The History of & Changes to The Wonders of Life (Body Wars) | Epcot
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2017
- The Wonders of Life was a health and fitness themed pavilion housed in Epcot Center. Since it's opening in 1989, it's impressed visitors with not only with it's size but also it's goal of trying to educate & entertain people.
Videos Used:
• ABANDONED BODY WARS RIDE NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE (ABANDONED WONDERS OF LIFE PAVILION): • Video
• Body Wars - A Picture in Picture Experience (2006): • Body Wars - A Picture ...
• Body Wars in Epcot (2005): • Body Wars at The Wonde...
• Dateline EPCOT Center - Wonders of Life.mp4: • Dateline EPCOT Center ...
• EPCOT Center Future World B-Roll #2 - 1994: • EPCOT Center Future Wo...
• Epcot Center Wonders Of Life pavilion Tour Walt Disney World: • Epcot Center Wonders O...
• EPCOT Wonders Of Life 2006 FULL Attraction as it was before Disney closed it: • EPCOT Wonders Of Life ...
• Marty Sklar, When Did It Start For You: • Marty Sklar, When Did ...
• Star tours backstage HD 480p: • Star Tours - Disneylan...
• Walt Disney World Past Present and Future - Part 3: • Walt Disney World: Pas...
• Wonders of Life - Mobile (HD): • Wonders of Life - Mobi...
• Wonders of Life Grand Opening on October 30 1989 with Michael D. Eisner at EPCOT: • Wonders of Life Grand ...
• Wonders of Life walkthrough at Walt Disney World's Epcot: • Wonders of Life walkth...
• Wonders Of Life: • Wonders Of Life
Songs Used:
• BODY WARS Full Soundtrack: • BODY WARS Full Soundtr...
• Wonders of Life BGM Playlist: • Wonders of life
Special Thanks to:
• www.themeparktourist.com/
• ohmy.disney.com/
• www.lostepcot.com/Yesterland.com
• www.wdwinfo.com/
• waltdatedworld.com/
• www.mouseplanet.com/
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It's a shame that the Wonders of Life closed down. It was a one of reasons that I became interested in biology from an early age. That interest became the driving force that pushed me to pursue a career in medicine. I had hoped to one day bring my children to Epcot and share with them the things that had such a large impact on me.
It's unfortunate that the entirety of EPCOT has seemingly moved away from learning, art, and culture. It has, of late, more focused on the money-making aspects. I understand why Disney has to do this, truly, but it used to be so different. I adored the entire atmosphere!
@@aliciahelton4246 The thing is that Disney /doesn't/ have to do it. They're a multi-billion dollar company, owners of the biggest franchises on the planet. They don't have to wring every single dollar out of their customers, but they do anyways.
@@echowoods7977 , I agree, wholeheartedly. However, supply and demand show different patterns from guest surveys. People who go into the parks (except those of us who fondly remember the old Epcot) want thrills. Disney must keep up with the Jones, it seems. I also pay attention to the newer generations of Disney fans in my Facebook groups who consistently say that Epcot is tired, bored, and dated. They rate it on the bottom of parks, unless they are really into the food, culture, and festival experience.
Here’s to you sir. You are a hero
F for big respects
Me and my dad rode Body Wars a few days before the pavilion closed. Just as the film was beginning, the shield suddenly went back up. Most likely, the other simulators were cycling through, and we were trapped. While waiting for rescue, the ride operators began piping in "A Pirate's Life For Me" to keep us entertained. Eventually, we were rescued and put in another simulator, which worked perfectly.
Little did I know I was bearing witness to entire pavilion essentially being on its deathbed...
You lived my dreams?
The Wonders of Life can re-open with an Inside Out theme.
Body Wars into Fear Vs The Germs, which could be about Fear and us must travel through Riley's Body to defeat some Germs.
Cranium Command into Cranium Command 2.0, where the workers on Riley's Mind give you a tour to the Main Control room where the main emotion gang gives you a presentation of how they do their work.
The Martin Short Ride can be the same, except they put on the queue that it's a VHS that Joy found in an old Misney Box and wants to re create the old Martin Short Movie.
