Universe of Energy

Universe of Energy, originally sponsored by Exxon, has changed since it opened in 1982, however it still revolves around the same concept of energy.

When it opened it had a preshow on turning cubes that showed guests different types of energy, like wind power from windmills. Next the guests traveled back to the dinosaur age to witness the formation of fossil fuels. The last part of the ride was another film on energy on a screen 210 feet across. During the film segments two different songs were heard: "Energy" and the more energetic "Universe of Energy". This version of Universe of Energy ran from 1982 until 1996.

In 1996 the show was renamed Ellen's Energy Adventure and now stars Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Alex Trebek. Instead of the preshow and after show displaying forms of energy in an informative way, Ellen's Energy Adventure uses Jeopardy with topics in energy and is more comical. All the dinosaurs were repainted brighter, Ellen was added as an Audio-Animatronics figure, and Ellen's and Bill Nye's voices are heard as if they were in the dinosaur area with the guests. The entrance of the pavilion was also repainted with brighter colors and a new sign was added saying Ellen's Energy Adventure. The show runs 45 minutes, the same as the old version.