Former Show // latest change 2018.08.01
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Former Show · the memorial record
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
A site report found the Cranium Command theater still largely intact eleven years after closing, with the Buzzy figure in place under a lit spotlight.
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Cranium Command closed permanently when the Wonders of Life pavilion locked its doors at the end of the holiday run.
The vacated pavilion was repurposed as EPCOT's seasonal festival center for the Flower and Garden and Food & Wine festivals, while the Cranium Command theater stayed shut behind it.
Cranium Command reopened with the Wonders of Life pavilion for what proved to be its final seasonal run.
The Wonders of Life pavilion switched to seasonal-only operation, so Cranium Command ran only during periods when EPCOT needed extra guest capacity.
MetLife ended its sponsorship of the Wonders of Life pavilion, leaving the building without a sponsor while Cranium Command itself ran unchanged.
Cranium Command opened as a 200-seat Audio-Animatronic and film show inside EPCOT Center's new Wonders of Life pavilion, sponsored by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Per the documented record, Cranium Command at EPCOT opened on Oct 19, 1989.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Cranium Command is dated Jan 1, 2007: Cranium Command closed permanently when the Wonders of Life pavilion locked its doors at the end of the holiday run.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 1, 2018): A site report found the Cranium Command theater still largely intact eleven years after closing, with the Buzzy figure in place under a lit spotlight.
7 documented changes, dating back to 1989 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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