The Goofy Show can be replaced by a similar one, but themed after Bing Bong.
They could also use some of the same games in the middle of the center, except they are themed after Inside Out.
Edgar Leal dude that's what I'm saying!!! it would be PERFECT!!!
I disagree with using an IP as a cop out to reopen a new attraction, but I do think that, should Disney want to, this would work. Journey into Imagination would also be an adequate spot to add Inside Out theming.
The only problem with Inside Out being used for a Body Wars replacement is that he whole thing is set in the mind like Cranium Command, the movies "inspiration", so Joy, Fear and the rest couldn't travel around the body, only in the mind (basically the brain and all it's functions regarding thinking, imagination, evolving, logic and so on). Inside Out would have been a great substitute for Cranium Command though as they have similar ideas, concepts and setting.
Welp to late it's a play pavillion
@@GameLibrarianWithABear ikr it works better in imagination then life
my one and only trip to epcot and I remember the wonders of life attractions really well ... mostly because as a 12 yr old i wanted to go on the wonder cycles... as i queued to get my chance I was asked by my mom to to look after my then 3 yr old brother at as my other brother wanted to go on body wars ride again.. i finally got to ride the cycles and within a minute of starting my ride my brother disappeared from the side of the cycle .. we lost him for over a hour the whole of the pavilion was locked down no other park guests could come in or go out.. as security searched for him they finally found him in the Goofy about health show... he had watched it three times...
wow! interesting story! I am kinda glad i was an only child!
That story was a wild ride.
David Noden-Hooper wow 😯
Mom should have stuck with the three year old and had the older brother go on Body Wars alone. Three year olds are hard enough for an adult to contain, let alone a 12 year old to contain.
@1 2 well it was back in 1991 so it was a different time
Does anyone else find stuff like this super unnerving? Things that changed drastically, or were cancelled or abandoned before I was born are particularly creepy to me. I can only describe the feeling that these stories give me as terrifying, unsettling, and strange. I've felt this way since seeing parts of my local zoo change when I was around four. Suddenly, what used to be so familiar to me, was now just... gone. Same thing with cancelled and lost media.
I get that feeling, too. I especially like taking a look at things that were lost to time before I was born or old enough to remember them at all, even though it's a little bit creepy for me.
Yeah, that's how I feel about Horizions or how 'Journey into imagination' used to be.
that shade at the Ellen ride tho omfg
I'm quite annoyed with the integration of Disney Characters into Epcot, but I can see "Inside Out" as a good addition for The Wonders of Life. You know, depending if it's educational.
Inside out was inspired by Cranium Command. Body wars could be remastered in to normal theaters with D box seats and normal theater chairs. Making of me could be redone with a updated voice over.
Inside Out definitely would have saved Wonders of Life.
now that buzzys gone they can just add the emotions into cranium command
Well there’s actually a closer connection between Inside Out and The Wonders of Life pavilion than you think, because Pete Doctor the director of Inside Out was an animator for the animated segments for Cranium Command. So yeah it would be a perfect fit
TheJman 5683 yeah I know I was making a dumb joke because buzzy is gone now
12:51 I'd like to see that. Though ironically Pete Doctor, who directed that film, used to work as an animator for Cranium Command.
I wish this pavilion still existed when I was growing up. My Mom worked in a hospital and knows A TON about the human body. I could see her gushing teaching me a ton of facts about the body. She also LOVES thrill rides so I could see the two of us riding Body Wars together while my Dad stayed at Goofy about Health waiting for us to get off.
My only memories of this building were: getting violently sick on Body Wars, and the moment when I volunteered during a live show featuring a host and two twins who would speak alternately for every other word. They were answering questions about the human body, and, being young, and a clown, I asked "Why did the dolphin splash the whale?" They tried to answer, in which I grabbed the mic and said "He did it on porpoise" (a joke I heard on Muppet Babies), and I returned to my family among a crowd of laughing, with my siblings cheering me on, my dad mortified that I made a spectacle of myself, and my mom, who knew exactly what I was going to do, trying so hard not to laugh. Ah, good memories.
