Epcot’s popular hang-gliding simulation ride, Soarin’, will close for a revamp January 4, 2016. Details of the transformation have been rumored for awhile, but no specific dates were known until now. A third theater will be built, an addition that should help spread out the crowds in the always-busy attraction. The existing theaters will receive new digital screens and projection systems.
A new film for the attraction, Soarin’ Around the World, is already in development. In the current iteration, guests fly above scenic California. The new film will take them over attractions around the world, such as The Great Wall of China and the African savannas.
Soarin’ will reopen in summer 2016, but an exact date was not announced.
Leah grew up in a little farming town in Illinois, right on the Mississippi River. Her Chicago-born husband, David, left the city for her, and they're now raising their three children (Jacob, Jonah and Lydia) just 12 miles from her hometown. As the Senior Editor of the DIS (wdwinfo.com), Leah spends a lot of time writing about, reading about, and discussing Disney. So, it should come as no surprise that one of her family's favorite ways to spend time is going to Walt Disney World and traveling on Disney Cruise Line. She also enjoys shopping, watching movies with her husband and doing crafts with and for her kids.
