New Horizons
Written by @Mickeynerd17
New horizons
Presented by: SpaceX
Intro/ Queue
Guests come across this massive pavilion located at the end of the main thoroughfare of CenterCore Expo. The glistening structure looks both like a high-tech starship of the future, but also gives the impression of an infinite horizon when viewed from the street. The structure itself was build with the old blueprints recycled from the original Horizons attraction at EPCOT Center.
Guests are met with a new take on the original entrance sign, displaying the pavilion name, sponsor, and logo. (The logo is the dark blue one with the Spaceship. As seen on the right)
The main attraction entrance is located on the left side of the pavilion. Guests enter through sliding doors to a recreation of the old entrance banner "If We Can Dream It, We Can Do It." They then go to the Future Port to once again head to their flight. Everything up to this point has been an exact replica of the original attraction, but from here on things will be quite different.
The flight that guests will be boarding is called Horizons2, instead of the original Horizons1, and guests take a right into concourse B instead of a left into Concourse A. Here we descend down a ramp as we pass by "travel posters" of the three locations we will be visiting on our journey:
The first poster is of a city on the moon.
The second poster is a Mars base.
The third and final poster is of a SpaceX space station of the future
Ride
PART 1, Ideas of the Future, and the Space Station.
We leave the Future Port heading into a starfield. We hear mission control report,
"Horizons2 has now departed for the near-future. Please remain inside your vehicles during the trip. Enjoy your journey."
[SCENE 1]
We enter a starfield as our narrators, a grandfather and a grandmother, welcome us. (they will be listed as Gpa and Gma in dialogue).
Gpa: Hello there, and welcome! It is sure nice to take this trip again after all these years.
Gma: Why, it sure is!
Gpa: y'know, this isn't the first time we've taken this trip. Humans have imagined what the future would look like since the dawn of time itself.
[SCENE 2]
We transition into a nebulous cloud. Images of past ideas of the future fade in and out of existence, including DaVinci's inventions, the future as seen from the twenties, Spaceship Earth from Epcot, and the original Horizons attraction, to name a few.
Gma: Wow, look at all of those ideas!
Gpa: as time progressed, our ideas became more sophisticated, more solid, and ultimately more incredible, producing some of the most technologically advanced products of their time, and now we're using those products to form a new vision of the future! Now, even though most people would focus on the far-off future, let's take a look at what exciting developments are in store in the near-future!
We enter a transition tunnel. Here, a swirl of light, information, and sound surround us as we're whisked off into the near-future.
[SCENE 3]
We come out on a space station orbiting earth. Here, we see a SpaceX rocket approach a docking port to drop off cargo.
Gma: That view is gorgeous! That's surely not something you see everyday now is it.
Gpa: Well, not quite yet, but soon traveling into space will be like a drive to the grocery store, thanks to new advances is rocketry and passenger travel!
We enter a docking port seeing animatronics in a booth overseeing cargo being picked up and dropped off. Another pair of figures inspect a box and load up another Dragon capsule with supplies.
Gpa: The Dragon capsule has been able to supply our exploration of the solar system to the moon, mars, and beyond!
Gma: And it has also brought back resources from those distant planets back home to Earth.
[SCENE 4]
We move into another part of the space station, this time it is a concourse with multiple figures exiting a SpaceX Starship rocket. Some are looking out the windows, others are taking in the looks of the interior of the space station.
Gpa: There are some tourists arriving at the station for the first time.
Gma: It always warms my heart to see the joy on their faces the first time they step foot on the space station!
[SCENE 5]
Guests are now shown what a standard living apartment looks like. Three figures of a family occupy this scene with each one looking at their new home, out into space or talking to a hologram. The apartment has multiple gadgets and gizmos everywhere.
Gpa: This brand-new family has relocated from Earth to space due to overpopulation. They are much happier living among the stars. Look at all those devices, they even have holograms in the future! Let's see who's on the other side.
PART 2, The City on the Moon
[SCENE 6]
We immediately become part of another information stream as we follow the hologram signal to the City on the Moon. After a couple seconds, we emerge in a garage where a figure is both repairing a lunar rover and talking to the other figure from the last scene on hologram.
Gpa: Welcome to the Moon! In the future, we've constructed an entire city on our closest neighbor. Instead of cars, we use rovers to get around on the surface.
Gma: They sure are fun to drive!
[SCENE 7]
We descend into a cave. Here, we see robots mining precious metals out of the lunar rock.
Gma: Look at those robots! Now we don't have to risk human lives trying to mine for resources.
Gpa: Exactly! These robots are controlled from a central command point where the robots drop off minerals to be processed for use in products like starships and home appliances.
[SCENE 8]
We come back out of the mines and pass by a launchpad with a brand-new SpaceX Starship loading passengers.
Gpa: These passengers are getting ready to head on a long journey to the farthest reaches of our colonization, Mars. Thanks to the SpaceX Starship and new advances in spacecraft design, it only takes a month to get to Mars when it used to take two years!
Gma: Fortunately for us, it will only take a couple minutes, let's head over there now!
ART 3, Mars Colony and the finale
[SCENE 9]
We move into a large omnimax screen as we follow a rocket launching into space, and drifts out of sight.
[SCENE 10]
We enter another data stream as were picked up on a communications signal to Mars. Popping out on the other end, we see a laboratory growing plants on the Martian soil.
Gpa: New advances in genetic engineering have made it possible for plants to grow on the red soil of Mars, allowing people the ability to grow their own food while waiting between SpaceX transports. Speaking of which, I think that rocket has arrived.
[SCENE 11]
We come out of the laboratory through a tube where guests can see a Starship land on a landing pad. Meanwhile, robots clear the surface of debris and trash in front.
Gma: Those robots are quite the housekeepers, they almost put me to shame!
Gpa: Don't worry, you always are the best at keeping the house together.
Gma: That's the right answer my dear.
[SCENE 12]
We head back into the base where we find a restaurant populated with figures overlooking a beautiful mars canyon with Olympus Mons in the background.
Gpa: This canyon makes a beautiful view to dine from. Some of the foods we've grown here on mars are used in this restaurant. Quite the fine dining experience!
Gma: It's out-of-this-world!
[SCENE 13]
We enter a launch tube, and proceed into a room with a screen showing us rocket back into space. We come into a starfield, and then into a familiar nebula from the beginning of the ride.
Gma: Man, it's already over?
Gpa: Yes it sure is, but the future is never far away from us, all we have to do is dream. One day, the transportation systems of SpaceX will power our dreams to create this bright future! Thanks for joining us!
Gma: See you in the future!
Guests pass by a SpaceX logo formed from stars in the cloud as the vehicles arrive at unload. An announcement plays, "Horizons2 is now arriving back at the Future Port. Please gather your belongings and take small children by the hand. The moving walkway is moving at the same speed as your vehicle. Thanks for joining us on New Horizons."
After unload, guests walk up a ramp past a modernized version of "The Prologue and the Promise" and exit the pavilion, all the while, the pavilion soundtrack plays in the background.
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