Wonderful video! I liked the knock at Ellen's Energy Adventure at the end... "Well, the only pavilion that's meant to be empty year round." Good stuff. Always look forward to these videos. Keep up the amazing work, and I appreciate the well researched details!
I'm staying at Disney right now, and I just got to see the pavilion for the first time (even though I've been here like 10 times). All I have to say is, damn, it's so sad I'll never get to see it before it became a festival center.
These videos are so exceptionally well done, I really appreciate the research and accompanying photos as well as the excellent narration. Keep them coming! !
He talks too fast, but otherwise, I agree.
As a Californian I have to disagree with you when you say that he talks too fast, however I can understand why people from places with different dialects or people that aren't native English speakers could have troubles hearing him clearly.
I can understand him, that's not the problem. The problem is he speaks so fast that he flubs and mumbles words like "pavilion". He's not talking at "documentary speed." I promise you, if you look up any documentary, no narrators talk as fast as he does. It's jarring. It sounds like he's on a timer and if he doesn't get the words out, the bomb will go off. Just like you wouldn't have do your voiceover by shouting every word, you shouldn't have your voiceover sound like it's in a marathon. Again, Californian or not, go watch any documentary. No voiceover actor talks that fast.
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IsItModern completely agree, he's talking much too fast to both look at the images and absorb the content being spoken. He also does run many words together and "flub" like you said. I'm a native English speaker from the States, so that's really not the issue here.
I think an episode about the three incarnations of Journey Into Imagination and all the changes made to the Imagination Pavilion would be really interesting! Love your videos!
An Inside Out attraction, preferably a dark ride, would be a fantastic replacement for this.
Heck, I even remember not knowing this pavilion had closed and thought "Hey, you know what would be great? If the Wonders of Life Pavilion got an Inside Out attraction."
Legitimately the greatest soundtrack of any part of any park. Daniel Benoit and Ray Lynch songs are all over it, it's beautiful
I know right, I've never been but its such an emotional experience just to listen to the soundtrack
This one actually made me feel really sad. I'm loving these videos and can't wait for your next one!
I went to Epcot one time, when I was a child in the very early 90s. seeing a lot of this really took me back. It's sad that all of that stuff inside the wonders of life dome is gone now. Thank you for the blast from the past!
Really digging these videos and the format is very well thought out and professional. I recall there being a place at Epcot called Innovations, much like the one that is still there today, but filled with TONS of Sega Genesis and Nintendo games. This was during the mid-90's and it was an absolute blast. Now innovations is just...about paint? I dunno.
This is such a great series. EPCOT is my favorite park, and the Wonders of Life (along with the other original buildings) bring back the best memories.
I was in the pavillion a few weeks ago for the Flower and Garden Festival and the entire roof had major water damage and looked like it coild collapse. During the upcoming Epoct renovation, they'll probably have to tear it down and will create a whole new pavillion. Hoping it will have something to do with technology since that's become very prevelant in society over the past decade!
Wow, I forgot how much I loved this pavilion back in the day. Seeing all this took me right back to my childhood. It's really sad how much they've let Epcot go. I really hope they're able to breathe some life back in to this park.
I miss Body Wars and the pavilion soooooo much!
Me too. It reminded me of alot of endo episodes of cartoons I saw back in the day, like the Captain Planet episode where they went inside Kwame and the fifth level of the Toonami "Trapped in Hyperspace" game where you went inside TOM. 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
How about Journey Into Imagination? Also love your videos
Journey into imagination has had so many revisions, I'd love to see a video on it. keep up the great work!
If they open it again with health still in mind the the personality thing could become inside out themed
First timer. Loved it. Going to watch all of them now. Keep 'em coming. Great work.
Absolutely LOVE your content! So happy I found your channel. Body Wars was such an important part of introducing me to thrill rides... So cool to see all of that again. Great job!
My grandma and I went on Body Wars with the motion turned off because of her health when I was a kid. I remember being the only two people on the “ride”!
I'll always be sad about Wonders of Life since I feel like I essentially grew up in that pavilion (perks of having family work for Metlife. Woo sponsor lounge). I'm at least a bit happy that at least the building itself is still there and I can go in from time to time and remember all those times when I was younger. I'm most curious as to what the sponsor lounge looks like now. I know last I heard they used it for the Chase cardholder lounge during food and wine a few years back.
