Epcot Space Pavilion Part Two: The Speculator

Epcot Space Pavilion Part Two: The Speculator

In a previous video, I looked at a proposed concept for a redo of the Horizons pavilion. This 1996 concept would have kept the original Horizons building intact and kept most of the interior attraction layout…and added a second attraction with it’s own pre-show: The Speculator.

The Speculator?

Exactly.

This concept for a Space Pavilion would have straddled pre- and post-millennium Epcot with an attraction that, well, had the best of both worlds. The first segment, which would have retained a major portion of the original attraction layout showed us how we saw space throughout our history. It would have been a bit slower, like World of Motion and Spaceship Earth, as it explained how we came to understand outer space. The second half of the attraction took us into another pre-show and debuted a fairly new style of vehicle that would have been a cross between Soarin’ and Flight of Passage. Sort of…

Catch up with Part One of the video here.

Epcot Space Pavilion Concept Video Part Two

So, what do you think about The Speculator and the message provided by the second half of the attraction?


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