How did 1950s imagineers envision the future? As a galaxy-minded community filled with monorails, rockets and Googie-style architecture, apparently. In 1998 this ‘land’ was revamped to honor three timeless futurists – Jules Verne, HG Wells, and Leonardo da Vinci – while major corporations like Microsoft, Honda, Siemens and HP sponsor futuristic robot shows and interactive exhibits in the Innoventions pavilion .
The retro high-tech monorail glides to a stop in Tomorrowland, its rubber tires traveling a 13-minute, 2.5-mile round-trip route to Downtown Disney. Just outside Tomorrowland station, kiddies will want to shoot laser beams on Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blaster adventure and drive their own miniature cars in the classic Autopia ride (don't worry, they're on tracks – drive too slowly, and you may get bumped from behind!). Then jump aboard the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage to look for the world's most famous clownfish from within a refurbished submarine and rumble through an underwater volcanic eruption.
Star Tours clamps you into a Starspeeder shuttle for a wild and bumpy 3D ride through the desert canyons of Tatooine on a space mission with several alternate storylines, so you can ride it again and again. Space Mountain , Tomorrowland’s signature attraction and one of the USA’s best roller coasters, hurtles you into complete darkness at frightening speed. Another classic is Captain EO , a special-effects tribute film, starring none other than Michael Jackson.
