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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 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 theater, 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 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.
Following 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. 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 Earth'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.
[[Image:Dinoellen.jpg|300px|thumb|The Brotosauruses eating swamp plants.]]
 
Up ahead, guests see perhaps the most recognizable scene in the attraction- an Allosaurus and a Stegosaurus fighting on a cliff. Nearby Pteranodons are perched around an erupting volcano. Further on, guests can see Ellen fighting off an Elasmosaurus with a stick. As she defends against the dinosaur she says:
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 2000 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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