The Land’s other ride, after Soarin’, is a 14-minute (wonderfully air-conditioned) boat trip that skims over the realm of farming technologies. It’s one of the last Epcot rides to provide a semblance of education, especially when you pass some experimental growth methods (like a nutrient film technique and aquaponics). These methods are being explored, or so we’re told, to curb world hunger, but you won’t learn how they work, and Epcot’s labs are not the hive of active research they were meant to be in 1982. They do some real stuff here, though: Annually, the narration claims, 15 tons of produce are grown here for Disney restaurants, but you won’t see much activity proving it.

This ride is original to opening day, although the live narrators were replaced by a recording and most of the plants are gone. For those interested in the topic, the info will be too thin, but for those who are bored green, it will seem to last forever. Strategy: Boats load slowly, so go early or late to escape the inevitable buildup. It often closes at 7pm.