Inside The Disney Dark Ride Rotting for 32 Years

Ask any longtime EPCOT fan which closed attraction they'd bring back and most will say the same thing: Horizons. A 15-minute Omnimover journey through three imagined futures. The first Disney ride to ever let guests choose their own ending. Massive scale models. Flyover footage filmed in an airport hangar. One of the most ambitious dark rides Disney's Imagineers ever built. GE pulled its sponsorship in 1993. Disney closed it in 1994. But here's what most people get wrong; Horizons came back. Not because Disney had a plan, but because Test Track and Ellen's Energy Adventure were both under construction at the same time and EPCOT needed something running in that section of the park. It ran three more years on borrowed time, shut for good on January 9, 1999, and was demolished completely by 2000. Mission: SPACE now sits on the same footprint. The building is gone. The show scenes are gone. And 25 years later, fans are still talking about it. #EPCOT #Horizons #DisneyWorld #DisneyHistory #AbandonedDisney #ForgottenDisney #EPCOTHistory #DisneySecrets #ThemeParkHistory #FutureWorld Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - What Horizons actually was, and why GE built it 9:06 - The ride itself: Mesa Verde, the undersea colony, and Choose Your Own Tomorrow 13:10 - GE pulls its sponsorship in 1993 14:55 - The 1994 closure, the unplanned reopening, and the borrowed time years 18:58 - Final closure January 9, 1999, and the rumors that followed 21:59 - Demolition, Mission: SPACE, and what was lost forever 👇 Did you ever ride Horizons? Drop your memory below and tell us what STATE you're from. We might feature it next. 🔔 Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more abandoned places, Disney history, and untold stories across America. 🤝 Business Inquiries: [email protected] DISCLAIMER: This video is based on real locations and publicly available data. All content is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only.