Epcot "The Making Of Me"?

[tkitty]

Has anyone seen The Making Of Me? I'd never heard of this, but saw it listed under Epcot. Where is this at and would it be at all entertaining to a 4-almost 5 year old boy who has a baby(bro or sis) on the way.He is interested in the baby, and what it's doing in momma's tummy. Would this be appropriate or more for the older kids? Disney lists it for big kids, but he might like the info, if its no too boring. Tips please!

 

[Mickey1122]

This was part of Body Wars, which has been closed for a while. Some have talked about it being open seasonally but I am not inclined to believe it.

 

[tkitty]

Thanks. I was just on the official WDW site looking at the attractions at each park and found it listed there. I would think that this info should be up to date. I wonder if it's just a hit and miss kind of thing, then. I guess we'll see soon.
Anyone else have info about this?

 

[DVC Jen]

Body Wars and The Making of Me are two seperate attractions. but they are housed in the building. And yes they are only open seasonally.

I think it would be perfect for your son. It is very interesting without giving too much info.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Both Body Wars and The Making of Me were a part of the Wonders of Life pavilion at Epcot. As already stated it is listed as "open seasonally" on the WDW website, but rumors are circling that last December was its last opening and it is now closed permanantly. Since it has been taken off the Epcot park maps, I am inclined to believe this, but you never know. If they do open it again, your best chance to experience it would be during holiday weekends, especially around Christmas time.

 

[Robo]

There was a lot of discussion on several threads a few months ago about whether "Wonders of Life" and its attractions, "Cranium Command", "Making of Me" and "Body Wars" were gone forever or just "resting" until needed ("Closed Seasonally").

Back then, the official WDW website had the most CONFUSING listing that said:
* Cranium Command: Open Seasonally [April 1- April 31, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Open Seasonally [April 1- April 31, 2006]

That led many (most) readers to believe that it meant that these attractions would be OPEN from (in this case) [April 1- April 31, 2006].

The contrary was true.
It actually meant that these attractions would "remain CLOSED" (in this case) [April 1- April 31, 2006].

But it was confusing BIG-TIME (and caused a lot of discussion between the posters as to its meaning).

WELL...
The Disney folks have "fixed" this confusing listing.

I copied the following (month-by-month) from the WDW Calendar Epcot site:

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wd...alendarParkHoursMonthlyViewPage&date=20061201

OPERATIONAL UPDATES

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [July 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [July 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [July 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006]

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [August 1, 2006 to August 31, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [August 1, 2006 to August 31, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [August 1, 2006 to August 31, 2006]

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [September 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [September 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [September 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006]

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [October 1, 2006 to October 31, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [October 1, 2006 to October 31, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [October 1, 2006 to October 31, 2006]

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [November 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [November 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [November 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006]

* Body Wars: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [December 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006]
* Cranium Command: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [December 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006]
* The Making of Me: Operates Seasonally; Temporarily Closed [December 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006]
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So, it looks like these attractions will NEVER re-open considering that they are not open at all during the Summer... not even around or on July 4th, one of THE busiest times at WDW... or over the BUSY Christmas holidays either.

Sad to say that, as I really loved these attractions, but at least the listings are no longer ambiguous.
I just wonder WHY they bother to specifically list them AT ALL??

Specifically to Body Wars, the rumor is that it is no longer even "in the building" as the ride system was supposedly shipped to another non-US Disney park for use as a "Star Tours" attraction at that park.
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BTW, "Making of Me" (the WoL film starring Martin Short) was created by Glenn Gordon Caron.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139111/

Mr. Caron was the creator/producer in the 1980's of the phenomenal ABC comedy "Moonlighting" (starring Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis) and Mr. Caron now has again scored high with the NBC smash-hit drama "Medium" (starring Patricia Arquette).
Mr. Caron is a master of filming "natural human comedy" scenes (the "family scenes" in Medium are VERY good) and likewise, "Making of Me" was a small masterpiece.

If they are never going to re-open the attraction, I hope Disney releases the film for sale as a DVD.