Living with the Land
| Living with the Land | |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | October 1, 1982 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Hybrid dark ride/greenhouse tour |
| Designer | Chiquita Brands International (2011–2020) |
 Disney Genie+ Lightning Lane Available | |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
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Living with the Land (originally Listen to the Land) is a slow-moving boat ride consisting of a
Ride experience
The dark-ride portion of the attraction opens with a scene of a deciduous forest in the middle of a thunderstorm, illustrating how the forces that shape the land can appear destructive to us. The boat then sails through artificial biomes representing a tropical rainforest, a desert and the American prairie.
The second part of the attraction takes place in The Land's "Living Laboratory", which showcases ideas about the future of agriculture. All of the plants in this section are grown through various methods of hydroponics. Plants are grown in sand, perlite, coconut coir and rockwool.
There are five distinct areas of the "living laboratory", which are:
- Tropics Greenhouse - This greenhouse features crops from the tropical areas of the world, including both familiar and exotic foods. Plants on display include java apple and papaya.
- Aquacell - This section focuses on The Seaspavilion.
- Temperate Greenhouse (formerly the Desert Greenhouse) - A greenhouse featuring crops from temperate climates. Currently, the Temperate house showcases large-sized crops, such as Prizewinner and Atlantic Giant cassabanana.
- String Greenhouse (formerly the Production Greenhouse) - This greenhouse focuses on innovative high-density techniques, such as pumpkins are grown in the shape of Mickey Mousethrough the use of special molds. Much of the produce grown in the String Greenhouse is used in The Garden Grill and Sunshine Seasons, both restaurants in The Land pavilion. In total, over 30 tons of produce are harvested from The Land each year.
- Creative Greenhouse - The final greenhouse in the attraction shows some unusual ideas about the future of agriculture. Most of the plants in Creative House are grown via swiss chard, marigold and snapdragon.
Additionally, the Living Laboratory contains:
- Biotechnology Lab - Attached to the Creative Greenhouse, the Biotechnology Lab is a sterile research environment. Several USDAscientists are on-site at The Land, performing research on crop improvement. The Land also produces a product called "Mickey's Mini Gardens" in the Biotechnology Lab, which are available for purchase in several locations in Epcot.
- Integrated Pest Management Lab - An ladybugs.
The ride concludes with a lighted collage of people and produce from all over the world, along with a projection of Earth as seen from space.
Holiday overlays
During the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, the attraction is transformed into "Living with the Land - Glimmering Greenhouses".[3] While the dark-ride portion of the attraction remains unchanged, the greenhouses are enhanced with holiday lighting and decorations, and the narration is updated to describe how the foods produced in the greenhouses are used in holiday celebrations around the world.[4]
Listen to the Land
Living with the Land is an updated version of a previous attraction, Listen to the Land. Very little was changed between the two versions of the attraction. The opening scene, the "Symphony of the Seed", which provided a stylized look at the growth of a plant, was replaced by the opening storm scene.[1][5] Also, the Biotechnology lab was relocated from the exit tunnel to the Creative Greenhouse. The Integrated Pest Management Lab is now housed in the space formerly occupied by the Biotechnology Lab. The ride has been updated to use an automated guide, not a cast-member.
Also, the theme song "Listen to the Land" is no longer used in the attraction, though an instrumental version can still be heard in The Land's exterior background music loop as well the music loop played inside the Garden Grill. They are currently using portions of various other pieces, including "Rain Forest Rhapsody" and "Dawn of a New Day".
Image gallery
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A demonstration of non-traditional agriculture in the greenhouse of The Land pavilion, as seen from Living with the Land -
A demonstration of intercropping, as seen in the greenhouse of The Land pavilion, as seen from Living with the Land -
A "tomato tree" -
Pepper plants in "Verti-Gro" columns
See also
- Epcot attraction and entertainment history
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7868-6248-3.
- ^ "Most tomatoes harvested from one plant in one year". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays begins. Here is everything to experience". clickorlando.com. Graham Media Group. November 27, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ "Living with the Land – Glimmering Greenhouses". Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ISBN 0-8109-0819-0.
External links
Media related to Living with the Land at Wikimedia Commons
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