“Captain EO” to Return to Epcot This Summer
May 6, 2010 Leave a comment
Walt Disney World Resort has announced that “Captain EO,” the classic musical spectacular and thrilling space-fantasy adventure that ran at Epcot from 1986-94, will return to the theme park July 2, 2010. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, “Captain EO” was a 17-minute, 3-D film that starred the Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston. The colorful Disney-created characters in “Captain EO” included Hooter, Fuzzball, the Geex (which had two shaggy heads named Idy and Ody), Major Domo and Minor Domo. “Captain EO” will be presented multiple times daily at the Imagination Pavilion at Epcot, replacing “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience,” which is planned to return at an undetermined date.
