Wonders of Life
Marked by a towering model of a DNA strand, and housed under a huge geodesic dome, the Wonders of Life pavilion teaches fun lessons on health and the human body. This huge pavilion offers three main attractions: the Fitness Fairgrounds, which dominates the pavilion with many activities and shows; Body Wars, an exciting simulator ride through the human body; and Cranium Command, a funny show about the mind of a 12-year-old boy. You should schedule at least a couple of hours to see and do all of Wonders of Life.
Interesting and little known facts
-the huge DNA strand outside the pavilion is 76 feet tall, weighs 25-tons, and would accomodate a person millions of miles tall!
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Fitness Fairgrounds
Guests are immersed in the Fitness Fairgrounds as soon as they enter the building. This huge, sprawling area features many interesting activities and shows about health and the human body. The activities include Wonder Cycles, stationary bikes with TV screens that let you cycle through 3 locales including Disneyland; Coach's Corner, where you can get your golf, tennis, and baseball swings analyzed by a computer and then receive advice; The Sensory Funhouse, an area full of activities pertaining to the senses; Met Lifestyle Revue, where a computer will give you health advice; and Frontiers of Medicine, an exhibit about medical research and technology. One activity that's not to be missed is the Metlife Family Reunion. at this exhibit, you talk with a live person, via video screens, who will ask you some questions such as your name and address and then tell you that you're going to receive something in the mail when you get home. Although this exhibit isn't very interesting, what you receive in the mail makes a great souvenir. When you get home from your vacation you receive a large envelope that contains the Metlife Good News Gazette and a letter regarding their search for policyholders. The gazette is the best part since it contains the names of everyone in your group, the date of your visit, and much more! The shows in the Fitness Fairgrounds include the AnaComical Players, a humorous improvisational theatre group; The Making of Me, a 14-minute film on child birth starring Martin Short; and Goofy About Health, a montage of Goofy cartoons on the topic of health.
Interesting and little known facts
-the writer and director of the film "The Making of Me", Glenn Gordon Caron, directed the popular TV show "Moonlighting"!
Body Wars
Using simulator technology, Body Wars takes guests on a thrilling and fascinating voyage through the human bloodstream. According to the ride's story, a company which specializes in miniaturation has sent a doctor into a human body to remove a splinter. You, and 43 other guests, also go along to help the doctor out. After your vehicle is shrunk and sent in throguh the nose, you quickly find the doctor. Unfortunatley, she is attacked and carried off by white blood cells, leaving you to recue her. Guests get bounced back and forth as they carren throguh the bloodstream after the helpless doctor, and almost get caught in the turbulence within the heart. After a long, rough ride, guests finally rescue the doctor and everyone gets safely out of the body.
Cranium Command
This funny 17-minute show, which explores the relationship between the mind and the body, combines Audio-Animatronics, film, and special effects, to create one of the best shows in Epcot. In the preshow area, guests watch a film in watch "General Knowledge" is recruiting pilots to control people's brains. Buzzy, a young and inexperienced pilot, is assigned to the most volatile brain of all, that of a 12-year-old boy! When the film ends, guests move into the main theatre, which is actually the inside of the 12-year-old boy's head, and meet the Audio-Animatronic Buzzy. As guests watch through the boy's eyes (two circular movie screens), he fumbles through his day due to problems inside his head. Buzzy is having problems with other parts of the body, including the stomach (represented by George Wendt), the adrenal gland (Bobcat Goldthwait), the heart (Dana Carvery and Kevin Nealon from "Saturday Night Live") and the left and right brain (Charles Grodin and John Lovitz respectively). In the end, with some guidance from "General Knowledge", Buzzy gets all the parts of the body to cooperate together.
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