Ellen's Energy Adventure
Ellen's Energy Adventure is an attraction located in Epcot.
Ride Summary
Ellen's Energy Adventure is a 45 minute attraction with consists of four movies and a dark ride.
Preshow Film
As guests enter the attractions first room, they can see a dark movie screen on the wall. After everyone is in the room, 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. Ellen tells guests that while she is an expert on a lot of things, not to long ago she could have cared less about energy. She says that one day everything changed as she was watching TV in her apartment. When she snaps her fingers (for a second time) we are transported back to her apartment, where we hear the TV announcer saying, "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 show with Ellen. The announcer tells guests that the first contestant is a professor of energy at Princeton University, named Dr. Judy Peterson. 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 in the current time appears to tell guests that every time somebody takes a nap in front of the TV that means their going to have a dream. The scene then shifts to Ellen's dream (or nightmare), which has her appearing on Jeopardy along with Dr. Judy Peterson and Albert Einstein. Alex Trebeck (the host of Jeopardy) then tells the contestants the categories, 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.
In total the preshow video is about 8 minutes long, following the video guests enter a theater where they are seated in one of six seating areas.
Theater Film 1
After everyone is seated in the first theater, the theater turns 180 degrees so that it facing another large screen. Ellen and Bill are now 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 emerge, 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 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.
The first theater film is approximately six minutes. After it concludes, the theater seats break up into six ride vehicles and guests proceed into the next room.
The first theater films
Primeval Diorama
When guests enter the Primeval Diorama scene, they can no longer see Ellen and Bill. They can however, hear both of their voices as they proceed through the scene. The first thing that guests hear 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. In the Primeval scene, the first creatures that guests encounter are a giant millipede and Edaphosaurus. Further on, guests can see a giant Brotosauruses eating swamp plants who sneezes on guests. Nearby duck-billed Trachodons can be seen bathing in small body of water.
Perhaps the most recognizable scene in the attraction features an Allosaurus and a Stegosaurus fighting on a cliff. Nearby Pteranodons are perched around an erupting volcano. Guests can also see Ellen fighting off a Elasmosaurus with a stick. As she defends against the dinosaur she says:
"Don't make me use this thing! Stop it! You don't wanna eat me! I'll make you lose your appetite"
Guests then leave the Audio Anamatronic portion of the show, and they enter another theater. Here, the vehicles reassemble and guests watch a 12 minute live action film.
