Horizons

Horizons opened in 1983, a year after Epcot opened. Horizons, presented by General Electric, applied Future World into one attraction by exploring communication, energy, transportation, imagination, land, sea, and life in futuristic families. After you entered your vehicle, you explored scenes showing ideas for the future from the past including Jules Verne's bullet-rocket. Part of the ride viewed an OmniSphere which surrounded guests with a thermal cityscape, robot manufacturing plant, and other technological wonders. Then you entered into the 21st century where you could see farms grown in the desert, travel through magnetic power, undersea resources harvested by robotic power, and crystals grown by space colonies. Nearing the end, guests could choose one of three modes of transportation to return to Earth: a desert hovercraft, a personal submarine, or a mini shuttle through space.