Wonders of Life
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The Wonders of Life pavilion was an attraction at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It was devoted to health care, focusing on the human body, physical fitness, medicine and nutrition.[1] Attractions included Body Wars and Cranium Command. It is located inside a golden colored dome between Mission: SPACE (formerly Horizons) and Wonders of Xandar (formerly Universe of Energy). It opened on October 19, 1989,[2] and closed on January 1, 2007. From 2007 to 2018, the Pavilion acted as EPCOT's Festival Center, before becoming a construction site in March 2019 in preparation for the upcoming Play! Pavilion to replace it.
Wonders of Life | |
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Epcot | |
Area | Future World |
Status | Removed |
Cost | US $100 million |
Opening date | October 19, 1989 |
Closing date | January 1, 2007 |
Replaced by | Play! Pavilion (World Discovery) |
Ride statistics | |
Attraction type | Simulator ride (Body Wars) Theater (Cranium Command, The Making of Me, Goofy About Health) Exhibits (Fitness Fairgrounds & Frontiers of Medicine) |
Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
Theme | Life, body, health, and fitness |
Height | 75 ft (23 m) |
Site area | 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) |
Geodesic dome size | 65 ft (20 m) high and 250 ft (76 m) in diameter |
Sponsor | MetLife (1989–2001) None (2001-2007) |
The original attractions within the building have been closed and partially removed. In February 2019, it was announced that a new Play! Pavilion would be built in the domed show building formerly occupied by Wonders of Life, and was originally scheduled to open in time for Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary in 2021, but due to the park's temporary closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, the pavilion's opening date was delayed indefinitely.