Body Wars
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| Body Wars | |||
| Epcot | |||
| Land | Future World | ||
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| Designer | WED Enterprises | ||
| Manufacturer | WED Enterprises | ||
| Attraction type | Motion simulator | ||
| Theme | Human body | ||
| Propulsion method | n/a | ||
| Soft opening date | none | ||
| Opening date | October 19, 1989 [1] | ||
| Closing date | January 1, 2007 | ||
| Music | Leonard Rosenman [2] | ||
| Ride duration | 7 min. minutes | ||
| Height requirements | 40" (102 cm) | ||
| Number of lifts | none | ||
| Director | Leonard Nimoy [3] | ||
| Located within | Wonders of Life Pavilion | ||
| Sponsored by | MetLife (October 19, 1989 - June 2001) | ||
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Body Wars was a ride at the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot. Body Wars is a simulator ride where the riders are "shrunk" and carry out a mission inside a human body. The ride is based upon the Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator. The ride is no longer in operation along with the other rides at the Wonders of Life pavilion, which officially opened on October 19th, 1989, and closed on January 1, 2007.
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[edit] Attraction description
[edit] Queue
Guests enter the queue as "observation team members" and are told by overhead announcements that they must pass the "level 1 and level 2 dermatopic purification screens" to enter the body-probe vehicle.
In the queue and loading area, announcements are made about details of the four bays.
[edit] Boarding
Dr. Cynthia Lair has volunteered to be miniaturized to observe a splinter. You are told you will board vehicle Bravo 229 and will be shrunk. Your mission is to meet up with Dr. Cynthia Lair and bring her out. Captain Braddock will be your pilot.
You learn that your "LGS 2050"-type probe vehicle weighs approximately 26 tons, but once miniaturized, weighs less than a drop of water.
[edit] Ride
Your vehicle, Bravo 229, moves from the bay to the miniaturization room, where technicians focus a "particle reducer" on the ship. Your ship and fellow crewmates are shrunk and sent under the subject's skin. White blood cells are seen on their way to destroy the splinter.
You arrive at the splinter, meeting with Dr. Cynthia Lair. She begins to take a cell count when she is accidentally pulled into a capillary. Captain Braddock follows her into the vein, entering an unauthorized area. The captain steers Bravo past the heart and into the right ventricle. The riders enter the lungs where the doctor is being attacked by a white blood cell.
The captain uses his lasers to free the doctor. By now, the ship is very low on power. The doctor suggests that they use the brain's energy to recharge the ship. Passing the heart's left atrium, the ship goes through the artery to get to the brain. A neuron contacts the ship, allowing it to regain power and de-miniaturize outside of the body.
[edit] Attraction facts
- Cast:
- Tim Matheson as Captain Braddock
- Dakin Matthews as Mission Commander
- Elisabeth Shue as Dr. Cynthia Lair
- Vehicle names: (all bays and vehicles are fictional except for Bravo 229)
- Bay #1: "Zulu 714"
- Bay #2: "Bravo 229"
- Bay #3: "Sierra 657" and "Foxtrot 817"
- Bay #4: "Charlie 218"
[edit] References
- ^ Opening date http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096963/
- ^ ASCAP ACE - Search Results
- ^ Credits http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096963/
[edit] See also
- Epcot attraction and entertainment history
- Wonders of Life
- Incidents at Walt Disney World Resort
- Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator - the technology underlying Body Wars.
[edit] External links
- Body Wars at the Internet Movie Database
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