Soarin’ Around the World – You’re Cleared for Take-Off! POV Ride EPCOT Disney World
Soarin’, also known as Soarin’ Around the World, Soaring Over the Horizon and Soaring: Fantastic Flight, is a flight motion simulator attraction at Disney California Adventure, Epcot, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneySea. It employs a mechanical lift system, a projected presentation on an 80 ft (24 m) concave 180-degree dome screen, and artificial scents and wind to simulate a hang-gliding flight over locations in six of the world’s continents. Many consider it the first flying theatre.
The attraction’s first iteration, Soarin’ Over California, was an opening-day attraction at Disney California Adventure on February 8, 2001. It took guests over several locations in California and included a pre-show on the history of California’s aviation industry. It was also installed at Epcot in Walt Disney World as Soarin’ in 2005.
The current global version of the ride debuted at Shanghai Disneyland Park as Soaring Over the Horizon on June 16, 2016. The American versions were also replaced with the new film as Soarin’ Around the World on June 17. A fourth attraction, Soarin: Fantastic Flight, opened at Tokyo DisneySea on July 23, 2019. The original Soarin’ Over California returned to Disney California Adventure for a limited engagement in June 2019, and its popularity led Disney to extend the run through the end of August of that year. Another limited run began February 28, 2020, as part of the park’s Food & Wine Festival, On February 13th, 2022, Disney announced Soarin’ Over California would return on March 4th for Disney California Adventure Annual Food & Wine Festival.
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The attraction was duplicated, simply as Soarin’, and officially opened inside “The Land” pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World on May 5, 2005, along with Lights, Motors, Action!: Extreme Stunt Show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios as part of the Happiest Celebration on Earth festival. Unlike the Disney California Adventure version, the show had guests taking flights to California. The concept was reinforced with theming of guests being loaded into “gates”, with airport-themed spiels referring to “Flight 5505”, an homage to the attraction’s opening day. Cast members wear costumes resembling flight attendant uniforms, whereas the California version wear airfield crew uniforms.
The Epcot queue originally had pictures of natural wonders from around the world, not just California. It currently utilizes a new infrared technology that allows guests to participate in interactive games. In 2009, this interactive technology appeared in the Magic Kingdom as part of a seven-month overhaul of Space Mountain.
The attraction closed for refurbishment on January 4, 2016, and was originally slated to reopen on June 17, with a third theatre to coincide with the release of the new Soarin’ Around the World film.
The ride reopened with the original film on May 27, and the change to the new film occurred on June 17, 2016.
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