the best parts of Epcot when I was a kid, along with Spaceship Earth. In fact, I think the whole place was a worse product than it was when I was first there. On the first trip there, I distinctly remember some of the ride conductors talking about the concept that Disney had had and while they hadn't exactly done as he intended, they were doing things like hydroponic plants and various scientific experiments to help the future of humanity. The only thing I remember liking more on my recent trip was the interjection of Martin Short into the Canada 360 degree movie. Great video.
Great vids! Did you know the three endings from Horizons were used in the post-show of Tokyo's Star Tours, as other planetary destinations offered by the company? They were shown on a screen called TourScan, if memory serves, and were introduced by the awesomely-named Dan Android.
Well done, my good sir! Keep it up!
Tossing some other ideas your way, you could talk about the history of the Disneyland Submarine Voyage, its lengthy closure, and then changes made to it that became the Finding Nemo submarine voyage.
You could build off of that (separate video, I imagine) about the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Submarine Voyage at the WDW Magic Kingdom that was closed in the 90s (sad times, I only rode it once and I was maybe around 5 or 6 years old when I rode it before it closed), and they demolished it to eventually become the Dwarves Minecart coaster.
8:01 thats an extra little leota mannequin on the bottom shelf! :D
I miss this ride So very much!
I went to WDW with my parents a couple of years back and I remember them telling me about Horizons. When we went to Mission: Space my dad said it was better than Horizons but my mom didn't like it at all so I guess it's all about preference. Anyways, love your videos. I hope to see more from you soon.
Horizons still remains my favorite of all the Disney rides. I miss it tremendously...
Mission: Space recently went under for refurb and came back with entirely new footage, so it's probably not going to close any time soon. The post-ride games are cool, though :v
Horizons is on the list of my top 5 will miss them forever attractions.
Awesome video. Makes me sad I was never able to ride it. Even if I did I would have only been 2 years old!
Aw... dang it I missed this by my entire life time. I was born the year it closed down!
I'd love to hear about Captain EO. And you have a lot of material in Universal studios. I went to Universal for the first time in 1991 and the last time in 2009 and the only 2 attractions that had not changed were the Spielberg ones. E.T. & Jaws. I remember them all.
Really loved this vid! Found you via some other YT Disney vid and started a deep dive. Really great stuff. Hope you are able to come back at some point. Regardless, hope you are well.
Please do Journey into imagination. It's one of my favorite rides with Captin Eo.
Please, pretty please tell me what happened to Body Wars and Cranium Commander attractions......................I was there when that pavilion was opened by Isner and Mickey.
I loved this ride man the sad feels!
it would be incredible if you would redo some of your older videos. this has so much great information but the quality of your new videos and your showmanship has increased tenfold
Loved the music😀
This is the OG Horizons video in my opinion.
Horizons was one of my FAV'S 👍
Man I really loved this video. EPCOT is one of my favorite parks due to the combo of world culture and 'a vision of the future'. Really neat background in Horizons as I've been to Disney uncountable times (especially growing up) but I don't remember much about Horizons. I remember it, but not like other rides that still stand out vividly in my imagination (Skyway in the Magic Kingdom anyone?).
Oh, how I miss Horizons. It was a really cool ride, IMHO. Understand that I love the idea of _being_ in the future (a reason I liked the original Living Seas) and this ride gave me that. I wanted to walk those sets SOOOO bad. 🙂 It was sad to see all of the mechanics get unrepaired over time. That being said, I did notice the attendance going way down toward the end of its life (it seems to have had a small but loyal following; kind of like _Star Trek_ in the 60's). I don't know how much of that can be attributed to people not being impressed with the ride itself and how much to the state of disrepair.
Now I'm a child of the 60's (I watched the Apollo 11 Saturn V go up from my patio in Sarasota when I was 5), so I am a big space fan as well as a future fan. While I was VERY sad to see Horizons go, I felt at least that Mission: Space might be a good replacement. I did enjoy the ride when I first tired it out, but (to quote somebody else) "it lost its shiny pretty quickly". I don't even go on that ride anymore; though I do go in through the exit to play the space race game after the ride...that thing is surprisingly FUN!!
What I would give to have been able to visit EPCOT Center in its original form. I feel that World Showcase has held its ground, but storyline changes and lack of repairs in Future World have left it dilapidated. I hope in their mission to include Disney characters into Future World that they return to EPCOT's original sense of wonder.
I was told that originally you could only go the orange track when it was first open. People loved it, but it was too intense for the majority of the people that go to Disney, so they made the green track.
I would love a video on the old King Kong ride at universal.
Also, I think they probably spent much of 1995 coming up with a way to rig the ride to not collapse completely until Test Track and E's E A were done
To the maker of this video, there is something that DEFINITELY needs to be edited here. At the very end, 10:07 to be close to exact, you're playing the song from Carousel of Progress. What you should be playing at this part is the music to Horizons. Don't have it? It was on the Disneyland & Walt Disney World album/CD released in the early 90s that I still have to this day.
*sniff* God I miss Horizons. It was my favorite.
I see that there have been no recent comments on this video, thought I'd post a recollection of how the Horizons ride affected our family. We took our kids to it around 1988, our daughter was 5 years old at the time. Before entering the ride (I had been on it a few years prior) I posed a question to her -- see how much of the ride you can remember, we'll talk about it afterwards. She really took it to heart and we had a great discussion upon exiting.
This was the first time she had paid such close attention to detail, and was then able to discuss it in a very adult manner. One of the things I asked her before entering was to remember any special smells during the ride. I already knew that the orange grove display pumped orange aroma into the air. I remember her glee when we reached that part of the ride.
Long story short, this was a turning point for her, and us, and is forever cemented in our memories as a good sharing experience.
Trivial? Perhaps. It's sad that the ride met such an ignominious ending, we feel lucky to have seen it in its heyday. They're not making them like this any more.
I wish this attraction was still around :(
The symbol for Horizons can still be seen in the Mission:Space gift shop. Go to the register counter and look in between the registers on the front. There it is!
I always thought it was stupid that Walt Disney attractions "needed" a sponsor in the first place. Don't ticket sales bring in enough to build and improve these things? Isn't that how a business is supposed to work? Maybe for the initial building of the attraction, yeah. But from then on out it should be self sustaining.
Great videos! Really enjoy them! What about The History of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?
I really miss this ride. It was my top favorite, seconded by Living Seas Pavilion.
Isn't it ironic how '80s synths which mimicked their view of the future literally became the future because everybody today is so nostalgic for the '80s?
Although I have yet to experience the Mission: Space attraction (simulator), I really miss Horizons...that & Spaceship Earth were 2 of my favorite attractions anywhere!
Recent subscriber and I love your videos! My suggestion would be to do a video on the Haunted Mansion update. I know it wasn't a huge overhaul but the new queue is much different and super cool!
Swiss family tree house was sick you should do an episode on that dude
My mom did not like this ride as it got stopped and she was afraid that it was going to teeter. Learning there was a sinkhole underneath didn't help...
Please please please cover the Star Trek Experience. Fantastic videos keep them coming!!
The best attraction ever created!!
Your videos are absolutely amazing and entertaining! Please consider making one on Walt Disney World's Snow White Scary adventure and its Change to the Seven Dwarfs mine train!!