Meet the World would have followed a young boy, a young girl and a magical crane, as they led the audience through Japan’s history. The show would have consisted of four acts which would use in theater effects, projections, and Audio Animatronics, to tell the story. Act I was going to show the origin of Japan’s islands and their volcanic beginnings. The audience would have been introduced to their hosts, as they traveled back to islands early history. Act II, would have featured Japan reaching out to the world, and the world coming it. It would have ended with the country in self-imposed isolationism. Act III was going to show the battle between the proponents of isolationism and the proponents of expansionism. Finally, Act IV would have showed Japan just after the 1940s, now a modern nation, and once again reaching out to the world. A final T scene would then have featured the hosts saying goodbye. Unlike the Carousel of Progress, the seats would be in the center and the scenes would rotate.
Although the show was designed and ready to go, during construction errors were found in the show building. It was decided that a new show building would need to be created, and this put the future of the attraction in jeopardy. With Epcot already over budget, the attraction was eventually pushed to Phase II of Epcot, with the expectation that the attraction would open in late 1983.
Unfortunately, Phase II of Epcot never came to fruition. Funds that were originally earmarked for World Showcase were instead diverted to the construction of Horizons, the [[The Living Seas]] and the [[Journey into Into Imagination]] attraction. Others speculate, that the attraction was not built because the show glossed over Japan's involvement in World War II. Either way, since the attraction was never built, other ideas have been suggested for the empty show building. One idea, called for a Circlevision-360 film aboard a bullet train. In the early 1990s, Imagineers pitched an indoor roller-coaster, which was to be housed inside a replica of Mount Fuji. Fuji Film offered to cover the coast of the coaster’s construction and operation, in return for sponsorship. The deal stalled however, due to Kodak’s unhappiness with Fuji Film moving into Disney World. Eventually, plans for the coaster fell through and the show building remains unused.
==Attractions==
Although not specific to Italy, guests travel to the pavilion when playing the interactive Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure.