39. Horizons
To the south of World Showcase is Future World, Epcot's celebration of the human application of nature and technology. One of the original landmarks of the park was Horizons.
As the Carousel of Progress was initially a look into the future from the post-war '50s and '60s, Horizons, the spiritual successor of the Carousel, is the modern age's view of the future. The modern age in this case being 1983, but hey, that's better than 1964.
An innocuous airport concourse("futureport") transforms into an omnimover port, where the ride begins in the most obvious of places: the past. Entitled "Looking Back At Tomorrow," the vehicles move past scenes of previous predictions of the future, from Jules Verne on. Your omnicar moves on to a view of the present, brought to you by two giant honkin' OMNIMAX dome screens, showing how we can utilize modern(1983) technologies and ideas to further the future.
Finally it moves into the ride's finale: the future. A grand city of the future, desert, space and underwater colonization are all featured and you're given the choice of viewing one further in a quick 30-second film
While Horizons was one of the earliest Epcot attractions to close, it stands as the first attraction in Disney history with something special: interactivity.
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