Horizons
NEWS
UPDATES
(newest first)
Links page updated
Rather a lot of dead links - who knew web pages move or disappear after 9 years!?
Latest
news...
On
the Media page's
audio section,
I've just added
a voice dialogue
track for the
'Space Colony'
scene where the
family are docking
into the Brava
Centauri space
station with magnetic
shoes and Tommy
has lost one.
There's also the
unused music track
that was produced
for this scene
but not used.
The track's basis
is "Where
has my little
dog gone?".
Have a listen!
New
server
It's been over
a year since I
had to move the
horizons1.com
website to its
own dedicated
server to cope
with the huge
data transfers
the videos caused.
Over a 1 year
period, the site
transfered over
3,300 Gigabytes
of data. Unfortunately
this cost me $980
a year to facilitate,
and the adverts
brought in a total
of $30, so the
videos now stream
from video site
Vimeo via Martin
Smith's account.
The videos actually
play faster and
take less time
to buffer, and
so I've been able
to add more of
Martin's excellent
videos from other
Future World pavilions.
Check out the
updated media
page for the definitive
Horizons and Future
World videos!
Thanks go as always
to Martin Smith.
New
link added - you'll
want to see this!
Set
aside a few hours
and check out
the links
page
for some behind
the scenes Horizons
photos and videos
from the 'Mesa
Verde Times' photo
blog and YouTube videos.
Feedback
Updated
At
long last I've
been able to update
the page of feedback
I receive via
email (click 'Contact'
above and scroll
down that page).
It's always great
to hear what people
are thinking /
feeling about
Horizons when
they visit this
site. I'm glad
it's making so
many people happy!
All
videos online
I've
moved the website
to a new server
so that I can
put more of the
original videos
online which used
to bring the site
down due to data
transfer limits.
Please download
them one at a
time to give everyone
a chance to see
them.
Refurbished
Spaceship Earth
The lady
from the space
scene directing
the astronaut
on Horizons makes
an appearance
in the computer
scene on Spaceship
Earth! The 'choose
your ending' (albeit
wholly on a touch
screen computer)
tips its hat to
Horizons too!
Horizons
Ride Vehicle for
sale
From an email
- there is an
original Horizons
ride vehicle on
eBay for $11k.
No one placed
a bid. It has
now been relisted.
In
the orange groves
From YouTube -
a new video from
inside the orange
groves! Horizons
fans from the
'Mesa Verde Times'
blog used to secretly
sneak out of the
ride vehicle and
document the ride
scenes before
it closed. Go
to the media
page to watch
it!
Innoventions
Exhibit
From
an email - in
the exhibit in
innoventions for
the 25th, they
have the robot
from the 1920s
future scene on
display.
Horizons
Animatronic Costumes
From an email
- "there
is an auction
on ebay for an
original animatronic
costume from the
Horizons attraction."
In fact there
are 2 costumes.
One is the costume
from the 'mini'
animatronic daughter
seen through the
holophone, and
the other is the
dressing gown
from the gentleman
in the 'Easy living'
scene. They both
sold for quite
a sum!
We
now have a news
page
Although Horizons
has gone, it seems
to still influence
certain ride refurbs
at Epcot. And
sometimes interesting
items appear on
eBay. We'll post
items of interest
on this page.
Do
you like our new
look site?
We have a new
logo at the top,
and more 'toned
down' colours.
We think it's
very 'the future
in 1983'!
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