EPCOT Center

((Sorry it took so long to answer, but here you go!))

WONDERS OF LIFE: I didn’t even know there WAS controversy. Being asleep so much has made it…hard to keep up. East, do you know what they’re talking about?

INNOVENTIONS EAST: Yes. Back in 2012, when my exhibit Habit Heroes first opened for previews, it was about becoming a superhero of sorts to fight bad habits, personified as villains. The problem was that some of these villains were overweight, while the heroes, well…weren’t.

LIFE: Oh. I can see why you’re asking ME about this. What kind of bad habits were these villains supposed to be, East?

EAST: Snacking was definitely one of them.

LIFE: Of /course/ it was. Well, as a pavilion formerly centered on health, I can tell you that overweight and unhealthy are by no means the same thing. You can be fat and perfectly fine! So I can see why that might be a problem. I wouldn’t want anyone thinking there’s something wrong with them when there really isn’t!

EAST: They did change the exhibit to be more sensitive after that. Not that it really matters, since…it’s closed now.

LIFE: Closed? I really /am/ behind on pavilion business. Especially with you, East. I don’t seem to remember you talking this much.

EAST: Yes, well…usually West did most of the talking. I’m afraid the same thing’s happening to West as what happened to you.

LIFE: What do you mean?

WONDERS OF LIFE: It’s rare, but it happens. Usually, we show symptoms when we’re in need of refurbishment, which is nothing a little routine maintenance can’t fix. But occasionally we do suffer colds and the like. It’s a strange phenomenon, and I still haven’t quite figured out how it happens.

Though I do have a theory that it’s linked with loss of sponsorship. The one time I suffered our equivalent of the common cold was in the fall of 2000, the same year my contract with MetLife ran out. 

It wasn’t terrible by itself; just a stuffy nose, a sore throat, fatigue, and the occasional itching. What really made it bad was having to run an attraction building, especially one as big as mine.

SPACESHIP EARTH: As far as official park stuff is concerned, that’s all in World Showcase. They have Holidays Around the World, and that special Illuminations…really, they’re the keeper of the Christmas stuff.

INNOVENTIONS EAST: And related holiday stuff.

EARTH: Right. We need to be inclusive.

INNOVENTIONS WEST: We make sure to go to World Showcase’s events every year! There’s always one night in December when we all watch holiday Illuminations together!

WONDERS OF LIFE: Well, most of us do.

WEST: Oh, yeah. Sorry.

LIFE: It’s alright. Actually, this year, Land and Imagination put together a party for me, so I’m good!

IMAGINATION: In fact, a lot of us have our own little holiday parties! I invented a machine just for that! It has red and green lights, and it plays Christmas music, and it provides food.

LAND: Can’t forget the food! This year, I tried to make a Christmas tree out of salad. It came out a lot flatter than I planned, but it was all from the greenhouses!

SEAS: You guys are so crafty! All I did was draw Nemo in a Santa hat.

ENERGY: Hey, it’s a good Nemo! My festive dinosaurs look like snakes.

TEST TRACK: I’m not much for drawing, but I DID make the most Christmas-looking car I could think of. Also, I was going to have people play “Jingle Bell Rock” while riding around the loop, but apparently that’s against safety rules.

MISSION: SPACE: Ooh! Maybe they can do that on my ride! It’d have to be Green Team, though. I don’t think anyone can play an instrument while spinning. Anyway, what about you, Horizons? Did you used to do anything?

HORIZONS: It was all about traditional family Christmases for me. The cast of my ride would gather around, open presents, and enjoy a nice family dinner…in space, of course.

((Buildings with faces: Just what it says. Draw a face on the “golf ball,” and that’s who Spaceship Earth is here.

SadCot: Here, the rules haven’t been specially made to minimize sadness. For one thing, Horizons didn’t become a ghost after he died; he’s just gone. Other possibilities include World of Motion dying and being replaced by Test Track instead of becoming Test Track, as well as Wonders of Life forgetting who he was before the Festival Center days.

Human AU: No list of non-human characters’ AUs is complete without one of these! There are several versions of this, but in the main one, the pavilions are all the ages they appear to be, not the ones they actually are. For example, Innoventions East and West would be mischievous 14-year-old kids, not 33-year-old adults. Human names are to be determined.

Other human AUs:

High school: The pavilions are all high school students.

Cast Member: They each work at their respective pavilion instead of being the pavilion.

Retro future: Takes place in a Tomorrowland-eqsue world of technological advancements.

SPACESHIP EARTH: For future reference, when you say all the pavilions, Wonders of Life is automatically included! We didn’t disown him or anything. Anyway...parents, huh? Well, naturally, we’d all be great parents, considering we live in a family park and all!

