Honey, I Shrunk the Audience - Novemto May 9, 2010.Magic Journeys - Octoto February 9, 1986.Using what was groundbreaking 3D film technology in 1982, the Magic Eye Theater has hosted four major attractions featuring three films: They were joined by the original Journey Into Imagination ride on March 5, 1983. It shared the pavilion with the original ImageWorks. The Magic Eye Theater at Future World’s Imagination pavilion opened October 1, 1982, as one of the original attractions of EPCOT Center. There’s a kiosk where you can spend your money on EO merch. This facility opened in 1982, before many shows and attractions exited directly toward gift shops. You might leave the show singing, “We are here to change the world!” Hey, it’s still “4D.”Įven though it’s 2010, this show takes you back in time to the 1980s. In the 2010 version, you get in-theater effects based on the modifications made to the auditorium for Honey, I Shrunk the Audience instead-primarily the floor shaking. If you saw Captain EO in its original run, you might remember lasers, smoke, and a starfield. Remember the warning sign about a loud musical soundtrack? They weren’t kidding!
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Twin 70mm polarized projectors fill the giant movie screen with 3D images of Michael Jackson as Captain EO, Anjelica Huston as “The Supreme Leader,” Dick Shawn as Commander Bog, and various supporting players and dancers populating the spacecraft and planet. When the doors to the auditorium open, take a seat and put on your 3D glasses. And here, to begin our adventure, is the original film prelude.” A five-minute video follows, with “backstage clips” of the making of Captain EO. Now, Captain EO is back to change the world again. A woman’s voice explains, “Almost 25 years ago, the power of music, dance, and imagination came together to create an amazing, out-of-this-world adventure. The Captain EO logo is rotating on video screens. The auditorium has 550 seats, so the lobby has plenty of space too.īefore you enter the auditorium, watch the pre-show. Even on crowded days, when the park’s most popular attractions have waits of more than 100 minutes, you can usually get into the next showing. Oddly, there’s a canopy with FASTPASS machines. There don’t seem to be a lot of park guests making their way to the Magic Eye Theater. Now, in 2010, he’s remembered as a former superstar who died too young at age 50 on June 25, 2009. Back on September 12, 1986, when Captain EO premiered here (and six days later at Disneyland), Michael Jackson was arguably the world’s biggest pop music superstar. You can think of it as a short science fiction movie or as a long music video.īut one thing has changed. The Magic Eye Theater is once again showing this 3D extravaganza from 1986-a George Lucas production starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Coppola. Captain EO, which used to be shown here but was replaced in 1994 by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, is back! As you wander around Yester Future World, you come across a surprise.