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Living with the Land - Full Ride
Video (December 2004)
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High Resolution Widescreen, WMV, 14mins duration, 130MB
Thanks to Neil Harrison
Capacity:
2,736 per hour, 36-38 per boat (Living with the Land)
1,062 per hour, 428 per show (Circle of Life)
1,014 per hour, 250 per show (Food Rocks) NOW CLOSED
Show Time:
13:50 minutes (Living with the Land)
19:20 minutes (Circle of Life)
12:39 minutes (Food Rocks) NOW CLOSED
Speed: 2.0 fps (Living with the Land)
Ride System: Water Ride - Propulsion Pumps (Living with the Land)
Sit-down Theater (Circle of Life)
Sit-down Theater (Food Rocks) NOW CLOSED
Participant: Nestle, U.S.A.
Description (Circle of Life): A spectacular and challenging motion picture that examines man's relationship with the land, featuring characters from "The Lion King."
Description (Living with the Land): Set sail on a cruise that takes you through a tropical rain forest, the African desert, the American plains, and the farms of yesteryear. Discover the latest developments in aquaculture and desert farming, and get a first-hand look at experimental greenhouse methods.
Description (Food Rocks) NOW CLOSED: Good nutrition rocks in this Audio-Animatronics show featuring "Fud Wrapper" and a cast of familiar characters.
Squash plants suspended in thin air. A living redwood that fits in the palm of your hand. And corn plants that have been specially bred to resist damage from a deadly pest.
Walt Disney World guests at Epcot may encounter any of these innovations, and much more, at The Land pavilion, which offers a fascinating look at the environment, the foods we eat and creative ways to feed future generations.
The Land is presented by Nestlé USA, a company committed to worldwide nutrition research and helping to preserve the environment. The pavilion features “Living With the Land,” a boat ride through live plant and fish growing areas; “Behind the Seeds,” a special guided walking tour of the greenhouse growing areas; “Food Rocks,” a humorous musical show with famous rock 'n' roll performers; “Circle of Life,” a wide-screen film about our partnership with nature worldwide; and two dining experiences -- the Sunshine Season Food Fair and The Garden Grill Restaurant.
The pavilion’s entry mosaics -- each 134 feet long with 150,000 individually shaped pieces of marble, granite, slate, glass and gold to represent the layers of the Earth -- lead to the Great Hall.
Designed in rich hues of blue with graceful banners and kinetic hot-air balloons, the pavilion encourages guests to “think environmentally,” right down to prolific sayings printed on the walls near the queue for “Living With the Land” -- for example, “Once Our Natural Splendor Is Destroyed, It Can Never Be Recaptured” (Lyndon Baines Johnson); and “We Have Not Inherited the Earth From Our Forefathers, We Have Borrowed It From Our Children” (Kashmiri Proverb).
The centerpiece of The Land is “Living With the Land,” a narrated 14-minute boat journey through four greenhouses with crops from around the world and an aquaculture facility, the Aquacell. Sustainable agriculture -- crop production with a minimal impact on the environment -- is emphasized.
The journey opens with an introductory storm scene and a look at animated tropic, desert and prairie biomes that existed before humans arrived. A turn-of-the-century farm represents early attempts to cultivate the land.
The boat glides on into The Land’s experimental growing areas:
- The Tropics Greenhouse, growing crops native to Southeast Asia,
Africa, Latin America and the southern United States. Rice, sugar
cane, peanuts, cacao, bananas and a 59-foot peach palm flourish
under a 60-foot dome.
- The Aquacell, showcasing crops that swim -- fish and other aquatic
life including alligators, catfish, tilapia, sunshine bass and
American eel.
- The Temperate Greenhouse, featuring the concepts and technologies
of sustainable agriculture, including intercropping, integrated pest
management and specialized irrigation systems that reduce waste and
increase crop production.
- The Production Greenhouse, where tons of tomatoes, peppers,
lettuce and other vegetables are grown for use in The Land’s
Garden Grill Restaurant and other Epcot restaurants. Land scientists
utilize growing systems that are kinder to the environment and
improve productivity.
- The Creative House, showing imaginative ways to grow crops -- without soil, hanging in the air, even on a space station. USDA scientists currently are working at The Land to develop fruit with a longer shelf life.
‘Food Rocks’ Hip, Lighthearted Look at Nutrition - NOW CLOSED
Guests of all ages will rollick with “Food Rocks,” a rowdy concert
starring recognizable rock 'n' roll performers that take the shapes of
favorite foods -- the Peach Boys, Pita Gabriel and Chubby Cheddar, for
example. Füd Wrapper, based on Tone Loc, is the host of the concert.
On stage, the music stars become cartoon versions of the foods, singing classics that have been humorously altered for an unforgettable nutritional message. Other performers in the 12-minute show include The Utensils, a collection of kitchen gadgets based on the band Queen; The Refrigerator Police, singing a parody of “Every Breath You Take”; The Sole of Rock 'n' Roll, a fish based on Cher singing new lyrics to “The Shoop Shoop Song”; a piano-playing pineapple based on Little Richard; Neil Moussaka, a musical eggplant inspired by Neil Sedaka; and The Get-To-The-Point Sisters, based on The Pointer Sisters, singing a new version of “Respect.”
The Excess, antagonistic hard rockers, counter the nutritional message with an original song called “Give Us Junk.” The musical delivers lighthearted nutritional messages about reading food labels, a healthy diet and eating in moderation.
Film Takes Guests Through ‘Circle of Life’
The motion picture “Circle of Life” features animated characters
from “The Lion King” introducing a film that addresses the delicate
balance between humankind’s progress and the environment. Scenes were
filmed in more than 30 nations.
Guests Can Get a Closer Look
For guests who desire an in-depth tour, the “Behind the Seeds”
Greenhouse Tour is available. The Land scientists meet groups of up to
13 throughout the day for a 60-minute tour of the growing areas and
research labs. Epcot guests can ask questions and take a closer look at
environmentally friendly technologies such as integrated pest
management. Sign-up for the tours, generally 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., is at
the Green Thumb Emporium on the pavilion’s ground floor. There is a
nominal fee for the tour.
School students can participate in the Epcot Y.E.S. (Youth Education Series) “Harvests and Habitats” program. The half-day program, hosted by staff scientists, investigates man’s relationship with the planet, and includes a brief tour of The Land growing areas.
Dining at The Land
For informal snacks and meals, Sunshine Season Food Fair offers an array
of foods from barbecue to angel food cake topped with strawberries.
Eight themed counter-service “stalls” are on the lower level of the
pavilion, with seating at umbrella-topped tables.
Upstairs The Garden Grill Restaurant features a family-style feast, morning, mid-day and evening. Grilled smokehouse ham steak, scrambled eggs, grits, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit and more are on the breakfast menu. At lunch and dinner, rotisserie chicken, farm-raised fish and hickory-smoked steak top the offerings, plus a visit by favorite Disney characters.
The produce and fish harvested from The Land growing areas are used in both the Sunshine Season Food Fair and The Garden Grill Restaurant.
The restaurant revolves over scenes from the boat voyage below.