INNOVENTIONS EAST: I believe they want more specific answers than that.

EARTH: I know that. To be honest, I was stalling. As for me specifically, I’d have to balance being a park icon and being a dad, but I think I could do it. I’d give my kid VIP tours all the time, take a lot of pictures, and hey, if they wanted to be the icon of their own park someday, I’d gladly give them some pointers! Whatever they did, though, I’d be so proud of Tomorrow’s Child.

EAST: That’s the name of his former theme song, for those of you that don’t get it.

WEST: Alright, my turn! I’ll speak for both us Innoventionses when I say the kid’s aunt (or uncle, depending on which one of us is the parent), would be way more involved in their life than aunts and uncles usually are.

EAST: At least they’d have tech support.

WEST: Yeah, we’d be in full support of all their dang gadgets and gizmos!

ENERGY: I would stress environmental friendliness. If, for some reason, we weren’t living in my house, I’d be sure to install solar panels.

LAND: And I’d make sure they picked up their trash! And I’d make all their meals, of course. With food from my green houses! I know they already use it for the restaurants, but I’m sure they wouldn’t miss one person’s worth of food.

IMAGINATION: Wait, wait. If they allowed us to become parents? Meaning it’s possible?

WONDERS OF LIFE: If we adopted. Other than that, the only way for us to have biological children would be if they built a pavilion with traits borrowed from two of us. And it would have to be two of us; if they just built a new Horizons, for example, he would likely consider them his younger sibling.

HORIZONS: No, I’d say they’re my child. And I’d take them on plenty of family vacations! Hopefully they would have a Brava Centuari, and a Mesa Verde, and a Sea Castle.

MISSION: SPACE: Horizons, if you could parent as a ghost, you’d convince them that their future will be so bright, they’ll need to wear a helmet visor. As for me, I...I don’t know! I mean, technically I’m only 12 years old!

WEST: East and I are permanently stuck at around 14, physically, so...

SPACE: Alright! So if I were older...I’d make life...exciting? Bother them with space facts? This is hard. So who hasn’t gone yet?

TEST TRACK: Just putting this out there: you probably shouldn’t let me teach them how to drive. I’m not scared enough of crashing into things.

SEAS: Well, at least you’re honest! I’d teach them how to swim as soon as possible! Don’t worry; I’d use floaties. And those pool noodles; I like those.

IMAGINATION: I technically never answered the question! Okay, so you know how kids are always playing pretend and claiming their teacher’s a vampire or something like that? I would support that completely. Oh, and Figment would be their big brother!

ENERGY: A dragon for a brother? That’ll make their friends jealous!

WONDERS OF LIFE: I sure have seen Inside Out! Imagination showed me the preview last Flower and Garden Festival, and then she got a copy of the movie last Food and Wine. It was a lot of fun, and kind of nostalgic, in a way! So I wouldn’t mind hosting something with Joy and company in it.

Though I might need a slightly new theme for that. Back when I was really Wonders of Life, I stood for the physical body, not the abstract realm of the mind. Even Cranium Command, if you remember, had the stomach, the heart, the adrenal gland, and all those other organs having their say in Bobby’s head, not his emotions or subconscious.

In fact, if I were to host Inside Out attractions, they might need to change my name to Wonders of Riley’s Mind! But that would be fine by me; I’d love to become a year round pavilion again, no matter what they do with me!

((Which World Showcase pavilion would you most want to see as a character?

1. Mexico

2. Norway

3. China

4. Germany

5. Italy

6. The American Adventure

7. Japan

8. Morocco

9. France

10. The UK

SPACESHIP EARTH: You mean the one in World Showcase…Norway, right?

INNOVENTIONS EAST: Yes.

EARTH: I thought so. But wait, Frozen doesn’t even take place in Norway! Somewhat defeats the purpose of World Showcase, if you ask me, but hey. Maybe it’ll be good.

THE SEAS: As long as Elsa doesn’t freeze my water, it’s fine by me!

TEST TRACK: Are you gonna go backwards down the falls like you did on the old boat ride? That was fun!

MISSION: SPACE: What was there before? I haven’t gone up to the countries much.

IMAGINATION: Maelstrom! It’s still sad to see it go. I had so many ideas for an update…

ENERGY: I’m gonna miss the oil rig.

LAND: It’s always sad to lose a ride, but I’m more bothered by the excessive Frozen, to be honest. Don’t get me wrong; I liked it, but there are other movies out there, you know? It’s like having a balanced diet.

WONDERS OF LIFE: *yawn* That’s a good way to put it, Land.