Soarin'

**Soarin'** is a line of flight-motion simulation attractions located in several Disney Parks. They have different incarnations including ***Soarin' Over California**, **Soarin' Around the World***, ***Soaring Over the Horizon***, and ***Soaring: Fantastic Flight***.

## Versions

The Soarin' of EPCOT and Disney's California Adventure both seem to have a shared story. The other versions of Soarin' have no apparent connections to one another.

### Disney's California Adventure

This Soarin' is themed to an air-field in Grizzly Peak, California. Guests pass through the *Wings of Fame*, a sort of museum to the history of aviation before entering either Alpha Gate", "Bravo Gate", or "Charlie Gate,". Guests are shown a pre-show video with maps showing their coming routes and a pre-flight safety-video by flight-attendant Patrick (portrayed by actor Patrick Warburton)

### Epcot

Soarin' is here portrayed as being a sort of airline company specializing in hang-glider tech which is based in EPCOT within the Land Pavilion. Guests enter a Soarin' airport where they are shown a pre-show video with maps showing their coming routes and a pre-flight safety-video by flight-attendant Patrick (portrayed by actor Patrick Warburton). Guests proceed to the gates of Soarin' where they partake in Flight 5505 and see many sights, ending in the Magic Kingdom where they are met by fireworks and Tinkerbell from Peter Pan.

### Soaring: Fantastic Flight

Soaring is set at the Museum of Fantastic Flight in Porto Paradiso, which is presenting a retrospective on the life of Camellia Falco, an aviation pioneer and member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers from the early 1800s that developed the Dream Flyer, a glider inspired by the flying machines imagined by Leonardo da Vinci.

The queue circles around the Museum of Fantastic Flight, before going into the main hall. There are paintings on the wall of the museum and S.E.A. emblems next to the information desk. The path goes into a rotunda, with paintings of different forms of human flight along the top of the wall. Various artifacts from all over the world are displayed here, as well, along with a large pillar with the Society's motto.

Guests are ushered into the pre-show room, with paintings and artifacts about the life of Camellia Falco, as a large portrait of her sits against the wall. When the doors close, the shadow of Camellia's falcon Aletta flies across the room, bringing her portrait to life. She introduces them to her Dream Flyer and to everything they'll experience when flying around the world. The path leads into a waiting room, before they go into the boarding room.

### Soaring Over the Horizon

On Adventure Isle, the Arbori people have a temple and celestial observatory erected in honor of the Q’otar - the protector of the celestial realm called the Mayu. The Temple is home to Shaman who use the temple to explore flight. When the League of Adventurers opened Adventure Isle up to visitors, the temple opened for any visiting guests to experience flight, with the help of the Q’otar.

Guests enter the queue winding outside of the temple. They enter the temple, where they find pottery and a Woolley. The ceiling is open, overlooking a stary night sky. They are split into different parties, where they wait in a small room. A window shows the different locations that will be visited on the trip, before the pre-show begins. An eagle transforms into an Arbori Shaman, who welcomes us to the celestial observatory. She talks about the temple and the Q’otar, before giving the safety instructions. When she leaves, she transforms into a frog by mistake, before she turns into a hummingbird and flies off. Guests enter the loading room and board the hang gliders.

## Locations

### Soarin' Over California

* Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
* Redwood Creek in Humboldt County
* Napa Valley
* Monterey Bay Sanctuary
* Lake Tahoe
* Yosemite Falls and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park
* PGA West Palmer Course in La Quinta (credited in the queue as Palm Springs)
* Camarillo
* Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
* USS *John C. Stennis* (CVN-74) at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego
* Malibu Beach
* Downtown Los Angeles
* Disneyland in Anaheim

### Soarin' Around the World

* The Matterhorn in Switzerland
* Isjford, Greenland, overlooking the glaciers and ice caps and animals like polar bears and orcas
* Port Jackson in Sydney, Australia, overlooking the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge
* Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany
* Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania, overlooking a herd of elephants
* The Great Wall of China
* The Great Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt
* The Taj Mahal in Agar, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Monument Valley in Utah, United States, with hot air balloons flying around the West and East Mitten Buttes
* Lau Islands of Fiji, with a group of kayaks in the sea
* Iguaza Falls in Argentina and Brazil
* The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France (removed from Soaring Fantastic Flight).

The final location is always a portrayal of the real-world location of the park, including

* Shanghai, China at night, with fireworks in the sky
* Tokyo DisneySea and Mount Prometheus
* Epcot
* Disneyland