The only time I was ever at Wonders of Life was in 2003. By then the whole exhibit area was pretty sparse compared to how this video describes it in its heyday (exhibits always staying on the cutting edge). Still, the overall pavilion was enjoyable.
@@FreedomforHaiti I went in 2006 and I thought it was cool, and it satisfied my endo kink (but now because I'm convinced we're inside a woman in that ride, it doesn't.)
Your videos are so well done. I'm so glad to have found this channel, and I hope that it grows tremendously as it deserves to.
iv'e been waiting for this video since forever, and I'm satisfied, thanks for this one :)
I just discovered your videos, and I always appreciate these; fantastic job!
More on topic, I must have been one of the few who truly loved that pavilion; it was my favorite, sans Horizons. In fact, I was furious to find that I had just missed out on it's closing, as I had picked up my first annual pass to WDW just after. I didn't actually realize that it had closed, until I attended an event located in its corporate offices above, and was confused as to why it was so empty. In hindsight, I wish I'd taken more photos of the now defunct location as we left. Oh well...
Yes! I'm so happy you're posting again! Huge fan.
I've really enjoyed these vids. You've put a lot of effort into them and it shows. The visual and audio are great. Most importantly, it's been fun learning about the history of these attractions, the reasons for various changes, and the current fate. Hope to see more in the future. :D
Love that hit at Ellen's Energy Adventure. We can all breathe a big sigh of relief that UoE is going to be taken down eventually. Its still sad to see some of the recent footage of WoL, and see it so abandoned, so derelict. They should take the space taken up by both of these pavilions and put in something great, something awesome. I say keep the Autopia at MK, give them new cars, and put the Tron Light Cycle ride in the place of these two pavilions.
Amazing video! You definitely deserve more subscribers. Can't wait to see the next one!
Thanks for chronicling! I like the Yanni background music at the beginning and toward the end.
I watched the video without checking anything else, and the quality of the video made me think this channel had at least 100k subs. HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE THAN THAT!?!? Your facts seem well researched and are told very well in the video, and the editing is freaking AMAZING.
Come back plox xD
Thank you for doing this video!! I grew up loving Body Wars, and had not heard anyone talk about it since its closing.
Any chance you would do a video on Great Movie Ride? I used to work there. Myself, along with many other people, would love to see GMR get some recognition. Keep up the great work!! Love these videos!
I love these videos! Keep up the great work
Keep them coming, can't wait for the next. Please do the backlot tour.
Nicely done video. I loved Body Wars when I was a kid, fun ride.
Yeah. I loved plots like that.
GREAT videos. I would love to see one of "If You Had Wings". One of my all-time favorite attractions.
Great video! I think an episode on Superstar Limo or any other early DCA failure would be a lot of fun.
I love this video so much. I really appreciate how much care and thoughtful research you put into each video. My biggest request is to keep doing Disney attractions! They have such a rich history that I can't get enough of.
My mom used to work at BW before she transferred to Test Track then Magic Kingdom. Great video man and keep it up.
these videos are so well done!! Really enjoying thsi channel and glad i stumbled across it. Just a few thinsg that could help with mt viewing experience-maybe speak slightly slower, i end up missing things and have scroll back, and it would be great if the volunme was louder (I have my speakers all the way up and the video volume all the way up and still just barely hear you). I love how much work you put into these-the excellent well researched history is great, and it is clear to me that you have interest in this topic and care about it! Cant wait to see where you go next!
Thanks for the video! I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one to get sick on Body Wars. I was afraid to ride Star Tours until I discovered the ride programming was different and didn't make me sick!
Thank you so much for this, I relived my childhood once more.
Really loved the video and can't wait to see more
Keep up the great content!!!
God, they need to use more of Yanni's music in Epcot. His work is so beautiful!!!
Only 3 of his songs have been used, 2 in Wonders of Life and one in Fountain View (unless I'm missing some).
Love these videos. I feel bad that I always skipped the Wonders of Life, thinking "I'll see it next time". Then it closes, and I never get a chance. The Ray Lynch seems to set the mood.
