Disney DESTROYED Exxon's $700 Million Solar-Powered EPCOT Ride

Universe of Energy and Ellen's Energy Adventure at Disney World's EPCOT: the abandoned Exxon-sponsored dinosaur ride that closed in 2017. Featuring Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Nye, Jamie Lee Curtis, Alex Trebek, ExxonMobil, and the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind coaster that replaced it at Walt Disney World. Disney built a 45-minute ride about the future of energy and let an oil company write the brief. On its final night, one of the solar-charged ride vehicles ran out of battery in the middle of the dinosaur swamp. SOURCES Universe of Energy — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers... Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardia... Park Lore, "Universe of Energy: A Journey to the Past and the Extinction of the Last EPCOT Center Classic": https://parklore.com/main/universe-of... D23, Universe of Energy (Disney A to Z): https://d23.com/a-to-z/universe-of-en... Attractions Magazine, "Last ever Ellen ride ended with an evacuation, and fans loved it": https://attractionsmagazine.com/last-... Attractions Magazine, "Everything Epcot closed during its multi-year transformation": https://attractionsmagazine.com/every... AllEars.Net, "Extinct EPCOT: The History of Universe of Energy": https://allears.net/2023/02/22/extinc... Extinct Disney, "Universe of Energy — EPCOT's Original Future World Attraction": https://www.extinctdisney.com/energy/ Facts and Figment, "Energy Extinction (Universe of Energy and Ellen's Energy Adventure)": https://factsandfigment.com/dearly-de... MousePlanet, "Remembering the Magic: Universe of Energy Pavilion": https://mouseplanet.com/remembering-t... The Mickey Wiki, Universe of Energy: https://themickeywiki.com/index.php/U... Laughing Place, "Where is the Wonders of Xandar Pavilion? Cosmic Rewind Building History": https://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs... WDW News Today, "Universe of Energy Solar Panels Completely Removed": https://wdwnt.com/2018/10/nomosolar/ WDW News Today, "Roof Work Ramps Up for Solar Panel Installation on Cosmic Rewind": https://wdwnt.com/2020/02/photos-roof... WDW News Today, "No Audio Animatronics Will Be in Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind": https://wdwnt.com/2022/03/no-audio-an... Coasterpedia, Ellen's Energy Adventure: https://coasterpedia.net/wiki/Ellen%E... Disney Tourist Blog, "Universe of Energy Tribute": https://www.disneytouristblog.com/uni... WDWInfo, "Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot": https://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guide... HASHTAGS #UniverseOfEnergy #EllensEnergyAdventure #EPCOT #EPCOTCenter #DisneyWorld #WaltDisneyWorld #AbandonedDisney #LostAttractions #DefunctDisney #ExtinctAttractions #DisneyHistory #CosmicRewind #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy #Imagineering #Animatronics #ThemeParkHistory #Exxon #BillNye #RetroDisney #DisneyDocumentary