Former Ride // latest change 2023.01
World Discovery · EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
Disney said it was reevaluating the PLAY! Pavilion concept and removed all mention of it from Epcot park maps, leaving the former Wonders of Life building standing but closed to guests.
Disney announced a PLAY! Pavilion for the vacant Wonders of Life building; the project was later delayed indefinitely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The four Body Wars simulators were dismantled and removed from the shuttered ride building, which by then served as Epcot's seasonal Festival Center.
◆ Latest milestone
Body Wars ran for the last time on January 1, 2007, when the Wonders of Life pavilion closed at the end of its holiday-season run and never reopened.
The Wonders of Life pavilion and Body Wars with it moved to seasonal-only operation, running for limited stretches of the year instead of daily.
MetLife ended its sponsorship of the Wonders of Life pavilion in June 2001, after nearly twelve years.
Body Wars opened inside the new Wonders of Life pavilion at EPCOT Center, sending guests on a miniaturized trip through the human bloodstream aboard four 40-passenger motion simulators.
Per the documented record, Body Wars at EPCOT opened on Oct 19, 1989.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Body Wars is dated Jan 1, 2007: Body Wars ran for the last time on January 1, 2007, when the Wonders of Life pavilion closed at the end of its holiday-season run and never reopened.
The latest documented change (documented Jan 2023): Disney said it was reevaluating the PLAY! Pavilion concept and removed all mention of it from Epcot park maps, leaving the former Wonders of Life building standing but closed to guests.
7 documented changes, dating back to 1989 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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