I just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did! You deserve at least 10x the subs you have, keep it up!
love these videos, great stuff man. would love to see more of future world, journey into imagination or world of motion next yo!
Wow! this was amazing! :D I love how much you researched on this! I miss this pavilion so much! If they dare to do an Inside Out pavilion. I couldn't mind it and love to see what imagineers could do in the interior space for that pavilion. I do think that when Inside out was in concert some Pixar animation must have researched Cranium Command for ideas! I use to not like that attraction, but years later. I have grown to it. Its such a fun and cute attraction. It needs to make a nostalgic comeback! Now do a History of Journey of Imagination at Epcot!
I had all kinds of thoughts on why that part of Future World never caught on.....Excellent presentation sir. Thank you very much.
Love your videos dude, I always look forward to them! Keep it up! It would also be AMAZING if you could do WESTCOT! I know it's a long one, but it would be great!
Dude these are ace, i need more!
Those overhead shots were great! Very nice…
Good work with the video, very nostalgic!
Not a Disney attraction, but The History of and Changes to Son of Beast at Kings Island could be interesting.
Yea I miss the vertical loop on that ride but I'm a SFGAd fanboy so...
El toro is better.. maybe not RMC mean streak we will see
Xtreme Rides TV sob was cool for its pure scale but the ride was so bumpy is wasnt worth it XD
I think I'm the only person I know who genuinely enjoys Ellen's Energy Adventure
I enjoy that ride as well. I have yet to dislike a Disney attraction. I do think it's one that's run its course. I like it for being faithful to the original values of Epcot while trying to stay entertaining to newer audiences, but it's getting dated.
Georgia Bundick I like it
That ride is miserable. Takes up a ton of space and really boring. Slow moving cars in a movie theatre.
I love it too but I get major backlash when I tell anyone
You're not alone there. I always liked it. I'm sad to see it go but I'm excited to see what comes with the new Guardians ride, especially since it's not gonna be a clone of Mission Breakout
Man, your videos are so good!
It had a small conference area too. Some Met employees from around the US had annual meetings there, it was a great perk!
Great video! Wish I could've experienced the pavilion.
I have a few ideas about what could happen to the pavilion. When Disney announced the closure of Universe of Energy, it was either gonna be Tron (Which would have worked perfectly in future world with a 'digital' theme), or *sigh* Guardians of the Galaxy. I saw some concept art to maybe turn Wonders of Life into a computer themed pavilion, or into retooling it around a new, high-tech ride like body wars. But I think what would have worked best would have been if Disney connected the soon-to-be Guardians in the energy pavilion and Mission Space to a brand new, Space station pavilion via moving walkways indoors and feature a Wall-E attraction and cast a star map on the interior of the gold dome. I really hope this idea doesn't go to waste...
Arcade Warrior - Erik Kane sent me here!! He recently went there this year after they changed it!! So had to watch this! :D
I'd enjoy seeing you do a video on (what is now) the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor. There are quite a few interesting things you could say about that attraction and the ones before it.
So glad I found this channel! Would love to hear the history of AK and why they did away with the Fantasy/dragon section of the park. Not sure if there is enough for an entire video though.
These videos are solid gold😍 would you consider doing El Rio del Tiempo or one centered more directly around body wars?
I'd love to see The History of Dinosaur/Countdown to Extinction
i just started watching you keep doing what you do
love these videos!! :)
Awesome video series!
Please do a video on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!
These videos are amazing! I love your narration :)
Have you ever thought about doing videos on concepts never built? Such as EPCOT's Project Gemini?
You could cover old Knott's Berry Farm attractions including: The Haunted Shack, Kingdom of the Dinosaurs, Knott's Beary Tales, Wacky Soap Box Racers.
I second this. I miss the old Knotts.
I went there in 2008, a time that everyone claims the park was at its worst. Would love to see some history videos of the park in its prime.
Could you do history on the Tower of Terror? I just found this channel and I immediatly love it.
Such a lost treasure, by far in my opinion the pavilion with the most potential and most interesting concept. If i had to bring back one Disney attraction it would for sure be this one! Hopefully they do something with it someday, maybe even a revamped version i'm sure would do well!
