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Ride
The Land
at Walt Disney World's Epcot Theme Park
Living With the Land
 Opened
in 1982 this environmental greenhouse and presentation has been a site seeing
attraction for all ages at Epcot.
With such a long history of economical developments this greenhouse and fish
farm host an array of technology based advancements into the food production
field. Making innovative advancements into the agricultural plain;
Disney has allowed you to take a brief peak into their findings. This
first hand experience is both educational and incredibly interesting, and the
boat ride just adds to it!
Jump into boats and glide
along a track through the exhibit.
Although the ride used to be narrated by an employee on the boat with you, it is
now fully automated, making a shorter wait time.
Visit deserts and rainforests as you learn about the worlds lush and
desolate areas for agricultural use.
Can Disney turn the desert into an Oasis? Listen and watch as
Disney explains its future applications for the innovative ideas that you will
find in the greenhouse.
The boat ride then
takes you to the largest six acre pavilion in the Epcot greenhouse as you travel
through the separate exhibits. Witness massive hanging
cucumbers, Mickey Mouse shaped pumpkins and more!
Disney has been working alongside NASA to be able to farm food in outer
space to supply future space colonies.
See a full length presentation of nearly forty animatronics and audio to
explain the future of Epcot’s greenhouse!
 Float
past the farm tanks full of exotic fish and massive amounts of common seafood products.
Observe the hundreds of fish as they swim in schools around the massive housing
tanks.
See examples of technology as it boosts the speed of growth and size of
the fish that Epcot is farming. marvel at
a tank full of Florida’s most renowned animal, the Florida Alligator!
Just outside the boat ride is
a restaurant where you can buy vegetables, fish, and exotic foods that are in
the greenhouse and the fish farm.
Taste some of the food grown for space, or take a bite out of one of the massive
hanging cucumbers! And if your a little adventurous, order the Mickey
mouse shaped vegetables.
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