GE presents...

[BeckWhy]

Ok, so the different rides at Epcot are presented by different companies, ie Journey into Imagination is presented by Kodak, Spaceship Earth (last time I knew) was presented by AT&T. What ride/attraction is presented by GE? It really doesn't matter, but it popped into my mind and is now bothering me cuz I can't remember. Also, maybe GE isn't there anymore. Let me know!

 

[safetymom]

Illuminations used to be sponsored by GE. It doesn't sponsor it now though.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

GE used to sponsor Horizons. Remember the song "Energy...you make the world go 'round"?

 

[BeckWhy]

Ok my mom wants to know. Who presented the Carousel of Progress?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

GE also, but no one sponsors it now.

 

[Chuck S]

"Energy...you make the world go 'round" was from Universe of Energy...not Horizons. GE also sponsored Carousel of Progress when it was at Disneyland...I don't know if it also sponsored it when it opened at WDW.

EDIT: Posted at same time as Laugh-o-Grams

 

[BeckWhy]

Wow you guys are so smart. I really thought no one presented Carousel of Progress, my mom made me post it! LOL!

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

That's right...Horizon's had "if you can dream it, then you can do it, yes you can...yes, you can"...I think the song's called New Horizons.

 

[Chuck S]

GE no longer sponsors Disney attractions, it would be a "conflict of interest" since NBC/GE are majority owners of Universal Studios now.

 

[Krissalee]

Huh! I didn't realize that the sponser changed for Illuminations. We haven't been there since 2003, and DH had the "GE presents..." quote down, and always spoke along to it. I guess he has to learn something new now!

 

[BeckWhy]

How about this:

What rides/attractions currently have sponsors?

and

What rides/attractions in the past have has sponsors?

And what are/were their sponsors?

 

[Chuck S]

Well, I know a lot of the old Disneyland sponsors:

Autopia (Grand Prix) Richfield Oil - ARCO
America Sings (replaced CoP) DelMonte
Small World/Bank of Main Street - Bank of America
Adventure Through Inner Space/House of the Future - Monsanto
America the Beautiful Circlevision - ATT (Bell System) then changed to Delta Airlines
Flight to the Moon/Mission to Mars - TWA then McDonnel Douglas Aircraft
Disneyland Railroad - Santa Fe Railway
Main Street Pharmacy - Upjohn Pharmacuticals
Ice Cream Parlor - Carnation
River Belle Terrace Restaurant - Aunt Jemima then Hormel Foods
Casa de Fritos - Frito Lay
Pepsi at one time was the Official Beverage company
Timex was the official Time Company
Guest Lockers were sponsored by Global Van Lines - then National Car Rental
CoP - GE
Star Tours - M&Ms/Mars Candies
Capt Hooks Pirate Ship Restaurant - Chicken of the Sea Tuna
Tiki Room - Kikoman Soy Sauce then Dole Pineapple
WEDWay Peoplemover - Goodyear Tire & Rubber



At WDW some past and present:

If you had Wings/DreamFlight - Eastern Airlines then Delta Airlines
Liberty Tree Tavern - Stouffer Foods division of Nestle
The LAND pavilion - Kraft General Foods then Nestle
America Pavilion at Epcot - American Express and Coca-Cola
Universe of Energy - Exxon Mobil
Spaceship Earth - AT&T
Horizons & CoP - GE
World of Motion/Test Track - General Motors
Imagination Pavilion - Eastman Kodak
Communicore - Exxon
Living Seas - United Technologies
Norway Pavilion - Scandanavian Air
Japan is sponsored by the Department Store (Mitsukoshi?)
Plaza Ice cream Parlor - Sealtest
Casey's Hot Dogs - Oscar Mayer
Space Mountain - Fed Ex

 

[Dznefreek]

Illuminations/Horizons - were GE
The Land - Nestle
JIYI - Kodak
Test Track/World of Motion - GM
Mission:Space - HP
Wonders of Life - Was Metlife
Ellen's Energy Universe - Mobil/Exxon
Spaceship Earth - was AT&T
Living Seas - United Technologies
American Adventure - Coke/Amex
Communicore East/West - Exxon
Travelport - Amex Travel
Epcot behind the scenes computer show - Sperry/Univac
CoP - GE
Star Tours - Energizer/M&M's
Norway Pavilion - Scandanavian Air
Japan - Mitsukoshi
Plaza Ice cream Parlor - Sealtest
Casey's Hot Dogs - Oscar Mayer
Space Mountain - Fed Ex

 

[SyracuseWolvrine]

Test Track - GM (and Snap-On Tools?)
Lights Motors Action! - Snap-On Tools?
Dinosaur / Primeval Whirl / Triceratops Spin / Tarzan Rocks - McDonalds
Some of the different exhibits within Innoventions have sponsors ... I think the "Fire" exhibit is sponsored by an insurance company, the "Robot" exhibit is sponsored by the American Plastics Association or something like that, and there are others too

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

Test Track - GM (and Snap-On Tools?)

This one always cracks me up. The point of sponsorships is for corporations to get free advertising (at least on their end of the motovation scale) and TT breaks down so often (never been in line when it hasn't broken down at least once) that it's really not a ringing endorsement of GM products.

N.E.D.