I did enjoy going to the Wonders of Life back in the day. I would go on Body Wars, but felt it was a slightly better than average ride (worth a ride if I could get on relatively quickly). I did enjoy the stationary bicycles (I'd set it to either Disneyland or Microworld) and the Sensory exhibits. However, my favorite thing there was easily Cranium Command! I absolutely LOVED that show and was really sad when it went away.
One thing I've seen mentioned elsewhere (Abandoned I think?) was that the design was very much a product of the 90's. I can definitely see it. Of course, I'd heard that Horizons was very much a product of the 80's, and I'm not sure what an "80's look" really is (maybe I was just too much into that era). Still, I did feel the look of the place became pretty dated rather quickly (not that I minded, but I did notice).
man I miss that pavilion. for some reason I always wanted granola and yogurt every time I'd go to that pavilion I just wanted healthy foods when I would enter it lol
They also announced in 2019 the Play pavilion which would be an interior reconstruction of the pavilion that would be a fun interactive experience for kids and construction would start a year late in 2021 because of the pandemic. However because of budget cuts in the EPCOT redevelopment program the Play pavilion would be cancelled/postponed indefinitely in a half finished state so currently the pavilion is now a mostly abandoned construction site.
You are a marvelous gem of entertainment! Please do more Disney World! Everybody loves Disney World, how about the new snow white ride!
I was so blessed to see Disney in the 80’s and 90’s.
Going in the convention center is a little sad. My brother and I have fond memories of the sensory play area, Cranium Command, the works. We went back during food & wine late last year and were shocked by how dated the building is. The flooring, the plants. The ruddy way the light comes in. We took a few pictures of places we recognized, and are still looking for photos of us as kids in the pavilion to compare them to.
I remember the Wonder Cycles.
Loads of fun to ride.
And
I remember Body Wars(made me nauseous(same as Star Tours).
Simulation Rides that shake me around is not my idea of fun.
Well now they're turning it into a Mission: Space restaurant...
Max Corso go cubs
The entry sign for the pavilion was replaced in 1992 and at around the same time they also redid the entrance to Cranium Command to make it look more cartoonish while also changing Buzzy’s animatronic outfit as the animatronic originally had a different outfit.
WOW, wonderful history! Kind of makes me think of what Innovations is going through right now...
I personally (and probably controversially) think they could turn wonders of life into an indoor wakanda lab space. It’s a relevant film, it would be right next to another marvel attraction, and the tech in the film would be really cool to see up close in a way only Disney can do. They just have to get the character from universal and they’re set.
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Sick Ellen's Energy Adventure burn.
The only Pavilion meant to be empty year around.
8:31
The entrance to the Met Life upstairs lounge behind the windows there was located between those two red pillars and it was apparently mostly used for training cast members who were manning the checkouts at stores on top of food store cashiers and stand operators.
My first trip to disney was when I was 2 years old, and the only thing I remember is going on cranium command. It's one of my first somewhat vivid memories, and Im rly sad that I never got to go on it when I was older.
Now that the Tower of Terror is closing, why not make a video on that? BTW your videos are great! You've earned my subscription!
I feel like Epcot is just an example of why sponsorships DON’T WORK for this kind of thing. If the Imagineers weren’t limited by the sponsors, a lot of different rides and attractions wouldn’t have closed down or been abandoned, the wonders of life pavilion would have been so much cooler and so much more fun, and let’s not forget the tragedy of the ENTIRE imagination pavilion! I’m happy that the Disney executives have finally let go of the Sponsorship system. Epcot was my FAVORITE place when I was a kid, even though I only got to start going at the beginning of its decline.
It's interesting to see this video and how different we thought it's fate was compared to what was just announced at D23.
I absolutely adore the history of Disneyland rides, some of them have the most interesting histories. My personal favourite is the history of the Haunted Mansion (Phantom Manor over at my nearest Disneyland in Paris). It has a super long yet super delightful timeline that lasted years before it finally opened. I strongly suggest that you check it out, I think you'd throughly enjoy it
Extra points for using "The Oh Of Pleasure" by Ray Lynch for background music. Good choice.
love this vid