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Ellen's Energy Adventure

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==Attraction Summary==
 Ellen's Energy Adventure is a 45 minute attraction with consists of four movies films and a dark ride.
===Preshow===
As guests enter the attraction’s first room, they can see a dark movie screen on the wall. After everyone is in the roomtheater, Ellen DeGeneres walks onto the screen and begins to talk to the audience. Ellen introduces herself as the spokeswomen for the Universe of Energy, which she admits is somewhat surprising. She then tells guests that while she is an expert on a lot of things, not too long ago she could have cared less about energy. Ellen then explains that one day everything changed as she was watching TV in her apartment. With a snap of her fingers (for a second time) Ellen transports guests back to her apartment, where they hear the TV announcer say, "This is ... Jeopardy!" As Ellen is watching Jeopardy, her neighbor Bill Nye the Science Guy walks in. Bill says he came over to borrow some foil for an experiment , but soon enough he is watching the game show too. The announcer then tells guests that the first contestant on that days day's Jeopardy is a professor of energy at Princeton University, named Dr. Judy Peterson. Hearing this, Ellen exclaims that Judy was her "know it all" roommate in college. Ellen claims that both Judy and energy are stupid, which Bill disagrees with before leaving. After Bill leaves, Ellen says that even if the universe needs energy, she doesn't, before she falls asleep.
At this point Ellen Back in the present time , Ellen appears again in order to tell guests that every time somebody takes a nap in front of the TV , that means they are going to have a dream. The scene then shifts to Ellen's dream (or nightmare) in which she is appearing on Jeopardy! alongside Dr. Judy Peterson and Albert Einstein. Alex Trebek (the host of Jeopardy!) tells the contestants the categories for the day’s show, which all have to do with energy. After the end of the first round, Judy has $17,800 while Einstein has zero and Ellen has negative money. Although defeated, Ellen declares that since it is her dream she can still win. Bill Nye then appears (to meet Einstein) and agrees to teach Ellen about energy, by taking her back in time.
[[Image:Jamie.jpg|thumb|250px|Judy Peterson, Ellen's rival on Jeopardy.]]
Following the this 8 minutes preshow video, guests enter a theater where they are seated in one of six seating areas.
===First Film===
After everyone is seated in the first theater, the theater itself turns 180 degrees so that guests are facing another large screen, which . This new screen shows Ellen and Bill standing in almost complete darkness. Although Ellen is confused, Bill explains that they are going to witness the Big Bang, which many scientists believe is how the universe started. Bill tells Ellen that they are about to witness how the universe formed, and that they should probably get out of the way. All of the sudden, the universe explodes and guests see a high speed depiction of how the Earth was created. In the scene, volcanoes erupt, mountains are formed, and vegetation covers the Earth. Bill then emerges from a jungle and tells Ellen that they are "two hundred twenty million years in the earthEarth's past, give or take a day". When Ellen asks Bill where all the energy is, Bill explains that when the plants and animals that they see around them die, "time, pressure and heat" will turn them into fossil fuels. Bill then says he wants to go explore, and while Ellen is at first hesitant, a dinosaur roaring convinces her to go. Following the six minute film, the theater seats break into six ride vehicles and guests proceed into the next room.  
===Primeval Diorama===
 After leaving the theater, guests find themselves in the Primeval Diorama, where they can no longer see Ellen and Bill (although they can hear their voices as they proceed through the scene). The first thing that guests hear in the Primeval Diorama is Ellen talking to a roaring dinosaur , who she has mistaken for Bill. After Bill calls her over, the two reunite and move with guests through the scene. The first creatures that guests encounter are a giant millipede and Edaphosaurus. Further on, guests can see a giant Brontosauruses eating swamp plants who . The large dinosaur then sneezes on guests, while nearby , duck-billed Trachodons can be seen bathing in a small body of water.
[[Image:Dinoellen.jpg|300px|thumb|The Brotosauruses eating swamp plants.]]
Guests then leave the Audio Animatronic portion of the show, and they enter the second theater.
 
===Radio Broadcast===
After entering the theater, the attraction’s ride vehicles reassemble and guests hear a radio broadcast. The broadcast says that the year is 55 million B.C. and Willard Scott informs them that the forecast calls for a decrease in the dinosaur population and an increase in mammals. The radio also mentions that cockroaches are “two hundred million years old today", but that an incoming comet might get rid of them. The radio announcer then calls for a traffic report, from which guests learn that the mammals are continuing to boom.
The radio broadcast then changes to one million B.C. and guests learn that mammals are now dominating the Earth, while Dinosaurs have gone extinct. Willard Scott then gives another weather broadcast in which says that the Earth is getting colder and mammals need to cover themselves in fur. Subsequently, The broadcast then shifts to 900,000 B.C., where guests learn that Woolly woolly mammals, saber-tooth cats, and giant antlers have begun to appear. Willard then informs guests that the glaciers are receding, the planet is getting warmer, and a new kind of mammal is soon to evolve. The radio broadcast then ends and guests watch another film. 
===Second Film===
 
The second film begins with Bill Nye back in the jungle. While he is looking for Ellen, she swings behind him on a vine and begins to protest the whole adventure. Bill informs her that they are at the dawn of humanity, and a very important discovery is about to take place. Guests then see a caveman discovering fire. Following this discovery a montage of man's progress using various forms of energy (including wind, steam, and gasoline) is shown. The montage ends with Bill and Ellen flying in a helicopter, with Ellen asserting that she is ready for Jeopardy!. Bill tells her that she is not quite ready, and he begins to explain potential future energy sources including solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy- which all have their own problems. Bill also explains fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil, saying that although these sources of energy will eventually run out, things like off shore drilling and satellites can help us find new sources. Bill and Ellen also discuss how nuclear and fusion energy could also be solutions to our energy problems. The two celebrities end up concluding that as long as we keep working on it, there should be lots of energy options in the future.
 
===Final Film===
 After completing her adventure, Ellen reappears on Jeopardy!. As the contestants are about to enter Double Jeopardy, Judy informs Alex that although they were roommates, she called Ellen "stupid Ellen". With Ellen getting to make the first selection, she surprises everybody by getting a $1000 dinosaur question right. This propels Ellen on to a series of correct answers, and at the end of Double Jeopardy Ellen is tied with Judy at $17,800 (with Einstein still at $0). With only Judy and Ellen competing in "Final Jeopardy" Alex gives them their topic- "The Future of Energy". Alex then tells them that the Final Jeopardy answer is, : "This is the one source of power that will never run out". As the Jeopardy music plays the announcer tells guests:
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As the contestants finish their answers , the Jeopardy announcer tells the audience that, "Some contestants on Jeopardy! will receive a year's supply of energy. ‘Energy You Make the World Go 'Round’". This is a not so subtle reference to the theme song of the old Universe of Energy attraction.
When Alex asks Judy for her answer to the Final Jeopardy question, she tells him that she wrote nothing down because there is no right answer. Alex informs Judy that her answer is incorrect and that since she bet all her money, she will finish with nothing. Ellen ends up winning, after giving the correct answer of “brain power”, which leads to balloons falling down and Bill congratulating her. Back in the present time, Ellen concludes her story before jokingly telling guests to “look out for that dinosaur!” After the screen fades to black and guests hear a loud roar, the attraction ends.
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